I have been sick since before Christmas and am dragging. I am on the verge of a migraine today, but still feel like praising the Lord. My buddy Tara and her family are back from Boise and it seems like they were gone for a month! It was really just a week and a half, but...it seemed longer!

I have spent my time pouring over seed catologs and purusing my new cookbook. In the afternoons I get oout to the barn to milk and feed, but other than that I am spendig my time with a blanket in my new glider chair. I am hoping to feel much better soon, as we are starting up all of our activities again: Friday night home fellowship here, a women's Bible study, a homeschool support group and co-op, and the children and I will start up our lessons as well. I need alot of energy for all that and I have zilch right now!

I ordered a new milk pail for this year; a bigger one with a lid. I will have a couple more milkers this year and needed a larger pail. They are pretty expensive, being stainless steel. It was something I have wanted and needed for awhile. I also ordered some soft cheese molds and plastic collars for the goaties. They need collars, but a few of them get a bald spot where they rub that is unattractive, and I like them to be beautiful I have chosen a couple of does from the Sand-Bur Kids herd (did so well at the nationals this year!!) to get a buckling out of. They are in Oregon, so it will be a nice little drive to pick him up in March or so.

 I feel rotten...but I know there is so much to look forward to and do and learn- and I have a great family and great friends to share it all with and am so looking forward to 2006!
Happy New Year Everybody!!