Wish I had better news this late into Spring than I do but I am informed that either the Auto Group I worked for or Ford directly is now directly refusing to admit that anyone was fired last year. I am not alone in being informed either and as it turned out I kinda expected it. When I asked how long the layoff was for I was told 12 weeks and I have still yet to get anything except more ..read more

 Made it to almost the end of Winter Although I am not sure how.  By sum miracle my roof repairs survived the unusual white outs and sudden blizzards of early January as did my last minute hay hauling and water shuffling as well. All the live stock has survived and I hope make it until I add in a few more hens and such.  My goal for this year is really maintaining the place as much ..read more

 January 23rdI have been pretty quiet for the last few weeks I admit as getting through this mess of A January has really sucked. Certainly we have had a few good days of warmer temps but that didn't last long and the more colder days are much more frequent. We finally got a big Midwest Plains Ice Storm as wellI was so worried keeping the stock alive and my new barn roof intact I completely ..read more

 So the forecast today promised lo teens until 1pm, Never seemed to make past 6 degrees until almost sundown that I felt but I did see some actual water on the trailer for a short bit.  I hauled three losds of water to the sheep and a cup to the chickems so everyone had some.oh ya both AWOL sheep and the one AWOL hen showed up pretty soon after day break so igot emfed and watered as ..read more

Just a quick note to say we are still here and alive in case you are wondering. We started getting hit with the Arctic Air last Thursday and it was a steady -20 from there on even as most of the rest of the country was getting daily snow storms. The forecast hasn't really changed but by Saturday I realized we were gonna be dangerously short on small er wood by Sunday and when I tried to switch ..read more

 Can't really say too much really I put the chickens to bed Wednesday evening and the snow and I Ice glued it together to the point I could not get it opened Wednesdays and had to go and recruit extra tools to help. The Chickens were a bit stressed about it at first.The snow melt exposed enough open grass that the sheep and goats are able to get some foraying done until I got some grass ..read more

 Didn't do a whole lot today except watch the storms roll by on thierway East and take care of emergencies here and there. So far things have progressed pretty mild. Most of the rain and snow stayed North or South or just whizzed by before much damage was done. The Arctic cold is not really forecast until next weekend and now kinda mentions alot of Arctic air may stay more North. What is it ..read more

  When I woke up this morning I was immediately greeted by a news report dealing with how our fashitst dictator Biteme was committed to make sure that no women would be laid off during the downturn like Men. That was nice and wholesome of him don't ya think? Spoken like a true American President worried about any and all Americans you see. It was followed quickly followed by a Biden ..read more

 At least New Year is finally over. All the critters have survived another year and warm temps can begin to move in once again.  I have learned to never again divide my time between shelter and wood. Keeping up with the fuel usage is about to drive me over the edge this year honestly and all the new immigrants are using the new cut lumber faster than it can be stored or consumed it ..read more

 Well I guess I can say we are recuperating, My clocks are all set to the wrong time and despite my best efforts the locale weather seems only to want to pull up Local French conditions. I spent all night watching news about conditions in Nebraska while it was saying we were in milder contions here with no winds. Our winds we ate least 20 MPH more here.I wonder how long it is going to take ..read more