You did what?!

Since Saturday my husband SL and I have been running the farm solo :)
(With a little help from Mr. M)

The first few days were hectic. Seriously.

Waking up at 4:30am to milk wasnt too bad but it definitely made me miss sleeping until 7:00. Then going to the full time job (8:30am - 5:30pm) followed by evening farm chores which btw takes longer than morning chores bc you are feeding everyone and milking mostly everyone. Granted my dear hubby let me off work early Tue. and Wed. to get started on milking early since that is the most time consuming part of the chores...but feeding is the most labor intensive in my opinion of which hubby conquered! I showed him the first day what to do and he found the easiest way to do it for him. He worked super hard and I'm so proud of him for working so hard. He used the farm truck which is an old truck w/ a wooden flat bed on it (totally rocks my socks off). First he would load all the hay bales he could fit which is about 3, he filled all 8 buckets w/ the milkers feed, loaded all the pellet feed bags plus the 5 gal. bucket for the front pasture then he rides off into the sunset to feed the goats lol...and poultry whose feed is also loaded onto the truck. After he feeds he comes and helps me finish milking (on the days I didnt get off work early bc on them days I pretty much had it done by the time he got out there). Milking takes 2.5 hours - 3 hours solo but dually 2 hours (thats one mainly milking and one gathering goats <- me). Mornings take about an hour give or take a few minutes. Once milking is complete I at the moment dump the remaining bucket on the parlor floor and let it soak (milk cleans don't cha know) a few until SL is finished prepping for evening chores (loading the truck up ^^ like mentioned above) and then he would usually clean the parlor unless I finished first then I would. Time to clean the equipment :) by the time I'm done which takes me almost 20-30 mintutes SL is done. Time for work or bed.

I milked the goats bc I know the goats and they know me...it was too funny the first day the goats did not like SL so he had to hide partially behind the wall lol. I would be lying if I said I did not get aggravated at the ding bat nubians and the hard headed alpines! Did I tell you guys it rained/thunderstormed :( I already knew in advance what happens when it rains/thunderstorms...the goats are ridiclously frightened and stay bundled up in the barn which made me have to retreive them...but that didnt slow me down! I fed the milkers bc SL didnt have barn boots and that my friends was (and I know this already) the hardest part...they wedge you in between them and the troughs (we call that goat surfing here at LPF.)

Overall it was a great experience. I enjoyed it in a weird way...however...I'M SUPER DUPER GLAD S AND M ARE BACK! I'm tired. I have a deeper respect for them now that I did it for 5 days, morning and night. I learned alot about my hubby, the goats, and myself.

Cuteness: The turkies loved SL and rode with him on the truck so did the kittens. hehe. I wish I had my camera at those moments ;)

I'm all worded out guys and ready to shower after all that work so until next time 'I'm knee deep in sleep' later gators!