Cinnamon and Sugar

Here are the cutest baby goats in Union Township.  They jump on their mamma's back, chase the puppy out of the barn, and pounce around like the are own the ranch.  They are keeper... both females!

Welcome Cinnamon and Sugar!

Insanity

In my biggest loser challenge, I decided to try to boast my weight loss this week by exercising... Great idea, right... Not!  We (BL and I) tried Insanity tonight.  It is INSANE!  The workout last 41 minutes and I only made it though 23 minutes, absolutely INSANE! I challenge any of my faithful followers to check it out on you tube.  Let me know how long you last... Good luck!

I know I am out of shape, but good grief that crazy!

Waiting...

We are patiently waiting for the arrival of more baby goats.  Sugar and Cinnamon were the first cute little babies born 2 weeks ago.  Then we a little bad luck with the next, born on the coldest night of the year, and now we wait for the next ones.

Back on the air

I have been experiencing technical difficulties with my computer, therefore, I haven't blogged for a while.  Sorry to my faithful followers.  But I am back on the air and have much to share.  First of all meet our new puppy, Tipsy.  We have had her for about 2 weeks, that means she is about 11 weeks old.  She is full of energy, loves chewing on EVERYTHING, and might think her name is NO.  Oh how we forget the puppy stage.  With the cold weather, we have let her in the house some... BL shampooed the carpet last week and now she sleeps in the garage.  She is a sweet little thing that is growing in our heart.

Saturday was Halfpint's last basketball game.  She is the blurry one on the right side with the ball.  She had a little trouble with turnovers last weekend, but all in all she has fun and their team has greatly improved.

Ice Fishing

Last weekend we went ice fishing.  Our fearless fisherman, Lincoln, drilled the holes and found the wax worms.  G. Suzy picked up some stellar, short poles.  We sat on the ice for a few hours and only caught a few fish.  The plan was to fry the fish we caught for a little Sunday afternoon fish fry.  Well, thank golly our fearless fisherman and his trusty side kick caught fish the weekend before.  We did enjoy eating their fish and, of course, good old family fun, but ice fisherman we are NOT!

Burn it!

 Before

After

 

 

It is never safe for me to watch the DIY channel.  I watched it almost one full day over break.  On one show, I watched someone burn a door with a torch to give it a rustic look, so guess what we did to this cabinet... burn baby burn!  I love the organization of my cookbooks in the before picture.

Barn Quilt Gifts

As most of you know, we make homemade gifts for my side of the family for Christmas.  It really has become quite a fun, challenging, family tradition.  This year, I decided to make each family a barn quilt.  I love to see barns with painted, wooden quilts blocks. I can paint, and with the weather so nice I could keep the paint mess in the barn... wonderful plan! NOT!  All started well, the girls and I primed the boards in the barn.  We would put on a coat of primer every night, two coats on each side, 4 nights of priming and we were ready to paint.  The next night I put on the first coat of paint... this was great, a few more night and we would whip this project.  We took a few nights of with a Christmas program and Whirlybirds to attend, but we still has 10 days to complete the painting.  This is where my plan "went south."  First, it snowed and the wind blew 50 mph, so the snow blew in the barn and coated my barn quilts with a fresh dusting of snow.  Next the temperature dropped, so the snow would not melt and wood wouldn't dry off.  Don't give up!  We moved the projects to the basement on old sheets to dry and warm up,  The next 2 days I finished the base coat of painting and was ready for color,  On one of my shopping trips I picked up the colors of paint I needed from Wal Mart; light blue, dark blue, green, yellow, burgundy, red, and turquoise.  I was prepared for painting before I needed it... weird, I know!  So Friday before Christmas on Tuesday, I opened the paint. YIKES! I had four pints of yellow paint.  After cussing the Wal Mart workers for an hour, I realized I had the primary colors and I know the color wheel therefore, I can make my own colors! They were not perfect but they worked and I finished painting the barn quilts on the 23rd, two days before I needed them... weird, I know!  I can't wait to see all 4 of my projects hanging on the barns!

 Smith's Sheepfold

 Bish's Bear Paw

Utt's Flying Geese

Grandma Suzy has a Barn Quilt that is called Grandma's Garden, but I don't have a picture.