New Baby Update....

Well, Luanda is, at the time of this post, is starting to trade those weird looking eggs in for wet little chicks and I think we will call the first one Itty-Bitty-One......works for me.....let's see how many more will hatch........Mallory's are still cooking.............:)

Another New Farm Family....

This is Luanda another "Family to Be" here on the farm. She has gotten so used to me checking on her egg progress that she hardly moves when I approach her nest, she posed well for the photo....(most girls are hams).....:)

Malloy

Ooops, I almost forgot a picture of Malloy.......:) Quack on Dude.........

New Farm Family

This is Mallory, and as you can see, by Mallory's nest, she has decided to raise a family here on the farm (a most excellent choice and I know from experience) within spitting distance of my house!!!! Lee was trimming along the new split rail fence today and discovered her. Her and, let's call him Malloy, had been hanging around my yard off and on for about two weeks and then just disappeared, until now. If this was a dairy you could say we have some quackers and milk but it's not so let's just say we have another happy family here on the farm......:))

"The Smile In The Sky"

About Duggy his Crew & FriendsDuggy 'The Smile in the Sky!', is a cartoon character of the famous Douglas DC-3. Like all airplanes, trucks and boats, Duggy is a collection of parts - he does not have the ability to fly or move. However, with his crew and other dedicated humans, Duggy 'springs to life' with a heart of gold. Duggy is everyones' best friend, always there with a smile and kind word. In Duggy's world the glass is always - "...more than half full!". Yet with that positive attitude and giving nature Duggy often over- commits to his friends and gets himself into trouble. But, as we all discover in life, if you treat others as you would like to be treated - you find yourself with a great friends ready to help you out. These friends of Duggy are the relationships that he is blessed with as they always come through for him and rescue him from his danger and worries. Mitch's dream (is now reality) and it is to touring the country's Air Shows as a real-life "Duggy - The Smile In the Sky!" Currently Duggy's primary mission will be to attend air shows throughout the USA and promote positive character building traits. Mitch has always had Duggy's core message as being, "Know good from bad, right from wrong, respect others and chase your dream!" This is summed up with the simple mission statement: "Live your Dream!"
I gotta tell ya, if I were ever to attempt a flight in an airplane it would be this one, but I am sure that ain't gonna happen not with me conscious anyway.....a great machine and even greater mission...
SMILE.....:)

Thursday........

This is what I call a natural SMILE!!!! Kim sent this to me today and I had to share.....:)))

Another weaning day has come and gone without a lot of problems, give or take a few gals with a stubborn streak who didn't want to associate with the group, and we even got outta the barn on time. Four more weanings to go before we start on a new journey which in theory at least will take us towards some bigger healthier piglets, did that sound like a Star Trek thingy "to oink where no piglet has oinked before," "to wean like we have never weaned before" well that much is true. We will start our new batch system (that is all in a big bunch to you city folk) May 6Th and are looking forward to some pretty dramatic changes both in tasks and pig performance.

Given the number of pigs and sows we are going to have to deal with we have been looking at some new possibilities in speeding up the moving process. No, not make the pigs move faster I mean like roller blades, skate boards, electric carts, and my personal favorite small 4-wheelers with carts behind. We have even looked at the grain vacuum but pig damage might be a little over the limit (which is none) so that one is out. I am sure we will come up with something innovative when it is time (we are really good at that).

I will leave now before I start getting silly or just rambling on about nothing and heaven knows I wouldn't want to bore everyone with mindless dribble, or is it drivell or maybe druell I can never remember although I can't say that I ever did know but If I were to know I bet it would be dribble cause I do that sometimes when I am drinking and I get it on my shirt or what I am reading which I really hate but what is worse is when it gets on your shirt and the shirt is white and your dribble is red or brown but wouldn't that be called druell or just at what stage does dribble turn into druell or are they the same thing or is dribble when it comes out fast and druell when it is really slooooow and this brings up another question, just what is drivell or is that just something I made up, I think not, but it could happen but in any case I am sure I have never drivelled, someone would have told me.

It is as quiet as a mouse outside, rain is on the horizon, everyone is home and tucked in for the night and all is well on the farm once again......:))

Changes..........

Changes are a big part of our lives and like them or not they will happen and you WILL have to deal with them, but it is how you deal with them that matters most.




For those of you that don't know, this is Terry, a long time Manager here at the farm. We won't go into the apron he is holding or why, or what else was cropped out of the photo. Sadly, the 26Th of March is Terry's last day at the farm and I for one am going to miss him. Terry is going off to be a mechanic for some race car driver, something he really wants to do and all here wish him nothing but the best (sending pit passes back to us couldn't hurt either) and a fond farewell...:)
So, when you see Terry next week be sure and say your good-byes and give him a big hug, a hardy handshake, and what the heck, a great big kiss, tongue no tongue your choice but be sure and wish him the best and let him know we will miss him and his family, God's speed Terry....:)))

Things are growin........

See what I found today! So, do you know what that means??? Yep, tulips are coming up! I spent most of the afternoon with the lawn roller trying to smash down the mole hills left by the mutant ninja mole that invaded our yard last fall.

I am not kidding, it looked like a scene from Bill Murray's Caddy Shack you know the one with the gopher that invaded the golf course.....if I had been in possession of some C-4 I would have used it!!!

It's been a pretty quiet week work and weather wise. Nothing too exciting or mind bending oh well, maybe a little fun with Matt (the new guy) since today was his birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT... and we kept him up half the night watching for us to pull a prank on him so he was a little tired, to say the least, and a little jumpy to boot!! Ronda did have to come over and fix our copy machine....hey, she should have known better than to send us a machine with no hand book and think we wouldn't push all the little buttons to see what they did or didn't do so it's not our fault the pages all came out solid black or covered in spots......well, maybe a little bit our fault, but we did pull the plug when it started to smoke......:)

Well, I will take my leave of.......something.......and go find a pain pill and the TV and call it a night like everyone else has or at least it appears that way. But for now all are home and tucked in for the day and all is well on the farm once again.....:)

Laaaaaaaazy Day.....

What a lazy day, or maybe it is just me. I've been fighting the side effects of antibiotics of which have not cured my problem but instead made me develop a whole new set of problems and given the new set, I wish I had left the medicine alone. Sometimes technology sucks, anyway I dug out this list this morning and decided to post them, again so to speak, they are "Kims Top Ten" as I like to call them or tips if you will from one of our previous round tables and I liked them very much as they are good advice........

Before you say anything to anyone, ask 3 things: Is this True? Is It Kind? Is it Necessary?
Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully.
Never miss the opportunity to complement or say something encouraging to someone.
Refuse to talk negatively about others; don’t gossip and don’t listen to gossip.
Have a forgiving view of people. Believe that most people are doing the best they can.
Keep an open mind; discuss, don’t argue.
Forget about counting to 10. Count to 1,000 before doing or saying anything that could make matters worse.
Let your virtues speak for themselves.
Cultivate your sense of humor; laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Do not seek so much to be consoled, as to console; do not seek so much to be understood, as to understand; do not seek so much to be loved, as to Love.

Remember to set your clocks up an hour on Sunday, I'm just not sure which Sunday or which hour but I am leaning towards lunch time.......:)

Gettinnewstuff........

It was a beautiful sunny 40 degree day and a perfect time for Jerry to unload the new semi scales and set them on the concrete...but wait, the concrete isn't there yet....ooops, Jerry said Kim had been on him about that but he was just a little behind....(I'll let that go, you fill it in)....

Don and I tried to tell him they should go end to end but you see how that went....see what happens when Randy is not here........:)