Mama Pitcher’s Weblog

I made my first batch of goat cheese this afternoon. It is hanging in it’s cheesecloth next to the sink. I am so excited I cannot wait! Wooo Hooo

It is amazing that all these wonderful things are happening so quickly together. I know that these things are meant to be because they are all working out.

I am headed out, but I had to post that.

Blessings & Huggles,
Mama

It is amazing how much it being summer takes out of me. I get stuff done at all weird hours of the day & night. I get the gotta go bug and lemme tell ya, one camping trip is NOT enough for me (I’m planning another one soon). We have air conditioners set up in 3 windows in the house (Marc said he didn’t care about the $350 electric bill, he was tired of being hot), which is making it so I’m not stuck in one room all of the time, but I am still not getting the stuff done that I want to.

The kids are going to be in brick & mortar schools this year, except for our graduated child, who is fighting us about wanting to take a semester off. I am considering registering him anyways, we can always get most of our money back. I am also looking into taking a class. I’m not sure which one to take though, so we will see. Jessica & Andy are both excited to be attending ‘normal’ school. Jessica has made friends in church that go to the school, so she is happy about that. And I am happy that she will have positive influences in such a place filled with terrible peer pressure.

We have 7 children living here with us at the moment. One is Alex’s girlfriend and she technically lives down the road, but only goes home 3 or 4 times a week, so we count her too. 4 of them are away on a trip for her birthday until this evening. They are an alright group, but as with any group of people, there are issues to overcome and we shall see what happens as school starts and schedules change.

We have 2 goats at the moment (I am waiting to come up with a 3rd that is already in milk) as well as 2-3 horses. Destiny’s horse is at her moms while she is on the trip, but is expected back here anytime. I got a new horse, his name is Mustafa, but I call him The Moose. He is gaining weight and his hooves are getting better. He is so high withered, that I was concerned about getting a saddle that would fit his withers, but The Lord does provide. I mentioned to this gal Kate that I was looking for one, and she had one. She sold it to me for one heck of a good price and it fits The Moose perfectly! Our 3 baby chickens are all doing well. One of them is a rooster, and I believe he is going to be traded for a random hen with someone who wants a frizzle.

We have joined a cow share program and I am tickled to have good milk for the family. I have become friends with the wonderful lady who runs the program (as well as a really cool rescue too) and I am just tickled. I get to hang out sometimes and it is a big thrill for me to see the milk come out of the cow and know that I am bringing it home to my crew.

I haven’t been blogging much, but am trying to get back into the habit of posting each day. I am going to copy this into my blog since it is so thorough. For those of you interested my blog is at http://mamapitcher.wordpress.com/.

I have been working on a pretty major update to our website, and I am hoping to get the update published next week. www.pitcherhomestead.com

And of course, the photos. I’ve got a handful of new ones posted over at Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitcherhomestead/ and I will have new ones being added later this week.

The Church Channel…The guy talking on TCC is having a blast talking about this gathering, and I would love to go. God will restore the infinite blessing in your life.

Well, it’s after 10, so I am late for bedtime. I am working on moving my bedtime back up to 9pm since I get up no later than 5am no matter what. I would love to sleep late, but late for me is 5:30, LoL. Since 5 of the 7 kids are away for a few days, I get to go to bed now, instead of waiting up for one or another of them. I also didn’t have to cook for an army, so it was a bit odd, LoL.

Tomorrow, we go and register Jessica for 8th grade at the local public school. I am very, very nervous about her going there. I trust The Lord to watch over her and keep her safe from succombing to peer pressure.

I hope y’all have a great night,
Blessings in Christ,
Mama

Well, the all but two of the children are gone for a few days and Marc has the get up and go itch. We are headed into town to go to Savers…I love finding books there and maybe I’ll find some curtains for our room.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful, great, incredible day!

Blessings in His Name,
Mama

I was going to title this ‘normal morning’ but who am I to say what is normal. I wouldn’t know normal if he served me lunch on a silver platter.

But this is has been a typical morning so far. The horses are made happy, so are the ducks and the peacock and the chickens. (Which I found out that one of my younger chickens is a rooster, ugh). Hey Shelby, trade you a frizzle rooster for an egg laying hen? The goatsies are loving life and the dogs out back are pleasently eating their breakfast.

The dogs inside however, got into the trash (it was NOT taken out last night). So, I have to go wake up the adult child who should have taken the trash out and let him know that he needs to clean up the mess. It isn’t the whole trash can, but what was taken out, is all over the house.

I’ve got laundry washing and the garden is being watered. I also cleaned and filled dog water buckets.

Freddie played with Cracker while I cleaned his yard and his water bucket. He is getting much better about going back into his yard when I say his play time is up.

I need to do about 10 loads of laundry today and I want to get my desk area all cleaned and pretty. I do not have giant high hopes about what I will accomplish today. I got smacked in the face by a tree last night and I have a pretty decent headache that is coming and going, so I am limiting myself today. Maybe I’ll get some stuff done on the website today. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll make some tortillas.

Blessings in Christ,
Mama