Farm Animal Ideas

I don't know if I've mentioned we want a farm before, but we do. We're still debating where though. In the meantime, I wanted to post the different types of animals we wanted based on the different regions.

Cold:

Favorolles Chickens

Yak

KuneKune Pig

Cotswold Sheep

Mytonic Goats

Temperate:

Brabanter Chickens

Curly Sizzle Chickens

KuneKune Pig

Tunis Sheep

Mytonic Goats

Hot & Dry:

Ameraucana Chickens

Guinea Hog

Guinea Fowl

Mytonic Goats

Navajo Churro Sheep

Hot & Wet:

Guinea Fowl

Guinea Hog

Mytonic Goats

Boer Goats

Gulf Coast Sheep

Guinea Cracker Cattle

I guess you can figure out the colors I like and the fact that they are all kinda 'unique;' like I'd have anything less. :)

God I look so young!

LOL I watched Tales from the Green Valley today and it made me remember when my parents and I took Civil War reenactment photos. The flowers are to hide my dad's tennis shoes. :) This was 1993 or so I think.

Forever^n

Well, let's see what has been going on since I last posted...I guess the main thing is that we were both let-go from our jobs. I'm 'transitioning' my work for another month, but P has been out of it completely since mid January. We've been dealing with a bunch of health issues too, so that's been taking up a lot of our time.

On the positive side though, we've gone to the AMNH twice: once for a tour during regular hours and once for an after-hours members only showing of some of the more popular sections of the museum. I've also started another COURSERA class: Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life. hehe I'm taking a class on ET, fab! It's through the University of Edinburgh and actually is more about Interplanetary Life Systems than anything else. Right now we're working on why life developed on Earth in the first place. We'll move outward to other worlds after finishing this section.

We may end up going home instead of staying here, so I'm trying to decide on next steps for us. I really don't want to work in my current field anymore and am considering going back to school for my Masters. I'd like to do Anthropology with a concentration with Historic Agricultural Preservation (i.e. preserving heritage animal and plant breeds as well as farming practices). Since that particular degree isn't offered anywhere, I'm trying to find a combination of classes/internships/volunteer positions that I can use to simulate the degree.

I haven't even left yet and I've already submitted the volunteer form and taken the online training for the local county organization back home. :) There are two really awesome locations I'd love to work at, one's a nature preserve and one is a historical preservation site. Both are amazing to visit and if I could end up working there as a volunteer or intern for a few months before finding work or going back to school, I'd be a lot happier.

Other than that, I'm just tired. There's so much to do at work and home and honestly, I'm going to need at least a month off just to get the house organized and packed. At least when we go home I'll be able to sleep without hearing ambulances and car horns, and see the stars. That would be lovely!

Let us all UNITE!!

Lyrics:


I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor, that's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible - Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich, and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way.

Greed has poisoned men's souls
Has barricaded the world with hate
We think too much and feel too little


More than machinery, we need humanity
More than cleverness, we need kindness
Without these qualities life would be violent
And all would be lost


Do not despair
The hate of men will pass
And dictators die
And the power they took from the people
Will return to the people


Let us all unite!
Let us fight for a new world
To do away with greed
Now let us fight to free the world
To fulfill that promise
Let us all unite!


Soldiers, don't give yourselves to brutes
Men who despise you enslave you
Tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel
Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle


Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men
Machine men with machine minds and machine hearts
You are not machines
You are men


You the people have the power
To make this life free and beautiful
Let us use that power
To make this life a wonderful adventure


Let us all unite! Let us fight for a new world
To do away with greed
Now let us fight to free the world
To fulfill that promise


Let us all unite!
Let us fight for a new world
To do away with greed
A world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness


Do not despair
The hate of men will pass
And dictators die
And the power they took from the people
Will return to the people


Let us all unite!

A bullet of a different kind

I reorganized my freezer last night. That might not seem very significant, but it was what I was putting away that is a bit unusual. Seeds. I store seeds in the freezer in bags designed to protect guns and ammo. I try and bag each collection of seeds in a regular ziploc first, and then place the ziplocs in the Zcorr ammo bags. The double lined bags provide excellent protection against moisture and ice crystals forming.

The Zcorr bags come in several sizes, but I like the ones aimed for holding pistols as you can get a goodly number of small seed bags and even some of the larger 4 inch bags in them.

As I was closing the freezer door I realized that these seeds really were bullets of a different kind. They will one day protect us and feed us just like real bullets would. I'm pretty sure the manufacturer wasn't thinking of storing seeds in their bags, but to me, these seeds are just as valuable and necessary at protecting the future of my family as any bullet made of copper or lead.

SouleMama Inspiration

I wanted to note a blog that is giving me more inspiration than ever. SouleMama is a happy point in my day where I get to smile and go, "That's the type of mom I want to become/family dynamic I want to promote!" She's always upbeat and positive on the site and even though I don't knit, I love the projects she shows.

Maybe when I get time to actually see straight I'll be able to think about learning to knit. Or sew. Both would be very cool.  :)

Pure Awesomness

Finding eco-friendly products aren't hard, but finding good ones are. We're slowly transitioning to a more environmentally friendly/sustainable household, and these shoes are top of my wish list. We've switched a lot of our personal care/cleaning products already, but I love finding new items like these to try.

Another neat product (and a lot more $-friendly) is ology Bath tissue. Made from sugarcane husk and bamboo it's even septic safe. Pretty cool imo.