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What’s happening in my home……?
In my kitchen… This has been a very busy week in my kitchen! Thankfully, the kids are keeping up with the dishes for me. We’ve been getting ready for Thanksgiving mostly. I wanted to update recipes at gnowfglins.com and share two new beverage recipes in the Gallery of Thanksgiving Sides. It is fun to see that others are working on real food Thanksgiving dishes, too!
With the family… We’ve been watching Bible Collection movies. So far, we watched Abraham (was wonderful and inspiring), Moses (gag-me, and not Biblical), and David (I was too busy to watch that one). Jeff is a bit on edge because we’re entering storm season and with his job, he’s on call every other week for an entire week. Meaning, 7 days on call, 7 days off-call. During storm season, he gets many middle of the night calls. He’s dreading this. So I am praying for the Lord to grant Jeff endurance to get through this season of stress. We are all looking forward to Thanksgiving – Jeff has four days off and he is NOT on call. 
Around the homestead… Over this last weekend, Jeff and I continued to work on the barn. My job was being all around fetcher and flashlight holder (still no lights in the barn). We moved the pressure switch to a better location, so it wouldn’t freeze – but this involved quite a bit of rewiring. The hay rack is amazing! The goats are giving more milk – Gingham fluctuates between 4 and 5 cups at a milking, instead of between 3 and 4. The change with Pegs is astounding – instead of 3 cups at a milking, her yield is close to 5 now! Paisley is having some sort of viral outbreak, causing sores on one side of the udder, at the top of the teat. That is the teat that has been clogged for months and so I don’t count on milk from that side. I’m hoping this virus will run its course. Then we’ll decide what to do with her (keep milking or dry her up).
In my “Inner Man”… Working on being slow to anger and to be more appreciative toward my awesome family.
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