Unplanned Plans

My new year is starting out busy.
One of the goals this year is to get a blog post out every day .... or at least once a week..

Honey Do's 

I just made my chicken and duckling order, for this spring. Chicks are due first week of February, Ducks the first week of March. 'Got to get the nursery's ready!' ... No worries, I have plenty of time to get a few things done and ready before they arrive. I never thought of myself as the 'Egg Lady', nor did I think of 'eggs' as my extra income. It's worked itself into what it is ~ all on it's own.
My chickens are happy, friendly, free roaming {when I'm home to watch for the eagles} and produce the most delicious eggs in a variety of colors. Often surprising you with a double yoke. I'm hoping after I get a few good layers, that I can let which ever one of my ladies chooses to nest, have a hatch. No incubators - just nature in it's own glory. Excellent opportunity for the grand kids to experience. {Can you tell that I home schooled my kids and took every advantage of any opportunity to learn and inspire them.}

I'm a bit excited I admit. I've ordered one like what miss Mynx was. She was sadly attacked by dogs when she went into their space to lay an egg. A rare expensive little lady that accidentally was included in my order last year. Her replacement is 23.00 a chick! She needs a name to honour Mynx and yet express her own uniqueness. I've also ordered a pair 'male and female' of the Black Swedish ducks, in honour and memory of 'lil Duck'. As well as 2 other types of ducks, a male, female of each. So I'll have 3 'couples'... Watch they end up mixing up the mates. lol.
Oh well, it's going to be a fun new adventure. They too will all need names. Special to their breed and personality. Of course Lil Duck Jr... will probably be called Jr. and His lil Miss. Your going to love the pictures watching them grow! At least those of you that hang around here to see the animals in their full glory.
I hope to be selling duck eggs by fall, along with the chicken eggs. Maybe eventually I'll get a pair of Turkeys or geese... Not until I have more space to call my own though. I was blown away at the price of the swans and other exotic birds.... $5000 for a pair.
Seriously, I wish this unplanned plan would have started 'hatching' years ago, I'd probably have a variety of birds to be raising and my bank account could be hatching like rabbits!

I had a bright sunny day today, after a night of high wind and rain that cancelled many of the firework events....
Didn't break my heart any to have a bit quieter 'ringing' in the New year.
What a great start!
Here's to the beginning of a beautiful year.

Tomorrow's tasks ~ everyone goes back to work and the routines begin again. I'll be off to the Dr first thing in the morning....
Then it's Time to renew memberships and update domain's, post office boxes are due.... and the lists continue

Blessed by God

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn

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Until next time, Stay safe and Happy Trails.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Bright side of the Barn has been online a YEAR now! Be sure to refresh your page to see the New Look for 2020..

Yes, I'm up working on the blog. The power keeps going out with the boom booms, then back on a few minutes later.. I have to make sure things are turned off or on..

No point going to sleep around here until the booms quiet down anyway. 

Remember to put your words into action and make things happen this year. Show who you are and shine bright!  What you can accomplish is unstoppable.

It's going to be a great year! I've felt like God has had His hand in the plan more now than ever. The accident like everything else, happened for a reason. Not my place to question the why, just pray for the how to get through and what is the right thing to do. So far all is going well, at least as well as can be. 

Fractured sternum, and broken ribs are not comfortable, to sneeze is the worst! Coughing next and everything else next. My shoulder is doing pretty good. We are starting to get a little movement and sometimes I can almost forget .... and then I move it just a little too much in the wrong direction and remember everything including the pain.

I've had some weird pains in the sternum, all the way to my left shoulder... I am being careful and taking it easy compared to what I would normally be doing. This hurts in ways I've never experienced pain before. I'm worn out by night fall. It feels good to sleep and not feel it.

Physical therapy for me, is getting back to my normal routine. Going to a therapist is a waste of my time and the insurance companies money. My doctor agrees my chores and all I do, is the perfect physical therapy.

There is a plan in the works I just have a lot of work to do to get back to my normal. 

2020 

This year I hope to increase my chicken 'cluck' adding 20 new chicks, and start producing about 2 dozen eggs a day, by next fall. I'm just not sure where we are going to be as the year carries on. It's not so easy to find a place to rent for my little farm. And buying land, went out the window with the truck accident ~ for now.

Resolutions......

Get a lot of things wrapped up and done with ..... Old bills that are so small it's embarrassing that I owe them. Time to sit down and get things paid. Car insurance, ya, 'can't afford it...' sorry, but I can't afford NOT TO HAVE IT. The truck payment , vs, the little car payment will have a big effect on my finances. A positive one, once the accident bills are paid.

My goal is to get bills paid off and get settled down 'at home'. I'm financially stable now, with the prospect of it looking better in 7 years. So the future looks a little brighter. 

The trailer has a lot of work to be done, carpet to rip out, tile to lay, and new leaks to fix. Not really a surprize with the rain we've been having.  and of course The furnace died this fall, I was hoping to get the propane fireplace this winter, but it looks like next fall is more realistic. 

Weighing out the options... Moving to An RV park would exchange the Honey bucket service for Electricity and I think the power bill would be less expensive and less stress. I just wish I could find one that would let me have my chickens lol. I'm finally 55, so there are some things I can benefit from now so I've been looking at the parks.

My goats mean the world to me, finding a place to board them with the horse has been another uphill adventure. Since I'm down to the one horse, she and the twins {Goats} have started to connect and bond. I don't want nothing to separate them. 

So whether I stay here or move, depends on if the planets can line up and be noticed at just the right moment.

I feel good about this year, things should be getting better. My grandson and I were talking about me 'getting old' and 'how much longer are you gonna live Grama'.... He told me he needed me to be here in a couple years and then he decided he wanted me here a few more years after that, cause he wants me to meet his wife... at the end of the conversation it was decided that he wants me to make it to 75 at least.

What a great goal to start the year off with. 

I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Holiday season..

May the new year bring you more joy than the last.! 

Blessed by God

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn,

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Until next time, Stay safe and Happy Trails.