Good morning! There is nothing
quite like the 12-year-old sticking his head in the door and yelling, “The bus
is here!!!” in order to get the 10-year-old and the 7-year-old moving a little
faster so that everyone is waiting for the bus when it comes rather than the
bus having to wait for one of them, most likely and often the 7-year-old. It
just left; two minutes earlier than usual. And the great thing is that Seth has
his simple machine for Valentine’s Day and Joseph has his Valentine’s Day
cards. Sometimes it’s the simple things, you know?
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| Seth in his snow fort. |
Yesterday I did a little research
online for goat food. I feed the goats alfalfa pellets, sweet grain, and
crimped oats as well as hay. I wouldn’t give them the alfalfa pellets if we
actually had alfalfa hay but it seems to be difficult to find around here; the
only kind I’ve seen is just pasture grass cut and baled. While the goats like
it for the most part, it does not provide everything they need. Speaking of
everything they need, they could probably use a mineral block as well. I’ll
have to take a look the next time I’m at a feed store. Anyway, there is a
Tractor Supply Co. by Aldi’s where Paul likes to go. I thought that since that’s
on his way home if he goes that way (and he usually does, especially if I tell
him we need something at the store), I’d check out the prices of the sweet
grain and alfalfa pellets because we are low on sweet and out of pellets. I
looked, compared prices, discovered that the prices were about $2.00 less per
50 pound bag, and told Paul in an email exactly
what I wanted. Mind you, I looked on the Tractor Supply website for the
information I got. When he got home, he said that he couldn’t get the alfalfa
pellets I’d told him to because they don’t carry them. Are you kidding me? Then
why have them on the website? Anyway, he got a 40 pound bag for the price
listed for a 50 pound bag; still a better price than anywhere else I’ve gotten
them. He also said that whoever he spoke to at the store wanted to know why I
wanted the alfalfa pellets for goats; it’s horse food. Really? I’ve only had
goats on and off for how many years? Since before Laura was born so for more
than twenty-two years. In all that time I’ve probably never done any research
or read anything or talked to anyone about what my goats need in the way of
food and nutrition so, yeah, I probably have no idea what the heck they need.
Sure. Just give me what I want and don’t question my intelligence thus showing
your lack thereof.
In other news, Cedric and Seth
both had scouts last night. We took Cedric to the Carrignan’s and dropped him
off and then went to the Pitney’s. Sam’s mom offered to bring Seth home any
time I need due to conflicts with time as they live almost around the corner
just about two minutes away. I need to tuck that away for future reference.
The Blue & Gold, which is
scheduled for this Thursday, might have to be postponed due to a snow storm
that is supposed to hit that day. I guess the biggest problem with that is the
guesswork involved because everyone needs 24-hours’ notice and I don’t think it’s
really possible to completely accurately predict by 6:00 pm Wednesday evening
if at 6:00 Thursday evening the roads are going to be bad. Don’t envy Mr.
Pitney’s position on that one. I do kind of hope it is postponed because that
will certainly give Diana Chunn time to get everything recorded for Cedric
which will allow him to cross over at the Blue & Gold rather than waiting
until May.
Tonight I have a childbirth
education class. While Paul is of the opinion that if after 8 children I don’t
know how to give birth then maybe I should consider another occupation, I am
looking forward to the class. I love the instructor and I like my fellow
doulas. And I love pregnant bellies. I just don’t care for the hospital. We
also have missionaries for supper. I’m not sure yet what I’m going to feed them
but I’d like for it to be nice because it’s Elder Stoa’s last meal with us as
he’s leaving Friday. Maybe pork chops and fried rice with broccoli. I don’t
know. I’ll go check the freezers when I’m done here and take out something that
won’t require a terribly long thawing-out time.
Laura seems to be doing well.
She had two jobs for two days and then the second one let her go. I’m not sure
I agree with the decision but it wasn’t mine to make. She said yesterday she
had just gotten a call from the Provo O’Reilly’s which I guess is an auto parts
store. She’s off today and is going to call and see about scheduling an
interview. She also has a guy in her life. His name is Daven and you really
should talk to her for more info on that. I could really use her for a week or
two moving things around here but in the meantime, I guess she has her own life
to live even if it isn’t much of a life living with a bunch of girls in a
college city working all the time. You know, just my take on things.
I think this is going to be it
for today. As of whenever I get the number written, you’ve gotten 953 words and
quite frankly, that’s enough for now. Especially since I think I want to write
more words later about a different topic. But that will have to wait until the
house is relatively people free and I’ve folded a bit of laundry and have fed
the goats.
Have a splendiferous day!
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