...Nearly 2 weeks later, the first finally arrived! Guess Grace's calculations were a bit off! Well, this IS our first time with goats, afterall...And, our dairy cow experience was quite a long time ago. We just got too excited, too soon!
Next one due is Edna, aka Eddie. As a veteran mama, she will likely have twins...this weekend, hopefully! And, finally, Satine, sometime in early-October.
Isaac, "Classified Tech", is now "official", according to the US Trotting Association.
He's been DNA-tested and freeze-branded.
Yesterday, he got his very first set of shoes, and today, he took to the road for a 3-mile jog! Time to earn his keep around here! Hoping to start racing him this spring of 2019.
I am on the cusp of a change myself right now - in just one week, my time at Holiday Hair in Exeter will come to a close and I will open a new chapter in my career at Oley Valley Hair Salon in Oley, PA...less than a 10-minute drive from home! I will miss the young ladies at Holiday, whom I have enjoyed getting to know, but this is a change I have been hoping for these last couple months. It is time to reclaim my Sundays for church and family. It is time for me to have a more consistent schedule that I can control to a greater degree than I ever could at Holiday, a corporation-owned salon. As my list of regular clients grows, I will certainly earn a better income than I ever could at a corporation salon, too, though this is more about my time than my earnings. I will be working by appointment, no longer relying on "walk-ins" to keep me busy. No longer wasting hours hoping someone comes in for a color or perm... AND...I will be expanding my repertoire, giving facials and basic manicures as well as hair services at my new salon in Oley - woohoo! Ya'll know how I like to keep things interesting, right!
And, finally, last weekend Don, Will and Nate participated in the 4th annual Penn's Wall Highland Games in Quarryville, PA! Rosie acted as score keeper and Grace and I shared the role of photographer. As always, we had a blast at this local Scottish Festival. Of course, I have some photos to share with all of you:
What a great time! This festival gets better each year with more competitions, more musicians, new demos and great food. I encourage all of you to come out next year. It is always the 2nd Saturday in September.
So, I'm still swimming four times a week, and loving it. Swimming came quite naturally to me as a kid, and I was asked to swim competitively a few times, but when forced to choose between swim team and dance, both huge time commitments, I always chose dance. No matter now, though. The strokes were deeply embedded in my muscle-memory. Swimming laps just feels so good!
Acupuncture has helped me tremendously. I am almost back to my normal energy level, and my joint pain has been minimal this last week, Praise the Lord! I'm sure my dietary changes have had something to do with it, too - minimal dairy, gluten and sugar. (Sugar is the hardest for me!) More fish, more veggies, brown rice and quinoa.
Just five weeks from tomorrow, Don and I head to California. I am so excited for everything we will see and do there! Eight adventure-filled days!
Next Post will surely be chock-full of adorable kids - goat kids, that is!
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