A little update of what has been going on in my life and with our beloved goats.
I lost my mother July 24th, and my father July 26th. My Aunt, who had come to stay with us July 25th real late at night, because her house had burned down in the Carr fire. In the process of taking care of my mom after she came home from the hospital on the 17th and my dad (before he was put in a dementia/alzheimer's/ home on the 16th), I started selling most of my stock because we were not able give them the full time care that they needed. In Oct, around Halloween, my aunt started exhibiting dementia/Alzheimer's/ psychosis problems and I am now her care taker and am not home again.
After my parents passed, to be honest, I have lost interest in them. 1. from having to sell them, and then having my favorite and best goaties leave, and 2. after all this time away from them, I really dont miss them, and 3. My husband is going to retire at the end of June 2019, and I honestly dont know we if will be able to afford them after that.
So! Where are we in the goat world!? I am hoping that I get some of my spark back once we get my aunt placed somewhere and I get to move back home. Also, with kidding season coming up in a few months, maybe seeing all these awesome babies being born will help with getting my spark back! and hopefully, my venture into trying to sell my homemade goat milk soaps at two of our local farmers markets will finally kick in, and that will be an income for the goats. So, time will tell. If I am still feeling like I am now after kidding season, and that new special baby doesn't find a way to my heart, then the last of the herd will be up for sale. My daughter has said if I get rid of all my goats, then she will sell all her goats.
I lost my mother July 24th, and my father July 26th. My Aunt, who had come to stay with us July 25th real late at night, because her house had burned down in the Carr fire. In the process of taking care of my mom after she came home from the hospital on the 17th and my dad (before he was put in a dementia/alzheimer's/ home on the 16th), I started selling most of my stock because we were not able give them the full time care that they needed. In Oct, around Halloween, my aunt started exhibiting dementia/Alzheimer's/ psychosis problems and I am now her care taker and am not home again.
After my parents passed, to be honest, I have lost interest in them. 1. from having to sell them, and then having my favorite and best goaties leave, and 2. after all this time away from them, I really dont miss them, and 3. My husband is going to retire at the end of June 2019, and I honestly dont know we if will be able to afford them after that.
So! Where are we in the goat world!? I am hoping that I get some of my spark back once we get my aunt placed somewhere and I get to move back home. Also, with kidding season coming up in a few months, maybe seeing all these awesome babies being born will help with getting my spark back! and hopefully, my venture into trying to sell my homemade goat milk soaps at two of our local farmers markets will finally kick in, and that will be an income for the goats. So, time will tell. If I am still feeling like I am now after kidding season, and that new special baby doesn't find a way to my heart, then the last of the herd will be up for sale. My daughter has said if I get rid of all my goats, then she will sell all her goats.