8 Sep – 12 Sep 2026
Life has been hitting fast and hard, so catching up on the backlog! I’m getting tires rotated on one of the trucks, so a perfect opportunity to work on a couple posts!
Shenanigans at Cub Scouts! Jarek is helping out as a den chief with the pack.
3 Sep 2026
Evan and Meagan got to practice early, and started doing some drills. Meagan made Evan a bet that if he blocked more shots than her, she would do his dishes(!). Sadly, he did not succeed.
Garret being a goober, as usual of course.
The other notable thing that happened today was our Ninja toaster oven started to go on the fritz. Which was rather disappointing and only then did we find out how much we really relied on it.
4 Sept 2026
Nothing quite like going out to the chickens and finding one randomly dead in the morning. No apparent signs of struggle or injuries.
Wildly crazy loud geese!
After animal chores, it was off to lunch with friends, then to the store. We were running low on our favorite peanut butter. Which, it turns out, was apparently also quite popular as there was none on the shelves when I got there.
Then it was time to change the oil on the truck. I was going to use my new oil extraction pump, but something wasn’t compatible with the setup – either too long of a hose or it couldn’t get down to the oil pan. I had to by a longer piece of tubing but it still didn’t reach.
Meanwhile, there was chess club. Garrett is learning to play, although he has a bit of trouble with losing.
The rest of the kids had a good time. Jarek and Evan can beat everyone there, however; so we need to find them some stiffer competiiton!
Fortunately, I had a Fumoto valve installed, which made it much less messy.
Normally, this results in a partial oil bath for me as 3 gallons of oil is liberated.
Of course, there is no time to change oil like when you are dodging rain showers!
I see a little person got a hold of my phone…
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2 Sep 2026
We tried a little experiment, well two actually. One was cutting back the feed for the chickens, and two was using the Tractor Supply delivery service.
Cutting the feed back wasn’t that great. It caused a slow down in their eggs, and I’m not sure if it is related or not, but seemed to trigger a molt. Egg production pretty much stopped (writing this a couple weeks in the future..) and took a while to recover.
Tractor Supply also took their time delivering, missing the original promise date and stretched out the delivery over a few days. That was a little annoying as well.
30 Aug 2026
After Garrett’s party, it was a day of recovery and clean up. Randal is here helping with the goat chores! Video below!
Friday, 28 August 2026
Friday was another gymnastic class, this time for Evan and Garrett. Evan and Garrett had a great time. Randal really wanted to do it as well, but he was too young.
9 Aug 2026
A couple of videos for today. We start with goat shenanigans of a seemingly stuck Zanzi.
Thursday, 6 August 2026
The box is still the best new toy! Check out the video below for more shenanigans!
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
The loaves from yesterday’s post all done! I have two basic sourdough loaves, one jalapeno cheddar, and a sourdough rye loaf.
Monday, 3 August 2026
Today started early. Arya’s volleyball practice started up today, which of course runs from 0600 – 0800, which means we (well, one of us and Arya anyway) are up at 0500 to get her there.
A happy, but sleepy Arya, is ready to go to practice!
Sunday 2 August 2026
Another soccer practice. Randal enjoys being a big kid and playing as the goalie, just like big brother Evan!
Morning chicken video!