Oh dear.

I knew it had been a long time since I had gotten on here but I hadn't realized just how long. October to February. How did that happen?!

So what has been taking up my time? Several things. I got a new computer somewhere in there so I've been trying to sort out accounts and the like. I need to figure out how to merge a couple of Google accounts to simplify things. I've ended up with a ridiculous number of email and blogging accounts.

Let's see...new computer, new critters, kids (one in school, one at home), my own business, running a farmers' market, and about September I joined the Board of Directors of a grocery co-op. I have a monthly knit-night, a monthly (more sporadic than that but it is supposed to be monthly) spinning group, monthly board meeting, and then any of the other activities that go with having kids and pets. Some how I have ended up very busy by accident. I try to not get this busy because it takes away from just enjoying what we already have. In a lot of ways it is fun to be crazy busy though.

The kids are doing well despite the fact that we've all been sick with colds the last week or so. Bear is sick of school and ready for summer vacation, and Mia is ready to start school. I think poor Bear just gets bored with doing the worksheets day after day. Mia reads right along with Bear now. She jumped from not really reading to catching up and maybe outpacing Bear sometimes. They are in pretty stiff competition with each other when it comes to reading. Bear loves science at school and Mia loves animals. Bear does too but he loves them more in the sense of studying them and Mia loves to hang out with them and talk to them.

I love watching the kids develop into their own personas. They both have aspects of Tom and I but they are certainly their own people. Mia loves to do her own thing most of the time. She'll ask me why I don't leave the room sometimes. She would rather sit and play by herself than talk to me much of the time. Bear is just the opposite. He wants to be with us and interacting all the time unless he is allowed to play on his computer.

Our little farm is slowly coming together. We've got goats, chickens, cats, and dogs. We are up to two dogs again. I just got a Great Pyrenees, Akbash, Collie mix puppy. Her name is Luna. She is very sweet and growing like crazy. The goats are a pain but seem to give good fiber. The chickens lay eggs most of the time, but I'm going to have to get a few more to keep us in eggs. The cats do alright keeping the mouse population down but they aren't quite keeping up.

Those are the major developments. Otherwise we just keep chugging along with our day to day chores and activities.