New additions

Shawn and I went to an auction on Saturday and got some new additions to our "Ol' Shawn Lindula" farm....7 ducks of different kinds.....

A pair of mallards....

4 more geese to go with our other 2. Hopefully they all lay eggs and some of them hatch. Would be fun to have little goslings....

2 yearling highlanders. We have a bull and a cow as well, but my camera batteries died. Will get pictures of them and the other purchases later...

I thought they were really ugly, but they are growing on me.....

Here we sit outside march 18 2008, high 60's and clear skies. Two years ago we had 4 inches of snow 10 miles north of us march 11th, last year it was 99 degrees march 17th. P.L.

Saw Denise snuggled up to old Jay Bear Horner in church today. Could not have fit a Paivamias between them, did she show you the pictures of him with bibs rolled up? By the way he trucks to Vegas and I hear the chapels acomodate big rigs..... P.L.

Weather is mid 70's and clear blue skies. The desert is very green from winter rains and the wildflowers are really starting to come out. In eastern AZ the White Mts. have a 109in. base on the ski hill (natural snow, not man made) the reservoirs are full and fishing is supposed to be great. I am as sexy as ever and my family thinks the sun rises and sets in me. Kendra, Drew, Emalee and Caitlyn are just swell. Oops, another catheter needs installing..... P.L.

I am now at John C. Lincoln Hospital, Deer Valley on Saturday afternoons, I work in the E.R., I call myself a catheter tech. but my real job is much less glamorous and more mundane, however, I enjoy it. (almost as much as a good run on sentence) Patients seem to think I am much more important than I actually am being as I am the only person they see in dress pants and collar shirt once they get thru Triag/admitting. Everything is going fine and everyone says hi.... P.L.

Hi,

Here is one picture of our handywork. Have others too, but having a hard time to post them. Will try again sometime. All else is good around here and we're not sure when we'll get up north.
Busy working and trying to get stuff done inside before the weather warms up.
See Ya, Dan

Lucky

Here's a picture of "Lucky"

Hi Everyone

How are the goats and everyones dogs doing? More importantly how are the kids doing? We have been remodeling the kitchen, added some cupboards and a island. Put in new counter tops and new flooring. Added a dishwasher and over the stove microwave which we didn't have before. Still not done. Hope to be finished before it warms up outside. I would put a picture of it on here, but don't know how to get it from the photo part of the computer to here. Any help out there? I am going ice fishing on Monday (Feb. 18) for the first time this winter, should be fun!
Dan

New kid on the farm

Yesterday or the day before, Shawn pointed out how my black goat must be pregnant as she has a bag on her. We were both amazed as she is just so fat, that we didn't think she would ever get pregnant.

So, last evening, I was out doing my evening chores - 9PM or so and heard my big fat black goat (Chubs) crying. Sure enogh, she's in labor. Well, she sure isn't conditioned to delivery due to being very huge. Shawn came and helped and we got one out, cleaned off, breathing. Make another temporary shed in the garage and move her and baby in there as it was cold outside.

Comes to the delivery of the next one and neither Shawn nor I could get our hand around the head. Denise was able to and got the kid out. We tried to make that little thing breathe, but just couldn't get it to. Then, Shawn checks to make sure there aren't any more kids and.... another one. That one didn't make it either. I was really worried that Mom wasn't going to make it through the deliveries, but she did and the first baby (Denise appropriately named it "Lucky") and Mom are doing fine.

Now to get the baby to suck, but for now, milking and feeding with a syringe. Needless to say, a late night, early morning, and a lot of work when I get home. Will have to leave work early to check on the "kid" :)

Bubba

We lost Bubba last week - he died. I'd bought him from an auction last year and didn't know how old he was. I think he was just old and this winter was just too much for him.

My new "kids"

I have 2 new "kids" that were born on February 1st. Both boys and Momma are doing well.

I am working on volunteering at John C. Lincoln Hospital, so far I have interviewed, taken one TB test and had my picture taken and background check done, I need a second TB test end of the week, then I'm in. We have rain every week and frost in the mornings. Bailey now weighs fifty lbs. and is in Canine Good Citizen training, after that she will go to an International Association for an exam on temperament, obedience and socialization . After she passes all that she can go into hospitals and nursing homes as a assistance dog. The family is all doing great and says hi P.L.

Hello!

What has everyone been up to? This blog is so quiet.....

Not much with us. We closed on the land next door on the 15th so have an additional 32 acres. The buildings that were there are down along with the house, and burned (for the most part). Still a lot of garbage clean up with many trips to the dump, scrap iron to haul in and that's only the stuff above the snow - Can't wait to see the surprises in the spring :( She put all of her garbage in a trailer, then when they left, dumped the trailer so it's all left for us. I've been searching through garbage and learned her diet: beer, hard liquor, soda, and spam - any one hungry?

We continue with our lovely animals and picking chicken eggs. We have someone who will sell the eggs so we are trying to get more chickens. Not sure how this is a money making proposition, but at least pays for the food that they eat :) and they are just fun to have.

It has been a bit chilly here. The last couple days schools were closed, businesses closed - with the exception of my place of employment. Sunday and Monday was really warn with rain on Monday. Then we went from 39 to -25 with wind chills of -50. Needless to say, the rain helped to create an ice rink in everyone's yards and we walk around with pillows strapped to our backsides to help with the reoccuring need to sit down unexpectedly. This morning, it was much warmer (-12) with a lot less wind.

Would love to hear what the rest of you have been up to.
Heather

this is Bailey, my 6 month old German Shepherd.

a few more... Emalee with her rainboots, the kids when they finally realized santa had come! it took them a while to notice!! Paul, emmie and drew singing on christmas eve at our house. We had our family over on christmas eve. christmas and new years were alot of fun, now it is back to the busy schedule of everyday life! Hope everyone has a blessed new year!
kendra

Christmas at our house.

Here are a few pictures from our christmas. the first one is Caitlyn on her birthday eating her cake. Caitlyn and emalee on santas lap at our big forstie family christmas party, drew was scared of him! the kids in there christmas outfits and drew and caitlyn on christmas morning.

New Year's Day

For Eveleth Horizons (I'm the coordinator), people said they wanted a sliding hill in Eveleth. The city made one and we had the grand opening of it yesterday. They made signs to lead the way....I didn't go down the hill as I was there as photographer, but can't wait to get a sled and go down it. We had people of all ages riding the hill with sleds of all shapes and sizes and even snowboards. It's quite the hike up, but everyone claims it is worth it....

We had a "name the hill" contest and the winner will be announced at the City Council meeting tonight. We also had a snowman contest. Here were the entries...

"Samantha" the hula snowgirl

"The old man on the mountain"

This one didn't have a name - or at least I wasn't told what it was

"Pom Pom Snow Girl"

Can't wait for everyone to come and visit - we can go sliding in Eveleth now!

Heather

Had a party here monday night, was fun, our kids are night owls. What did anyone else do? Happy New Year P.L.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!!!
WISHING A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.
DAN AND MAURI

Merry Christmas

The weather outside may be frightful.....

but the Pulla.....

and other "goodies" are delightful....

From our home....

to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!! Enjoy the holidays.
Happy New Year too!
Paul and Kendra

Happy B-day Caitlyn you are daddy's little angel P.L.

More land....

Shawn and I signed a purchase agreement to buy "Julie's" land next door. So, we will have an additional 32 acres attached to ours. She has 30 days to remove her belongings and then we will be closing on the house on or around January 15th. I'm very excited. We will have more pasture land and need to get more goats - Shawn says cattle - or sheep. We may end up putting a new sewer in and building a house of some sort to rent out - We will see. The possibilities will be endless - once we really do own it. The current owner said that she already considers it ours but we have to wait for Julie to move her stuff out.

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

Hi,

Mauri and I had a great time in Arizona with Paul, Kendra and family. The light show was alot of fun for everyone. The kids are so much fun, even though they like Aunt Mauri better than thier Uncle Dan. Oh well. We also visited with Mauri's parents and her Grandmother, who live there year-round. It was cold most days, and rainy, but better than the weather we left. Happy Holidays to all and to all a good night.
Dan

We went to Glendale Glitters Sat. night with Dan and Mauri, lots of fun for all. 1,000,000 lights, snacks and games, plus, old Glendale main street antique shops are all open until 10 p.m. P.L.

Finally feeling like Christmas!

We have finally began slowly putting up decorations. Our house has been a mess the last few weeks, from putting up our bedroom wall again. So now that the living room was finished getting painted I put up our few decorations. Emalee picked out that Santa from Frys and the snowman drew picked out from target. Caitlyn will not leave the little bells on the tree and it is a fight to keep them from the other kids as well!