Babies Are Here!!!

Our goats had babies!! We did have to assist with the births and we have two new babies!

Fresh Goat Milk!

So we milked our goats for the first time. It is taking a little getting used to because we are hand milking but we are all learning. We built our own milking stand. It was pretty simple to make. We used all recycled materials from wood we had on hand already. We also made our first goat milk cheese. This is a simple cheese made with milk and vinegar. 

First we cooked the milk to the right temperature.

After the vinegar is added the milk makes curds and whey.

Letting the whey drip out through the cheese cloth.

This is the cheese before any seasoning is added. It tastes like ricotta.

This is the finished cheese with added pink salt and dill.

This will go great with scrambled eggs.

Waiting Room.....

This is day 141. Baby did not want us to pet her much this morning. I hope we have babies soon. All of this waiting is killing me! It has been five months now and we are getting more excited every day. I have three days off work so maybe we will have them before I go back to work.

You can help more dogs like Gracie! Updates on our fur babies.

Gracie is doing just great. She definitely beat the odds that were stacked against her. She is well now. She is healed from her leg surgery and spaying. I could not have asked for a better dog than her. Shame on the people who treated her in such a harsh and cruel way. I would hate to have their karma. I am so lucky to have friends that helped out with donations for her care. I suppose if Gracie could she would just look at the people that hurt her and stick her tongue out at them. Go Gracie!! You can see the video that we made in an earlier post. If you would like to donate to our Dog Rescue Fund that helps pay for vet bills for hurt dogs we accept PayPal: whybeanurse@yahoo.com

Even just a small donation can help so many. Our fund is called Gracie's Gifts. (After Gracie of course) Our way of paying it forward. We are sorry you cannot use your donation as a tax deduction at this time. We do not have tax exemption status. If you choose to help us out we will be glad to send updates on the animals that we help if you would like just send us a note when you make a donation. (and no spam from us, we hate the stuff also) We currently are helping with another dumped pit. His injuries are so horrible also. We are just a bunch of nurses that hate to see the suffering caused by others. We try to help where we can. We just pay it forward. 

As you can see this is what I wake up to in the evenings before I pull those 12 hour shifts at the hospital. She is so cute.

The following pictures are of our recent dog that we helped pay vet bills for.

He was used as a bait dog. Also starved and left for dead. We sent him to the vet. And he is now recovering nicely.

The next picture is the day after he came back from vet. Wounds all cleaned and looking much happier.

He just wants someone to love him. Poor thing we really feel like this guy was someone's pet. No microchip though. If you know this guys family please contact us.

nursehelg@yahoo.com

So as you can see we are just a couple nurses just trying to make a difference in this world for a few dogs one at a time.

The Waiting Room!

Ok so our two Nigerian Dwarf Goats are due to kid this week and we are really nervous about the whole process. This will be our first kidding and I hope all goes well. I can't wait to finally see our new babies! I hope for twins for each of our girls. I would love to have just doelings so we don't have to worry about the whole castration thing because disbudding them will be hard enough. I guess this is what urban farming is all about! I will post updates as they happen.

This is Bandit. She kept trying to check out the phone. She is a curious girl.

Shot from above. 

This is Baby. She is much bigger than Bandit.

Back view. You can see the baby bump really good from this angle. Her bag is growing nicely. 

My new dress and shoes!

Ok so I am normally not all girly and have to post about makeup and clothes and shoes but I just had to post a pic of my new dress and shoes. I bought them for a wedding I went to. It was so funny that I bought the shoes and dress at the same store. I think that the shoes are a perfect match.

Ok so my hair isn't fixed yet!

I just love my shoes! I think they will look good with jeans also.

Me and my soul mate for the next 1,000 + years. I'm lucky we found each other in this life and many more to come!