Milklessness

8/10/06 - 5th Day - Afternoon. Yesterday was hot. I don't know what the actual temperature was, but it was in the 100 vicinity with high humidity. We were able to keep it below 90 in the cabin while I was working. Mihai and Mark were working for a friend stretching barbed wire, so I spent most of the day answering email and doing some writing. Some friends came down from the metroplex around 8pm which was when it started to cool off. We had some fellowship, then sat down for a movie we rented (Inside Man) which had Denzel Washington in it. It was alright.

This morning, Ami didn't want to give up any milk. We got a little, but not enough to be getting up at 4:20 a.m. Eventually we are going to have to start keeping her calf from her during the night, or sometime during the day. It will be nice to have our own milk and butter from our own cows. We are still spending a horrendous amount of money on gas and ice.

We did receive a fairly large donation for the well, which brings us up to about 2/3 of where we need to be. I will call some well digging companies today to get prices.

It would be great to have the root cellar done before Ranchfest in October. Ranchfest is coming up soon, and I pray that we will have a good project to do during that time. Right now we are planning on putting up an office, but that could change based on funds and the amount of people coming down.

I am writing about Antichrist and dealing with a couple different controversies. It is hard when you are very, very sleepy. I have to stop going to bed after midnight and waking up early to milk.

MIchael