Heavy Cooking Day

It was a heavy cooking day.  The stove was full culturing sour cream, cream for butter, and milk & cream for ranch dressing.  I had a cheddar cheese going and afterward we made ricotta from the whey. 

We also crock-potted two of our home-grown chickens that we'll make into chicken pot pie today.  Plus, we made cream cheese danishes with the butter layer that's been lounging in the frig for too long.

Sometimes cooking piles up on us.  All of a sudden there is so much to be done, and I often don't see it coming. It makes me feel ADHD to have so many things going at once, things that need constant care and watching.

And then God soothed me this morning. The sunrise, glowing out our back window, was a gentle warmth to my shivering brain...

Thank. You...  Thank. You...  Thank. You...

Christina hasn't shown us any signs of heat.  Well, she seemed a little restless yesterday, but we can't use that to tell.  We'll watch closely again today, but we may miss it.   If we don't know when she's in heat, we can't breed her, and we want her bred in about three weeks.  We called a lady who knows what she's doing and she said there is another way.  We may have find out more about it.