The New Year has begun!

Happy 2015

First I do hope everyone had a great time during the Holidays with family and friends.

Our "Elf on a Shelf" I guess gave us good reviews because we had an awesome Christmas. Our "Reindeer in the barn" also must have told Santa that they were good because they got some very special presents too.

Two days before Christmas we gave ourselves the greatest gift, Dingo.

Since the loss of Corona, I thought as a family we were good without a dog, but I was finding myself looking for Corona during my long days in the sewing room. The house was so empty, I found myself on PetFinder, looking at first and then I decided to adopt! We tried with at least 4 dogs but for whatever reason they were no longer available. I thought we were to close to Christmas for a Rescue to make a decision to allow us to adopt but I was wrong. I saw him and had already decided that if this didn't work then I was done looking until next year. 

Dingo arrived 2 days before Christmas and there was no doubt in my mind when he greeted us that he was going to be a part of our family. He is very smart, very loving and a smart ass by every means, so it really works.  He has been a great addition to the family and has brought adventure along with love. A home is just not a home to me when there is no dog to be found. 

Christmas morning brought a surprise, I think the goats thought it to be a Christmas miracle.

My sister and her husband dropped off a roll of hay for the goats and the whole barnyard was so overjoyed with it. Even the chickens slept in it and played in it. 

It had to be one of the funniest things to watch this Christmas. 

At the beginning of the year my children suffered a very tragic loss. One of my son's guinea pigs, Ms. Poka  was found dead one night. It is hard to loose a pet but to loose one without any warnings is hard for me to handle, but for them, it was very hard.  My son had raised her since she had been born and she died before her parents. No words can be said to make a grieving child feel better, was a hard thing for us all to endure. Life at times seems so unfair. One thing learned from all of this is the lesson of how we should all take the time to be with the ones we love and quit making excuses. Our children unfortunately had to learn the hard way but understand it now. 

The 62 Shasta Astrodome!

Some know that I had plans last year to find an older camper and turn it into a store, well my wonderful neighbor had a gift for me. Ms. Ruby gave me this old camper with a title, to me. 

She is very rough, but she was free and came from a very wonderful, dear friend. I'm so happy, it's Wayne's worse nightmare, but in a few years she will look better than now.

I will be taking a lot of pictures and believe that I will also start a separate page so people can follow in the renovations that will be happening.

I absolutely have fallen in love with the wheels. they are so cool. Can not wait to polish them up to see their true beauty.

Inside has some surprises that have survived also.

This lamp is electric but.....

This is an old propane light.

Love that this survived and all 3 tables have also survived without getting any water damage. 

Most of the stuff will have to be gutted and replaced, but that is fine. 

This will be one of my biggest adventures for this year. It will take  time to get everything where it needs to be but, she is mine!! My goal is to try and do this by myself with little to know help, we will see how this goes. 

The New Year for Cranberry Acre will be exciting and hard, but it is just another step for our little one acre farm. Plans for 2015:

- Get the milking stall built and a birthing room

- gut the camper

- Cranberry Acre will be at new shows along with the same ones from the last year.

-Getting organized is the big thing this year. 

- Smaller family garden 

- Concentrate on more canning and freezing.

More demo's on the Blog

As I said it will be an exciting year and we will see how well I stay on the goal list!

Happy 2015 everyone, it will be a great year!