January 8

January 8 I knew posting daily would not always happen.  I did not expect to be late and actually miss days the first week, but that has happened.  I am ok with that.  Keeping in mind that working 24 hours shifts, and longer, on the ambulance keeps me away from the...

January 6

January 6 This day definitely did not go as planned.  I got off work over 3 hours late due to an emergency call just before shift change.  Loosing that time at home threw off my whole schedule.  Which lead me to thinking about just how planning works….and...

January 5

January 5 I find myself typing after midnight after running an emergency ambulance call.  During the drive back to the station, I started thinking about what I could post about on a day I worked a 24 hour shift and was not on the homestead at all.  It came to me...

January 4

January 4 We found ourselves behind on meat processing, and I found myself off work for 12 hours today, so I decided my time would be best spent processing a couple of deer that were in the cooler.  Some of the hunters around us had some luck with bows and...

January 3

January 3 I got off work this morning at 7:00 a.m.  Fortunately, there were no calls last night, so I slept all night.  I got home just in time to make coffee and get ready for guests.  We had plans to butcher a pig today and had guests coming to learn how to butcher...