busy spring

spring time at the homestead means we are VERY busy. there is the garden to plant, the fryer to tend, the turkeys running wild. i have been doing a lot of moving of plants to give the place a little better look. dear husband has been working like a mad man lately (thankfully) so i have been getting a tad bit behind in the chores around here. i also am without a car, ugh!! so i am unable to run errands and things of that nature. my washing machine also broke, UGH AGAIN!! but i did hand wash some diapers (those just can't wait) in the home made washer. it was NOT fun, but here is a small video i made.....

the part to fix my under 2 year old washer (HE front loading piece of POO) was over $100! well i didn't like my front loader and told hubby to find me an old school top loading washer on craiglist. he did. it was $50 and it works like a charm :)

our bad day

yesterday was a bad day! the company hubby was working for went under, no job for hubby. on the way to get a replacement driver's licenses for me (my purse was stolen) our only running vehicle broken down (over a $200.00 part to fix it) and we had to have it towed home (more money spent we don't really have). so it was a bad day........ but it got worse. i thought our eldest son was out helping his dad in the garage, but he wasn't. he was "helping" me paint the mud room. here's how he did..... well here is the update picture. ike has to help clean up the mess he made.... so here he is scrapping paint.