It's Official

The human brought out a brand new collar. We all waited to see who was getting the collar.

Beautiful Spice got a collar. That makes it official. She's a keeper. She'll never leave the farm.

Can you see why the human would choose to present her with a collar?

Don't forget to enter our giveaway. Click the button on the side to go to that post and enter.

Sunbathing

Maggie has a new favorite place to lay. Can you tell where she is?

Do you think she's working on a tan?

Personally, I think Betty Lou looks smarter laying in the shade.

Millionaire Goat & Giveaway

I'm a winner! I won! I won!

Psych! Seriously, I told you the human is full of Blarney. Rubbing my horns and kissing my forehead does not mean I'm going to win the lottery. Really, I can't believe how silly humans are sometimes.

I'm still a lucky goat. Look at all the wonderful comments people left for me. I am blessed with wonderful readers. Everyone is so nice. I have everything I need in this world to be happy. I have big beautiful kids. Bam Bam grew up and got to go to his own forever farm.

I have my health. I'm surrounded by my herd, including two of my older daughters. This is Joe and me. No other human would be sweet enough to keep Joe.

There's a barn full of hay for the winter, and I have a good human to give it to me. What more could I want?

Because I'm so lucky and blessed, I'm going to have a giveaway. I'm giving one lucky person (or goat, horse, etc.) a $20 gift certificate to Hoegger Supply Company. They are the ultimate in goat suppliers. Don't think you have to have a goat companion to want this. They also have books, cards, clothing, and all kinds of great goatie things. It's where the human got her favorite mug.

To enter, leave a comment on this post. Once you leave your comment you will get three more entries if you are a follower of my blog. Sign up if you aren't already a follower. You can get three more entries if you write about my giveaway on your blog and come back to let me know. That's a possible total of seven entries! The drawing will close at the end of the day next Thursday, and the winner will be announced Friday, July 16th. May the luck of the Millie goat be with you!

Lucky Goat

Lucky goat. I'm a lucky goat. Recently, I've won a couple of giveaways. First, I won a barbecue giveaway from Christi at Life on our Iowa Farm. It had all kinds of wonderful things that goats don't get, but my human liked. We argued about the frisbee. She said my kids would just eat it. Then I thought it looked like a perfect corn dish. She let me try that out.

I thought it was perfect. Minnie was jealous. She was waiting for a chance to sneak in and eat my corn, but I got every last bit.

Then when I was headed out to pasture the human hollered for me to come back. She had something else for me. She called it pink lemonade. It also came in the BBQ giveaway. I wasn't too sure about it, so I gave it a quick cautious lap.

It was actually pretty good! I'm going to have to make sure I get the rest of that pink lemonade. After all, I am the lucky goat.

I was even trying to lick the bowl out. Do you know how hard it is to drink a bowl of pink lemonade when your kids are nursing?

Actually, it's not that hard because they aren't too big yet. Thank you Christi!

Well, if that doesn't tell you what a lucky goat I am, this will definitely convince you. The second giveaway I won was two lovely glass plates that came from Jaz at October Farm. Jaz is such a nice lady that she even told my human to be sure and serve me apple slices and carrot coins.

Aren't those plates lovely? Well, after the yummy lemonade, I was ready to go out to pasture when she called me back again.

I went over to see what she had this time, and it was one of my favorites--apples slices. Of course, Beau followed me back, but I just kept munching.

That wasn't all! I still had the carrots.

Then I was done with all the food. How lucky am I? Thank you Jaz! Well, the human got it in her little human brain that I'm so lucky I should buy a lottery ticket. I told her I really didn't think it would be convenient for me to go to the store, but I'd be happy for her to buy me one. I thought the paper might taste good too.

She insisted that I was the lucky one. I offered to give her some lucky goat pellets to put in her pocket, but she didn't think that sounded convenient to her. Finally, she settled for rubbing my lucky, musical horns.

Really, by now I just wanted to go out to pasture, but she wasn't finished. She insisted that just like the Irish kiss the Blarney Stone, she should kiss her "lucky Millie goat". Personally, I think she's full of Blarney, but I am also a patient goat.

So after the lucky horn rubbing and kissing, she went to the convenience store and bought me a ticket. I didn't even get to eat the ticket, but she says I'll be a millionaire goat very soon. What should I do with all my millions? I know. I'll demand apple slices and carrot coins with pink lemonade every day!

Hay and Rain

The human has neglected us this summer; she hasn't even spent enough time out here for the kids to know her. Most times I don't like that. But last week, I was fine with her being busy so much of the time. When she finished, I peeked in the barn. Look what I saw.

Look at all that hay. I don't think even Scarlet could eat all of that at once. Then I looked up.

There was even more in the loft. We will be eating well all winter long. The human and her boy got this finished just in time.

The rain has started again. This is how we've spent the last two days.

There's not a lot to do but lay in the barn and wait for the rain to stop. Of course, Bambi thinks it is fun to use me as a trampoline or jungle gym. I wish this is what she was doing instead.

Then I could stay nice and clean. I hope the sun shines again soon.

Driveway Geese

The human tells us again and again, "No yard goats." We get in trouble if we go in the yard. She shoos us out, and there are dogs that scare us.

She also tells the geese, "Get your goose tails back where they belong." when the geese go in the driveway. She's quit telling them that. Look. Is this fair? No scolding or shooing back to the barnyard. No big scary dog there. That's not fair.

She hasn't even put the post back in front of the fence so they can't get out. She might as well just open it up and post a sign announcing, "Geese Welcome!"

Well, Happy 4th of July, even if the geese get special treatment.

Summer Fun

The human let us into our good old pasture again. The kids are really enjoying the old stumps.

Stormy seems to be the biggest kid. You'd never guess that she is a responsible adult with her own kid.

Flash looks like he could enter a long jump contest.

Kizzy finally brought her girls out. I think that is just great.

I do wish, however, she would not try to kill any kid (my Bambi) that gets within ten feet.

Here, she is giving Flower and Bud the goat stare of death. They weren't too scared.

She's already chased Bob Cat a couple of times.

The human suggested she go after Rooster Boy if she really wants to kill someone. He's gotten a bit full of himself since Tammy's chickens went to be processed, and he is still here.