Hey everybody!

Last Friday, when I came home, there was a ewe in labor. Now I've seen just about everything

with labor from breached lambs to any other sorts of lambs. This day, it wasn't too much to be

expected. The ewe already had a lamb, and was making circles around it while she licked it.

This meant that she was in labor for the second lamb. I could also tell this because of the second

water bag coming out. That's the cool part. The water bags are always in different colors. I think it's

sort of neat. It's like they're color coded or something. Haha.

Well anyways, there was a damp, black girl lamb already born. Then, the ewe laid down and

began to push the second one out. They do that by having their noses high in the air. It's really painful

to watch, because you feel bad for what they're going through. The lamb was white and black and almost

all the way out when she stood up with it hanging down. It was a funny sight because it began to shake its

little head so hard that it plopped to the ground. Ouch, huh? But it was funny. We had a boy and a girl lambs

and they were all right. The mama didn't have milk for them, though, until two hours later. The afterbirth

has to drop before there could be milk in the utter. The lambs were so hungry by then. This doesn't always happen

with mama ewes. Sometimes the afterbirth drops immediately. Every ewe is different.

But they're okay. And we have two more ewes to have babies. I'm betting on one having three because

of how big she looks. But alas, first and foremost, the lambs need to be healthy. That's the most important

thing. Wish us luck on the final two. Please pray for them. Thanks!

***Here are the lambs we have now from ewes July, Velvet, Sarah, Yo-Yo, and Keyley: Emmett and Jasper, Kaylee,

Jada and Nettie (mine), Carl and Eddie, and Charlie and Alice.

Ta!! :)

JMG~

Hey, everybody. Well, we're getting more lambs. Our latest addition is ewe Yo-Yo's twin boys Carl and Eddie. I'd post pictures, but I need to get them on the digital camera, and that's a lot of work. I just don't have time for that right now. But as soon as I do, I'll get them on here or on Facebook. So HA if you don't have a Facebook account. Maybe now is the time to get one.

Just kidding.

My week has been very busy. Each professor I have at college seems to think that I'm going to have time for all that reading for the class, plus reading for fun, plus watching my favorite TV shows, plus writing my books, plus reading the Bible. That's a lot to squeeze in one week, let along a day! But I keep plugging along, neglecting homework as usual and dreading to finish the latest book I'm reading for fun. I have like three hundred pages left, so maybe I'll finish it in March during spring break. I also have about 8 books left to read. They're not that long, only 200 pages at the most. But I wanna READ!! 

Beyond all that, I read the paper, do crosswords to again neglect homework, and today I have an appointment so I won't be going to 2 classes. HA! 

Please comment and let me know how I can be able to get all this done better. Maybe I need to stop thinking about the terrifying movie that I watched in one of my classes. Bad stuff in there. 

Well anyways...wish me luck. I'm already surprised I had time to write in here! 

Ta! God bless! :) 

JMG~

LAMBS!!! :)

Hello, everybody! Guess what? My sheep ewe, Sarah, had twin girls yesterday around four o'clock in the afternoon! God willing, I will go home today to see them. I am so excited! Their names are Jada and Nettie. Nettie is short for Serenity. Pretty names, huh? Well, I told Sarah before I left that I was proud of her and would be praying for her. I think there were extra prayers, too, because since Jan. 18th we have had wonderful and healthy lambs. One ewe, July, had twin boys, and another ewe, Velvet, had a girl two days ago. 

I am always astonished year by year of how each mother ewe cares for her lamb or lambs. They are either angrily or scared-for-their-baby protective, or they might not care if someone holds one of her lambs. In a couple cases, we could hardly be in the pen for very long. And we have had all sorts of lamb experiences. We had an adorable blind lamb, we had the tiniest twin boys you have ever seen, we've had huge lambs, we've had one huge lamb and a tiny lamb as its brother. We have to pull at least one every once in a while, and it seems like there's one every year. There hasn't been so far, and God willing, there won't be any more. 

As the lambs grow, they get wilder so you have to tame them down and spend time with them as much as possible. When I mean wild, I mean they like to run around a lot and drive Mama crazy by wondering where they are. We've had a lamb with a very fast heartbeat, and bottle lambs galore. One year we had a ewe who had a lamb but didn't want it. We have ewes who don't have milk right away even after they've cleaned themselves. We've had ewes who have almost gotten into fights with other ewes, dogs or kitties because they're protective of their babies. Last year, one ewe had a huge baby, and she would freak out if he disappeared behind her! She had to know where he was every instant. Which is endearing, really. We often need to help the mama dry them off right after they are born, and then they're cold, so after letting them nurse a while we slip them inside your coat. This isn't the easier thing to do in the world, because their legs are so long and slip down. Once they are warm, they will find more strength to reach the utter. 

Ewes that haven't had babies yet love to stick their noses in the fence from the other side and watch the lambs. When we had our first lambs this year, the ewes were so excited. You wouldn't believe how excited dogs and even kittens get, too, at seeing the lambs. 

Lambing season is always fun. Well, we have five more ewes who are expecting soon. In a few days we will move the other ewes and their lambs, if need be for some of them, and start the process over again. Keep praying for them! And thanks so much for all your prayers! :) 

Ta! God bless! 

JMG~~

Back to Nothing, Nothing At All~

Hello. Hope everybody had a good Christmas. Happy 2009!
Today I both dropped and added a course in college, and I have no idea why. There was this one class that the professor said was "not for everybody." It didn't sound like something I'd like, either, so I dropped it for a class about romance. Hey, better than what I had before. Better yet, it's all around the same time as the other one, except I hope missing today's class means nothing, and especially doesn't affect the financial aid I'm getting through college.
It felt insanely weird to go back to crowing away on the studies instead of checking my sheep ewe, who's due any day now, and work. Work I don't mind, since I have that schedule pretty well figured out. But as far as anything else...well...I'm just thankful to God that that class was successfully dropped. I mean, we couldn't even discuss class stuff outside the room! It was that bad. Well, I guess it depends on what your opinion is on the matter.
On the plus side, no school on Monday because of MLK Day. God bless us everyone, I was so pleased. You know what that means?!
That means if my ewe gives birth before Monday, it'll give me extra time to spend with the lamb or lambs! :) I pray, and I'll ask y'all to, too, that every single ewe in our barn has alive and healthy babies. God willing, we will.
Well, I better get back. I have some leftover pizza in my backpack from lunch, so I hope the stuff doesn't accidentally slip out of the box that is not too properly covered, since I made the mistake of tearinig off the top! I am also in the mood for some serious sugar or caffeine after everything I had to do today. Attending two classes, one of which I thankfully dropped and I'm beginning to think now, didn't really need after all. AND buying my books! I was afraid I wouldn't have enough money, but God was gracious as always.
Well, wish us luck! Please keep my ewe Sarah in your prayers, as long as the other ewes, and I'll list them off: July, Chloe, Keyley, Yo-Yo, March, Medora, and Velvet. We also have three yearlings, and two other ewes: Rosie and Dakota (sisters), Maybelle (one/sixth mine), and ewes Gabby and Flicka.
:)
Ta! take care, too! :)

JMG~

CHRISTMAS SPIRIT~

Merry Christmas, everybody, and a happy new year!! :) 

I still need to get Christmas gifts for my family yet, but this weekend will be the time to do that. Also, we need to finish decorating at our house. I need to put up my Christmas stocking yet! To me, it does not matter where you go for Christmas or what you do. What matters is that you have fun at Christmas. At our church, we are sending some cookies to the children in Nigeria who won't have much of a Christmas this year, and we feel delighted to know that we will probably bring smiles on their faces. Isn't that what the Christmas spirit is about?

I have one last exam tomorrow at three, and then my last final next Tuesday, the day I should leave for home. I'm pretty excited. I get to spend more time with my family and animals, and hopefully get both some reading and writing done! I plan to buy a few books of the "Twilight" saga by Stephenie Meyer, and read those along with a couple Steeple Hill December books. I'm writing two different stories right now. I was writing one, but when I started to write the ending of it on another Word document, I sort of lost interest with writing it. I was determined that the same thing wasn't going to happen with the second book. This book is called "The Revival of Breakups." I know that might sound like a weird title for a Christmas love story, but it truly is about breakups. The book is about a girl named Samantha Miller who comes home for a six week Christmas vacation, and with a car engine that needs repair. She comes to her ex-boyfriend Jacob Harper's farm, and demands that she needs the thousand dollar engagement ring she'd given back to him two years before, so she could pay off her car engine. Jacob and Samantha argue for most of the book, but both Jacob's family and Samantha's family make this stubborn couple realize that they are still in love with each other, and that God has brought them together for a special reason. Samantha is told by the Harper family that in order to get back her engagement ring, she must do some work with them on the farm. This turns out to be a hideous time for Jacob, because he keeps losing patience with her! 

Doesn't that sound like an interesting story? I hope I actually finish BOTH stories! 

In the mean time, I'm preparing to leave for Christmas break, and this post will probably be my last one before the end of Christmas vacation, or at least before Christmas. So, everybody, have a wonderful and blessed holiday season! Don't eat too much candy, and make sure to help out wherever you can with Christmas dinner and other delights. 

God bless always! :) 

Ta! 

JMG~

New Book on New Computer

I am reading a lot of books lately. Over Thanksgiving, I finished "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer. Then, I read a Love Inspired book in two whole days. I have two December Love Inspired books left to read, and at the same time am planning to finish the "Twilight" saga series. I love those books, too. But since there are currently none available at the library, I will probably have to buy the first three books, or at least the second and third. The fourth is too much to buy right now, but if I'm really desperate, and especially if it is God's will, I hope to eventually own it. 

At the same time, I'm adoring my new laptop, and writing a story on there as well. I started writing this story pretty much at my grandma's house five hours away when we were sitting in her living room enjoying Thanksgiving there. Ah, don't you love family? Well anyways, I began writing a book called "Common Sense." I started writing with no clue what the plot was going to be. I do that sometimes. I just sit at the computer and write a prologue or chapter until the story comes to me. I think that might be a helpful tip for all writers. 

So I began writing, and I eventually got the story in my brain. It's going to be about a woman named Megan "Meg" who is abused by her soon-to-be ex-husband and a guy named Pierre comes to protect her. He drives her away from that house, and makes her eventually realize what true love really is about. I think this will be a fabulous story. I hope I can finish it, especially since it's written in first person point of view. I love writing in that point of view! :) 

Well, I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving. It won't be long for me until there's Christmas break, so if I don't write before then, everybody have a blessed Christmas, too! :) 

Ta! God bless! 

JMG~

Have A Happy Thanksgiving! :)

Hello, everybody.

Since this is a blog not only for my books but to discuss other books, I've decided that I

am going to do it that way, too. Right now, I'm reading "Twilight". You know, the book where

a movie is coming out in theaters really soon? My sisters want to see it, and so do I. But

anyways, I was warned by both my family and my friends that I should read the book BEFORE

I watch the movie. Well, I checked the book out in the library yesterday.

I started reading.

And couldn't stop!

I got 100-some pages read in only a few hours. From 6:30-9:30 last night, I sat on my

bed with the TV on mute and not even one of my favorite shows could stop me from my new

addiction. It seriously IS an addiction. I mean, holy cats, how on earth can a book so good get

you so addicted that you can't even put it down? I'm used to reading Love Inspired novels,

and I have never-NEVER-in my life, read a book so fast. This book is 490 some pages long, and

one Love Inspired, inspirational romance-Christian book is only at least 217 pages long! At

this rate, I'll definitely have "Twilight" finished before Thanksgiving, and that's like two weeks almost!

It took my sisters a lot longer than that to finish, so I am very confused.

Ha. So last night I thought to myself, 'Golly gee, if I can read 100 pages a night if a book is that good,

why does it take me sometimes a month to finish a Love Inspired book? Therefore, I guess I AM

capable of finishing one Love Inspired book in two days. Ha! You know what that also means?

I should not have to complain to my family and friends anymore that I never have time to read a Love

Inspired book! I have like 8 books left, and it's never occurred to me that I could finish all those eight in

sixteen days. I never realized that before!

Okay, by now, you must be wondering if I'm going to actually tell you about the book I am currently

reading called "Twilight". Well! I have got to say that it will probably end up as one of my favorite, all-time

books! It has romance, adventure, and the narrator of the story, Bella, is very funny and sarcastic. I guess I'm

getting crazier by the page!

Well anyways, Thanksgiving is approaching. So! I wish everybody a warm, healthy and safe

Thanksgiving! See you afterward...sometime. :) Keep reading and writing, everybody! Ta!

God bless,

JMG~

NEW TOPIC???

Well! I FINALLY decided on a good possible topic for a new story, although I am unsure on whether I will be able to finish it! Here is what it might be about:

****Army soldier Garrett Anders adores being a faithful husband and father to his wife, Isabelle and two children. But he's called to go to Iraq for two years, and is afraid to leave his family behind. The only thing that will keep him alive are emails and kid hand-drawn pictures back and forth. 

Isabelle is afraid for her husband, but knows she is not alone. Not only do they have God, but her best friend's husband is going through the exact same thing. 

But when her best friend's husband gets killed and Garrett is captured by Iraqis, she has to learn the true meaning of being faithful to God...and never giving up. ****

If this story seems too much, please tell me. I don't want to be offending anyone. 

Let me know... ttyl! 

JMG~

I FINISHED the book!! :0)

Hey, y'all. I just wanted to say that I finished the book I was revising. 

Like I've said before, please let me know if anyone wants me to place chapters on my blog!

Ignore the blog from the other day about discovering a new topic for a book. It sounded so depressing, so I thought of something else. I am not sure if I am going to use it or not, but let me know if you think it is good! :) Here it is:

Eight years ago, Emma Francis's fiance died in her arms. But now he's back and she has idea why. She doesn't want to even look at him, though, because she's pledged to be married to someone so much different...

Luke Collins hadn't died eight years ago. Instead, he'd been brought to a hospital and had amnesia for three years. Because of fear he hadn't been able to return with his Spanish friend Enrique, but now he's back, wanting her back in his life because now he so remembered her.

Except it was going to take a whole lot more than a promise for Luke to do God's will.

What do you think? Let me know!! :) 

God bless. J.M.G.~

Done with Book

I am done with the book that I was writing called "Things That Don't Happen Every Day". The book needs some more revising and editing, so would anyone like me to post chapters on my blog or website?
Let me know.
In the mean time, I have another book in my head, ha! I am still not sure if the good Lord wants me to write this sort of story. It will be sort of graphic, but only as in some violence.
Let me know if you like it. Here is what it is going to be about:
As a waiter, Bob Samson had adored his co-worker Anna Michaels from afar. There's only two problems, though.
One: he does drugs and can't seem to stop, despite her pleas for him to.
Two: he does not want to reveal his past life.
Anna Michaels thinks of Bob as a good co-worker and waiter, but a lousy friend and person. She knows he needs help, and even is afraid of praying for him. However, when circumstances bring them together and she discovers the gang he's in, she has to choose between life and death to save his life...
So. Do you think it sounds good? Again, let me know. Thanks! :) Ta!
JMG~