Two weeks until closing and the flow of paperwork is becoming heavy. House inspection, septic inspection, water tests, well test, pest inspection, plus 23 sheets of paper to be signed, emailed to LD, signed by him, returned to mortgage company. And that's just the last three days. If we get the farm, it will all be worth it.

In the meantime, it will soon be time to wean lambs and turn the ram in with the yearling ewes. Bird's puppies are a week old and getting bigger and stronger by the day.