When we began Goat Milk Stuff, we went to a lot of craft fairs and festivals to sell our soap. As a homeschooling mom, I was thrilled because it gave the children a chance to meet and interact with a lot of people. They were able to practice their speaking skills and really learned a […]
As the oldest Jonas son, Colter has a lot of responsibility and we’re always giving him new challenges. He has been the Goat Manager for a while now. That means that he is completely responsible for milking all the goats, feeding, cleaning stalls, doing vet work, trimming hooves, and pretty much anything related to the […]
The exterior of our soap room is almost finished! Doesn’t it look beautiful? We heard a funny story from our contractor. Apparently somebody stopped by to look at it and made a comment that it was an “awful fancy” building to put goats in. So we just want to go on record that this […]
When we have a full day of work ahead of us, we all get our hands dirty! I’ve talked before about how we implement the “youngest person rule” where the youngest person capable of doing a certain job is the one who does it. Here are just a few ways we put that rule to […]
Our builders have been working hard this week, and the new soap barn is looking great! We now have roof trusses up as well as plumbing. The frame is coming together!! August 1, 2012: August 3, 2012: It’s looking good!!
Today we went to see the progress on our new soap room! The kids had so much fun playing on the huge pile of gravel and Jim and I were really happy to see the structure coming together. It’s starting to look like our dream come true! Doesn’t it look great?
We have so much fun sharing our story and our stuff with people. It’s one of the greatest things in the world to be able to support your family doing something that you truly love. Last week, we were able to go to Indianapolis to be on the Fox 59 morning show with Jenny Anchondo. […]
There are lots of contests out there on the web that we could enter. Some of them are silly. Some of them are fun. Some I’d like to enter. Some I don’t. Regardless of the desire, we don’t usually have the time to enter contests. I still like to keep my eye open to see […]
I’m often asked why I started a small business in a bad economy. So here’s the story… I had been praying for a family business for years. Actually, I had been praying for a family business for the years that I had been making goat milk soap for the family. The whole time I was […]
We’ve spent the weekend selling soap at the Stewart Christmas Show here in Louisville. The children all take shifts working at the booth selling soap. If you’ve never seen my children in action, I have to admit that they are natural born salesmen. People tell us all the time that we’ve done a great job […]
My brother, Adam, is in the Air Force. A few years ago we were so excited when he finally got stationed in the midwest, about four hours from us. We took the opportunity to start spending Thanksgiving together. Two years ago, it was at his house. Last year it was at my house. Which meant […]
Many of you who have been following my blog for a while, will probably remember our “youngest person rule“. Well, in keeping with the spirit of this rule, Indigo just received a promotion. She is now in charge of printing the postage for all the outgoing orders. The way it works, is that I put […]
Currently, Goat Milk Stuff is located on 3 acres in Charlestown, Indiana. We do it all here – raise & homeschool our 8 children, breed & milk dairy goats, and make & sell goat milk soap. When we purchased this home, we did not know that we were going to have a thriving business here. […]
We’ve been getting ready for something big for a while now – Mom says I’m not allowed to tell you yet, but soon.* That means that Dad has been making as much soap as possible. And do you know what that means? That means bagging all that soap. Mom always tells us that work can […]
Yesterday I wrote about the first day of the KY State Fair. The second day that we did the fair, was also the last day of the fair. This meant that everybody had to pack up all their stuff and load their vehicles. All of the other vendors were loading up their stuff from the back […]