In economics, there is a principle called “opportunity cost”. It basically means that when you choose to do something, you choose to not do something else. The opportunity cost is what you could have gotten if you had instead chosen the “something else”. There is an opportunity cost to producing a lot of lather in […]
I’ve talked many times about my Youngest Person Rule. It basically says that the youngest person capable of doing a job does it. The corollary is that when you’ve taught one of your younger siblings how to do your job, they can take it over and you can get a new job. One of the […]
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 remember Farmer Frazier, our 80+ year old neighbor who supplies us with our hay from his hay field. Normally, he just brings us one or two bales at a time, but this year, he decided to bring them all down at once. This took quite a lot of time and required the […]
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 […]
When Greyden was a baby, we called him “fat and happy”. He’s outgrown the chubby part, but fortunately he’s kept the happy part. He’s an incredibly hard worker and mostly works with a big smile on his face! Get to know Greyden better and what he does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching his video. […]
Fletcher is my 120% child. Whether he’s happy, sad, loving, or cranky, Fletcher puts 120% of himself into everything he is feeling and doing. He’s very outgoing and is the first one to reach out to people he doesn’t know. Fletcher does all of the unmolding at Goat Milk Stuff and likes to play with […]
Emery is the most artistic in the Jonas Family. He loves to draw and grow flowers so he can arrange them. Emery is responsible for milking the goats and they all respond to him very well. You can learn more about Emery and his Goat Milk Stuff responsibilities by watching his video: Emery fills our […]
Colter at fifteen has become a strong young man. Not only does he work with the goats, but he also has become the soapmaking production assistant. You can learn more about him and what he does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching his video: We’re so proud of Colter and all his accomplishments!
Brett is the oldest of the Jonas children and displays many of the characteristics of a first-born. She is incredibly capable and responsible and we often call her our “CEO-in-training”. You can watch her videos to get to know her better and see some of what she does around Goat Milk Stuff. Brett is […]
Whether spoken or unspoken, everyone lives by a set of rules. I’ve found that when running a large family, it helps to have those rules spelled out and posted for everyone to see. We have a cork board in our dining room (where we spend a lot of time). Our house rules are posted there […]
My children love to sing. Actually, Jim and I love to sing too. We do quite a lot of it while we’re working in the soap room. I had the brilliant idea to get a karaoke machine for Christmas. It’s been a huge hit (much to Jim’s annoyance sometimes LOL). I thought I’d share some […]
It’s time to meet our goat milk soap of the month – evergreen! The evergreen goat milk soap is now a limited edition soap that comes out every Fall in time for the holiday season. If you don’t want to wait, we have evergreen soap logs and evergreen soap log pieces available.
Because we so often get asked about our goats, we put together a video to introduce you to them individually. All of our goats have their own names (which they know and answer to). They all have their own personalities. And they all have their favorite Jonas child. Aren’t they cute? We love our goats! […]
We had a bit of difficulty with the audio recording of our Christmas video. We had three different recording sessions to try to get it right. I thought everyone would get a kick out of watching some of the bloopers Jim managed to record: