Penner "Now" Page

Here's how you can find out what Jeff and I are up to these days!

July 2025

    • 07.09.TU – THIS HEAT
      • So, it’s obviously been terribly hot this last week or two and Jeff has been a trooper and let me work on inside chores while he braves the heat outside in the evenings
    • 07.08.TU – 1.5 inches of rain 😲
    • 07.07.MO – 2 baby calves!
      • We had 2 mommas that were both due on 7/7/25 and they BOTH had happy, healthy, bouncing baby calves on their due date.
      • Baby Watch posts coming soon as soon as we can get some good photos
    •  07.04.FR – 2 more Nubians!
      • We picked up 2 Nubian weanlings from Arlington, NE and are SO excited to have them!
      • Will take some photos and get a post out soon 🙂

Last updated: Wednesday, July 9, 2025

What kind of updates are these?

Glad you asked!

I like reading minimalist newsletters (short and no fluff!) and one included something about a “now page” where you basically update your people on what’s going on in your life right NOW.

For my purposes, I am trying to think of what I’d like to tell a good friend that I haven’t had the chance to connect with in a few months.

What’s the difference between this page and our farm newsletter?  The newsletter is mostly all farm based, but this page will include short personal and farm updates.

Lo

Lorraine Penner

Shepherd of Sheep and Goats

Previous Updates

June 2025
  • 06.30.MO 
    • We sold a total of 18 goats in the month of June 😲 with our last 3 of them going to their new homes on the very last day
  • 06.23.MO – Pick up Skid Steer from SD
    • Jeff drove to Aberdeen SD to pick up our very own (used) skid steer!
    • We named him EL TORO
    • It was a ROUGH 19 hour day of travel, but he made it back safe and sound (praise the Lord!)
  • 06.18.WE – Polly! 🐐
    • Our final goat momma of the season, Padme, delivered the most precious baby girl who we aptly named Pauline (but we call her Polly)
  • 06.16.MO – Processing day
    • We processed 1 sheep and our first goat – it was a rough day for Lorraine
  • 06.14.SA – Lamb Weaning day
    • All our lambs were sold, and they’re now 3 months old so we are weaning them for a few weeks before pickup in July (so they’re less stressed when they leave)
  • 06.01.SU – Round Bale alfalfa field
    • June started with a bang by Jeff using our new(ish) small round baler to bale hay from our 4 acre alfalfa field
May 2025
  • 05.17.SA – It’s Jeff and I’s 6 Year Anniversary!
    • There’s no days off in farming, so today included regular chores, banding 3 baby goats, and an early Memorial Day BBQ
  • 05.12.MO – We launched our 2025 Raw Goat Milk Herdshare
  • 05.05.MO – Crunch gave us a Cinco de Mayo baby goat
  • I’ve been dabbling with bullet journaling, and stumbled upon Travelers Notebooks these last few weeks so have been converting an old Hot Pink Folio into a BUJO TN – and I’m  LOVING IT.
    • It’s a custom size – 7.25 height x 5.5 width (based on the folio dimensions) so I’ve been making my own inserts and even a custom laminated cover so that I don’t have to punch holes through the folio – in case I decide on a standard size later, then the folio is not ruined.
April 2025
  • April was some sort of time warp with all the babies that arrived, but you can catch up on all of those on the Baby Watch!
March 2025
  • 03.29.SA – Hana had our last lambs of the season
  • 03.16.SU – Website work day
    • Besides chores (and a 1 hour nap at 3pm) we took the rest of the day to solely focus on migrating our old website www.pennerminifarms.com to our new permanent website www.shalomfarms.co.  Official annoucement soon?  TBD?
  • 03.15.SA – Our first lambs arrived!
  • 03.15.SA – Starting this “now page” to document how we’re doing 

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