So I was thinking

You know, I think I have been reading Alyson and Ree's blogs too much. I am starting to get some weird ideas. Let me explain.

Last week I was pondering how much yogurt the boys eat in a week. 2Kg. You know that when you start measuring yogurt by the Kg things are a bit out of control. So, my cheap little heart had the idea that maybe I could learn how to make my own yogurt to save $. Then I realized, not only would this be more work, we'd go through even more milk. We already go through 20 litres a week here so I don't think we'd be saving any more money and we'd need a bigger cart at Costoc for all our milk.

This is when I had my brilliant thought of the day. I should get a cow. I mean we have an enormous back yard, and then I could make my own yogurt, cheese and sour cream! Think of all the money I would save!! Yee haw. I mean, why not, Ree has cows, and Alyson has chickens, I only want one cow. Singular.

For those of you a little worried, this is when I realized that my brilliant idea was a little more like a brain fart. Yes, Ree has cows, but she also has a ranch and married a rancher. I have a pie shaped lot and married a professor. Not exactly the same.

Well what about Alyson and her chickens? Well, she lives in the country too and when you compare the size of a chicken to a cow, it's not quite the same. Alyson also does not live in a municipality really hung up on rules and by-laws. If you need a $17 permit to hold a garage sale (which you have to register with city hall) then they will probably have an even bigger issue with backyard bovines.

Sigh. So, since I can't have a cow I will keep looking for ways to save on my excessive dairy bill.

Hey, maybe I can get a goat!