Our first Cow!

Well, shortly after last nights post on food, We bought our first cow!  Or rather, quarter of a cow.  We had been looking into buying grass fed beef by the 1/4 cow for a while now.  Thad called a farmer from church last week to ask about a cow and we were too late.  The October cow was already spoken for, and he wasn't butchering again until January.  Well, a miracle happened.  One of the people who was splitting the current cow went hunting and got a deer!  So he backed out on the cow AFTER it had already been butchered!  Yay!  So we got a call late last night asking if we were interested in our quarter cow this month instead of waiting...of course, Thad said YES!  Now we are getting 161 lbs of Grass fed, organic, Black Angus meat delivered to our house next week!  Where on earth are we going to put it!?!  We do have a mid sized chest freezer, so this week, my goal will be to primarily feed the family from things currently in the freezer, in order to make room for our cow!  Also, a couple family members are going to buy some of the beef too.

I'm so excited to NOT have to buy meat again for the next 6 to 8 months!  I can just go to the freezer and pick out what cut we want to eat for dinner.  Thad has to call the butcher on Monday to let them know how we want our meat packed.  We get to choose if we want the ground beef wrapped in 1 lb or 2 lbs, or more, and how many lbs do we want our roasts to be, and how many steaks should be frozen together in each pack...etc.  I can't wait to get the actual list of what pieces we get and I can't wait to be able to get enough protein in my diet again!  I love how God provides in such unexpected ways!