hi all i have been so busy w/my goats oh did i tell you i now have goats had 8 but that was way to many so i cut back to 4 they are all milkers and have plenty of milk for me my daughters and i make some chevere and i always had goats all my life but got side tracked while i had my restaurant ,but this summer has been very hectic with a huge garden i planted and it did very well just the 2 of us but anyway and w/the dog bone business wow i am not 25 any more,dog bones are doing great could be busier w/them if i wanted any way my reason for writing this i am so fed up w/ things made in china being bad whats up w/that cant we have any more things made in america i made a promise w/myself a month ago that i was not going to buy anything else made in china, well last week i went to ll bean in freeport you all know who ll bean is right? well i wanted a pair of moccasins i saw in their catalog found them made in china put them back went to the outlet store found a pair of slipper socks well a good present for my daughter in law for christmas turned them over made in china as well as a pair of rubber boots and a nice looking pr. of leather boots. some clothes made in guatemala, bangledesh, oh yeah they did have a plastic alarm clock made in usa wowzers i left the store w/nothing to bad to get such high prices and you know that the people who made them were paid next to nothing or they wouldnt be made in a foreign country. does anyone else feel like me i am sick of this and will keep my promise to bad it took me so long to come to my senses, oh yes this morn. went to sams club and wanted some pine nuts to make pesto w/ and by gosh they are a product of china didnt buy got walnuts instead product of california that in the usa. i know that there are so many people in this country who really dont care but we have to start caring because they are taking over us ,we need to start reading everything we buy and just put it backon the shelfmy son said thats going to be hard not buying anything made in china well i can do it and so can you not only made in china but other countries last christmas i wanted to buy my soninlaw a sweater went to jc pennys and looked at 3 wool sweaters 1 from banglesesh,1 in guatemala and 3rd from tiawan all pretty pricy so i got off my but and made him 1 w/ 100% bartlett wool yarn from harmony maine and it meant more to him because i made it for him. well any way ive bitched enough but you get the pictureits up to us to make a change and a difference we can do it se ya,gail