Akkawiya

My commitment to recycling has held up thus far. Having a working farm helps – nothing goes to waste one way or the other. The biggest challenge is water conservation – especially in these drought summers we have been having. That is hard to do with a farm, but we are managing, alhamdulillah (praise God).

Alhamdulillah, I actually received a scholarship for the Midwest Writers Workshop this summer, which has given me the push I needed to get more serious about my writing. I have managed to write several chapters and have been proactive in researching for new chapters. It is my hope that contacts and feedback from this upcoming conference will be instrumental in realizing my goal of publication. Yippee!

If you have Alpacas and are not already rich, sell them while you can. If you don’t have them and are not already rich – do not invest in them (unless you just want them for your own use and not for resale). I loved my alpacas and missed them – but investing in them was a huge mistake. I ended up selling 9 for less than the price of one. If you have enough money to invest in major advertising (code phrase for “scamming”) then go for it. Vet bills, feed, pasture care, barn care, shearing, etc. literally broke our bank. I bought them as an investment and sold them at a loss. Learn from my mistake and do not invest unless you are able to buy them for $1000 or less (which is what you can get many for now, unlike the $12,000 to $15,000 I paid per animal for mine).