Taking the Plunge

We've all had dreams of casting off the chains of the work-a-day world. Ours happens to involve raising alpaca and using their wool to make fabulous blankets.

Well, while we are not quite ready to walk away from our 9-5s, we are ready to start our dream on the weekends. That's right, we'll be raising our alpaca on weekends at a Wisconsin farm.

It's a beautiful setting! We are certain that the kids will love the open space and fresh air. It makes us all too excited, just thinking about it.

Of course, like I said, we'll be raising alpaca on this farm. Many of you may be familiar with the popular "Snuggie" blanket. Well, our dream involves making a similar blanket from pure alpaca wool. We think the comfort and beauty of alpaca wool will be a selling point that other blanket providers will not be able to compete with.

While we haven't officially purchased our alpaca yet, we have identified a breeder. We will start out with three, but we hope they will have lots and lots of babies! We won't be around every day to give them all they attention they deserve, but we've got a plan. Until we are able to move to the farm, full-time, we are going to give them all the TLC they can handle on the weekends. Plus we've got a kiddie pool that we can fill with Iams to leave for them during the week. Besides, all that privacy will give them plenty of time to make some alpaca babies.

Keep checking back for updates on our exciting new adventure!