I got the results back from my micron tests yesterday.  I am posting them below.  It looks like I have a lot of room for improvement!

Name	MIC	SD	CV	CEM	<	CF %	SF	SL	MIN	MAX	FPFT	MFE	SD	CRV	SDC
	AVE	MIC	MIC		15%		MIC	mm	MIC	MIC	mm	MIC	Along	Dg/mm	Dg/mm
Andalucite	25	5.5	22	10.3	1.9	85.2	24.5	85	22.7	26.8	5	23.7	1.2	61.6	44.5
Appalachian Spring	24	4.4	18	8	1	92.5	22.9	75	21.8	25.8	5	22.3	1.28	66.6	49.3
Axle	20	5.6	28	10.4	16.8	96.1	20.7	50	17.9	20.7	0	19.3	0.99	88.9	64
Carmina Burana	22	4	19	7	3.5	98.3	20.5	95	19.3	23.2	0	19.8	1.21	71	53
China	22	3	14	5.6	0.3	99.1	20.1	105	20.5	22.4	5	21.3	0.5	73.2	49.6
Copper Sky	24	6.2	26	12.8	2.1	83.9	24.6	85	20.5	27.5	0	23.6	2.42	54.4	44.6
Debonaire	26	5.3	20	9.3	1	81.1	25.2	95	23.4	29.2	5	24.9	1.49	53.1	41.6
Fanfare	20	3.9	19	7.1	5.3	98.9	19.4	75	18.8	22.1	0	19.1	0.95	75.7	60
Fur Elise	21	3.9	19	6.9	4.2	98.8	19.9	95	18.6	22.7	90	19.4	1.17	79.6	57.6
J'adore	25	5	20	8.5	1.7	86.2	24.4	85	23.6	27.3	80	23.7	1.07	49.3	38.9
L'air du temps	24	3.9	16	6.6	0.4	95.2	22.8	85	21.3	26.4	80	22.9	1.51	68.7	50.8
Gold Leaf	22	3.8	18	7.1	1.4	97.5	20.4	100	20.8	22.7	0	21	0.57	69.7	47.7
SheltrgPines	25	4.5	18	8.2	0.8	88.1	24.1	85	23.5	26.8	5	24.6	1.05	62.1	51.4
Midsummer Dusk	25	3.8	15	6.8	0.1	92.1	23.5	95	23.4	25.9	0	24.1	0.58	85.8	57.9
Nocturne Shade	26	4.3	17	8.3	0.1	86.7	24.3	70	24.3	26.9	5	25.7	0.84	71.1	52.7
Persian Dance	25	4.2	17	7.6	0.5	91.3	23.4	105	22.8	26.7	0	23.7	0.92	55.3	41.9
Velvet Night	27	5.7	21	10.5	0.3	72.9	26.6	95	23.1	30.5	0	26	2.32	61.1	47.7

Shearing finally accomplished for 2013!

Due to the shearer having the flu and needing to go to the ER room our shearing on March 2 had to be postponed.   He was able to reschedule for March 8th.   The girls were already in the "rise" so I was very happy to get the job done.   

Thankfully the weather was great and I was even able to let the flock outside for 2 days after shearing.  We're getting snow today though and I have them locked inside the barn as the wind is pretty high and the wind chill lower than I want them subjected to.

On January 30, 2013 we celebrated my mother's 100th birthday! 

I am posting a few photos below of the celebration.

Mom and her 100th B'day cake.

Mom, my sister, Beth and 2 of her kids with their spouses.

Group photo of the family in attendance at the celebration.   (there were a great many unable to attend)