I wanna clean the kitchen, Catch up on laundry, scrub the bathrooms, Vacuum througout the house.....
But a nap sure sounds great right now.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
whoa
I haven't posted real news in so long its pretty embarrassing. I don't have any excuses. Except maybe that life has been busy. But when is it not?
I'm 34 weeks pregnant with a little boy. I can't remember if I put the gender on here or not. But anyway, a little boy will be an adventure. The kids are more than a little excited about everything and most of all about having a brother in the house. The other morning he got the hiccups and the girls were able to feel him moving around in my tummy. We've tried before, but the baby just wouldn't cooperate.
Hubby is in Las Vegas right now. He is a big BYU sports fan. The basketball team is really having a great season this year and so he really wanted to go to a game. The game that he ended up choosing was the Mountain West tournament in Las Vegas. He flew down on Thursday just in time to see them win their first game. Yesterday (Friday) they beat New Mexico for the first time this year (I think New Mexico was the only team they had lost to this season) and tonight they get to play San Diego State. They've beat SDSU 2 times already this year, at home and away. Anyway, I thought that was a very good thing and would bode well for the game today - but hubby has informed me that there's a saying in sports about how its really hard to beat a team 3 times in one year. Oh Well. I still think its at least got to be a morale booster. Go BYU! Hubby will be home on Monday and I won't have to feed the cows anymore, well at least for 2 days! YEAH!
C is doing great at school. She reads anything she can get her hands on. She recently finished the First Diary of a Wimpy kid, and has talked about checking out the next one. She is a great speller and consistently gets 100% on her weekly spelling tests. She loves school and I have to admit that a lot of that is due to a truly wonderful teacher whom she loves. C's whole class is excelling under this teacher.
A is loving Kindergarten. She also has a wonderful teacher who is so patient and kind. I don't know how she does it. A has quite a few challenged kids in her classroom this year and that on top of the every other full day schedule are quite a challenge for the kids and teachers. I am still all for a government run program (like schools) being fiscally responsible, but after this year I'm starting to wonder if saving $250k/yr was worth this crazy kindergarten schedule. I guess we'll see.
Both of the girls are doing great in their piano lessons with Grandma. They both love going to grandma's house for lessons where there are lots of treats and praise. I've also been treating them each day that they practice. I ran out of Jolly Ranchers a few days ago though, so I'll have to stock up. Its been really interesting seeing how this practice incentive has really made them remember to practice instead of me having to nag them. There are many Saturday mornings where the first thing I hear from A is how she needs her jolly rancher for practicing. And how waiting until after breakfast has become acceptable to her :)
We've got seedlings coming up in the greenhouse. They were a little slow to come up, but that was our fault. The soil looked wet and we just didn't keep it wet enough initially. Once we figured that out and corrected it, our seedlings are starting to pop out of the soil. Its great to see. This year we outfitted the greenhouse with shelves that we found at Walmart. They look great and really make the most out of the greenhouse space. I can't wait to have each shelf full of plants. I just hope we can keep up with it after having a baby!
The animals are all doing well. The cows are getting fatter and bigger all the time. unlike cows of the past, these guys aren't crazy and haven't exhibited what I would call teen cow behavior yet. They are respectful of the electric fences however will not respect non-electrical fences. But they are skiddish of us and stay away. I like that because I feel like we can enter the pasture without fear. Its like we have an agreement. We feed them and they don't bother us. Its been kind of funny this year as we've fed them. We stupidly bought some alfalfa that turned out to be really low low quality this year, along with some that turned out to be great quality. We got about 1/2 of each. Just the way it turned out. So we feed them half good and half ok alfalfa every day. You would think they would prefer the good stuff. But no. Its always amazing to me how they clear the ground of the bad stuff and get picky with the good stuff. The good stuff is all alfalfa leaves and stems and the bad stuff is mostly grass and weeds.
The sheep are doing well. they eat the not so great alfalfa. They like it just fine. but it has so many weeds in it that I'm really afraid for their wool this year. If enough weed gets into the wool, it will basically be ruined. So cross your fingers with me that I'll be able to use lots of it still.
We have 3 full pens of chickens right now. My regular chicken pen has 11 chickens in it. 10 hens and a rooster. They are giving me about 6-7 eggs every day. Hubby has been selling about 2 dozen eggs/week at work, but they are slowly overtaking my fridge.
the second pen of chickens is my banty crew. Right now I have 2 silkie hens, 1 Cochin hen and 1 silky rooster. I'm also hoping for another black silkie from a lady at church (whom I still need to return her incubator to!!). I'm excited for the chickens to start going broody. I'd also love for them to hatch me some banty chicks this year. That would be fun. But I'm a little worried about the banty rooster and how he'll react to chicks in the coop. I may have to put him in bachelor quarters for part of the summer. Hmmm, I'll have to think about this.
The last pen of chickens is my yearly hen hatch. Each fall I do a hatch in a borrowed incubator and then raise them to sell in the spring as young layers. In years past they have sold for $15ea. I have 15 hens, so I should make around $225. I always say that this pays for the food for the whole flock for winter. Well, this year I am actually keeping an accounting to see if this is really true. If not, I guess I'll stop the yearly hatch. But I would miss the entertainment of raising chicks.
I'm 34 weeks pregnant with a little boy. I can't remember if I put the gender on here or not. But anyway, a little boy will be an adventure. The kids are more than a little excited about everything and most of all about having a brother in the house. The other morning he got the hiccups and the girls were able to feel him moving around in my tummy. We've tried before, but the baby just wouldn't cooperate.
Hubby is in Las Vegas right now. He is a big BYU sports fan. The basketball team is really having a great season this year and so he really wanted to go to a game. The game that he ended up choosing was the Mountain West tournament in Las Vegas. He flew down on Thursday just in time to see them win their first game. Yesterday (Friday) they beat New Mexico for the first time this year (I think New Mexico was the only team they had lost to this season) and tonight they get to play San Diego State. They've beat SDSU 2 times already this year, at home and away. Anyway, I thought that was a very good thing and would bode well for the game today - but hubby has informed me that there's a saying in sports about how its really hard to beat a team 3 times in one year. Oh Well. I still think its at least got to be a morale booster. Go BYU! Hubby will be home on Monday and I won't have to feed the cows anymore, well at least for 2 days! YEAH!
C is doing great at school. She reads anything she can get her hands on. She recently finished the First Diary of a Wimpy kid, and has talked about checking out the next one. She is a great speller and consistently gets 100% on her weekly spelling tests. She loves school and I have to admit that a lot of that is due to a truly wonderful teacher whom she loves. C's whole class is excelling under this teacher.
A is loving Kindergarten. She also has a wonderful teacher who is so patient and kind. I don't know how she does it. A has quite a few challenged kids in her classroom this year and that on top of the every other full day schedule are quite a challenge for the kids and teachers. I am still all for a government run program (like schools) being fiscally responsible, but after this year I'm starting to wonder if saving $250k/yr was worth this crazy kindergarten schedule. I guess we'll see.
Both of the girls are doing great in their piano lessons with Grandma. They both love going to grandma's house for lessons where there are lots of treats and praise. I've also been treating them each day that they practice. I ran out of Jolly Ranchers a few days ago though, so I'll have to stock up. Its been really interesting seeing how this practice incentive has really made them remember to practice instead of me having to nag them. There are many Saturday mornings where the first thing I hear from A is how she needs her jolly rancher for practicing. And how waiting until after breakfast has become acceptable to her :)
We've got seedlings coming up in the greenhouse. They were a little slow to come up, but that was our fault. The soil looked wet and we just didn't keep it wet enough initially. Once we figured that out and corrected it, our seedlings are starting to pop out of the soil. Its great to see. This year we outfitted the greenhouse with shelves that we found at Walmart. They look great and really make the most out of the greenhouse space. I can't wait to have each shelf full of plants. I just hope we can keep up with it after having a baby!
The animals are all doing well. The cows are getting fatter and bigger all the time. unlike cows of the past, these guys aren't crazy and haven't exhibited what I would call teen cow behavior yet. They are respectful of the electric fences however will not respect non-electrical fences. But they are skiddish of us and stay away. I like that because I feel like we can enter the pasture without fear. Its like we have an agreement. We feed them and they don't bother us. Its been kind of funny this year as we've fed them. We stupidly bought some alfalfa that turned out to be really low low quality this year, along with some that turned out to be great quality. We got about 1/2 of each. Just the way it turned out. So we feed them half good and half ok alfalfa every day. You would think they would prefer the good stuff. But no. Its always amazing to me how they clear the ground of the bad stuff and get picky with the good stuff. The good stuff is all alfalfa leaves and stems and the bad stuff is mostly grass and weeds.
The sheep are doing well. they eat the not so great alfalfa. They like it just fine. but it has so many weeds in it that I'm really afraid for their wool this year. If enough weed gets into the wool, it will basically be ruined. So cross your fingers with me that I'll be able to use lots of it still.
We have 3 full pens of chickens right now. My regular chicken pen has 11 chickens in it. 10 hens and a rooster. They are giving me about 6-7 eggs every day. Hubby has been selling about 2 dozen eggs/week at work, but they are slowly overtaking my fridge.
the second pen of chickens is my banty crew. Right now I have 2 silkie hens, 1 Cochin hen and 1 silky rooster. I'm also hoping for another black silkie from a lady at church (whom I still need to return her incubator to!!). I'm excited for the chickens to start going broody. I'd also love for them to hatch me some banty chicks this year. That would be fun. But I'm a little worried about the banty rooster and how he'll react to chicks in the coop. I may have to put him in bachelor quarters for part of the summer. Hmmm, I'll have to think about this.
The last pen of chickens is my yearly hen hatch. Each fall I do a hatch in a borrowed incubator and then raise them to sell in the spring as young layers. In years past they have sold for $15ea. I have 15 hens, so I should make around $225. I always say that this pays for the food for the whole flock for winter. Well, this year I am actually keeping an accounting to see if this is really true. If not, I guess I'll stop the yearly hatch. But I would miss the entertainment of raising chicks.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Ice Cream
Anytime you feel like a failure as a Mother, just grab a bowl, spoon, and some ice cream. Scoop some ice cream into the bowl and for good measure drizzle Hershey's syrup on the top. Believe me, this helps with the "I'm not a perfect Mother " blues.
Of course, if you have these blues a lot, it could lead to the "I'm not skinny anymore!" blues. So use this remedy with caution.
Of course, if you have these blues a lot, it could lead to the "I'm not skinny anymore!" blues. So use this remedy with caution.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
These are a few of my favorite things...
Just had to share. My new favorite thing is my rice sock!
Yes, its great for a neck ache. Great for many aches and pains.
But did you know its good for other things?
Its a great solution to a cold bed and cold feet!!!!
I used to wait for an electric blanket to heat up. But I read a while back (maybe I should look it up again) that if you are pregnant you shouldn't use an electric blanket.
So, I came up with this cold feet solution. Because I CAN'T SLEEP WITH COLD FEET! I've tried. I've even been able to sleep. Only to wake up from a nap with STILL COLD FEET!
Do you have cold feet? You too can have a rice sock! Just grab an old clean non-holey tube sock, a rubber band and some cheap rice. 2 min in the microwave and your feet will be in heaven.
Yes, its great for a neck ache. Great for many aches and pains.
But did you know its good for other things?
Its a great solution to a cold bed and cold feet!!!!
I used to wait for an electric blanket to heat up. But I read a while back (maybe I should look it up again) that if you are pregnant you shouldn't use an electric blanket.
So, I came up with this cold feet solution. Because I CAN'T SLEEP WITH COLD FEET! I've tried. I've even been able to sleep. Only to wake up from a nap with STILL COLD FEET!
Do you have cold feet? You too can have a rice sock! Just grab an old clean non-holey tube sock, a rubber band and some cheap rice. 2 min in the microwave and your feet will be in heaven.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
An announcement
Just wanted to share our exciting news!
Milton and I are expecting an addition to our family.
Thats right! We're buying more sheep!
Just kidding. Milton wouldn't let me buy any more unless I sold some.
Actually I'm pregnant. YAY!!! The due date is April 18, and I'm 12 weeks along right now.
We only just started telling close family this week. So if you're just now finding out, don't feel bad, so is everyone else!
Now one request. PLEASE DON'T TELL OUR KIDS!!! We haven't told them yet. We're thinking around Thanksgiving when we find out if its a girl or boy. It may change in the meantime, but as of right now, we're waiting.
We will probably start telling the general public around the same time. So if your great aunt Flo's next door neighbor doesn't know, no need to tell her! ;)
OK. Whew. Now on to the rest of our boring lives!
A is doing great in school. She has lots of friends, and a new best friend every day/week. She loves school and comes home every day happy (usually). She has started singing more and more, I think its because of all the singing in class and music. She loves all the playground equipment. Her writing is getting better all of the time. She just started piano and has written her own song.
C loves school for another year!! This makes me happy. One of these years she is going to decide she doesn't like it so much, and I don't look forward to that day.
She is starting up piano lessons again, and doing well. She has lots of friends at school and LOVES her teacher. YAY! She and A both beg for hot lunch. So I let them have it on their birthdays, if they want to buy it with tooth fairy money (the tooth fairy is more generous on those days) and if we are out of bread (hey, it happens!). I'm such a mean mom :)
Hubby is busy around the house. Seems like our home wants to fall apart this year. We managed to have the refrigerator fixed (which broke down after the freezer), but turns out it would take quite a lot of $$ to fix the freezer. So we are in the market for a new to us freezer (again) 20cu ft, upright. Milton's also been busy fixing the garage door handle which jammed and had to be replaced a couple of weeks ago. But I do have to say, now that anything closes funny or doesn't work quite perfectly, its got me worried. I'm just waiting for the next thing to break. I'm hoping we'll get a break!!
The garden is finishing up. We have tons of tomatoes, and green that I hope make it. I made a great fresh tomato soup for dinner yesterday. It was good, except for the fact that my submersible blender (wedding gift) decided that it was done for. Mom and Dad' weren't home to borrow from, so I had to pour the boiling contents of my pan into my blender. Anyway, it was really good. Ask Mom. I made too much so brought her a bowl this morning:)
The cows are growing. The chickens are laying. The sheep are getting fluffy. The turkeys are getting fat. The turkeys will be selling at $3.99/lb finished weight if you know anyone who has $$ and wants to spend it on an all naturally fed, pasture raised turkey.
The black walnuts are starting to fall. But I can't go pick them up until hubby moves the cows on saturday and we have a good rain storm. I don't think cow patties would add that much color to my wool...:) but I am looking forward to using what I learned last year when I process the black walnuts and use them to dye wool.
I turned 33 this past Monday. Mom, Jen, Jett, Laura, Alysa, and Aftyn and I all went out to lunch together. Hubby made dinner and a delicious strawberry trifle for me, and the girls both drew pictures for me. Over all it was a very nice day. Thank you Honey!!!
Milton and I are expecting an addition to our family.
Thats right! We're buying more sheep!
Just kidding. Milton wouldn't let me buy any more unless I sold some.
Actually I'm pregnant. YAY!!! The due date is April 18, and I'm 12 weeks along right now.
We only just started telling close family this week. So if you're just now finding out, don't feel bad, so is everyone else!
Now one request. PLEASE DON'T TELL OUR KIDS!!! We haven't told them yet. We're thinking around Thanksgiving when we find out if its a girl or boy. It may change in the meantime, but as of right now, we're waiting.
We will probably start telling the general public around the same time. So if your great aunt Flo's next door neighbor doesn't know, no need to tell her! ;)
OK. Whew. Now on to the rest of our boring lives!
A is doing great in school. She has lots of friends, and a new best friend every day/week. She loves school and comes home every day happy (usually). She has started singing more and more, I think its because of all the singing in class and music. She loves all the playground equipment. Her writing is getting better all of the time. She just started piano and has written her own song.
C loves school for another year!! This makes me happy. One of these years she is going to decide she doesn't like it so much, and I don't look forward to that day.
She is starting up piano lessons again, and doing well. She has lots of friends at school and LOVES her teacher. YAY! She and A both beg for hot lunch. So I let them have it on their birthdays, if they want to buy it with tooth fairy money (the tooth fairy is more generous on those days) and if we are out of bread (hey, it happens!). I'm such a mean mom :)
Hubby is busy around the house. Seems like our home wants to fall apart this year. We managed to have the refrigerator fixed (which broke down after the freezer), but turns out it would take quite a lot of $$ to fix the freezer. So we are in the market for a new to us freezer (again) 20cu ft, upright. Milton's also been busy fixing the garage door handle which jammed and had to be replaced a couple of weeks ago. But I do have to say, now that anything closes funny or doesn't work quite perfectly, its got me worried. I'm just waiting for the next thing to break. I'm hoping we'll get a break!!
The garden is finishing up. We have tons of tomatoes, and green that I hope make it. I made a great fresh tomato soup for dinner yesterday. It was good, except for the fact that my submersible blender (wedding gift) decided that it was done for. Mom and Dad' weren't home to borrow from, so I had to pour the boiling contents of my pan into my blender. Anyway, it was really good. Ask Mom. I made too much so brought her a bowl this morning:)
The cows are growing. The chickens are laying. The sheep are getting fluffy. The turkeys are getting fat. The turkeys will be selling at $3.99/lb finished weight if you know anyone who has $$ and wants to spend it on an all naturally fed, pasture raised turkey.
The black walnuts are starting to fall. But I can't go pick them up until hubby moves the cows on saturday and we have a good rain storm. I don't think cow patties would add that much color to my wool...:) but I am looking forward to using what I learned last year when I process the black walnuts and use them to dye wool.
I turned 33 this past Monday. Mom, Jen, Jett, Laura, Alysa, and Aftyn and I all went out to lunch together. Hubby made dinner and a delicious strawberry trifle for me, and the girls both drew pictures for me. Over all it was a very nice day. Thank you Honey!!!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Kind of Annoyed
Have you ever found a book that you utterly enjoyed? What do you do next? Well of course, you check the library, etc. to see if the author has written anything else!
I did that today. I found a copy of "Summers at Castle Auburn" by Sharon Shinn. My younger sister introduced me to this book and when I found it at my local library I thought it would be fun to reread it. I also decided to check the catalog to see if the author had written anything else and if they had it.
Well, she did! and they did! So I got them off the shelf. It was a little bit of a shock to realize that they were quite science fiction. I like some SCI FI, usually in the YA section. For me, if it gets to weird, its just to weird.
Anyway, I rejected 1 book and checked out the other book skeptically. The book I checked out was "Jenna Starborn". It looked pretty sci fi, but I thought I would give it a whirl.
I've been quite pleased with it. That is, I was quite pleased with it until I started recognizing the plot. Yes, it is a rewrite of Jane Eyre. They have changed a few things. For instance, she is not the ward's tutor, but a generator technician who lives in the house- but the storyline is the same.
Now I don't mind a rewrite. I'm looking forward to reading "Pride and Predjudice and Zombies" if I can ever find it on tape/CD. - BUT - Don't you think they should warn you somehow on the cover or on the back of the book that its a 'enjoyable revision' 'interesting rewrite' through an old storyline?
I'm just bugged. I was expecting a fresh storyline. That's what is bugging me. I don't think I will really enjoy this book until I get over that. Maybe I should put it down for a week or so...
What would you do?
(btw, the book isn't heavy on the sci fi and is well written. I may have to check out the other book "Archangel". But I don't know. The cover looks really STRANGE and the back cover says nothing about the story.)
***Edited to add that after careful scrutiny of the cover, I found a reference to Jane Eyre. But in my defense, it was half covered by a library sticker.
I did that today. I found a copy of "Summers at Castle Auburn" by Sharon Shinn. My younger sister introduced me to this book and when I found it at my local library I thought it would be fun to reread it. I also decided to check the catalog to see if the author had written anything else and if they had it.
Well, she did! and they did! So I got them off the shelf. It was a little bit of a shock to realize that they were quite science fiction. I like some SCI FI, usually in the YA section. For me, if it gets to weird, its just to weird.
Anyway, I rejected 1 book and checked out the other book skeptically. The book I checked out was "Jenna Starborn". It looked pretty sci fi, but I thought I would give it a whirl.
I've been quite pleased with it. That is, I was quite pleased with it until I started recognizing the plot. Yes, it is a rewrite of Jane Eyre. They have changed a few things. For instance, she is not the ward's tutor, but a generator technician who lives in the house- but the storyline is the same.
Now I don't mind a rewrite. I'm looking forward to reading "Pride and Predjudice and Zombies" if I can ever find it on tape/CD. - BUT - Don't you think they should warn you somehow on the cover or on the back of the book that its a 'enjoyable revision' 'interesting rewrite' through an old storyline?
I'm just bugged. I was expecting a fresh storyline. That's what is bugging me. I don't think I will really enjoy this book until I get over that. Maybe I should put it down for a week or so...
What would you do?
(btw, the book isn't heavy on the sci fi and is well written. I may have to check out the other book "Archangel". But I don't know. The cover looks really STRANGE and the back cover says nothing about the story.)
***Edited to add that after careful scrutiny of the cover, I found a reference to Jane Eyre. But in my defense, it was half covered by a library sticker.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
forever!
It has been forever since I last blogged!
I won't lie. After my last blog entry I decided I hated my blog. Well, A redesign may happen. Or not. We'll see. Right now I'm feeling neutral about it.
Lets see.... A family update.
We recently spent a glorious week at the beach. It was wonderful. It was restful. It was hard to come home. At one point I begged hubby to let me stay. I joked that I could sleep on the beach at night. Of course that is impossible. But it was a sweet little daydream for about half a second.
In all we spent 8 nights at a house about a block from the beach. We spent a lot of time at the beach wading, digging, building, walking, etc. We spent a lot of time in Lincoln city, and visited both Depoe bay and Newport.
We visited so many beaches like Otter Creek (rock?), and Agate beach, gleneden beach, and Taft beach. We visited a lighthouse, the aquarium, the Hatfield marine science center, and saw a sandcastle building contest.
We also watched lots of Food Network and the History Channel. American Pickers is my new favorite show.
We also ate out every single day. Yes. We got tired of it. No. I don't think I would do it again.
The whole reason for it was hubby's love for seafood and my thought of keep it simple. We had cereal every morning for breakfast, went out for lunch, and then had peanut butter and jelly for dinner.
We sampled lots of clam chowder and ate lots of seafood. And I can tell you one thing for certain. Mo's is the WORST place to eat. There are so many other non-chain restaurants on the coast.
Leaving was hard. But we had to. Hubby had to get back for work.
Well, while we were gone to the beach, a breaker tripped in the garage and spoiled about $450 - $500 worth of meat and all sorts of other things. That is all I'm saying about that because if I focus on it I get depressed.
But we are moving on. Can't do anything about it. Just have to add that onto the vacation expenses.
I just hope we can get the grass back. the sprinklers were also on that breaker and the lawn is VERY patchy. It was very hot while we were gone.
The turkeys doubled in size while we were gone. That was amazing. We haven't lost any in a while. We started out with 22 turkeys and 4 silkies. We are down to 19 turkeys and 2 silkies. for some reason this group has been hard to raise. I just hope we don't lose any more.
A just found out who her kindergarten teacher is. She has been so excited to go to school. C asked me this morning if it was Friday. Friday is when she finds out who her teacher is.
They are both super excited. I'm not ready for summer to be over. Seems like we just started. It has been a busy summer.
Hubby's been busy with various projects in the yard. The only thing I seem to have done in the yard this year was to kill off all of the plants on my front step. I kind of forgot about them in July when we had so much family here.
So far this summer has been busy. Maybe it will slow down once school starts? And soccer starts. And piano lessons start....who am I kidding. Its just going to get worse. Oh well. :)
I won't lie. After my last blog entry I decided I hated my blog. Well, A redesign may happen. Or not. We'll see. Right now I'm feeling neutral about it.
Lets see.... A family update.
We recently spent a glorious week at the beach. It was wonderful. It was restful. It was hard to come home. At one point I begged hubby to let me stay. I joked that I could sleep on the beach at night. Of course that is impossible. But it was a sweet little daydream for about half a second.
In all we spent 8 nights at a house about a block from the beach. We spent a lot of time at the beach wading, digging, building, walking, etc. We spent a lot of time in Lincoln city, and visited both Depoe bay and Newport.
We visited so many beaches like Otter Creek (rock?), and Agate beach, gleneden beach, and Taft beach. We visited a lighthouse, the aquarium, the Hatfield marine science center, and saw a sandcastle building contest.
We also watched lots of Food Network and the History Channel. American Pickers is my new favorite show.
We also ate out every single day. Yes. We got tired of it. No. I don't think I would do it again.
The whole reason for it was hubby's love for seafood and my thought of keep it simple. We had cereal every morning for breakfast, went out for lunch, and then had peanut butter and jelly for dinner.
We sampled lots of clam chowder and ate lots of seafood. And I can tell you one thing for certain. Mo's is the WORST place to eat. There are so many other non-chain restaurants on the coast.
Leaving was hard. But we had to. Hubby had to get back for work.
Well, while we were gone to the beach, a breaker tripped in the garage and spoiled about $450 - $500 worth of meat and all sorts of other things. That is all I'm saying about that because if I focus on it I get depressed.
But we are moving on. Can't do anything about it. Just have to add that onto the vacation expenses.
I just hope we can get the grass back. the sprinklers were also on that breaker and the lawn is VERY patchy. It was very hot while we were gone.
The turkeys doubled in size while we were gone. That was amazing. We haven't lost any in a while. We started out with 22 turkeys and 4 silkies. We are down to 19 turkeys and 2 silkies. for some reason this group has been hard to raise. I just hope we don't lose any more.
A just found out who her kindergarten teacher is. She has been so excited to go to school. C asked me this morning if it was Friday. Friday is when she finds out who her teacher is.
They are both super excited. I'm not ready for summer to be over. Seems like we just started. It has been a busy summer.
Hubby's been busy with various projects in the yard. The only thing I seem to have done in the yard this year was to kill off all of the plants on my front step. I kind of forgot about them in July when we had so much family here.
So far this summer has been busy. Maybe it will slow down once school starts? And soccer starts. And piano lessons start....who am I kidding. Its just going to get worse. Oh well. :)
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