Tired, achy....
Spent the day building fence. Need I say more? In case I haven't mentioned it, I HATE building fence. I want to have money so I can hire someone ELSE to build fence...not build fence myself.
So, I am going to take my tired, achy, fence-building body and put it into a hot bath.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Day Deux
I am only taking a moment for this today. I have so much to do, I am not sure where to start!
As soon as I am done with this, I am crock-potting dinner. (Dinner idea from my friend Andi, whose blog I follow.)
Then, I am putting all 8 of the puppies outside (Oh, I will be SO glad when they are old enough to be homed! Their Mom too! This is what I get for agreeing to do favors for irresponsible family members!), feeding them their mush and letting them frolic in the great outdoors...inside their little puppy jail, of course, and then cleaning the room they are in.
After that, time to muck out the chicken coop. Then, then, I will finally have some time to finish rearranging the bedroom...I have to get the cedar chest out of storage and up the stairs. That is going to be fun. NOT! LOL
And there is a bunch of little things to do. Hang a hook outside the door for the new wind-chime. Finish DH's laundry. Cut a new branch for the parrot's perches. Pot a few plants. This, that, and the other.
And if, when he gets home, my darling DH has ANYTHING smart-alec to say.....well, I may not be getting anything done tomorrow because I will be in jail for murder.
Anyone who wants to stop by and give me a hand is welcome! I will ply you with hot, honey chai and feed you.
As soon as I am done with this, I am crock-potting dinner. (Dinner idea from my friend Andi, whose blog I follow.)
Then, I am putting all 8 of the puppies outside (Oh, I will be SO glad when they are old enough to be homed! Their Mom too! This is what I get for agreeing to do favors for irresponsible family members!), feeding them their mush and letting them frolic in the great outdoors...inside their little puppy jail, of course, and then cleaning the room they are in.
After that, time to muck out the chicken coop. Then, then, I will finally have some time to finish rearranging the bedroom...I have to get the cedar chest out of storage and up the stairs. That is going to be fun. NOT! LOL
And there is a bunch of little things to do. Hang a hook outside the door for the new wind-chime. Finish DH's laundry. Cut a new branch for the parrot's perches. Pot a few plants. This, that, and the other.
And if, when he gets home, my darling DH has ANYTHING smart-alec to say.....well, I may not be getting anything done tomorrow because I will be in jail for murder.
Anyone who wants to stop by and give me a hand is welcome! I will ply you with hot, honey chai and feed you.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
The First Post
It has been years since I have attempted to blog...and I fear I am just not very good at it. However, being the eternal optimist, what the heck, I'll try it again.
Down on the farm, we suffered a bit of some problems....we seem to have a disease running through our chickens that causes them to be happy-go-lucky one moment, beak down in the dirt 10 minutes later and dead an hour after that. I have attempted antibiotics, hand feeding electrolytes with an eye-dropper, and various other things and they don't seem to work. It seems that once a chicken goes down with this, that is it.
Not everyone is succumbing....a few of my Silkies, some of my Americanas...and the first of the latter bunch it struck down was my prime rooster of a new color I am working on. ~sighs~
At any rate, this, coupled with the season, has kept me away from my normal forums, away from my e-mail, and away from my computer for the last many days.
What other things, you might ask? Well, it is January in Texas, and unlike you poor, unfortunate Northerners, it means that it is time to get that garden started.
Which, for me, means it is time to set up that extra hoop greenhouse, time to start 1000+ seeds, etc., etc., because next month, people are going to want started plants for their cool weather gardens. (The only time we can grow things like cabbage and lettuce down here, without it bolting the very second after it has sprouted, it to grow them in winter.) But also, in two months, folks are going to want big, healthy tomato plants to start their spring gardens, and I need to be ready to oblige them.
So, that means that my goat forums, my chicken forums, and all of my other forums are neglected, because right now, I just don't have the time to give them the attention.
Please cross your fingers for me over the chickens. I'd hate to have the entire flock die off and I have no idea what is getting to them. It couldn't have happened at a worse time, either, when I *should* be planting fervently and not nursing sick livestock.
Well, now I am off to town. I need paint stripper, PVC clamps and, just for my own enjoyment, some Hosta plants that I want to put in my bedroom window.
Down on the farm, we suffered a bit of some problems....we seem to have a disease running through our chickens that causes them to be happy-go-lucky one moment, beak down in the dirt 10 minutes later and dead an hour after that. I have attempted antibiotics, hand feeding electrolytes with an eye-dropper, and various other things and they don't seem to work. It seems that once a chicken goes down with this, that is it.
Not everyone is succumbing....a few of my Silkies, some of my Americanas...and the first of the latter bunch it struck down was my prime rooster of a new color I am working on. ~sighs~
At any rate, this, coupled with the season, has kept me away from my normal forums, away from my e-mail, and away from my computer for the last many days.
What other things, you might ask? Well, it is January in Texas, and unlike you poor, unfortunate Northerners, it means that it is time to get that garden started.
Which, for me, means it is time to set up that extra hoop greenhouse, time to start 1000+ seeds, etc., etc., because next month, people are going to want started plants for their cool weather gardens. (The only time we can grow things like cabbage and lettuce down here, without it bolting the very second after it has sprouted, it to grow them in winter.) But also, in two months, folks are going to want big, healthy tomato plants to start their spring gardens, and I need to be ready to oblige them.
So, that means that my goat forums, my chicken forums, and all of my other forums are neglected, because right now, I just don't have the time to give them the attention.
Please cross your fingers for me over the chickens. I'd hate to have the entire flock die off and I have no idea what is getting to them. It couldn't have happened at a worse time, either, when I *should* be planting fervently and not nursing sick livestock.
Well, now I am off to town. I need paint stripper, PVC clamps and, just for my own enjoyment, some Hosta plants that I want to put in my bedroom window.
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