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Morning!
It is a gloomy thunderstorming out right now and I believe it is suppose to most of the day. I am just thankful that it held off yesterday so that we were able to get all the work done that we did! We did not go to church as my dh said we needed to get the animals situated before all the rain comes. It was suppose to rain yesterday but did not. :-) Thank the Lord!
We got up and my dh went outside and got a head start while I finished up a few things in here first. Then I went out to help him. We got the new larger chicken pen done and moved into the barn so that we could move the baby chicks (who are growing like weeds) out of the rabbit hutch they're in and out to the barn. We put plastic wrap around the sides of the wire to help with drafts and will be hanging the red heat lamp over top. Then we began rearrangin the gost pens as my dh was finally able to get rid of Zander our pygmy buck so we were expanding the Tilda's and Murphy's pen so it would be bigger and get some grass under their feet. They now also have a huge tree to rub against and chew on! LOL! :-) We also cleaned out their barn stall and put fresh straw down............... peeeeeeeeeeU! It was a smelly job but had to be done! LOL! :-) Our hens laid eggs right while we out there, it was halarious! Dakota couldn't get over to get them fast enough. LOL! We didn't get at the chicken pen as of yet, but will. We are going to use the dog kennel fencing we had for Zander, move the small chicken hut in there, place chicken wire over the top and then we will be able to pen them up at night until our new coop is built.
My son and the girls came out also for a little while so Grandma was able to show them all her critters! LOL! We also had them jump on the trampoline and play on the swing set a bit. They just weren't here long enough. :-( After they left we finished up with the barn stall and picked up junk around the yard that the snow had hid all winter. When we were ready to call it a night, we went over to the next town and got footlong Subway sw as they are on special right now for only $5.00 and we were just starving! They sure were good too.LOL! Saturday I went into town with a friend and did some errands, and got feed and groceries. It was a nice time with her. We had a good talk and great time. I couldn't believe the how much cat food at Walmart had gone up in just the past week or so. It went from $8.67 to $10.22! Ouch! We will be doing alot more table scraps for them and cutting abck on the cat feed. When I got home my stepdaughter, her bf and all their kids were here. She had brought back Jackson my Yorkie as she cut his hair for me. Jackson was wayyyy overdue! :-) I also picked hima new doggy pillow as he other just stunk horibly! Icky pooey! I forgot to get bird seed for my feeders though but it will have to wait until next payday. Well that was pretty much our weekend. Today I am going to be working alot of homestead paperwork, researching some things, menu planning for the week and some cleaning. Blessings to you All! Carrie |
~ Enjoying the Simple Life ~
March 31, 2008
Good Monday Morning!