Hectic Heaven

Thankfully fall has arrived.

The weather is much cooler and we have had a couple of days of  good rain showers.. so the smokey air from the forest fires is a sad summer memory.. The leaves on the trees are starting to change colors... I love this time of year..its still pretty nice out most of the time... so we dont need the heater but its cooler so we dont use the A/C anymore, we pretty much only use it when the weather gets over 100. 

Almost all of my young pullets are laying now... its pr etty intersting and funny the shapes and sizes their eggs are coming in  lol... but it will be nice to have eggs over the winter... they are pretty spendy around here...

We are getting a few tomatoes still but the deer found the garden a few weeks ago and so they have slowed way down, next year we will have to make some changes...but this year its not worth the fight...so we share.

I am looking forward to the winter weather to begin spinning again... I did some this summer but there is just to much to do outdoors to keep at it much...

Work is going well.. I love my job and have been working on getting a dress up station together,  I stil need a few things for the boys, didnt realize they would be so into it either....  I have been hitting garage sales and bought some books and puzzles as well... the teacher is new the district and fairly new to teaching  and has not taught this young of group before.. so we are gathering things as we go... but is sure has been enjoyable helping to get the room set up...

I am a bit concerned as our district still has not settled the contract so there is a  very real possibility that there may be a strike,  this will set  us back financially if it happens... so I am praying and hoping the  negotiators will come to a fair compromise(sp)  Oh and did I say  both DH and I work for the district..  :<

I am also beginning to think about Christmas ideas for family,  I talked to one of my SIL yesterday and got some good ideas for two of my nephews... two I had ideas for already so that just leaves one to figure out.... DD will be hard this year... SS needs everything so that shouldnt be easy....  The last couple of years DH and I have been buying a together gift  instead of each of us spending so much... Im thinking maybe something for our  primitive camp... we will talk about it later... I need to get started so I am not trying to take it all out of one months paychecks...  I have threee paydays left before Christmas.. we get paid once a month..

I guess thats about all thats going on in my neck of the woods...

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06:13, 2008-Oct-9 .. Posted by borderling

Hello! Glad to hear that your pullets are earning their keep. Our chickens all but quit laying in the winter. I don't keep a light on them and baby them, either. If I did, they'd probably lay more.
Deer and gardens, I know a commercial grower who uses fish meal for fertilizer and it does double duty as it keeps the deer away. Might be cheaper than fences.
I've been getting up at 5:30 and so I get to spend about 1/2 an hour spinning every morning. The mohair is going fast. So are the leaves off of the trees. They say once the tamarack needles drop, the snow stays. Well, they're golden yellow now, so it won't be too long. And also, once you see snow buntings on the roads, no snow buntings yet.
My family has agreed to do a homemade Christmas. So I guess I"d better figure out what I"m making everyone-whether they like it or not. :)
Long comment.
Love,
Rhonda