Finding Contentment

Daily Happenings

01:44 PM, Wednesday, March 26, 2008 .. Posted in Homemaking .. 3 comments .. Link

We didn't get to work on the chicken coop any Monday, and only for about an hour Tuesday.

I didn't think about it at the time, but the purple plaid shirt and the camo pants Hubby is wearing don't really match, do they.

We probably won't get to work on the coop today as Hubby has a late meeting. I had hoped to go outside with the kids and get some more painting done on it today, but there's been too much other stuff to do. This morning I had to go to the church to make the bulletin and put it on the pastor's desk for review. Then I went to Wally World (Wal-mart) for the express purpose of getting a bigger plastic tub to put the ever-growing baby chicks in. This will not surprise those of you who know me well, but I came out of the store and drove home before realizing I bought a lot of stuff, but not the tub.

The kids have had colds for the past couple of days, so I didn't make them go outside and help on the coop. But here's some pictures of them helping to round up the chickens up over the weekend.

I have got some things done inside the past couple of days. I reorganized the pantry shelves. The clipboard you see hangs in the pantry with our weekly menu. A few weeks ago I sat down and made four weeks worth of menus. So now I just rotate them and we don't have to have the same meals but once a month. Of course, the menu is flexible if I find a really good sale on something, though.

I also made a couple of loaves of Amish bread. We are using one loaf for sandwiches and I used the other loaves to make garlic bread. I just sliced it, spread soft butter on the bread and sprinkled on some garlic powder and Italian seasonings before putting it under the broiler for a couple of minutes. It turned out great.

Hubby brought home some brown fruit somebody at work gave him yesterday. We made a fruit salad for the chickens and now I am off to make banana bread out of what is left!