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Good Morning Beloveds!
It is a very damp and cool morning here at Hidden Creek! I just got back in from letting the chickens out of their coop. (open the trap door so they can get out to their fenced area) We are at 55* right now although it feels much cooler then that out. The high for today is 62* but the rest of the week is suppose to be just above the 70* mark so that will be nice for me! I need to get my stuff out to the cottage house. I am just dyin' to scrapbook out there! No more having to worry about picking up my mess off the kitchen table! LOL! :-)
Well my dh got our chicken all done for now! We go tthe chickens moved into it last night before bed. NO MORE WORRYING ABOUT COONS! Or anything else for that matter! They are now in a wooden house! PRAISE JESUS! We went down to 22 from 36. But we are still very greatful for what we have.....now hopefully they will start laying now that they have their "own" home and nesting roosts. I will try to send in the pics I have thus far. :-) Now we just have to get that entry door on the cottage house! My screen door is on, but that's it. I dont want to take all my stuff out there until I have a solid door on their that I can lock.
My step dad also came up this weekend so we could get my moms car running fo rmy dh to drive back and forth from work as they van will be gone by Wed. of this week. He got the new motor mount on and the exhaust welded, only to find out that there is a brake line leaking! UUGGHH! So now I have to call around about that. I also need to get many things listed on EBAY to sell. We still have to get funds for all the repairs we have around here not to mention the $650 plus we have to shell out for propane. Blessings, Carrie |
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PHEWWWWWW! I am plum wore out! I have been going, going, going and going since Saturday morning! We started out the day on Sat. by going up to our storage and looking for my large area rugs I kept from my moms Estate, so I would have them to put into my cotage house. We were there at the garage for a bit then headed off for lunch, got groceries, ran errands, came home and got busy on the cottage house. We got all the construction gunk cleaned out of there, swept it out, did some caulking, got my scrapbooking tables moved in and moved the couch into place. Then Kerry got busy starting the construction of our new chicken coop! :-) Well that was all on Saturday alone!
Sunday we got up and got ready for the 9:00am church service as we were finally visiting the church that Dakota is attending AWANAS at. We are in the process of searching for a new church home and I must say I wish we had already found one by now! :-( I just dislike the "searching" so. Then we ran to Mendards and got the stain for me to paint the cottage house flour and outside walls (being frugal there rather then buying "paint" for the floor and then "stain" for the outside walls). I got "Navajo Red" which is the same thing we painted our house in. So I have a barn red floor inside. It really looks alot better then I thought it would! Since we have hardboard siding, a weather prof color stain is far baetter then using an exterior paint. :-) We then stopped by my daughters house quick so I could see my grandson for a bit, got home, changed and got to work right away. I began painting the cottage house floor and Kerry plugged away on the new chicken coop. Then all heck broke loose! LOL! My SIL (my brothers wife) called and said they may stop out if we weren't busy.....well we were busy but they had not been here in over a year so I told her to come on out! Plus my SIL had never seen the homestead in the daylight so I was tickled! Once they got here we walked them (especially her) around the homestead giving her the "tour" LOL! Shortly after that my DH oldest daughter and her fiance' and kids stopped by with a surprise visit to help Kerry with the cottage house door..............FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My dh had only been waiting for her fiance's help for over a week now! UUGGHH! A few min. later Kerry's daughter's ex BF stopped with their daughter here as he was dropping her off. Well we had actually been trying to make contact with him for the past year to help fix our roof that "he" designed and helped my dh put on! (it is leaking severely!) So he stayed a bit and had a look at it and is coming in 2 weeks to help.......finally! Well a couple minutes after he got here, my Ex was dropping off my daughter. LOL! It was jusr crazy here! Needless to say it was nearly 9pm before we got inside and even thought of anything to eat. Monday...............you know what I did? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! LOL! I took it easy, spent time with my son, puddered around the house, got online here and there and just relaxed. Then Tuesday I cooked and froze some of our sweet corn from our garden, had to prepare for my first Girl Scout troop mtg of the season for my girls. We met shortly after 6:30pm, I had stopped and ordered a pizza for a treat in honor of our first mtg. and had 3 girls not there. One was out of state on vacation, one supposidly quit and one had a scheduling conflict. So I need to call those moms. Yesterday was relaxing day as well and................I got some very exciting news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I finally called our Home Owners Agent and found out that WE CAN HAVE A WOOD BURNER HERE IN OUR LIVING ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH PRAISE GOD!!!!! So I am looking into all of that now. I also picked around my office area in our room and then burned a bunch of paper work that I sorted through. I can actually see the floor now! LOL! Then we had to get the kids off to church last night. Dakota was able to recite his Cubbie's bible verse and the Cubbie's Motto! I was soooooooooooooo proud! Him and dady had practed Monday and Tuesday night, then reviewed on the way into church last night. :-) Well I need to get some pictures taken and posted of the cottage house and coop for you gals to see, but is another rainy day here at Hidden Creek, so I will get to it just as soon as I can!
Blessings, Carrie |
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I have a delemma and would love prayer. Actually a couple. :-)
Ok, so most of you know that we had decided NOT to send Dakota to the preschool here..........then last friday I went up after talking with the teacher and said I would try it since it was just 2 days (thinking i could still do work with him here) he was originally signed up for Mon & Wed's, then come to find out they had messed up and had him down for TUES-THURS and that would not work as I have MOPS on Tues. So I called and spoke with the Super Intend. at the school district that over sees the preschool due to the "State Grant", well she told me that Dakota could go on Thurs. only if I so choose and/or be droped off late on Tues. if I wanted. Well I thought ok, I'll try it. Then last night was the first night of AWANA's and the VERY FIRST night of "AWANAS" for Dakota period. (he didn't go but once last year due to all the snow here) well on the way into to AWANAS , I had realized "THE OTHER" reason I had chosen the MON-WED class, was because of AWANAS on WED night. it doesnt get over until 8:30pm and we live about 40min away and by the time we would get home and get him into bed it would be 9:30pm or later, and then he would have be up by 6am on thurs morning......NOT!
Soooooooooooo, this morning was to be his first day..............I didn't send him today and just realized that God was trying to tell me to just "forget it"! LOL!
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HAPPY LABOR DAY!!!!!
Can you believe that is now already SEPTEMBER?! The months have just been flying by! Here in Iowa, we are already seeing many leaves changing colors and falling from their trees. The mornings are much cooler and the nights are cooling off more quickly, as well as growing darker much sooner! While I absolutely love FALL time..........it is making dred the thought of winter drawing here much sooner at the rate the coolness is coming in. They say once you begin to hear the locusts that it will be 6 weeks until the first frost, well we have been hearing them here since the end of July! YIKES!!!
Although we did not go on our camping trip as planned, we had a full weekend. Sat. my son came over and helped with the roofing and I got to spend most of the day with my twin granddaughters! :-) Then my dear husband's brother and his family came out for a cookout and bonfire. They were here until after 2:00AM!!!!! We barely get to see them and had such a great time. Needless to say it was nealry 3:00am before my dh and I got to bed so we slept in until nearly 9:00am and could have slept longer. LOL! We missed church, but we know the good Lord would understand! Then about 11:30am my dh and son went fishinf with my borther as his 45th birthday is actually today, but he wanted to spend it with his wife so they went fishing yesterday instead. Dakota caught the most fish.....6 small Blue Gills but ecited non the less! :-) I wish I had a pic of that!
We have so very many urgent projects to get down hear on the homestead, we desperately need some help, but have been unable to get any. My son was here on Sat. morning to help my dh get the rolled roofing on my cottage house finally as that really takes 2 guys to get done. Now my dh has to get the south wall and window in, then the doors. The door can wait a bit as long as he gets the south wall and window in. Then there is the chicken coop to get built, canning, and on and on. :-) This morning I believe my dh is going to start working on the cottage house wall so I am excited! We will be doing the chicken coop as well, as my dh is on vacation this week. |
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Good Evening My Friends! What a long day! We were up and adam, out the door and to an appt. that was and hour away by 10:30 this morning. It did not go as we had hoped, so please keep us in prayer. :-) From there we went to Blain's Farm and Fleet..........I got an awesome deal on canning jars as they were beginning to clear them out! WOOHOO! I also hit the kids' 50% off clothes racks and got Dakota a pair of jammies (the 2 piece - button up shirt and pants kind)Then we got some gas....$3.43 a gallon! Then finallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy got Dakota's much needed hair cut! So he will be good for quite awhile now :-) Then we went to Bonanza and at a late lunch. After we were done, Dakota and I walked ot the Christian bookstore next door and looked around whiel daddy moved the SUV and drove it over. I got the cutest coffee mug ( my weakness! LOL ) a $5.00 Mark Schultz cd, and a handprint kit for Dakota as we lost his from when he was a baby! Sniff, Sniff! :-( Then we headed for home,,,,,,,,until we realized we had forgot some much needed necessities from Walmart! LOL! So we stopped and I ran in quick, thennnnnnnnnnnnn we headed for the homefront. My dear man worked on the roof of my cottage house some until dark so hopefully he will have all the rolled roofing on by the Thursday night! :-) Well I am plum wore out and heading to my nest soon, so y'all have a good night! LUV, Carrie |
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Wow! My how time flies! I can't believe it has been a week since I posted last. :-( Sorry................ Well lets see, last Friday I had my usual day of errands in the city. Saturday, my dh and I ran back into the city for some appt.'s and needed farm supplies and canning jars. We thought we were going to be able to can tomatoes on Sunday only most of what we had out on the picnic table had gotten icky so now we hafe to wait until we have enough ripen out of the garden again to can! :-( Then we went out for supper to Applebees with some family members and had a nice dinner. Sunday was just a nice relaxing day at home since we were not able to can tomatoes as we had planned. I can't believe that I actually got my dear sweet man to RELAX!!!!!!! He just does not know how to sit still. LOL! Drives me nuts sometimes, but of course I still love him. Hee Hee! :-) Our new chickens have only been laying 1-3 eggs here and there. I am very dissapointed. So either 11 hens we bought first were not laying yet as they said or we have a problems as we have had them for over 2 weeks now. The ones we got free a week ago are the ones we think that are laying. We have got to get our coop built soon. I just don't think that having your chickens in with your goats works to well! LOL! This week has been nice being at home for the most part. Monday I finally decided to homeschool Dakota for sure! :-) We will be starting with preschool this year and see how things go. I am praying things go great of course! :-) Well i am bushed so I will write more in the morning! Night! Carrie |
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Well as you all know, we bought 11- 4 month old hens and one rooster a week ago and made a temporary shelter for them within our goat pen/yard. Well yesterday, on FREECYCLE, I found more chickens only they were ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!! Also, we got a wide variety and the people that had them were very nice and very helpful. Their 13yr old son is in 4H and wanted to reduce his flock as he had tons of chicks hatching and wanted to cut down on his costs to prepare for his new upcoming flock. We left there with atleast 23 (that we cold count) chickens last night. It is hard to count them when they are running around at once! LOL! :-) We got avariety between the following: blue andalusian hen & rooster They also have 3 pekin ducks - the two girls should be laying soon, but we didn't have room so we told them to let the next person on the list have them and that id they didn't want them we woudl come back for them. :-) We put them all in the goat yard for now as they can go into the barn with the goats but we want to keep them seperate (as much as we can from the hens we got last week). Soooooooo, we have got to get a cop and chicken run built very soon! :-) |
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Good Morning! Oh and it is such a lovely morning here again at Hidden Creek in deed! The mornings are getting cooler and so nice to wake up to! I just hate having to run the AC here, and it has been a nice welcome break from it. Our house is only 1042 sq feet and the windows are not in the best places for cross breezes, so good air flow does not happen much and our house tends to be "hot" more ties then not. :-( Well today I am wearing a skirt! You would think the world was coming to an end. LOL! My daughter asked "where I was going"! LOL! Oh Lord.....truth is I love to wear skirts and "summer dresses" and I love to wear denim skirts and enim jumpers in the FALL (cooler weather). I am extremely warm blooded and tend to "over heat" very easily, so I tend to wear shorts and sleeveless blouses when home and go bare foot. Withour house being so warm much of the time, I dress comfortably for my surroundings. :-) Well I have already made Chicken Salad for the day, did some more homeschooling research, need to make brownies yet and go through my pantry and make a list of needs. OHHHHH, and I also found some more FREE chickens on FREECYCLE!!!! We are going to get them tonight. They have: blue andalusian hen & rooster 3 pekin ducks - the two girls should be laying soon. :-) Well I better go, so you all have a wonderful day! |
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A family favorite around here! Chicken Enchilada Casserole 1/2 c. onion, chopped
2 tbsp. butter
3-4 chicken breasts (boiled, boned & chopped)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 sm. can chopped green chilies (mild)
1 carton sour cream (8 oz.)
Flour tortillas
Cheddar cheese (grated)
Sauté onions in butter until clear. Add chicken, soups and chilies.
Mix in sour cream. Grease casserole. Line bottom with tortillas, then
spread half chicken mixture over tortillas. Sprinkle with cheese.
Repeat. Bake at 350 degrees until cheese melts. Use a 9 x 13 inch
casserole. Yield: 8 servings
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We also top it off with salsa and lettuce (oprional) :-) YUMMO!!!
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I have grown up around Watkins products, and have been a Watkins consultant since Feb. 1991! I just love the "herritage" of this company! :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Milestones In Watkins’ 139-Year History1868 J.R. Watkins Medical Company founded in Plainview, Minnesota. Launch of first product, Red Liniment. 1869 Introduction of Trial Mark™ bottle—America’s first money-back guarantee. 1888 
1895 Introduction of Watkins Vanilla Extract, Black Pepper and Cinnamon. 1901 Publication of first Watkins Almanac, Home Doctor and Cook Book. 1911 Death of J.R. Watkins. 1912 
1913 International expansion begins with branch office in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 1920 Product line reaches 100 selections. 1922 Herb tablets (vitamins) introduced. 1928 1942 90 percent of Watkins’ production capacity dedicated to the WWII Allied effort. 1955 1960 Watkins ads appear live on NBC’s “Today” show, hosted by Dave Garroway. 1978 1990 Watkins quadruples in size under Jacobs’ ownership. Customer direct delivery offered. 1996 Watkins expands natural product line. 
1997 Mark Jacobs named president; wellness product line is refined and expanded. 1999 Watkins counts over 350 products. 2002 Door to Door, the heartwarming TNT movie inspired by the life story of Watkins salesman, Bill Porter, debuts; wins 6 Emmy Awards, including Best Made-for-TV Movie and Best Actor (William H. Macy). 2003 Watkins celebrates 135th Anniversary. 2004 Watkins launches into mass retail with Vanilla and Pepper in Wal Mart. Watkins participates in sponsorship of Grand Excursion - a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the railroad that connected the East and West sides of the country. Approximately 20 boats participate in the re-enactment of the trip from Rock Island, IL to St. Paul, MN on the Mississippi. 2005 Watkins launches J.R. Watkins Apothecary line into Target stores nation-wide. Watkins forms partnership with Chinese Businessman, Wang Chao Bin, offering more than 100 products to the Chinese market. Watkins facilities in Winona, MN are added to the National Register of Historic Places. 2006 Watkins launches line of USDA Certified 100% Organic Spices in Wal Mart.
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Joseph Ray Watkins founded Watkins Incorporated in 1868 from the kitchen of his home in Plainview, Minnesota. Watkins was so confident of his home-manufactured product, Dr. Wards Liniment, that he introduced the now famous Watkins "Trial Mark" bottle, along with the first-ever money back guarantee. 
First Watkins factory building erected in Winona, Minnesota.
Architecturally significant administration building completed at a cost of $1.2 million.
Watkins receives Gold Medal honors at Paris International Exposition for vanilla, black pepper, cinnamon and other pure spices.
Bill Porter begins his 50-plus year career with Watkins; his story of working “door-to-door” with cerebral palsy will inspire countless news stories and a television movie.
Watkins Incorporated is acquired by Minneapolis entrepreneur Irwin L. Jacobs.|
A very good read......... Are Rising Prices Scaring You? We are getting e-mails and it has been all over the news - "What do we do? They are rationing rice!!" I haven't decided if I should just laugh or start tearing my hair out. First everyone panicked over the price of gas... then it was the price of apples, then milk and now rice. What I find so amusing about the whole thing is a lot of those same people who are in a panic are still using their gas to go to the movies, to go on vacations, to travel for sports activities, to go shopping and to go most any place they want to go. So many people complain about the price of gas when it costs $4.00 a gallon but don't bat an eye when going to Starbucks to pay $4.00 for one cup (8 oz. or 1/8 of a gallon) of coffee that they could have made at home for pennies. Despite all the fuss, most Americans have not substantially changed their lives because of gas prices. Then there is another whole group who complain about how they "aren't like other people". They don't spend a penny on anything and they still have nothing and, because their lot in life is so miserable, they have a right to be afraid of what is happening in the world and in their lives. They have a "What about me?" attitude all of the time. The Bible says that God does not give us the spirit of fear but of power and love and a sound mind. Even if you aren't a Christian, I want you to really think about those words because they apply to human nature in general. We are living in a world that is crazed with fear and because of that we have lost power over ourselves, our lives and our circumstances. Because of that fear we have very little love for anyone. When you love someone or something your main thoughts are focused on that person or thing that you love. What do you think about all the time? --Your spouse, your children, joyful things and happy things or do you focus on yourself and on how these terrible prices are going to affect you? Do you know how powerless you become when you give way to fear? When you're constantly afraid, you can't function properly at work which leads to not getting a pay raise or worse yet, getting fired. You can't get your mind off of that which you fear and it filters into every area of your life. You become short and angry with your family when they try to talk to you, ask you something or want to spend time with you because they are interrupting your focus on your fear. "How am I going to get some rice (or gas, or milk or apples)", "If there's a shortage of rice now, I'm sure that is going to lead to a shortage on ALL food", "If there is a shortage of food, that will mean I can't go on vacation this summer or buy that new car." You say but that's silly and doesn't even make sense. No it doesn't and that is where the sound mind comes in. Where there is fear there is total loss of rational reasoning or what I call "common sense". When someone isn't of sound mind (not using common sense), they think there is going to be a shortage on rice and they panic. They tell everyone they know. The word spreads and then everyone panics and runs out to hoard rice. All that fear has a snowball effect which then creates a shortage of rice where there wasn't one. If people had not given over to fear and had been of sound mind (using common sense) they would have thought, "No big deal, we'll have pasta instead or just do without rice for now." They would go about their daily business without giving it another thought and focus on more important things like how to be a kinder more loving spouse or parent. When people aren't consumed with fear they can think more rationally, which helps them make wiser and more practical decisions. When fear is gone they have peace and joy and patience and most of all they are more loving. Think about it. How much of your life is ruled by fear? If you filter back through most negative emotions, most of them begin with fear of something. Do you buy things you can't afford because you are afraid of what people will think of you? Do you spend more on gifts for your friends and your children's friends because you fear that people won't love you? Take a serious look at the things you obsess about. Do you obsess about them because of some kind of fear? I don't know how to tactfully and gently say this but lately I have seen quiet (and sometimes loud) fear in a new thing called "becoming green and saving the environment". This is really just another form of fear. When people become obsessed and overcome, it is usually out of fear and not out of rational thinking. I'm not saying you shouldn't try to save the environment if you think that it needs saving. I'm simply saying don't let things that stem from fear of something control your life in such a way that you lose all of your life's joy and your capacity for reasonable and rational thinking. Jill Cooper and Tawra Kellam are frugal living experts and the editors of Living on a Dime. |
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Well lets try this again! I had posted earlier and it has seemed to have dissapeared! Well Good Morning Everyone! It is such a gorgeous cool and yet sunny morning here at Hidden Creek Hills. I couldn't wait to get up, make some coffee and head outside with my cup of coffee in hand! :-) Especially since we cleared off the backside of our house with all the junk that had accumulated. We moved things away from the house, swept dirt and rocks away and placed our 2 wrought iron chairs and table there. We have large 2ftx2ft patio blocks there but they are seriously uneven and some missing where they need to be. We are going to be putting in a platform deck of sorts as our door stoop is only about 3in above the ground, so we can't really make the traditional deck/porch. So ours will be like the old western town sidewalks, just not up as high. It will be so nice not to have to sit in the grass on the grass and have the bugs bite at our ankles! LOL! :-) Anywho, as I was saying....I went outside with my coffee in hand and it was lovely! Besides picking up around the backside of the house, "I" also finallyyyyyyyyyyy got my storage shed cleaned out, organized and got our 4 hugggge "winter" tubs put out there as well. PHEW!!! That was such a great feeling! Al though it took all day long because we had my Dh brother and his wife pop in, and then my step daughter and all the grandkids from that side show up as well! UUGGHH! It is kinda hard to actually "work" when you have a heap of company wanting to visit, look at your berry patches, garden, chickens, goats, ride yoou 4 wheeler etc.! LOL! All in all it was good day and now today I just need to work on the inside of the house. Have a great afternoon! |
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Ok, so I dont understand why you gals cant see the pics on my blog as I can see them there????? Any ideas for me? |
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We met a little after 8:00pm last night, I got to meet older half brother "Tracy". We met at a Wlamart parking so he could park his Semi there. We picked him up and we went across the road to a nice cafe to eat. Well here we are....................He huggend me as soon as I go tof my truck! LOL
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Oh my heavens..... ......... .I can't believe that I totally forgot to tell you all this......
My half brother Tracy, (that I have never met) called me this morning and told me that he was going to be coming by here (he drives semi) and wanted to know if we could meet! :-) How cool is that? I am soooooo very excited..... .......and nervous! If all goes well we will be meeting around 8:00pm (central) tonight. I have to drive a little over an hour to meet him though. :-) |
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Good Afternoon!!!! Thank you all so much for your prayers and kind words! The chickens did just fine through the night! I didn't sleep much worrying about them. LOL! :-) I awoke first thing this morning and went right outside to check on them......... and they were all A-OK!! THANK YOU JESUS! My son was so cute this morning..........he cames in my bedroom, hops up in my bed and says, "Mommy, do you think the chickies laid an egg yet?". LOL! |
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I am sooooo happy, but also worried. I will explain..........
Two nights ago my little 4yr old had a fever and we were just about out of Motrin. Our local grocery, just 5 mi away had just closed 2o min before and I was going to have drive another 7mi past that one to the next town and get some..................I WASN"T WANTING TO GO! :-( Well upon walking in the store I stopped to read the community board, and low and behold................THERE WAS A FLYER FOR 4 MONTH OLD LAYING HENS FOR SALE!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!! :-)
WELL we were able to pick them up tonight. We got 11 hens and one rooster tonight that are about 4 months old. They are an assortment of Buffs, Barred Rock and Red Stars. We had to hurray and put together a temporary pen for them for the night. If you recall our 26 Red Star Sex Links were slaughtered a couple months ago by racoons. We took that completely down, racked the area etc. These new chickens are inside our goat yard. We made a "lean to" of the north side of the barn with a sheet of plywood for a roof and two posts on each corner and then wrapped chain link fence around all three sides. We will be making a much better coop as soon as we get time.
Anywho............please pray for safety for my new chickens as I am a bit (ok alot) nervous. :-) We even got a rooster this time to help protect them.
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Morning Beloveds!
Wow! What a wonderful, wonderful weekend! :-) Praise you Jesus!!
Well as you many of you know, I had a full afternoon Fri. with getting my daughter home from church camp, then dopped off at here dads and rushing over to the Beth Moore Simulcast at church. It went from 6:00pm - 9:00pm on Fri. night and then again Sat. morning from 8:30am - Noon. It was simply WONDERFUL, UPLIFTING, and INSPIRING!!!! I just love Beth Moore's style of teaching woman. She is so funny, down to earth and real. She make studying the word fun. I know that the Lord was talking to me on Sat. for her message was EXACTLY ON WHAT I AM STRUGGLING WITH!!!!!!! Then when I got home from the event, my dear BIL and SIL were here visiting from out of town for the day so we all went out and got supper later that night. My dh and I had a sitter so we were able to go out, just us adults....so that was very nice as well! :-)
Sunday we had plans to go on a picnic to BackBone State Park with my dh oldest daughter and her family. we cooked out while the kiddos played and had a nice (late) lunch. We then headed over tot he Backbone on foot as the park enterance was closed due to washouts. It was a healthy hike all in all! LOL! :-) We got home around 7:00pm (park is a little over an hour away) and then our cousins showed up out of the blue and visited with us until well after dark! We rode the 4 wheller, picked black berries, showed them the goats and garden and took them down to the timber. We had a very nice visit.
Well as you can see we had a completely FULL weekend. I am so behind on memail and work. SO I will be doing my best to get caught up this morning. I have my Girl Scout Fall Kick Off today at 4:00pm and it is an hour away from here. How was your weekends? |