Been busy this week preparing for freezing rain. Baked bread and snacks. Re-enforcing the chicken coop. Making sure all my walkways are clear so I no one gets hurt trying to maneuver through clutter. Nothing extreme.
Woke up this morning to half inch of sleet. Such a relief. I stepped out onto my back porch and it wasn't slippery so I went outside to check on my chickens. No accumulation on the roof, it all slid off. Yes!
Freezing rain just started as I write this. I am optimistic.
Pre-Southern snow ice weather feels yesterday. It is this sensation of dread, turning slowly to acceptance and hope that it will just be a cold rain.
I decided to watch the free sample of the new Star Trek show. I couldn't focus on it. I was bored. It was so flat.
Husband's brand new car got hit by flying debris today on the way to work. Broke his heart I know. He called insurance to file a claim and they said they had no record of his account. I know we paid the bill and no one told us it was cancelled. He had to even reset his login password when he tried to log on. Logged on, got it sorted. Insurance will pay for his bumper.
It was just stressful for a while there.
Yesterday my husband was listening to a podcast about Carthage. The person speaking posed the idea that people who sacrificed children often do so out of desperation. He asked what they must have wanted.
I said, cookies. They would have sacrificed a child over chocolate chip cookies.
When a society becomes wealthy it has no concept of need. I think a person would slaughter and innocent to ask god for cookies.
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True, they did all kinds of stuff. It's human nature.
And honestly, it's animal nature too.
Yes it absolutely is.
Had our first hawk attack yesterday. Kind of freaked me out.
The chickens got suddenly noisy and I went outside to find a little bitty raptor on top of one of my Brahmas. Of course the bird goes after the big white cuddle chickens.
I called it a bad bird and told it no and that scared it away for now.
The chicken wasn't hurt. I am just glad it didn't go after the white silkie, that would have been sad. There are at least a dozen chickens the hawks can take if the want. I don't care that much, but my husband and grandkid like the cuddle birds and the poodle chickens.
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We have hawks in NY and in NYC. I always could tell when one was around because all the other birds would scream at it. Where I live now, there are Eagles. They're so majestic in person but HUGE.
Kindergarten Social Studies pisses me off.
It is so bullshit.
Reviewing the Drivers Education manual for the first time in decades.
Not much has changed, just my eyesight.
Today I made a 24 egg scramble for my chickens and ducks.
I have way too many eggs.
My daughter called this morning before 7:30, she had just hit a deer. Car is only a year old. Low mileage, it is at the dealership now for assessment and hopefully repairs.
I waited until I discovered that live lessons aren't being conducted this week before I tld the little kid about her mom's car.
She burst into tears because she loves that car. She wasn't even worried about mom, just the car.
I mean, she's 5.
Planning my husband's lunches has been the bane of my existence. I look up ideas and the internet thinks he will eat quinoa and chickpeas.
The internet is a fucking idiot.
Today I downloaded the school lunch calendar for a local grade school. I think that'll do the trick.
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I love quinoa and chickpeas. So delicious as a curry.
Recently bought a hemp, flax and chia seed mix for extra fiber. Fiber is fantastic
He is a very Southern man, He likes his veggies raw or fried. He likes his beans mashed, chilied, or baked.
Occasionally he wants a hummus, until he eats it.
Happy New Year!
Woke up to money in the bank. There is food in the fridge and I get a rare break before school starts next week.
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Happy new year
Awesome
Happy new year
Thanks!
Happy new year!
Thanks Rose!
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