A (much needed) day off

With the exception of attending mass, we had nothing going on today.  Madison and her family, needed for us to do Sunday lunch rather than dinner, and I needed a couple of things, so after church, we stopped off at the store.  I ran inside with Saige.  Jim and Harper sat in the car.  Jim sent me 120 obnoxious texts while I was in there, and this picture. I told him if he was going to exhibit this behavior, 

I would be forced to exact revenge.  I am actually too tired for actual revenge, so posting it here is going to be “it.” 

I hadn’t seen the girls in a couple days. I missed them!  Evie came up out of my basement with a mustache.  What?  Where did that come from?  (Who knows!). 

I’d really like to know how come I can never find a pen, but Wrenley always has a pen.  She’s magic.  

This week the broilers are going to their end date.  I can’t wait because they are definitly to the nasty phase!  My little pullets though, they are getting to the pretty phase.  I ended up with a. Lot of white birds. They are supposed to be brown egg layers, so I guess we shall see.  They look like leghorns, but that isn’t a brown egg layer.  I love the hatchery mix bag special.  Ya just never know what you are going to get.  One thing I was not supposed to get was roosters.  I paid extra for them to sex the chicks for me.  

So why is it that I watched this little brown chicken attempting to crow?  Maybe “she” was trying to trick me?    I am not amused.  I don’t do roosters.  They always get mean. They always have attitude problems. They always annoy me with their cockiness.  If it continues to crow, it will be finding a new home. Or a soup pot.  

I moved my old hens into a different pen a couple weeks ago. They are very happy, and have done an outstanding job of laying this summer.  I have given away eggs, frozen eggs, made burritos and casseroles and not once ran low.  Additionally, they are such pretty birds.  Yea, on a day off, I absolutely did take them some kitchen scraps and then stand there watching them eat and talking to them.  And no, they didn’t talk back, so I am still technically sane.  

You know who does talk back?  Mr. Mackey!  He absolutely lives for attention.  And I’ll happily give it to him. He’s my best sweetest baby!  

I decided to keep this boy as our Billy.  He is getting big but I cannot figure out how he is still squeezing through the fences.  Notice he is not behind the fence?  He was out again tonight, and so was his twin sister.  I call him Brat.  I call his sister Armpit.  They both irritate me with their ability to be constantly out.  

No worries though, Maude helps me get them rounded up!  

And then she has to come in and take a little nap to recoup.  Being a cow hound is hard work. 

I wasn’t actually kidding about laying low today.  We did do a few things, including giving Saige back to school highlights.  She was happy about it. 

I also tried to make caramel sauce.  I tried twice. And then I had to reach out to a woman I bought some last year from.  She said it’s not a secret recipe, thankfully!  My second batch turned out better than the first, but not as good as hers was.  

Keepin it low key, keepin it random. 

Tomorrow, I have to head back to work.  I haven’t worked a full week in a month. I am starting to think getting in a schedule would be a good thing.