Braving the snow for eggs!

Go Cooper!!!!!!!

Day before Turkey Day!

Well our outside temp was 5 degrees and I have no idea what the wind chill factor was over night. Whopping 17 degrees now! The bunnies and chickens made it through the night and we still have one more night with single digits and then we should be in double. That just seems manageable to me now :) Barry found some spots in the coop that he could put some foam sealer in. I put some hay inbetween the tarp and the bunny hutch. So glad that I bought a bale of hay instead of fooling with bags of it. I think it has been the key to the bunnies comfort.
They seem fine. I think as a Mom I am over thinking this but I would rather do that then have to tell someone their bunny didn't make it. Next time I see a weeks worth of temps like this I am moving them into the garage!
I still haven't started cooking yet. Ugh! I am going to get started on that next. After I finish my little sippy of Jaeger! It is the holidays you know. Breakfast for dinner tonight made by Barry and hopefully Max. Although, Max has been on the couch all day. Seems everything is catching up with him.
Made it to the library. I requested a couple of dvds. Tonight "Bedtime Stories" with Adam Sandler. Barry has to work tomorrow :( I am hoping to have very little cooking tomorrow. Bird and potatoes and gravy. I WILL
have everything else done. So I have the movie "It's Complicated" for me to watch. Can't wait. And the library also had the new version of "Clash of the Titans". So maybe some crafts and a movie day for us until Barry makes it home.
I got to see Nicci the horse yesterday and the new Icelandic ponies that arrived over there. The ponies are fab! Kindra put a blanket on Nicci to help her hold some heat in. She looks great and happy!
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember to share all your thankfullness!!!!!

Wintery pics

It has been very blustery! Barry put some insulation in the chicken coop and put a heat lamp in there and it is still so cold in there that the water freezes. So a couple of times a day I have to drag fresh water out to chickens and bunnies. The bunnies are completely tarped with a bunch of hay so I think they are fairing o.k. Outside chores were chilly and Barry thinks it is funny watching me haul water.

Boys are having fun. The neighbors have been taking Max up to the school for a little downhill sledding.

Poor Coop has a sinus infection AND pink eye. Walmart was out of pink eye meds so we have been waiting to give him his treatments. 24 hours after eye drops and he shouldn't be contagious. I really do not want a whole family with pink eye!!!!

Tomorrow I need to start cooking my Thanksgiving spread!!!!

Turkey fun!

Cooper brought home a turkey he made at school. He was so excited to show us how to make one at home. He set up stations at the kitchen table with supplies for us to make our own. He was so cute explaining every thing in perfect detail.

So a couple of us sat down and made some. I looked at the clock and it was 6:30 in the morning!!!! My kitchen table went from clean to total chaos in the 20 minutes that he was out of bed :) No wonder I always feel so behind!!!

The boys are off from school for a week. It is teacher conference time! I don't expect any surprises Thankfully!!!!

We are making our way out of a round of colds. Wyatt some how has managed to avoid most of its discomforts. So we should be healthy for Turkey Day. Turkey day this year is going to be different. My sis won't be here. I am trying to make the best of it. We will have a smaller version of our normal fare. Less work for me. Barry is working Thanksgiving

day so I may just make our turkey the day before.

There has been a little improvement on my foot. It is still very painful and range of motion has a ways to go. But the P.T.

seems to think it is better. Easy for him to say :)

Made it to the gym two times this week. I have been using an exercise bike at physical therapy so I hopped on one at the gym. It feels good to get myself back in there. It is kind of a snobby place usually but they seem to have some new people working there that are pleasant. We have a gold's gym going in so maybe they are finally feeling some competition. The Gold's gym is going to be in a much better location for us. But I don't think the pool they are putting in is going to be as nice. We will have to see.

Yesterday the electric heating fireplace started to smell. I asked Wyatt if something happened to it. Did a toy or something fall in? No! So I had Barry look at it today. Crap! Legos in the heat element!!! Poor Wyatt. I told him next time just answer me so I can take care it. Poor kid.

Still only 3 of 5 chickens laying. I think we got 2 parakeets!

Weather is turning cold. Making caring for outside animals fun! We are trying to figure out how we are going to prevent water bowls from freezing.

Halloween and a yard sale treasure

We had a fun halloween with Auntie, Auntie Carol! Barry ordered us some masks and we made full use of them!

Thanks for visiting Carol!!!!!

So I went to a yard sale on Friday! This saddle was there and I talked the gal down to $40.00! It was a mess but it cleaned up really nicely. The gal is a western/rodeo rider who bought it because she wanted to try english and quickly decided it was not for her. It was years ago and the saddle has been just sitting. I wish I would have taken a before picture. So it didn't come with a girth and the whole thing is stiff as a board. So I am going to watch ebay for a girth and I do not know if I like the stirrup leathers it came with. They are nylon lined so really thick I don't know how comfortable it will be. Then I need to hope that it fits Nici and that it is comfortable for her. Oh, and I need another saddle pad too :) If everything falls in to place it should be a nice saddle to hack around in. If it doesn't work out I will just craig list it and start over. But it really looks pretty.

I got on line yesterday and printed out some simple instructions for the saddle rack. It is small so you can put it in your "suv/van". Barry grabbed the plans went to Home Depot and got wood from the "scrap area". He said he spent $1.50 on wood!!! He was on it and finished everything in the morning! I love it!

We got a fabulous call from our friends Trish and Andrew. They were driving home from Milton Freewater yesterday and stopped by. We had a great visit. The boys loved showing them the chickens and bunnies. The visit was too short.

Well I am off to buy Max another pair of shoes. He wore out the pair he got at the beginning of the school year all ready!!!

This week I have to go in for a "deep cleaning" below the gum line kind of thing. I can't beleive it! And then Thursday is another physical therapy session. The kids have no school on Thursday which I think bites!

Have a great week everyone!