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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

PSA

Public Service Announcement: Poison Ivy is never dormant.

Leaves of three, Let it be.
So what do you do with a vine of brown? 
Let that be too. 

If you don't - like I didn't, and then have a plumbing project going on in the house and can't shower right away like we did - start scratching.

I know that Poison Ivy is never dormant.
I knew this before my morning routine involved calamine lotion.

But spring was in the air and I just couldn't resist getting some yard work done.





















Unfortunately, I ran out of the stuff above. Hopefully the stuff below will be comparable. (I was at Target for a multi-purpose shop and this was as good as I could get.)
I'll let you know how it goes.




 







Monday, February 21, 2011

M

I created this several months ago. November, I think.
It was one of those really busy days at work.
I've been toying with the idea of painting it on our mailbox.
This is the kind of post Aaron loves.
A: "What? You have?"
I haven't actually toyed with the idea out loud.

By the way, I changed positions at work.
I am being utilized again.
It is a good feeling.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Basil

I just decided today (after eating my leftover mozzarella, tomato and basil sandwich from Brixx) that I am going to add basil to the herb garden.  With this addition, we'll have rosemary and... well that is pretty much it. Just the two of them .

I doubt I will start from seeds for this. I'll probably just buy the plant and try to keep it alive. Let's hope it goes better than the Crepe Myrtle I bought last month. (I think it was dead when I bought it. Good thing Home Depot has a return policy for plants. Just bring it back, root ball and all, with the receipt of course.)



Basil photo from foodsubs.com

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

To Seed or Not to Seed

Last year, when I first brought the chickens home the ground of the pen looked like this:
All right, well maybe it wasn't that nice. It looked more like this:
But now, after 5 months, it looks like this:
with a little of this strewn about:
I started to wonder  how I was going to get grass to grow in there again.
Then Aaron cleared this up for me. He said something along the lines of "Chickens don't really need grass, do they?" Short answer - Nope.
Then I said...
That's Good. One less thing, you know?
(I didn't really say that. Do you know who did?)

Pictures of the ground from here, here, here and here.



Thirsty

"I'm thirsty."
I'm Friday.
Come over Saturday.
We'll have a Sundae.

(My mom used to say this to me in response to what was probably whining.)


Kathy and Eleanore stormed the coop one day last week when they saw me coming with some water. It was one of the days of frozen-ness so they were pretty thirsty. As soon as I opened the door, there they were. They were pecking at my hand before I could even reach the jug of water to the basin. Hopefully ice won't be a problem much longer.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Cutting the Cord

...or cable.

Aaron and I weren't too thrilled with our cable bills as of late. Aaron made a call to see if there was anything we could do to get a cheaper rate. Apparently, there was only one way. "You can cancel your cable."
So cancel we did.

We decided we could go without for a little while, see how it goes, look into other companies and services...
Can you guess what we have missed the most?





None of these. It hasn't been too hard to figure out the weather. Aaron might miss having breakfast with Mike and Mike a little bit, but I prefer waking up without them. I/we get my/our Bones fix through Netflix. As for Daniel Tosh, we are probably better off without him. So what is it that gives us withdrawal symptoms?
Joe Rocketh's Flickr
That dang clock on the cable box. We had no idea how hooked/reliant we had become on the green numbers in the living room. (Maybe everybody's does this now, but I always thought it was great that we never had to reset that clock for Daylight Savings or power failures.) Somehow though, I think we will manage.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Farming in Pajamas

I believe I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I was trying to be a runner again. I'm getting there, but the process sure is time consuming. I neglected to tend to Kathy and Eleanore at all on Monday. They were already tucked in and sleeping by the time I got to them last night - fresh out of the shower, in my p.j.'s. Eleanore wasn't too happy with me. Usually she lets me pet her when she is groggy. Not this time. Kathy could care less. She was just eager to get some water. If they would quit filling the trough of the water-er with hay the supply would last a little longer... I tried to make it up to them though. Extra cracked corn! Mmmmmn.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Date Night

Waaaaaaay back in 2010 (December maybe?) Aaron and I went out on a different kind of date. We went to give blood in the blood mobile and then out to eat sushi. Because we gave blood we were each rewarded with a t-shirt, free Petro, and a pint of Mayfield ice cream.

We made another date out of the free Petro's and coupons for free Mayfield Pints. I think Petro's is a regional chain. So if you've never heard of it or never been in one, here is a handy poster they have to let you know just what a Petro is.
I chose to have corn chips. I think I always will. 

Oh and in case you were wondering... I got a report card in the mail a few weeks after the donation. Apparently I am really good at giving blood - I got an "A+"

Monday, February 7, 2011

Gone to Carolina


Aaron, Charlie and I went to Tryon this weekend.
Kathy and Eleanore stayed home.
They had to work.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Exceprts

Midmorning
Me: Hello?  (Why do I answer like I don't know who is calling when the caller ID says "Mom"?)
Mom: Hello. Your dog is at my house.
Me: Ok....
Mom: He came alone.
Me: Oh!
Mom: And he must have had fun because he rolled in something smelly. He is laughing right now. He is really happy.
Me: I'm sure he is.

Late Afternoon
Me: Hello? (This time the caller ID says a last name - it could be one of several people)
Unknown Caller: Who is this?
Me: Lauren. Who is this? Is this Zach?
Unknown Caller: Yeaaaaah. Haley told me if I called this number I'd get... Haley! It's Aunt Lauren... She gave me the wrong number.
Me: Well, how are you?
Zach: Good. Haley is counting (something - I didn't really understand what he said here) but she's not supposed to.
Me: Oh. How is...?
Zach: Ok I'm going to use this number now. I love you bye.

Me: Love you too. Bye.
Zach: Beep Beep Beep.     Beep.   Beep.
Me: Hey, Zach! You have to
Zach: Beep          Beep.
 I hung up.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Enero's Numeros

2 
Hens
0 
Traumatic Events
4 
Cracked and Frozen
4 
1 Egg Days
1 
3 Egg Day
58 
Eggs for the month