Ever Changing...

Chickens are gone.  Living in their new homes now.  I did split the flock to maintain the laws legal chicken limits for one of the takers.    Two of the girls, Goldie and Spice, went to Jacque.  The remaining 6 went to Kaitlyn's friend, Josh. Everyone seems to be happy, but me.  I'm missing my girls terribly.  The yard seems SO empty, but this was a necessary step in getting the yard back into shape prior to our move next year.  See the space between the trampoline and the shed?  That's where my girls run was....  Sunday was a Not Happy day for me.





Move?!  Yep, move.  We're moving back to Texas in the summer of 2015.  The time has come to make a step in being more available and supportive of our families.  Plus it offers us a fresh start.  We've been in Colorado since Oct. of '93.   So we'll be starting to look for a new house next year.




Knitting is still going on, as is the spinning.  (Like that will ever stop!)  Working on shawls, scarves, socks, kitchen towels, etc.  The list is never ending and I love it.  :)  This is a scarf that I've just started as a no brainer knit.  So simple and just plain lovely.  So I'm excited to be able to wear it this fall and winter.  "Vulcan" is the color!  As for my spinning I did complete the roving that Cisco and Denali played with in the yard a couple of years ago and am waiting to ply it.  I think Navajo plying will be just great for it.  Anxious to see what I end up with in the way of yardage.

I'll be spending the day in the kitchen today trying a new rice recipe.  Its called, "Tunisian Spinach Rice" and just looks and sounds fabulous.  The recipe and picture are found on Kitchenvignettes.blogspot.com.  I think I'll do a sausage link on the grill as a side to this dish.  Its supposed to be, I would think a main course, but with my group there better be a meat visible to have the meal count.   My intention is to have this for dinner tonight and today I'll be catching up on my biscuit making.  I'm terribly excited about this new recipe and have high hopes for a successful addition to our meal repertoire. 

Also on the list of to-do's is to clean the carpet in the family room, AGAIN!  The carpet was cleaned, or so I thought a few weeks ago.  We rented a commercial carpet steam cleaner at the local grocery store only to discover that it really doesn't clean.  What a waste of money and time.  Now we have a huge stain in the family room carpet that appears to be soapy residue.  The carpet is actually sticky.  So day before yesterday David and I took ourselves up to Wally World and bought ourselves a new "Hoover Carpet Cleaner".  My old one broke shortly after the move a couple of years ago.  My old one always did a great job, so I expect this one to do just as well.