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.

The Egg Shack and More

I hope everyone had a fabulous Mother's Day.  I did!  The Beautiful flowers were from Bonnie.  The rest of my kiddo's did kind, loving things for me or if they were far away I got a great phone call, which of course I always love and appreciate.

I was also gifted a gift that I've been wanting for a few years now.  I have already tried it out and it fits perfectly... My new bike!  He-He! The color is fantastic, a beautiful light minty green with a white/black and mint green seat.  I just need a few accessories like a helmet and a beautiful woven basket to go on the handlebars and she'll be set to go.  I think I'm going to name her Beatrice.

Believe it or not, our eggs are selling at a phenomenal rate.  We sold out in just under a week and have a waiting list.  So I've officially named the little enterprise, "The Egg Shack" and it even has its own email address.  We are going to be doing cards as well and I'm already busy at designing them.  I am looking forward to perhaps getting a website up and going as well.  We did go ahead and purchase the domain name on 4 separate sites.  So now the task is to just get the stuff going.  I need to get a web designer, I need to get a card designer, etc.  Oh just so much to do....  Heheheheeheeeeeee. I feel better.

Knitting is going great.  Completions are adding up.  I finished a wonderful pair of green socks for myself and a shawl.  So looking forward to wearing both.  Working on a panel that I'll use for the closet opening in the master bathroom.  I spun the yarn myself and am thinking that when I no longer need the panel I can re-purpose the panel into a beautiful brown shawl. 

Kristina has obtained her second job for the summer and has been awarded MVP for her first job after working there for just about a month.  We're so proud of her.  She was also elected education coordinator in her sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma, and is looking to add a council position to her credentials in the future.  Below is my Kitchen Chicken that Kristina got for me for Mother's Day.

Frittata's and other wonderful things...

 



Frittata's are a wonderful way to cook a lovely filling meal and have it be a healthy meal as well.  Of course in our house I have to add the fried potatoes and homemade biscuits, so perhaps its not quite as healthy as it should be, but boy is it tasty!  Yum!

Our days are getting longer now.  The chickens are producing regularly enough to start selling their eggs.  I have multiple customers now and everyone seems to be happy with their purchases and they are coming back for more.  With that I've started thinking of naming our little enterprise.  I've come up with, "The Egg Shack".  It seems to encompass the whole idea of my chickens and I think its cute.

School is almost out for the summer now.  The kids have so many end of the year projects and fun activities to do that its taking up quite a bit of time.  Once "things" calm down a bit I'll get back into more of the blogging. 

I do have a couple of little surprises to tell at a later date...  check back! =)