A whole lotta random stuff.

The lovely Angie from Children in the Corn gave me this award.

"This award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his/her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary and personal values every day."

So kind of her but my question is... Are you reading the same blog as me? The blog that almost never sticks to just one topic, the blog that during the time my spell check was out for months only posted words as difficult as cat, hat, mat, sat?

Knowing I am my own worst critic, I will just say "Thank You" and trust her judgement.

So in my typical writing "style", I'll show you what has been going on around here.

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I have been in a bit of a slump in the art/craft department. This is the time of year when I should be cranking out the inventory for the summer and fall art/craft show craziness, but the winter grays have put my creativity into hibernation. Since i get the twitches if I go a week without touching my sewing machine, I did sew something.

See this chair?

No I didn't pick it out, it was a freebie. I pays to know a designer whose clients change their minds. Retail, a $900.00 chair, I got 2 of them!

I made a slipcover. Don't inspect it to close, I didn't have a pattern

(I wouldn't recommend doing it this way).

One down one to go.

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We've been doing some spring cleaning. I know it isn't spring but we are trying our best to hurry it along.

Yes, the man likes to work in his jammies too.

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T-bone barked furiously to let me know the car was parked in a different location. The funny thing is that we (T-bone and I) had just gotten home from grocery shopping, and he hopped out of the car from that spot. I wanted to park it in the sun to help melt the snow I couldn't reach under the wiper blades.

Speaking of grocery shopping, this weeks total was $33.25. I did spend $16.94 in scratch grain for the chickens ( I count it in the food budget). So my $50.19 total at least averages my $90 something from last week down to a more respectable number.

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I got some free movies. Not to keep but to borrow.

Nothing was on tv, and I hadn't checked out any movies at the library for our Friday night game/movie night, so I boxed up a pile of our movies, had my brother do the same, and we had a movie exchange. As my brother was looking through our box, he kept repeating what a great idea it was. We'll trade back in a few weeks, but it is nice to have some different movies to choose from and no cash is leaving our pockets.

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Uno and i have been practicing our falconry techniques.

What do you think?

I've got spurs...

This post

from Danni, queen of all things funny and delightful,

inspired me to post about the spurs we have around here.

Meaty who isn't quite a year old, is still working on his, they are still more like nubs than spurs.

Do you like his friendship bracelet?

Then we have Breadstick, who like his brother Meaty, also has nubs.

Then there is Hammy, his nubs are getting pointy.

Don't you like those blue legs?

Work it Hammy, work it.

(Sorry for the low quality shot. I need at least one per post)

Dot my hen, yes I said hen, wanted to stand out and is sporting an impressive set of her own.

And while my Dad is in Florida squeezing fresh orange juice, (I love Michigan, I love Michigan)I am watching his roo.

My guest rooster, Mr. Big, is sporting these wicked things.They are as big as my thumb! Good thing he's nice,but I don't think he's game for a pedicure.


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In other news...








The girl snatched the camera again so you get a gratuitous Rascal shot.








Our balmy temps lasted a few days and encouraged this lovely snow fog,

the melting and rain caused flooding in the pond. We got the barrels in place just in time.

My kids have a 5 day weekend starting tomorrow, waahoo! Which means I will get little computer time, so do me a favor and don't post anything too exciting until I can read it on Wednesday. Thanks!

One of those days

Did you ever have one of those days that started out a bit rough and ended up turning around and being great?

I knew I had to go to my Moms and feed and water her pets. Not so terrible but she lives 25miles away, so there goes an hour and a half of my day, gas is already being guzzled by Monster Truck due to all the soccer practice trips to town( we are hoping to sell hubbies vehicle and get some little hatchback instead but until then) Then I decide to go and have lady issues.

Oh well, buck up wuss bag and just go. I figure unless I have car trouble, I can just stay in my jammies, who is going to see right? So the Bone and I load up and get going.

The drive to my moms is a beautiful one, all farm houses, fields and such. Only one stoplight. The pets are fine, do my jobs and go.

Driving back I see a moving sale with a big old barn in the distance. MOVING SALE, BARN, I have no choice.

Lookie at what I got for $8!

Chicken wire, tomato cages, 4 fishing poles, and a big chicken waterer.

I got the cigarette butt for free!

The lady wanted $4 for the waterer, I talked her down to $2.

Was it my awesome negotiating skills or......

.....did she feel sorry for me?

Jammie pants, no name brand crocs, and a happy Halloween t-shirt.

I have officially become one of those people who wear their jammies in public.

So at the next sale, yes i said next sale, why stop now? I got a brand spankin new air popcorn popper for $2. It had to be my awesome negotiating skills again, right? Say yes, please.

So at this sale if you buy one popcorn popper they throw in a........

....Metal shelf for free!

It's ugly now but I am going to paint that baby up and you'll see what I treasure I really scored.

By this time T-Bone is tired of things being crammed around him, so we went home.

Then..

.....while weeding in our 78degree day, I discovered my asparagus is starting!

I love asparagus season!

So then I have to blog to you all, T-Bone, Ratface and the chickens don't care, so while I'm down loading photos, 7 of 30 shots were mine. Yep the girl got the camera again, so I'll include just a few for your viewing pleasure.

One of her yarn dolls that she makes, just chillin.

Our tree fort slide.

T-Bone going down the slide action shot.

You can't steal a camera without including many, many, many photos of Ratface (Rascal).

Ratface and his green mustache.

I also want to say thank you to Twinville at http://laughingorcaranch.blogspot.com/, Farm M0m at http://childreninthecorn.blogspot.com/ and Tabbyfactory for making this just just an amazing week for me business wise. I was so close to taking a giant step backwards and now I have the energy and motivation to keep moving forward. Thank you so much!

Still Siberia

It's sunny but still cold. I like winter, I feel it makes people from the north just a bit tougher. I do get to the point where enough is enough, I want spring.

Some of the things I've been up to.

Today I......

visited the girls.I peeked in on Lola while in the nesting box.

She has the most hideous voice but the prettiest green eggs.

Blackbeak and Chip are both brown egg layers.

This one is Freckles. She lays green eggs.

I've been playing Pollys.


My girl insisted on showing you the photos.

I made barbie a sweater.

Fended off an attack of the Giant Rat Face.....

with a carrot we picked last week from under straw in the garden.

Since there was a half day and she likes to sew, my girl made hats for 4 cousins, a neighbor boy and one for herself with minimal help from me.

I did the rotary cutting and changed thread colors on the machine. She did all the rest herself. Now she's making dinner. What did I ever do to deserve a kid like that?