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She's baaaaack!


I'm so sorry that I have allowed 9 whole months to go by and nothing from me.  Well, a lot has happened during that time, we moved, my boys got a little taller, I got a little older and (just under) slightly wiser. Careers have changed and our first year of homeschooling has begun.

I have not done as many projects as I would have liked to have done this year but stay tuned because I have several in the works thanks to Ana White.  And thanks to Pinterest I'll be busy all year.

I did, however, accomplish something cool several months back.  I built my first chicken coop! whoop whoop. It was for a good friend. Nothing fancy. And by nothing fancy I mean it came with directions and didn't involve a carpenter square or a saw.  It came in a box, so there was no thinking involved, just a drill and some crazy kids on a hot summer day. But believe me, this little thing was fancy!  PS...don't put a hot cast iron pan on the shingled roof of this coop, it will melt and get stuck, and possibly take three men to pull it off.  So I've heard.


Oh, and I meet some really cool chicks this weekend at our local fair.These little ladies are so cute.  They are known as Silkies.  As the young lady at the fair told me "they are the lap dogs of chickens". Who would have thunk it?

 

I also got this cool guitar from the  hubby for my birthday.  I've only picked it up twice so far but as soon as a I get a spare moment I'm going to learn some nice chords to lull these chicks to sleep.  
Like the dress? It was my mom's.  It was worn for my retro birthday party, thrown by my lovely and amazing friends Andrea and Eve.
 
So much has happened and so many things have changed this year, some good, some bad, but all allowed by God.   It is comforting to know that there is a constant in my life, especially when friends come and go and children grow.  That constant is the Lord's love and I'm grateful everyday for that. 

I'll see you soon.  I have a plan in the works today so hopefully I will be posting it soon. 

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
    For His mercy endures forever.
~Psalm 136:1



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  1. ChildrenofEveFebruary 9, 2013 at 2:37 PM

    Ok, so dye doesn't hurt chickens.
    But what if they bite off & swallow one of those beads?

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