August 03, 2006

So much for sleeping from 8:30 pm last night when I went to bed. I am all curled up with my hot water bottle in my moose flannel sheets and just drifting off to sleep when I hear "One of your dog's is gone!!!".. I get out of bed, get dressed and go looking for the dog. I have been asking for someone to drive a new post for me as that was only a temporary to begin with and I am actually amazed she did not get loose sooner. She came back from the woodshed where the rabbits where, she had nipped the toe of one of them. I would have shot the dog, but I need that dog. She is my best lead dog and she is also my only unspayed female I hope to breed soon. She is now under lock and key after she got into trouble for 20 minutes with me stuffing another rabbit under her nose and telling her she is the worst dog on the face of the earth.

Too riled up and mad (at the dog and myself) to go back to sleep, I stayed up and painted more on my gate sign for eggs. Then "Kid" was jabbering and said that 'thing' in the wall was back. This is the second day that this noise has been heard by both kids and also the same length of time that the cat "Charlie" has been missing. So we opened up the access to the attic and at midnight the kids are trying to be silent while their dad is sleeping, crawling around up there. "Kid" is smaller and could fit in there better, but he wanted his big brother to go up there with him. "Teenager" lifted the ever gaining mass "Kid" up and then jumped up and pulled himself through the opening. I am thinking "Man.. if this does nor work, we have alot of sheetrocking, spackling and painting to do tomorrow".

No cat later... the boys come down and I need to vacuum. Ever try vacuuming at 1 am in a 900 sf house and not wake someone up? Apparently it CAN be done. My bf never heard it when asked this morning when he woke up to go to work. We might need naps later today, but it was a fun evening, even though we did not find "Charlie" out of all of it.

We may or may not go to the 4-H livestock auction today. I was rather interested in what the meat pens I judged yesterday, went for today.

Thinking of what I ought to cook for dinner tonight. I am leaning towards a whole roast chicken. OK.. I just inquired with the boys and they are game for the whole roast chicken as long as it is BBQ's.. I have to make some BBQ sauce, but that works for me.Fresh steamed Swiss Chard out of the garden last night for dinner. "Kid" did not realize we had "Five Color Silverbeet", the variety that has reds, greens, whites, oranges, pinks, golds and other colors in it. It is quite festive and colorful. Also quite good with butter, vinegar and sea salt on it."Teenager" and I got into the 4 cucumbers I have picked so far out of the garden. I need to look today as there is probably more ready to be picked.

The English peas have had a couple pickings on them. The Snow Peas are going to seed which is good as I needed more seed.I stole a few red Potatoes... they are much larger than I thought they would be. I will go out and see what I can raid today for dinner tonight.

Evening Updateot dinner on the go while my bf and "Kid" and 2 spare kids are out in the back 40 playing around with a free car. I have not seen nor heard from them in 20-30 minutes so my guesses are #1 they are stuck in the trout pond or #2 the lawnmower battery they have in it died and they are having to walk back.

On the menu for tonight is one of our chickens from last year (the last one I think) which was surfacing in the freezer one too many times, so it got hauled out this morning, to go with the chicken we are having freshly picked purple beans, and a medley of various colours of potatoes dug by hand out of the soil in the garden.On the chicken I must have 30 cloves fo garlic.. 1% antibiotic you know.. and besides I love the flavour of it. The onins, garlic, spuds and chicken are all nicely roasting together in the cast iron pan in the oven.Got my farm gate sign for eggs done. Trying to sand the other side, but I need bigger grit sandpaper. I had such fun painting the first side, I am just itching to work on the other side.I think I hear the car, so I will go out and check to see how they made out..

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