witt's Blog

Have we footballed ourselves into a stupor? Yeah, it's football, Hillbilly. It seems no matter what team we pull for, it's the loser. I penned another haiku just for the heck of it: 

birds flew o'er giants

steel stopped electricity

small birds devour large?

I suppose that you'd have to know the teams to appreciate it.We had scrambled eggs for breakfast and then those eggs were replaced by fresh ones. Go girls! Hubby said that one of the Dominiques didn't look well, so we may lose another. I'm not sure if it is Please or Thank You. I can't tell them apart. I expect we'll find her gone this morning. Speaking of gone, when he went out for the last feeding of the day yesterday, one of the Bee Star got out of the gate. She refused to go back in. Hubby gave her every opportunity to come back in and eat her lovely ration of laying pellets. She preferred pecking and scratching outside the pen. Hubby had had enough of her foolishness, so he got the net. Oh, how they hate the net! He caught her and put her back in the pen whether she liked it or not!I hope that everyone has a productive day.

Sleeping in again this morning and all off schedule. We couldn't sleep worth a hoot the night before. I think that it was too hot for good sleeping. I let things cool down some last night, and we were late getting up.

I don't think that I spoke about our coffee disaster last week. Yep, he did it again. He let the filter flop over and then the coffee pot backed up and spilled all over the counter and everywhere. I am sick and tired of wiping up grounds and chewing my coffee. I ordered one of those permanent coffee filters. It's made of a gold tiny mesh. You just wash it. It can't flop over. It came yesterday. It seemed to have worked just fine this morning. The coffee tastes good. I'll let you know how hard it is to clean later.

Son came and they got a truck load of logs to split and take back to his house from that same old fallen tree in the chicken pens. I told you that it was BIG. I let the boys go have Chinese alone. They insisted that I go with them, but I didn't relish the idea of waiting till they unloaded all the logs. I had a gazillion things that I could do while they were gone. Maybe next time.

We got no eggs yesterday. Hubby gave Son a whole dozen. I guess I'll have to hoard some back for myself and hide them in the fridge in a carton marked "store-boughten." I held my tongue, though, and didn't complain about giving away my wonderful eggs, following my resolution "Keep my mouth shut."

In case you're interested, since January 4, we have gotten 2 inches of rain. That's pretty good, I'd say.

Finally, they are bringing Hubby into the 21st century. They are sending him a monitoring machine that will transmit the data from his pacemaker to them without his having to go there to the office. Hubby's brother, did that over the telephone years and years ago. This is not quite the same thing, but the principle is the same. They usually never say anything about the goings-on on the pacemaker. They just read it and send it on to the doc. This time the lady said that there were two episodes at 7 a.m. where his heart was racing. He has the pacemaker for the opposite reason--too slow, never too fast. She asked him if he remembered anything unusual that would have caused this. He didn't remember anything. It certainly wasn't the dog in the chicken pen incident. I told him that he must have spied me running naked from the shower to the bedroom. He said no that wasn't it. That would have killed him!!!

I did get Daughter an arrowhead vine. I couldn't find the pink one, but this one was so compact and pretty that I couldn't resist. I think that it will do well in her office. If I ever see some pink ones, I will get more and share with her. We got four eggs yesterday--three green and one white. At least the shotgun blast didn't throw the girls into another strike.

I fixed pork chops for supper that were so good I couldn't help but gnaw the bone. I also made a fruit salad that we completely devoured. It may not have put weight on Hubby, but it probably will on me.

Let me go clean up all the fallen leaves from the poinsettia. I think I shall send it to Son's house and let it live out the winter in the solarium.

I had a wonderful surprise in the mail yesterday. Ccat sent me a box full of ginger bulbs and St. Joseph lilies! When I opened the box, I was first bedazzled by three strands of Mardi Gras beads--gold, green, and purple. I have NEVER had any in my life even though my hubby is from Louisiana. I put them on and danced all over the house. Hubby was more interested in the bulbs. He was ready to go out and plant them! What a wonderful surprise that was!

I made some more brownies in hopes of fattening up Hubby. He still hasn't gained back any weight, and I just grow wider by the day. I have been practicing my New Year's resolution: Keep my mouth shut. So far I haven't lost any friends, but I haven't lost any inches either.

Thanks again, Ccat! Laissez bon ton roulez!

This what we used to get a day, but we sure don't get this amount anymore, especially since the tree-trauma. We only have four Americanas left. Amy, Amanda, Sumpin, and Nuttin are still with us for sure.  Those are the green-egg layers. We are now back to getting 1-4 eggs a day. Of course, the Leghorns are the best layers (white eggs). They produce an egg a day, so we sure are glad that they are back to work. Evidently, the strike is over.

We began the new year with eggs for breakfast for the first time in over a month. Oh, my, they were delicious. On Hubby's last trip to the chickens of the day, he brought in three more. One of them was a green one. Evidently, some of the girls have decided to lay again. Thank goodness.

I made a batch of brownies for Hubby first thing of the day. He didn't have anything to "munch" on while. I kept my mouth shut. See, I can adhere to my resolution! Then he decided that he would fix some hot wings for supper. Perfect for football-watching. I decided to go ahead and make a pot of homemade vegetable soup for tonight's meal and get it out of the way. It tastes better after it sits for a day to let the flavors meld. I had my first Lucy moment of the new year. I was in a bit of a hurry because I wanted to be done by the beginning of the first game. When I poured in a jar of homemade tomatoes, it splashed up and showered me. My yellow sweatshirt had red polka dots all over it. I doubt that it will ever come out. The USC (Gamecocks) game was pitiful, but the Clemson game was highly exciting. It's a shame that Clemson lost that one. I'm not sure what games will be coming on today, if any. I'll have to check the schedule. 

I don't know what today will bring, but I am sure it will be a blessing.