Garden/house work

That or have aluminum foil that transforms itself into little people to majestically make dinner and clean up. It's not that I would be sleeping while the animals/little foil people worked-I'd be doing laundry (have some socks that have been on a line for two days and 2 baskets that need to be folded and put away which is why I don't have a basket to get those socks). Or else I would be doing something in the garden or with garden produce-need to seriously put some hay around the strawberry plants which need pruning. I still have okra to pick even though I filled a bucket last night. There's okra, beans, zucchini, and squash that needs to be put up yesterday. But I've kept the dust bunnies at bay and think I've convinced the ducks not to use the portch as a toilette. Small victories, but I'll take them.

Jody

Many of you know that Jody's dad has been battling cancer for a while now. His fight is over.  Please say a prayer for his wonderful family.

Pinterest-just stop it

Pinterest gets me in all kinds of trouble. It's there I found the recipe for "Funeral Rolls" that Dwight doesn't like and I love. That's where I found the idea for glow in the dark bubbles that really didn't glow in the dark. It's their  fault that I paint rocks and make desserts that I don't need. This is what I found this morning and I can't stop laughing:

Epic Fail Mattel-try again!

I've had Barbie dolls as long as I can remember. I never wanted to be "Barbie", but man she had some cool stuff. A house with an elevator, corvettes, jeeps, horses, airplanes, pools, and don't even get me started on the clothes. It was a way to escape to a fantasy world and she's always been just a doll to me. I can understand that some people may want to be a "Barbie" and that young girls should have a realistic expectations, but sorry Mattel this is not it.(pictured below is the old and new version of Barbie)
Where's her neck? Does she have a beer problem? Did Mattel resize all of the Barbie shoes? Please try again Mattel, I don't think this is a realistic expectation unless you're related to Honey Boo Boo.

Squishy sandals

That's right squishy sandals. While enjoying the lovely beaches of Sanibel Island, I wore my sandals into the water to protect my feet against sharp shells and miscellaneous sea creatures. These are just rubber with a little bit of velcro but they have a lot of support and fit just right. We've been back from vacation over a month now (sad to imagine since I still haven't finished the photo albums). Can you believe my sandals still squish? Not that there's any water coming out, but they still make that sound. So much for trying to sneak quietly down the hallway...it's not happening.

Chick up date

Sorry this isn't about hot dixie chicks-more like the kind that cluck and eat bugs out in the yard. Sunday is the big send off. Meaning I will put the eggs in the incubator. Days one through eighteen should have humidity of 50 percent-humidity gage bought with extra batteries. The trick will be keeping the humidity to just fifty percent. Temperature at 99.5-shouldn't be a problem.I think I will have sixteen eggs to put in the incubator so with a fifty percent success rate I should have eight babies. Talk about counting your chickens before the eggs hatch(sorry farm humor). Wish me luck. I have two roosters, three hens,  two turkeys, and two ducks  right now. I'd like to have at least six hens.

Would you stand with Wendy?

Last night in the Great state of Texas, "Wendy" stood up and voiced against a bill on abortion for over ten hours. She had that much to say. The articles on the bill say:
The measure would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and would have required all clinics to be graded as surgical centers, with all doctors required to have admitting privileges at hospitals. It's estimated that nearly all of the state's clinics wouldn't have been able to meet the new standards.

I won't debate the isssue of abortion. You can't change my mind. No one ever has or ever will. But shutting "nearly all of the state's clinics?" I really can't see any good what so ever coming out of that one so yes this woman would have proudly stood with Wendy. God bless Wendy, Austin, and the Great State of Texas.