Today was the first time I considered making some home made fried
chicken!
We got 8 baby chickens in September if 2009 and they have been pretty
awesome so far. Lately we have been letting them wonder about the yard.
Well today I was going out to give the chickens some salad left overs
and one of the rhode island reds is up on my brand new patio racing
towards me.
At first I think this is adorable! Then I realize .... Oh he after
the food. And then the little bastards does the unthinkable. He
stops mid strut , looks right into my eyes, and proceeds to drop a
hot , steamy pile of chicken pooh a few inches from my foot!! It was
so gross!!!!!
Now I have to figure out how to keep chickens off my patio!
TTFN!
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Ready for the New Year!
We had such a busy holiday season from end of October until now. I haven't had time to sit down and blog about anything of importance.
The Thomas Family had a fantastic Thanksgiving! We deep fried a turkey and it came out fabulous! We had lots of yummy food, lots of games were played and of course falling asleep due to the "turkey hormone". I'm not going to try to spell it!
We of course being the over achieving and ever procrastinating family we are (isn't that an oxymoron?) started ANOTHER building project on our old house. Of course it was much needed.
Our old deck was falling apart. It literally had a hole and was partially collapsing on one side. It was dangerous. So we decided to suck it up and spend what little we had in savings to build a new deck!
Out with the old:
And in with the new:
This was Walt's Christmas present to me. The new deck is amazing. He's had help from family (which has been awesome!). They are cheap labor and will readily let me feed them my experimental food! LOL
The deck is just about complete.....I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! I've even gone as far as trying to pick out some patio furniture. I am determined to have a winter BBQ!
The kids had an awesome Christmas. I think they got everything on their Santa list...and then some. We were very blessed this year and are thankful for EVERYTHING. This has been a rough year and we have been lucky and blessed.
As the new year approaches I hope everyone has a healthy and safe New Years Eve!
The Thomas Family had a fantastic Thanksgiving! We deep fried a turkey and it came out fabulous! We had lots of yummy food, lots of games were played and of course falling asleep due to the "turkey hormone". I'm not going to try to spell it!
We of course being the over achieving and ever procrastinating family we are (isn't that an oxymoron?) started ANOTHER building project on our old house. Of course it was much needed.
Our old deck was falling apart. It literally had a hole and was partially collapsing on one side. It was dangerous. So we decided to suck it up and spend what little we had in savings to build a new deck!
Out with the old:
And in with the new:
This was Walt's Christmas present to me. The new deck is amazing. He's had help from family (which has been awesome!). They are cheap labor and will readily let me feed them my experimental food! LOL
The deck is just about complete.....I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! I've even gone as far as trying to pick out some patio furniture. I am determined to have a winter BBQ!
The kids had an awesome Christmas. I think they got everything on their Santa list...and then some. We were very blessed this year and are thankful for EVERYTHING. This has been a rough year and we have been lucky and blessed.
As the new year approaches I hope everyone has a healthy and safe New Years Eve!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Homemade Halloween Costumes
I can't believe Halloween is less then a week away! We got almost all the pumpkin decorating done. We were really original this year:
Got these at Target and they are reusable. The kids were even able to poke some of the pieces in. This was a blast!
Of course the big item I worked on all weekend was the kids costumes. They are going to be characters from an old Disney show called Pucca.
The costumes weren't that hard to put together. The hardest part for me was finding something to cover up my kids blonde hair. Since the Pucca characters are asian and have black hair the best solution I had was to use a black knit hat.
Pucca has 2 round balls on either side of her head and Garu has 2 longer "stick" shaped ones that also stick out. So with a little prayer, some hand sewing and a hot glue gun....this is how they turned out:
I think this will be the last year I can get them to coordinate outfits. I thought I lost them last year. He was a power ranger and she was Dorothy.....so I am thankful they wanted to do this another year!
Got these at Target and they are reusable. The kids were even able to poke some of the pieces in. This was a blast!
Of course the big item I worked on all weekend was the kids costumes. They are going to be characters from an old Disney show called Pucca.
The costumes weren't that hard to put together. The hardest part for me was finding something to cover up my kids blonde hair. Since the Pucca characters are asian and have black hair the best solution I had was to use a black knit hat.
Pucca has 2 round balls on either side of her head and Garu has 2 longer "stick" shaped ones that also stick out. So with a little prayer, some hand sewing and a hot glue gun....this is how they turned out:
I think this will be the last year I can get them to coordinate outfits. I thought I lost them last year. He was a power ranger and she was Dorothy.....so I am thankful they wanted to do this another year!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Got Chickens.....
I haven't blogged about this yet....but wanted to share...
We got some chickens at the end of August. We live on 1/2 an acre of land in beautiful Las Vegas and we are lucky to have a chicken coupe on our property. Until about a year ago we were just using it for storage!
Well we cleaned it all out and hubby and the kids fixed it up. So now we have 8 baby chickens now. 2 Araucana's, 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Buff Orpington's and 2 Barred Rocks.
So we are excited to have some fresh Organic Eggs soon!!
More to come....My Palm Weeds
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