For a quiet day at home I am tired out tonight. Got up this morning and baked a double batch of Jim’s favorite cookies – oatmeal chocolate chip.
After we had lunch we ran into Emporia to get some groceries and a lamp shade. Got what we needed quickly and came back to the prairie.
Went out and cleaned out the chicken coop. Jim helped me. He says that proves he is no longer a city guy – the verdict is still out. It was nice to have his help. This is the hard clean of the year as the coop hadn’t been cleaned out since October. I had five wheelbarrows full of dirty straw to dump. When I clean it monthly I only have one wheelbarrow full to dump.
We took a two mile hike before dinner. It was a beautiful day on the prairie and we had a nice walk. The wind was picking up a bit but it was in the high 50’s and perfect walking weather. We always pick up beer cans and bottles along the road when we hike. Today we found eight of them. Sure wish people wouldn’t throw them out along the road.
While I was fixing dinner my Camino friends from CA FaceTime. We had a wonderful conversation. It is always so good to hear from them.
I fixed hamburgers, tater tots and broccoli with cheese for dinner tonight. Simple, quick and easy.
After dinner we baked Snickerdoodle cookies. Jim rolled them in the cinnamon and sugar after I made them into balls. We are going to Pioneer Bluffs tomorrow to listen to Farmer Derek and they had requested homemade cookies from the volunteers. I have six dozen ready to take if I don’t forget them.
I am tired tonight. It isn’t even 9:00 and I could fall asleep if I laid down right now. Not sure why I am so tired. I slept really good last night and got more sleep than I had been getting.
We cut out about 50 cockleburs off of Sophia tonight. She still has more on her but she was tired of us pulling on her. Some of them were really close to her skin and must have been bothering her. When the dogs used to run the neighborhood I could cut that many off of them everyday. I need to remember to cut some more off of her tomorrow. Roxy doesn’t pick many up as her coat is a different texture than Sophias.
We didn’t get any painting done today. We sat out on the back deck for about an hour and enjoyed the peace and quiet and beauty of the prairie. We have been so busy the last few weeks at Jim’s house that it felt good to sit for a bit. The painting will have to wait until after the wedding. We might get some done tomorrow but not counting on it.
Farmer Derek is the guy that played his trombone in the middle of a pasture and video taped the reaction of the cattle to his playing. He has since made hundreds of videos about farm life. He will be at Pioneer Bluffs tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 for a free presentation. I’m sure it will be lots of fun. Everyone is welcome to come.
Time change happens tomorrow night. Sure wish they would leave it alone and not make us do that. Not sure what it saves. It takes me a bit to adjust to the new schedule.
I still haven’t tried on the dresses. Maybe I will get that done yet tonight but it will probably wait until tomorrow. I hate trying on clothes.
Grateful the chicken coop is cleaned out and the girls have fresh linens, grateful for a beautiful hike this afternoon, and grateful for my Camino friends in CA.