Kathy decided to clean out the chicken coop this morning so I went out and helped her. She did the heavy work of shoveling the shit from the coop into the wheel barrow. My job was to dump the full wheelbarrow into the garden area. I cleaned out the nesting boxes and then laid fresh straw inside the coop. It is so nice to have a clean coop.
The weather is amazing today. I had to take my sweatshirt off as I worked up a sweat and got too hot. It is a spring-like day on the prairie. Love it!
The lady that was going to pick up the two chicks today backed out as she has too much going on at home and needs to tend to some loved ones. Luckily another friend said she would take them and is to pick them up tomorrow.
I fell asleep yesterday afternoon around 4:00 and didn’t wake up until after 8:00. I got four good hours of sleep! Yeah me! I wasn’t sure if I should make myself eat dinner or not but changed my food plan to something soft and got some food down. I wasn’t hungry but I am not to skip meals if at all possible.
I went back to bed around midnight but didn’t sleep very long at a time all night. I am tired again this afternoon but hate to start the napping game. Maybe I can push through and stay up and get back on schedule tonight. I need to go to town and run some errands and get chicken feed. Maybe that will wake me up.
Still haven’t cleaned house. Funny I got the chicken coop cleaned but not my house! My bed needs fresh linens too! Kathy is doing her laundry today so maybe I will wash mine tomorrow.
I’m going to KC either Wednesday or Thursday to do a Costco run and have lunch with some good friends. Friday I have jury duty. My week is filling in.
Wrote out a rough draft of a grant proposal I am working on this morning. I need to let it sit for a bit and then go back and do a final draft. I have already thought of some things I forgot to put in it. I can only use 200 words so need to be diligent in choosing the right ones. I am already at 200 words so will have to take something out to put in what I forgot. I get too wordy sometimes.
Gave away seven shawls and blankets yesterday but still have a tub full. Guess I will start carrying them with me and find people to give them to as I am out and about. I don’t like having stuff I am not using sitting around in my house. Clutter invites other clutter.
May go down and sort old business records this afternoon. I can throw them down from the loft they are in and load them on my trailer so they are ready to go to the dump. I can also throw a box a week in my trash can as I have room in it and get rid of them one by one. I have two trash cans go can start setting both out for several weeks until I get rid of them. I love throwing stuff away.
Grateful for this beautiful spring-like day, grateful my chicken coop is cleaned out, and grateful the chicks have found a good home.