Happy birthday to my sister Kathy. She is out in CT celebrating with her kids and grandkids.
While I was cleaning the living room this morning Ellexia called and asked me to come get her and bring her out here for the day so her mom could sleep. I went in and got her and then we stopped at Walmart for a few things. Finished cleaning the living room when I got home. Fixed her blueberry pancakes for lunch.
We picked up two Easter Baskets while we were at Walmart. I have some old glitter left over from when mom worked at Hallmarks way back when I was a kid. Ellexia has been decorating the baskets with glitter – one for herself and one for Tagen.
Have over one inch of rain in my gauge. Yay! I invited the rain to pull up a chair and stay all day but I think it has left the prairie for the day. You can almost see the grass turning green this afternoon. It was so nice listening to the rain and thunder last night while I slept.
I have gotten more sleep the last two nights than I have gotten for a long time. I am still sleeping in spurts and not straight through the night but if I stay in bed for 12 hours I can get 8 hours of sleep. I can’t even remember the last time that has happened for me. I credit the Bright Line Eating plan for the change. Trusting my future includes more sleep every night!
My body is not used to that much sleep though and I am more tired now than when I only slept three or four hours. I am trusting I will adjust to getting more sleep soon. I think I could get used to that.
Still trying to figure out the right dose of chelated magnesium to take each day. Some days I take too much and go to the bathroom all day but when I cut down the dose even a slight bit I don’t go at all. Not sure which I prefer! Someone suggested I cut dairy out completely and see if that will help calm things down. The only dairy I eat is 1/2 oz of cheese each morning with my eggs.
Not sure if eggs are considered dairy or not. Sure would hate not to be able to eat my own chickens’s eggs. I’ll give it one more week and if I am still not back to normal I’ll cut out the cheese and see what happens. Eggs will be the last thing I cut out.
Got a new ironing board cover today but got the wrong size. I’ll have to take it back and get a different one next time I go to town. Sure wish I could get the right thing the first time I go. Doesn’t seem to be the way things work for me these days. Didn’t know there were so many different type of ironing boards. Can’t remember how old my ironing board is and the last time I replaced the cover. Might not even make one for it any more.
Need to put my muck boots on and go down and check on the chickens. They will need fresh water today. I bet the eggs are muddy in the nesting boxes today. Need to teach the chickens to wipe their feet before they lay their eggs.
Want to change the bedding in the baby chicken pen today. I noticed when I went down yesterday and again this morning that I could smell them. That is my sign to give them fresh bedding. Trash day is tomorrow so the timing works to change it out today. Two sure don’t make as much of a mess as 10 did. I had to change the bedding weekly when there were 10 in the pen.
Ellexia is nagging me to go do something fun. Wonder if she will think cleaning the baby chicken pen is fun? Guess I am about to find out.
Grateful for rain, grateful Ellexia is spending the day with me, and grateful I was able to get some cleaning done today.