Another quiet day on the prairie – just the way I like them. The sky was bright blue all day today and it only reached 75 today. A perfect type of day. There is a hint of fall in the air. Unfortunately it is going to warm back up this week and reach into the mid 90’s most of the week. I’m ready for soup, sweaters, and a fire turned on in the fireplace.
We lost another chicken today. That makes three in the last two weeks. I will call my vet tomorrow and see if they can help me figure out what is going on. At this rate, I will not have any chickens in another month or so. They are barely laying right now. It is too early for them to be molting. Wondering if they have mites.
Didn’t get much done today. I attempted to get my new password program to interface with my desktop, iPad and iPhone but didn’t get very far. I did figure out there are two separate apps that run it but I can’t find the place the instructions show to set up the interface. They need to write instructions for computer illiterate people like me.
We are trying to get Word installed on Jim’s new laptop computer and keep running into problems. Sure wish I could find a computer tech person to come to the house and solve both of these problems for us. The two people I have used in the past are no longer available. I may call the Tech College or ESU tomorrow and see if they have any students that make house calls.
I watched two movies today. I usually don’t like to watch movies but it seems to help me relax right now. I like having the bigger screen to watch them on instead of using my iPad. I also can work on my iPad now while I watch – or more accurately- listen to the movie.
Nothing on the calendar for tomorrow except to make some phone calls to try to find a computer tech and to the vet to see what is going on with my chickens. Jim has a college classmate stopping by for lunch on Tuesday so will need to do a bit of housework to get ready for that. I am fixing ham salad and chicken salad for sandwiches along with deviled eggs and chips. I will need to come up with some sort of dessert. Easy meal to fix and serve.
I got more sleep again last night. Two nights in a row I got more than four hours of sleep. That doesn’t happen often. I’ll go for three tonight. I could get used to sleeping.
I’ve managed to eat on plan for two days in a row. I got hungry this afternoon but didn’t snack. I can tell I am detoxing from the stuff I ate on vacation that isn’t on plan. Trusting I can repeat my success again tomorrow. One of the things they teach you on this plan is to take it one day at a time and not look beyond that. Each morning I tell myself, “Just for today I will stay on plan”. That seems to help if I remember to do that.
I do need to call my fireplace repair guy and have it come look at the fireplace. I didn’t use it last year as I couldn’t get it lit. I really enjoy having it so need to get it fixed so it is ready to go when summer decides to be over.
Grateful for the beauty on the prairie today, grateful for a relaxing, quiet day, and grateful for sleep two nights in a row.