Pity Party over for now..

Sorry about the pity party I held for myself yesterday.  Seems that sometimes, I just get enraged and desperate trying to deal with all of the emotions and feelings of helplessness.  Dealing with my baby being sick, I guess that sometimes, I just need a good cry, as a stress reliever.

On a lighter note, I went for a job interview today, and I am extremely excited and hopeful.  I honestly think that God was just wanting me to wait for a job that would offer me the things that I want, and at a place that I can spend a few years at least.

I came home, put my chickens up, which still aren't laying yet, but I read that sometimes, new hens will take into account weather, and may wait till spring to start.  Oh well, I was looking forward to a dozen a day.  That will come soon enough.  I just love watching them peck around, and I love how they run, all waddle like toward me, expecting a treat.  Boy, Big Mamma, my barred rock hen, she is pushy.  If you take to long to give her her treat, she will just fly up and snatch it.  Cracks me up.

This new Rooster that I have, is a French Buttercup, I will have to take some pics to post later.  He is beautiful, and so much nicer than the Welsummer that I gave to a guy that works with my husband.  That Welsummer was horrible.  He attacked me constantly, when I watered, when I fed, and even when I collected eggs.  He made it no fun to even watch them.  So glad that someone could use him, because he was going to hit the stew pot, if he stayed here.  

Having a hard time deciding whether to keep  my Frenchie, because I love the Americauna, and my brother has way too many roosters.  I like the guy that I have, but I really love the Americauna breed, and was kind of hoping to put it into my yard bird breed.  I plan on hatching some this spring, or even late winter.  The Salmon Faverolle are my fave's, but if I get some I won't want them mixed into my yard flock.

Enough about my chickens, my poor dog Sampson got sprayed by a skunk two nights ago, and he is so sad.  He is my baby though, so he has to have a bath in the morning.  It is getting too cold at night for him to stay outside, at least for me, lol.   He is the sweetest thing, I tell him that he is our blessing.  I also tell him how handsome he is, and I think that he knows what I am talking about.  Silly boy.  He even tries to talk back to me.  I will have to post pics of him also.  He is a chesapeake bay retriever.   We got him from my brother and sister-in-law.  He was sitting on their doorstep when they came home from their honeymoon, and they couldn't keep him, so we said that we would.  One of the best decisions we ever made!

Well, Christmas is around the corner, and I think that it is time to get to making presents.  I'm going to make quilts for my nephews in Connecticut, Jett and Pheonix.  David, my brother, bought an embroidery machine, so I'm going to have him embroider their names in them once I get them done.  I sure am going to miss my babies, but I know that they had to go.  Just makes the times that we see them even more special.  I am going to get on a 4lb. batch of hot process soap in the next week, and get to making some perfumes for the girls.  I just love Christmas!  We were worried about having space to put up the tree, since our house is under construction.  I use that word lightly too!  We are tearing out our downstairs, due to a mold problem, and expanding.  We just bought a tree that would fit on our kitchen table, and had the kids decorate it. They were so happy, you should have seen their faces light up.

Thank you God, for my blessings, for they are too numerous to count, and forgive me for my moments of weakness, when I forget to be greatful!