Okay, here I am again, after 10 months of marital bliss and setting in together, I am ready to take up my blog again. My whole life has settled down so much that I am feeling very blessed and ready to start a new adventure (okay, it's not EXACTLY new, since I've been blogging awhile, but I'm ready to get back to it...poetic license, okay?).
I have no pictures to post at this time, sorry--but I have a lot to talk about.
1. My life has taken an interesting turn. (At least I think it's interesting!) I have become a CRAZY CHICKEN LADY!!! I finally made the leap and got five adorable chicks (photos later, I promise). Kaleigh got me a gently used chicken coop for my birthday, and we cleaned it up, did a few modifications (thanks Hubbs!), and jumped in with both feet. We planned on 3 chickens, but that just didn't seem like enough. They crack me up! They are all trying to be so bossy with each other, they grow so fast, and even the dogs are fascinated by them. And by fascinated, I mean they stand at the gate, salivating over what I can only assume looks like the best chicken dinner ever.... Kaleigh is madly in love with them--she considers them hers, and we will probably never eat any of them, as they all have names, but we will enjoy the eggs for sure. More about the chickens to come....
2. After a long gardening hiatus--I was a newlywed after all!--I have thrown myself back into gardening with a vengeance. We had cleared out our little backyard (it's only maybe 12' deep X maybe 70' wide) because it was horribly overgrown, and it was pretty much down to dirt. I found it overwhelming to start anything, but once we fenced off a third of it for the chickens, it was looking weird, so Kaleigh and I went on a shopping spree to the garden center, and spent a "little" money, and now we have planted rye grass, which won't last, but will get us through the winter with some green, mint, marigolds, lavender, oregano, rosemary, some lettuce, and a few other herbs out there. Just here and there, mostly for treats for my girls. I also moved a few things from the front where I usually do my gardening out there--tomatoes, and my meyer lemon and peach trees (they are in pots). It's looking really good out there. We also laid out a path of pavers to the chicken gate, and have plenty left to make little paths between the veggie beds I'm going to put in (they will obviously be small). I am just going to layer the beds with organic matter (leaves, cardboard, etc.) and get them ready for the spring. I'm hoping to get (make?) some kind of hoop greenhouse to start seeds early there. I am also going to ask for a composter (the rolling kind) for Christmas. It turns out that the chicken's bedding generates A LOT of compostable "stuff", shall we say? So, I think the fast composter is going to be the way to go. Lots to think about.
3. Sigh. This part is going to be hard. But I do want to share what else is happening. I feel I NEED to. Devan and I just returned earlier this week from Detroit. We went to visit my daughter Hillarie, who graduated from a year-long intensive program called Life Challenge. It's an amazing program helping addicts find God and a better life. Whew. I know there is going to be judgement out there, but my daughter has done so well, and has come so far, I feel that she can do anything. We had a nice trip and a lovely visit with her. My husband had never met her and he adores her now, as does everyone who knows her. I was so proud of her--she seemed like such a leader among the girls in her group. Maybe I will talk more about this at another time. I'm teary-eyed already.
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