Bring On Old Man Winter

My cousin's Dear Husband spent all morning and part of this afternoon out in the cold getting the Girls' coop winterized.  We had to go to Lowes and get some pieces of sheet metal, and he cut them to fit in the slide-out trays that are the bottom of the chicken coop.  Then he put some insulation inside the nesting boxes.  After all of that, I refilled the bottom of the coop with a thick layer of wood shavings and put a lot of straw into the nesting boxes to keep them warm.  They seemed pretty happy and appreciative. 

Update on The Old Man

I took the Old Man back to the dermatologist this morning to get the stitches out from the biopsies and for a check-up on his horrible rash and blisters.  The doctor was very pleased with the progress, as were we.  His feet are clearing up, as is the rest of the rash and blister spots.  The doctor said the rest of the healing process would be slow, but he was very happy with the progress so far.  That news made us all very, very, happy. 

Christmas Vacation, Sorta

I'm off tomorrow and Monday and will be enjoying a nice long weekend.  My Favorite Cousin from up north in Lafayette, IN and her Dear Husband will be arriving tomorrow morning and will be holidaying with us until Monday.  We so look forward to their visits.  We plan to eat, drink and be merry.  

Can't Have Nothing Update

I was surprised to get an email back from the ConAgra Corporation today, apologizing all over the place for their bag of Bertolli not having any bowtie pasta in it.  They said that they would be sending me some coupons for free bags of Bertolli, and they asked me to give them another chance.  

I will most definitely give them another chance - we love our Bertolli bowtie pasta with spinach and chicken.  I'm thinking that our dud bag was just a fluke.

Stay tuned.

Can't Have Nothing

Every other week, we have one of our favorites for supper, Bertolli's Chicken Florentine and Farfalle.  It's just enough for the three of us, and it is truly one of our favorites.  But tonight, we were in for a surprise.  My Sweet Mother opened the bag and poured it into the skillet, only to find that there was no pasta in it - only chicken and spinach.  Sure, we got more chicken in the bag that we normally would get, but that's just because there was no bowtie pasta.  

I went to the Bertolli website and gave them all of the pertinent info.  I'm hoping they will at least give us a coupon for a free bag.  

We will continue to buy this, until we discover another bag with no pasta, and then, that's all she wrote.

Stay tuned. 

Thank You, Girls

I am very, very happy to report that the Girls are back in action. After three months of no eggs due to molting and growing new feathers, they are back in business.  We got one egg on Friday, four on Saturday, two yesterday, and four again tonight.  They are very active, and are eating like crazy.  They enjoyed the Lucky Charms cereal and raisins we gave them tonight. 

Thanks again, Girls.  You rock. 

Christmas Decoration 2018 Update

I made at least 87 trips up and down the basement steps today to bring up all of the Christmas decorations.  It wasn't an easy task but I did it.  And got a lot of steps in on my Fitbit, I have to add.  
The tree is up and decorated, and we're slowly but surely getting the family room, back porch, and dining room decorated.  We're waiting a day or two to put our inflatable Mickey and Minnie Mouse on the front porch until the high winds and storms that are forecasted have passed through.

Stay tuned.