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This past weekend we were given 4 new chickens. These are Americauna chickens. They lay pretty eggs in shades of blues and greens. My younger son has named these two George and Steve.  Since they are girls, I am calling them Georgina and Stevie. My son is calling them the names he gave them. Since they are chickens, I am not sure they really even know the difference. These are the eggs of our original chickens. The original flock is three tetra tints. Their names are Florence, Matilda, and LuElla. Here are their eggs. The tetras lay creamy white eggs and light brown eggs of a medium to large size. We get lots of double yolkers from these girls. Three Araucanas laid eggs on their first day here. The picture does not show the pretty color of these eggs. They were just sized a little below a meium sized egg. One was a soft green, one a soft blue, and one a muted beigy pink. They were beautifully colored. These are the Araucana eggs compared to the ...

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The kitty has apparently fully recuperated and is feeling fine lately. She is on the back porch, front porch, and all over the yard...yowling as loud as ever.

Day 2- did not sleep well last night, as usual... mind was very alert and not sleepy or foggy throughout the night... finally took a melatonin and went back to bed...up by 10...juiced for breakfast... juice this morning consisted of part of cucumber, part of apple, sunflower seeds, romaine, handful of grape tomatoes, handful of raisins...juice was BLAND this morning... migraine trying to attach itself this morning...not grumpy...don't feel normal morning lethargy... i got hungry again shortly after noon and made the second shake of the day. the second shake contained: handful of sunflower seeds, handful of peanuts, romaine, rest of cucumber,slice of apple, handful of cherries, 4 grape tomatoes, splash of agave... second juice was still slightly bland, but doable...i also have had two large cups of coffee...feeling slightly dizzy now...getting grumpy...still am tired... 3rd juice blend by mid-afternoon...hoping to keep at bay the mid-afternoon cravings that occur and to he...

Moral of the story:  I refuse to contribute to a future of silver platter holders with no appreciation of the silver in their hands. I refuse to yield to such behaviors. So, once there was this lady - who I now consider a friend - who was not my friend yet at the time, because we were new to the area and did not know each other yet... Almost a decade ago, one of my sons ran into my bedroom in the early morning hours of the day to tell me Mexicans were standing in his room taking water. I thought he was sleepwalking and dreaming. He was adamant that there were three Mexicans in his room trying to take his water. Mind you, I laugh now as I type this and recall the situation that unfolded in the next few minutes of that morning. I went with my son down the hall to his bedroom. Sure enough, I could faintly here male voices speaking hurried Spanish coming from somewhere. They were not in his room. There were three Mexican men speaking Spanish and very poor English at my son's wi...

I have been wanting to do a juice fast...but I love to cook. I love to bring the textures and smells together to create new items and concoctions...I worried how I would do a fast. My younger son's favorite question is What is for dinner? . So, I have decided to do a partial juice fast. I don't know if there is such a thing - but this is what I have decided to do. I am going to try to do two meals of juice/juice throughout the day and then one light meal at night. I feel like because of my family, I will still need to create one meal per day. So, they can eat normal at night for supper and I can eat light. Today was day one of the partial juice fast. I did not get the juicer until later in the day. I wanted to make sure I had one that did not separate the pulp, but kept it included. The day started with the usual meal of the morning for the last three days or so (and the go to staple meals of morning when there is much to do and many errands to run)...granola, nuts, a...

After seeming sickly for days, in which we made the kitty comfortable and thought she was soon departing from us...I awoke yesterday morning to see her standing, yowling, and pawing at the kennel crate to get out...So, I let her out...she drank water for the first time in 2 days and ate some kitty food. She lingered about the front porch most of the day and by the evening was out venturing about the yard. By nightfall, she had climbed the steps of the back deck and was lolling around as usual.  Maybe she just needed to rest a few days? Who knows?  I don't speak kitty, so I could not communicate with her about what was up?!!