An ordinary day 6

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An ordinary day 4

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My Ordinary day 1

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My ordinary day 2

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My ordinary day 3

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April, my ordinary day!

I was up at 5:30AM adding wood to the stove to warm the living room up a bit and then I put on the coffee. While that brewed I checked Email and blogs and watch the light come across the sky. After coffee I went upstairs to iron a shirt for DH and a skirt for me, so we could be ready to go. I said a good morning to DH when he appeared and then headed down to let the hens out. This morning I was leaving as soon as DH left so I could have breakfast with my friend Jean and return a broken crockpot as well.

I was off by 7:30AM headed into town… here we’re talking a 40 minute trip! Breakfast was yummy, the crockpot got replaced and I headed back toward home doing some work visits on the way. No one was home but I left my literature in the door anyway.

Back at home I checked for eggs and discovered “Miss Broody” still setting. Heading down to my neighbor’s farm I decided to put this hen to work. She provided me with 6 duck eggs and a turkey egg. In 28 days we’ll see if we have any results! We shared coffee and stories, she gave me some promix and I headed back home, eggs in tow.

Now I had more things to do this afternoon! I collected “Miss Broody” and put her in a large dog kennel on the screen porch with the eggs and waited. I soaked down the promix in anticipation of planting some seeds and settled in for a veggie lasagna lunch. After lunch I broke out the new crockpot and made pea soup.

“Miss Broody” has puffed up and covered all the eggs and has settled in without so much as a howdy do! Now we wait.

After lunch I went up to the sewing room to finish a doll order and to iron some fabric that had been washed for doll clothes.

The phone kept ringing. After several calls I was able to finish up th order and stir the soaked promix and add more water to it. I guess I’ll plant seeds tomorrow.

I went out and got some kindling to restart the woodstove and gave the hens the leavings from the pea soup prep. Then I got on the phone and ordered some more boxes to ship out dolls. I am running very low.

DH called and said he wouldn’t be too late. My grandson called and my daughter called. I checked the soup and turned down the crockpot and headed out to bring in so things I’d left in the car. Threw a load of clothes into the dryer and sat down for a break.

When DH arrived we share some yummy ice cream (Moose Tracks) and caught up on each other’s day. I went out and closed in the hens and put my car in the garage.

Both of us got on our laptops and turned on the Red Sox game to finish out the evening.

That is my day today!

 

My ordinary day challenge

Jenny Wren has said she will write about her day each month for a bit using the 14th as that day. I decided to join her. So here goes.

Yesterday was the 14th and I woke with snow falling. I got up a bit before seven and made the morning coffee. Then I added a couple of logs to the woodstove to boost the heat. (We are turning off the gas heater as much as possible to save money on energy cost). DH got up a bit later with a cheery hello and we both settled in for a cuppa and some laptop computer time in front of the wood stove. I google chatted with my youngest daughter before she headed off to her teaching job. Then remembered I needed to put the clothes in the dryer so while DH got his cheerios I did that. When I went to get my own cerealI found the milk was empty and headed out to the local store/post office. The mail had not arrived probably because of the snow but they had milk so I got it and returned home. (This is a very small local store about 1 1/2 miles from home. They carry milk, my eggs and assorted other items as well as lots of beer!) As soon as I came in the dooryard I headed down to check the hens and get the eggs. In order to get to the chicken house these days I have to follow the footprint path made in the ice and snow over the small hill and down. The door was iced shut but a bit of kicking got it loose!

Breakfast next, bed made and a talk with my sister who lives 16 miles away. She is in the midst of an in law crisis(her DH may need to be away a few days) and we talked about that as well as her sewing completions and our need for spring to come. I then called the Post Office and discovered my yarn package had not arrived so I went upstairs to the sewing room to work on other projects.

Checked the hens again before lunch and headed for the Post Office again. The package had finally arrived and they called to tell me. I visited briefly with DH who was dilegently trying to complete an assignment due for his certification class. I put together lunch for us (leftover pork and noodles with veggies.)

Since the yarn had arrived I went up to give my doll some long hair and get her into the mail. In the middle of this the realtor called wanting to do our listing today. DH said,” You keep working, I’ll clean the kitchen (from lunch) and work with the realtor. Just come down when you’re done.” I was able to complete and package my order and then listen/talk with the realtor and we both showed him our house. In the middle of that DD#2 from NC called. I put her off to call later. After the realtor left I once again headed to the PO to get two orders in the mail. I just made it!

A call from my best friend, coffee with DH and a brief rest was followed by a long call, back to DD#2 who was coming with her family to visit the end of the month. She cannot come because she is having back problems and we commiserated about that.

Started the dough for pizza and went to close up the hens and bring them fresh water as well as collect any stray eggs. DS#2 called on his way home from worked and shared some funny stories about my youngest grandson.

Supper was two homemade pizzas with fresh homemade sauce . We visited a bit and then I went on my laptop and played a bit of scrabble as well as check some blogs. By 8PM I was tired and headed for bed. Whew, another ordinary day.