Curds and Whey

Winter Came

Winter Weather, Eh?

So this whole winter storm warning hasn't delivered thus far.

But hey! Afternoon off (due to ice, obviously), lounging in my hoodie, tea, goat cheese, pepper jelly & crackers and working on this while watching Alice in Wonderland? Pretty decent trade-off, really.

An Informative Post

Top Ten Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack
(The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks)

1. Organize before they rise!
2. They feel no fear, why should you?
3. Use yoiur head: cut off theirs.
4. Blades don't need reloading.
5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike
8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
9. No place is safe, only safer.
10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.

Of Seedlings and Chickens

 

A Ghetto Covered Chicken Coop

Claudette Colbert, Petunia & Drusilla

Clarence & Norman

(Horace was camera shy)

BOO!

So it's been a while. I'll spare you the ridiculous 'apologies' for absence - you don't care. I don't care. The End. :)

Upcoming Projects!

• Cheesemaking. Thanks to Kate for getting me super motivated on this one
• Quilting. I've started a ridiculous quilt. By hand, of course. This is also spurred on by Kate, as I was bemoaning how my lunchbreaks are now empty and meaningless since I workout early in the mornings for 45ish more days. Upon suggesting that I needed a project, my mind went straight to quilting. I've yet to complete the first block, I must confess. Measuring seam allowances may be helpful... but you know me. I like to wing it. :)
• Expand the garden. Got some massive plans on this front, and will be getting that rolling in the next two weeks. Yay for burning things!! Yes, that's the first step of the garden making plan. (Giant mish-mash pile of limbs that need to be eradicated as they are sitting on my gardening spot.)
• More chickens! Shocker, right? My little chicks are doing quite well. There have been some tragedies, i.e., Henrietta II and Anastasia (who laid beautiful green eggs!) untimely demise. But thanks to the help of good friends, the coop is now covered and they're safe from harm! Also, psbtw, Norman the Hen is totally Norman the Rooster. Hens: 3, Roosters: 3. All three girls are laying, finally. Molting set Drusilla back quite a ways in the late fall.
• Continue to survive work. Which is harder now that my partner in crime has left. Sadface.
• Finish Insanity.
• Have carpal tunnel surgery. (Preferably after the garden is built and Insanity is finished. We'll see how that works out. Though now that I've dropped the push-ups from the program, it's tons better.)
• Can a bazillion jars of tomatos. Yes, that's a technical term. Remember that Pollock tomato farm? SO there again this year. Only more so. 
• Make a bazillion jars of blueberry jelly from the massive amounts of blueberries I'll pick this year.
• Grow purple hull peas. Because I need them in my life.

Can you tell I'm excited for Summer?

How Time Does Fly...

Whether you're having fun or just way to busy to even think, it flies by. Where has my summer gone? I wasn't quite finished with it! I mean, I'm satisfied with what came out of it - tons of outside work, gardens, chickens, exercise, bronzing... but really, it could've lasted a bit longer for me. Haven't enjoyed just being for a summer like this last year in... well, maybe ever. It was glorious.

And now autumn is here. Or, rather, should be here. Doesn't feel much like it at all, does it? Is this what Indian Summer is like? I think so.

Thoughts! In list form!

Alas, tis too dry for bonfires.
Work is making a valiant effort to consume my soul.
Pretty excited that I get to have a Friday night next week.
Sold 9 dolls at the last ArtWalk!
Am battling the Time Zombies daily.
The chipper/shredder scares me. Which is unfortunate, since most of my outdoor plans hinge on utilizing it.
Chickens are fabulous creatures and I <3 them so much.
Zombie Walk! But I'm not really participating, merely observing. No time to get a costume together. *sadface*
Ran a race! A 5k race in 32 minutes! It was pretty awesome - talk about an adrenaline rush.
The Susan G. Komen Foundation apparently donates dollars to Planned Parenthood. This does not thrill me.

Now for zombies, corn maze and margaritas.