How time flies...

Happy October 1st! Hard to believe the year is flying by so quickly, soon we will be ending this year and beginning another....where does the time go? Seems that once a person brings a child into their life, the hours, days and years just zip right past...at least in my experience. In just a few days sis's oldest will turn 31 and then in Dec my own child turns 31 as well.

Wasn't it just yesterday that they were toddlers, being mistaken for twins? Our kids all favor each other so much that they could have had the same two parents, instead of six different people. (I'm referring to the kids of all three of us girls) The other children of my twin sisters could have come from the same mother and father as well. Each one looks like a sibling, instead of a cousin. Remarkable at times just how strong our family genes stand out in our children.

This morning I slept in until 7:30...the cooler weather is good for snuggling beneath the blankets...I had a bit of a rough night sleeping. Might have been due to the phone call from one of the boys earlier that annoyed me. But I won't go into that here.

The temperature at 7:30 am was 68 degrees, cool and nice. The sun was just beginning to glow red across the trees when I got up. Hubby let the chickens out in both areas for me before he left for work. Some days he can be very sweet and thoughtful.

We didn't get the door finished on the new nest box last night. For whatever reason, hubby just can't seem to put two and two together to get it done....another three months for a two minute job isn't going to fly. The stuff is set up for the wood to be cut, and I can run the saws. Just figure I might as well let HIM do it to keep the peace. Every time I've completed any project, he's always come in behind me and redone it saying, this is how it SHOULD have been done. Why waste my time and energy? Makes me insane.

Instead of causing a scene when he began giving excuses last night as to why we couldn't complete the door, I just began putting things away and said we might as well just wait until we have everything he needs. We only need the hinges....grrr.... I had put the girls in the dog carrier so we didn't have to worry about leaving the fence open while we were working...of course all three of the dogs were hanging right at the opening while we were in there. I went ahead and covered the dog carrier as it had rained off and on all day yesterday and the carrier tends to get wet inside. Figure the girls didn't need to be drowned in their sleep. I dunno, may just go ahead and pop that door for the nest box together myself. Once I cut the screen material, he won't be able to re-do it without going for more. It just irritates my eyes out to have him get a project half complete and then stop. GIT ER DONE already!!

Wasn't like he was doing anything in particular while he was outside last evening. He was just bored and not wanting to hang in the house. All he did after ending the nestbox project was pick up his junk sitting out front and take it to the back work area....Well alrighty then!...I've only asked him repeatedly NOT to drag that crap out in the front area anyway. I've been tripping over crap and moving it out of my way for the past three years in that area. I could actually park the van and my truck there if not for all the junk he insists on unloading right there next to the split rail fence. Makes me nuts thinking about it.

Didn't get much accomplished yesterday at all. Three loads of laundry was about the only thing I did, besides vacuuming. Dang, I still need to take the vacuum apart to see what got hung...oh well, guess that just means I won't be sweeping the floor today! hahahaha. Not in the mood to play mechanic at the moment. Still have several more loads of laundry to finish...(I truly believe these clothes are reproducing)...and then to tackle the closet so I can find some place for them to go. More clothes than space unfortunately...another reason to eliminate those things I can no longer wear. What's totally depressing is the knowledge of how many clothes I've already eliminated....just prior to us moving out here, I took over a dozen huge garbage bags (I'm talking the size that I could have fit myself into) to the clothing drop boxes. Where do they all keep coming from? I haven't purchased anything except for a couple of new pairs of jeans during that time!! It's the clothes monster for sure!!

Both Penny and Patty have layed for the day already....just as I thought, Penny is the one laying the darker, larger eggs....was almost funny when I went out to their pen to see why Penny was squawking so loudly....Patty was in the nest box, Penny was at the fence....I went and got their feed before heading to the garden....when I reached the fence, Patty jumped from the nest box to come see me....as I tossed the feed, she suddenly squatted and popped her egg out right in front of me! Then she proceeded to attack the feed....I went inside to check the box and sure enough, Penny had layed her egg already as well. Red layed hers late yesterday, so she may not lay today. Piggy is still determined to hang on to hers....she doesn't act egg bound, so who knows what is going on with her....she should be laying the same size as Penny. After all, she's over a year old now (Penny and Patty are only about six months old).


We had the leftover Potato and Ham soup again last night, this round, I added Broccoli. After supper I made a pan of Snickerdoodles....instead of dropping them individually, I just roll the large pieces of dough in the cinnamon and sugar and then put them in a cake pan so they cook like brownies. They take about thirty minutes to cook at 375 degrees. I've had this recipe since I was a young teen...we used to make them all the time during the summer months and they were my youngest brother's favorites. This batch came out pretty good, but it seems I was the only one in the mood for something sweet. Hubby only had one...they went to lunch yesterday at one of the Barbecue places and his stomach was a bit upset when he came home.

Today is forecast for us to hit 91 degrees...looks like I best get moving if I want to get anything done before the heat.