After days and days of boring, everyday living, we hit a string of busy tasks/events and this poor series fell to the wayside. (19/31 posts = 61% success rate. Oops.) The tiny bit of perfectionist remaining in me hated that I didn’t push through anyway, but I’m also old enough now to know that I can’t do it all. And that’s okay. Maybe next year!
So what happened these past ten days?
+ Summer temperatures arrived with a string of 90°+ days. The little kids immediately pulled out the inflatable pool and sprinkler and were happy as can be for hours. After a few days of fighting it, we also eventually had to turn on the A/C…thankfully, we’ve had a nice long run without it!
+ The older kids helped me move the fencing around the chicken coop. We’re rotating them every couple of weeks as a pseudo-free range option and it’s been working great so far. This time, the chickens got two trees and they looove them. We often see them roosting in the low branches or relaxing in the shade.
+ I made English muffin bread a few times and it’s become a crowd favorite.
+ Our strawberries are plentiful and we pick handfuls each morning.
+ I have been steadily selling a book/piece of clothing every few days and while I’m definitely not getting rich over here, it’s nice to get things out of my house! All of the extra money I make goes toward extra principal payments on our mortgage. (Still chipping away at that Baby Step #6!)
+ Our most exciting news is that my oldest son received the Sacrament of Confirmation and my daughter received her First Holy Communion! A beautiful, grace-filled day.
+ After whining considerably, I put on my big girl pants and ordered standardized testing for my kids. They arrived in the mail quickly and my biggest kids knocked it out, no big deal. (Two of them finished it all in a single day!) I have two little kids to go and then we can really consider it summer break.
+ We had a crazy thunderstorm one evening and our power was out for eight hours.
+ Our second batch of broiler chicks arrived. We got a “bonus chick” in each box, so we’re starting out with 102! They are so teeny and sweet.
Wow a busy 10 days for sure!!! Congrats to kids receiving Sacraments what special days those are!! and 102 more broiler chicks, that’s awesome way to go!!! A full freezer is in your future.
We feel MUCH more confident with these chicks than the first time, ha!
I love that the chickens love the trees 🙂
They are so fun to watch!