Chicken Salad.

 Chicken Salad.

 

Left three chicken breasts on slow cooking this morning while making a trip for my appointment. Came home to perfectly cooked chicken. Now it is chopped up and mixed with craisins, bread/ butter pickles, celery, and dressing. Plum yummy. Need to put labels on the containers in the fridge to say “chicken broth” on them. One of these days will come up with a good label that sticks where it is needed. Meanwhile, Patty said she likes chicken salad, so will take some to her in a bit.

 

Ordered groceries to be delivered from Market Street this morning. Had to go through the process three times before it was at the right store and for delivery rather than pickup. Duh. Honestly feel pretty dense at times. Just hoping nothing essential was left off the list.

 

We might not have received much rain last night, but we certainly got our share of wind! The dogs had to have their thunder shirts on to calm down a bit. Sylvia whimpered and whined a bit, but then she settled down and went to sleep. She was not sure she even wanted to get up this morning. Knew exactly how she felt!

 

The mailman brought the dogs their marrow bones. These are smaller than the last batch and may be a bit tougher. It took a couple of minutes for Thompson to conquer his. Their licking treats that go inside a plastic holder came yesterday. Thought maybe Jennifer might want to use them after she gets here to keep them busy. Sylvia can take one out of the holder in nothing flat!

 

Looks as if we might get some more snow next week. You won’t hear any cheers of delight from this quarter. Getting the hens inside and keeping them there is not a biggie, but they need something to keep them busy. Ordered three cabbages. It usually takes about a day for them to eat an entire head—depending on the size of the cabbage. Need to move a holder inside the first coop to keep it off the floor. Have a chain hanging from the rafters that will hold it up, but need to figure out how to put something all the way through it so they don’t get it dirty. Yes, that is probably the least of their concerns.

 

Ran out of craisins while making the chicken salad. Not sure just where to get a package that big again. Michelle Malay cleaned out one of her freezers and found them in there. They have been mighty tasty in several dishes. Think a “normal” package is about three ounces. This package was 48 ounces. She may have found them out at the Base.

 

Patty’s friend just drove by. Need to check and see if they got the little dogs taken to the vet’s office. Thought it was Patty’s car that left our road a bit ago. Yeppers! Toenails trimmed and puppy dogs back home to have their lunch!

 

Just went out to pick up eggs and found an old garden thing that might be driven through the cabbage head to hold it. My dogs are so silly. They went out into the workshop with me to look around. They always find something that “might” need to be moved and explored under. Not this time, kids! Not in the mood to try to move things around out there. So, they took a few treats instead after we came inside. Rewards for not doing any grumping!

 

Got a letter from some agency wanting to know if two of my former neighbors would be good foster parents. Yep, they definitely would. They are both good with children, and considering that some folks are pretty horrible with kids in the foster system, it was easy to recommend them. Just pray that God blesses both the children and the couple who are willing to help them.

 

Can actually see green down in the east lots. Woo whooo! Just wish that some of it could be that clover planted last year. Actually saw some growing along the fence last year, but it may have either been sprayed or cut too close to the ground. Sigh

 

As usual, this old woman is about as dumb as dirt, but will try to smile about anything just a wee bit funny. If you want to share a funny with us on this blog, please do. Most of us could certainly use a little laughter.

 

Please pray for those who have health problems and feel as if the problems are insurmountable. Each of us has been there at one time or another or can understand.

 

Rest and be easy. Winter won’t last forever. You are loved.