Ever-Tree Ginger Beer.

 Ever-Tree Ginger Beer.

 

Not sure if it is an old woman’s attitude toward chicken or just a touchy tummy, but nothing seems to set well right now. Made a very small pan of chicken and dumplings—it DID sound good—but that didn’t set well either. Pretty bad when just something simple doesn’t work out. So, after one of those wonderful little pills that are required to keep everything under control, a small bottle of this stuff called Ever-Tree Ginger Beer is the next step to staying away from the nearest trash bucket. Totally non-alcoholic and quite a bit like plain ol’ ginger ale except it is strong on the ginger part!

 

Thought about taking Thompson and Sylvia to the vet today and get her nails trimmed and his blood work done, but just don’t feel up to hauling us around right now. But do have something funny to think about. Did ya know that squirrels will steal eggs out of a hen’s nest? Saw a squirrel run into the coop the other day. Had been wondering if the girls were upset about something of if something was getting in there to bother them. Sure enough. That explains what happened to one of the “nest” eggs that was there to trick the girls into laying where a new nest was placed. If it had been the one that Jennifer found the other day that she said looked like a dinosaur egg, it would have really been funny. Just wonder what that stupid squirrel thought when it tried to eat that particular egg! Guess going out to check on the eggs more often might save a few eggs until that squirrel meets its maker.

 

Had chicken cooking all night in the roaster, so went to sleep with that smell and woke up with the same. Now it is all made into dog food and the roaster is cleaned up. Was out of sweet potatoes, so English peas, carrots, and broccoli went into this batch. Some lady on the Over 60s group wanted the recipe. Shoot! What recipe? It is just food! Now to tell the truth, the recipes in the dog biscuit book might get a work out soon. The dogs finished up their great big bag of hip and glucosamine type biscuits recently, but not sure just what the companies put into those type of things that is supposed to be good for a dog’s joints. It seems to me that the knuckles around the chicken joints might have stuff in them that would be good for the dogs, but who knows? They get that in their food despite the fact that it is pretty well cooked soft by the time they get it.

 

Woke up with a dinosaur in the bed this morning. Not sure which dog brought it up there, but they had decided to play tug of war with it to the detriment of the dino shape. Oh well. Nothing like happy dogs in the early morning!

 

We got about an inch and a half of rain over the two-day period, but Skip McBride (former weatherman) said we still needed a bunch more to fill Lake Wichita and the surrounding city lakes we use for water. Seems some Clay County judge vetoed the City of WF getting the permits to start Lake Ringgold. Have mixed feelings about it. Have always loved that strip of land across there. It is prairie that has never been plowed and has all the flowers and assorted critters that one would expect. Tiny little birds live across that area that remind me of the finches, except that they are way smaller. Not sure what they are, but once upon a time the little critters used to flit across the pastures near the farm-to-market highway close to Granddad’s farm. He never used any kind of poison out on the farm and had Harvester ants. Those, in case you are unaware, are the big red ants that horny toads eat. Lose the ants; lose the horny toads. They won’t eat fire ants.

 

Just found out that Shona was also a life member in PTA where she lived. Funny that we both are pushy women who want what’s best for the kids. Think that is the kind of moms needed today.

 

Will just be still and be thankful today for all the many blessings given to us by God. Let us enjoy the flowers coming up outside and appreciate the ones in the house as well. Green and blue must be God’s favorite colors. Soothing.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.