So much!!!

Hi there everybody, I know...I seriously owe you a blog with some pictures, do not worry, I will be taking care of that today!!!! I've been working on getting ready for another craft show, keeping up with the last batch of chicks we got in, who aren't really chick size any longer, and have been doing some extra housework, trying to get ahead...but as I've learned there is NO getting ahead in housework.

The weather here has been playing back and forth a lot between cold, hot and humid. The other night, it was 50 something outside, and I still had the house windows open because it was just so warm, and close in here, even with the windows open we were all miserable, so finally I gave up, shut the window, and turned on the AC for the night. HOWEVER I woke up freezing the next morning. I simply cut the air off. I've had to turn it on at night one other time since. I have had to cut the heat back on a few times. Spring here in Virginia is such a crazy season. You seem to have all 4 seasons in one day at times.

The great news is, my apple trees did survive the winter, and I'm seeing green on them. My peach tree's have all blossomed out, and are absolutely beautiful, and best of all, the red buds are in bloom. I love those trees, and cannot even begin to tell you how thrilled I was when I learned we had a few of them on our property. If I could do it without killing them off, I would move one or two of the smaller ones to a better spot, where I could enjoy them better. I'm not about to purchase one, because at one of our local nurseries, they were priced between $125 and $175...It was all about the different sizes. Well, I'm not about to pay that kind of cash for something that's just naturally here. My thoughts are that maybe if I can find one that's starting up, maybe I can dig it up and put it in a pot or something until it's bigger. (Of course with my luck, I would kill the darn thing.)

A couple of weeks ago, I sold my 5 Buff Orpington hen's that I got last spring from Tractor Supply. It's a much quieter place in the Hen house now. They liked to go in and stir up trouble. Part of me misses them, but the other part knows that their new home is an awesome place, and that they have their very own rooster to keep them in line. (The gal that I got my original 8 hens from was the one that came and got them. She had a lonely roo who everybody else was picking on.)  In the  chicken world, it's always great to make chicken friends.

We have finally decided that we are going to have to groom Sam ourselves. The lady who was our groomer could no longer physically do the job because of her back. (I understand that completely) She was a wonderful groomer. When we walked into her building, it didn't have a wet dog smell. It was clean. The people who worked there were clean. I loved it!!! I've checked out a few other places around here, but none of them meet my standards. I walked into one that's in a strip mall. You walk in there and it smells like ammonia...like a dirty litter box that has not been changed in months. The employees look like they need a bath, it's just not a place I would want to take my Sam. The other one wasn't so bad, but still not up to my standards. We used to take Nikki to the Vets office. They did a great job there, butt they were so expensive!!! So, we are going to replace the head on the dog shower that we have. (Sam broke it) and we are going to start taking care of that ourselves in an easier manner. (It's not easy without that shower thing) And then we are going to buy some dog clippers, and take care of the other part. Now let me say, I know that you all are aware that Sam is a Siberian Husky. When I say I'm going to clip him, he is in no way getting shaved. The problem is, he has incredibly long fur on his back legs and his hind end. The plan is to trim it down so that it's just not so long. He gets mud caked in there, because he likes to lay in the mud, and sometimes if he eats something outside that upsets his tummy a bit, he gets runny poo in there. So we are simply going to trim it down to a manageable length. I'm almost betting though that after the first go with that, we will probably give in and take him to the vet to be groomed.

Well, I suppose I had better close this up. The day is getting on, and there is as always much to do.
I'm going to get some fun pictures snapped today for you all, and will either post them on here tonight, or in the morning.