Dear Readers,
This is a first: I spent $3 today on one avocado. I already have a whole bowl of more reasonably-priced avocados on my kitchen counter but they are hard as rocks. I need an avocado for salads tonight and the Ingles near our house is reliable in that evidently no one else buys avocados there, which means I can always count on getting a good ripe avocado. But never before have they been $3 each! I had one avocado left for tonight but then I used half of it on Bauer’s sandwiches at lunch and the other half in a chocolate smoothie for the kids. I guess I can just pretend I bought them smoothies for $3. That makes me feel better than saying I spent $3 on a single avocado.
Not new news is the ongoing chicken fiasco. We lost two more chickens overnight last night, and one the night before that. We no longer think a crow could be the one to blame because there is no way a crow could mutilate the chickens in this manner (I will spare you the pictures). It’s more likely a raccoon, but we still cannot find any way that it is getting into the run.
RIP Goldilocks, Chestnut, and Brownie, Gone too soon, June 8-9, 2022
I said on Sunday that we had five chickens still alive. Now we are down to the Final Two. And honestly, I think I just want them to be gone, too, so we can have some closure. Having two chickens is not worth the trouble to me because I would still have to buy eggs. I don’t want to be buying eggs and also buying chicken feed and taking care of chickens to get a few more eggs. TJ is going to set up a camera to try and catch the predator on film, but he won’t be able to do it till Friday, which means I need to keep these chickens alive one more night so we can use them as bait on Friday night. I can’t believe I have changed my tune to talking about using the chickens as bait. But more than I want these two chickens to keep living, I want to know what has killed them all and how the predator has managed to get in the run time after time to do the dirty work. This has been horrible to watch our flock of twelve chickens be taken down like this, but I really hope we can get the recording so I don’t have to wonder for the rest of my life what killed them.
Other than the chicken problems, it has been a good second week of summer. If I write it all out to tell you what we’ve done, you’re going to think it’s been a busy week. But the week has been a mixture of some activity with lots of being home and having margin. This is how I want it and plan it, so when it works out, I am so thankful. Two of the highlights of the week were:
1-Making lemon crepes for the girls. They have been wanting me to make them again (I did it once in the winter) and this time, I sat down the night before to watch some videos to try and do it better this time. The crepes turned out great, and the girls loved them. But don't worry, Tandem: my very limited crepe-making skills will never override my need for your crepes, waffles, coffee, and comfort.
2-Sailor having her very first piano lesson. As soon as the teacher left, she wanted to practice, and she has wanted to practice every day since! It has been fun to see her try a new activity and to watch her confidence build so quickly.
Love,
Ginger