Thanksgiving Stuff

I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. I'm a kid of divorce so I'm used to traveling from house to house, toss in a husband and his family, well you can guess that holidays are never spent in one place or very relaxing. I'm used to it so no big.

We had Thanksgiving breakfast at my sisters house for my Mom, she is only 2 miles down the road and my kids love it there. For my Dad, around the corner at 2:00 for lunch/dinner, linner?

Cooking was easy for me, pie crusts for quiche and bread started for home made rolls the night before, then up early to finish it all.

Saturday was at my MIL's for another linner. My Hubbie and Son had Hockey at night, so that was only a few hours spent there.

My MIL had a birthday on Wednesday so of course I had no gift to bring on Saturday morning. You guessed it, the queen of all things last minute had to run downstairs to the sweat shop and come up with something.

So I made her an art quilt. My MIL happens to be the Queen Mother of her Red Hat group so her snow lady needed a red hat with purple gloves. I know this picture is at a weird angle because I was trying to get the light from the window and not shade it too much with my giant head.

My MIL is also the queen of shopping, so I have to get creative and come up with things she doesn't already have. She really liked it.

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My last craft show if the year is this Friday night, http://sites.salineschools.com/users/olsonb/,

so if you don't hear from me much this week, it isn't cause I don't love you. ;-)

What's a girl to do?

I've got a new coop, the chickens love to free range but winter is coming, they need a chicken run.

The pluses, nice door and ramp. The minuses, the window opens out so I can't block it, I have no cash to spare, and hubby is up north hunting so I'm on my own.

More pluses, I have a shovel, post hole digger and the ground isn't frozen yet.

I've got an old swing set frame. Who doesn't?

I had to bury the legs a couple feet down as to not block the window.

I can add this old chain link fencing I have lying around, another plus.

(this stuff is so heavy, my back took awhile to recover)

Ugly green tarp to seal it up against winter blizzards.
(that's in the plus and minus column)


Works for me.



I'm hoping this run is temporary, and in the spring I'll have some cash and help to build a proper run. But for now, the chickens have a snow free zone for scratching and exercise. They even have the space under the coop too!


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Thanksgiving's tomorrow so I figure I'll be busy then so I'll post some things I'm thankful for today.


I'm thankful for my built in can and make do spirit and a strong body to get the job done, even though my inner lazy person is telling me to go inside and rest.

I'm thankful for scrounged stuff.

I'm thankful for my little farm with my chickens, it's just enough to keep the farm girl side of me happy.

I'm thankful for my family of four.

I am thankful we have a holiday that focuses on a feast, I love to eat.

I'm thankful for bloggers who I learn from and laugh with.

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Happy Thanksgiving.