Randomness

The end of November and now into December has been a roller coaster around here.

As you know, we got our tree right after Thanksgiving. We got it up and in the living room right away. It took a while to get the lights on because one of the strands we bought last year was missing bulbs and some of the line didn't even work. We don't seem to have enough ornaments for the tree this year, but hopefully next year we'll have our stuff from Colorado out here. I do miss our Christmas ornaments and decorations!



Our daughter likes to bring in chickens to visit us inside. This is Rose. She is a white leghorn and lays big white eggs. She seems to be the most friendly of the flock.



We let the ducks wander around the property. They always stay together, unlike the chickens! They were drinking from this pool behind the house until Zorg came along to get a drink too. Navarre the cat is up in the window spying on all of us.



Sadie Mae likes jumping on and laying on the picnic tables. The power was out and we were all hanging out down at the fire pit with a fire to keep warm. It was warmer outside than inside. We couldn't get our propane fireplace to work, nor the generator! Thankfully the power was restored before nightfall.



We had some pre-cooked hot dogs in the freezer that we brought out to "cook" over the fire. I think hot dogs are gross, but I was hungry and we couldn't afford to drive into the city to eat at a restaurant at the time.



Navarre fell asleep sitting next to me while he was waiting for my breakfast to be done. His nose is pressed against my arm! He loves to get bites of meat or lick the runny yolk from my plate.



The power went out yet again (third time this season and we haven't even gotten into winter yet!) Our daughter had a strand of battery powered lights we used to play a game in the dark. Then we all went to bed. The power came back on at about 3:00 a.m., but it was not a freezing cold day so it wasn't too bad. At least it was during a time when we'd be mostly sleeping.



I was looking all over for Navarre, he LOVES to sleep. He sleeps more than any cat we've ever had and he sleeps like a log. Found him sleeping in my little wagon and of course we all thought how cute that was.