Things are rolling right along now...

Oct. 9, Sunday-Another beautiful day!  Must be a good year for all those who depend on Fall Color travel!  We may even go to Sleepy Hollow tonight to camp.  Weather too good to pass up!

Did some computer research this morning.  I have recipes for  doggie treats and also for homemade crackers.  Which one to do first...

Greg check out the football games and I did chores.  No games he really wants to watch so we decided to drive over to Sleepy Hollow State Park (six miles away) and check out campsites.  Busy place, this was their "Halloween" weekend.  Great weather really brought the people out.  There were even people swimming!

Then we went by Swanson's for a quick visit.  Home and supper of eggs, hash, and toast.  Then chores and porch sitting.  Weather is wonderful.

Chris and Daniella swimming October 2011!

Oct. 10, Monday-Woke at 5:45 AM didn't get up until 6:30 AM.  Checked out face book.  Chris and family went camping over the weekend and they were swimming!

7:40 AM Red sky for a sunrise this morning, moisture is on it's way.

Went to Carson City to the bulk foods store.  Nice drive.  Got 50#s of flour, flax seed, vanilla, and carob.  Small shop, but had most of what I went after...no graham flour.

Anya went to the Vet.  Seems to have uninary infection, pees on the floor all the time.  Taking antibiotics now.

Oct. 11, Tuesday-Up at 6 AM to load the broilers and take them to R&B processors in Corunna.  Picked up my repaired glasses on our way home.

Cleaned out the broiler pen and moved the stuff to my new "hot" frame.  Piled some compost and some soil on top of the poo and wet it all down.  Will let it work a while before trying to plant anything.  If it is working right the temp could go as high as 120 degrees!  That's too hot for anything that I want to plant in there.

Washed dishes, watered horses, did chores and moved bucks to separate pens and then moved does in with each.  Will see how that works. 

Got the call around 1:30 PM that the broilers were done.  Went to pick them up and had lunch on the way.

Sharpened knives and all is ready to go!

Jenn and Pat were here around 5:30 PM.  All went well, we cut up 30 birds and left 5 whole.  Got to try out a "Food Saver" machine.  Pat borrowed his brother's.  Seems to work fine.  Only one bag didn't seal.  Model 2220 Food Saver from Wal-Mart.  Spent $19 on bags and used it all.

Boiled 10 carcasses over night for chicken soup.  The others are in the freezer to be "souped" at a more convenient time.

Our dinner was rotisserie Chicken and rutabagas for supper, it was our break.

Oct. 12, Wednesday-Bath, then did some plant work.  Used the bath water to water all my  house plants.  Then started to organize plants around the house.

Greg bagged up our chickens that spent the night on cookie sheets in the freezer.

Meals on Wheels and Fiber Gals, then read after supper.

Oct. 13, Thursday-Finished plant work and cleaned up mess.  Breakfast and chores.  Used milking machine today, so that Mildred will be used to the feel and sound when Greg has to do my chores while I'm at the ADGA Convention next week.

We went to the hay auction, I was planning on buying eggs.  None there...drat!

Took the dogs for a walk in McCurdy park, then home, put salt rising bread together and set it to rise about 4 PM. 

Went out to the buck barn to do some organizing and preparations.  Greg put up a plug near the buck pen, so we can plug in the water heater for the water tank over the winter.

Both buck boys are starting to smell like bucks!

We also have another pen in the barn.  Now if I want or need to separate the boys I can.

Tomorrows plan is to organize the other side of the barn and then bring all the summer furniture in there for the winter.

Light late supper of chicken and rice soup with graham crackers and milk for dessert.

Oct. 14, Friday-Very constructive day!  Dishes done, 5 loaves of sourdough ready, semen tank picked up, buck barn ready for winter, garden shed straightened, summer furniture put away, 12 pints of chicken soup canned, a new Share customer serviced, money in the bank, dog's nails trimmed, glazed a window from the chicken coop, two quarts of yogurt made, kifer working (grains from my new share customer) and now time to relax.

Oct. 15, Saturday-Market day, damp, cool and windy!  Did I say it was windy!  It is really windy!  Not many vendors or customers.  Did sell three skeins of yarn.

Did some organizing of the green house.  Just a start, but it is a start.

Gave making crackers a try.  We made Cheddar Cheese Crackers and Sesame Crackers, and also Apple Cinnamon Drop dog treats.  Everyone gets a treat!

Onward and upward.