The Landlord Cometh

Our Landlady Shiela has decided to come and do yet another inspection of our place. Consequently now we're all stressed trying to clean up. We've got to re-sort the kids room, move the chicks into the basement while she is here, scrub and clean the whole house, get all the laundry caught up and do the yard. Yikes! So, she's coming Sunday so tomorrow is going to be family cleaning day.

Weather is 0 c. Partly cloudy at 10:21pm. Was a lovely sliver of moon hanging tonight very close to Venus. Very pretty!


In the Kitchen

Breakfast was steel cut oats cooked on top of the woodstove. I put them and water in a pot and left them to do their thing for a couple of hours and then we served them with brown sugar and a little milk. Filling, easy and yummy. $1.

Lunch was another cheap one. Ground deer meat (thanks Hans!) fried up until no longer pink, served with red kidney beans I cooked overnight on the woodstove (with lots of extra water and 2 chopped onions) rice, and Naan Bread. Oh, I tossed in the rest of the salsa in the fridge and a large can of chopped tomatoes along with salt, pepper, and some hot and spicy thai sauce that was left. Oh, and a sprinkle of mozzarella cheese. Went over well with the kids who said they liked it.

Dinner, same as lunch. Yes, they liked it enough to eat 2 meals in a row. Total cost $3 for both meals, mostly because the beans and rice were bulk purchases dried, and the meat was free. 12 hearty servings.



In the Garden

Nothing new. Snow is mostly gone again. Time for a good cleanup and sweep of the driveway I think but other than that it's quiet.



In the Coop.

All are happy and snuggled up together. They are currently eating about 2 scoops (our scoop is a 2 litre jug) per day. I suspect this is mostly going into Big Bird, our turkey. Same with the 2 gallons of water. Layed 4 eggs. Suspect Silkies may be hiding theirs. Coop is dry and clean. Needs cobwebs removed from ceiling though as they are taking on a life of their own.


Well, goodnight. I'm off to bed early to get some rest before the big panic of cleaning tomorrow. Wish us luck!