Fall in all her splendor

We've had a busy month canning, picking, freezing and getting things ready for winter. It's also been the forst time in a long time that I've not had children at home during the day. Somehow though the days just continue to fly by. I've got paperwork to get caught up and of course every mothers nightmare...the laundry mountain!

We're planning on moving some time in the next 6 months so the beginnings of organizing outgrown clothes and unused items is beginning. The plan is to rent the local community hall in November or December and have a whopping garage sale, and I mean the sale to end all sales! It's going to take a lot of prep work though and the time to start is now. I'm sorting each load as it comes out of the dryer and hopefully it will mean better organized drawers and closets in the near future.

One of our Silkie hens hatched a chick, yes, just 1. So a little fuzzy ball is cheeping and following mama all over the yard. He's so cute and we named him Chicklet.

Our meat birds are scheduled for the chop on Oct 13th, seems like an ominous day doesn't it :) and we'll take in our excess roosters at the same time. That's if Steve can let them go, he's gotten quite attached to them. This should give us approx. 18 chickens for the freezer and 6 to sell. Or there abouts. I'm toying with the idea of raising one more batch before we move but honestly I think it might be time to concentrate on other things.

We're looking at buying a house in Whiskey Creek with our mothers. We'd have the basement and half the yard so it would give us about a half acre to play with and also a greenhouse and a workshop. It's got 2 wells and also a greenbelt behind the property with a creek running through it so Steve is happy. Now we have to work on the financing end of it and get jobs for Mum or Joan so that they can sell their house in Calgary and buy here.

Read a good quote on the Mormon Messages channel on YouTube I'd like to share with you:

"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy".

Just a thought for this cool and beautiful Sunday.



The garden needs cleaning up quite badly and the winter veggies are of course still in. I'm planting the seedlings into the greenhouse today.