The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[kitkat5505]

Cute!

 

[speckledhen]

Oh, I saw Bailey lean into the hanging bowl in her cage and pick in the feed awhile ago! Maybe, just maybe she's coming out of her funk. I hope so. She's dangerously thin.

I'm making brownies today. Some will have peppermint cream cheese icing drizzled over them, some will have those super big M&Ms on top. So, I'll have two of the three kinds of cookies I'm making completed. DH just needs to make his candy now.

 

[1muttsfan]

Little blue bird! Cute.

 

[speckledhen]

Thanks, Mary. I need some real food. Getting a headache from doing stuff all day. All day, I've had a protein bar and a Light Greek Yogurt but, of course, I had to taste the brownies I made to be sure the peppermint icing wasn't gross (it was really good, too good, but didn't make enough to eat any here, thankfully), but I don't want anything hot. The house is too hot with the wood stove going all day. Sunny day at least.

 

[1muttsfan]

I have lobster Mac and cheese in the oven (that would be"lobster", not the real deal, I would never waste that on mac and cheese).

Thank goodness no snow today. I shoveled out the chicken pen (not that they appreciate it), shoveled out paths in the dog pen, ) they really appreciate it), and finished off the part of the driveway up by the house.

And I rehomed my #3 roo - what a relief! Thought he was a goner for sure.

 

[speckledhen]

I have lobster Mac and cheese in the oven (that would be"lobster", not the real deal, I would never waste that on mac and cheese).

Thank goodness no snow today. I shoveled out the chicken pen (not that they appreciate it), shoveled out paths in the dog pen, ) they really appreciate it), and finished off the part of the driveway up by the house.

And I rehomed my #3 roo - what a relief! Thought he was a goner for sure.

That's good! I love to rehome my boys. I can't process them unless they turn mean and you know my boys-that is unlikely to happen. Even Hector is a sweetie, though he likes you to think he's a tough guy. I have his number, LOL.

I tried to eat a bowl of tomato rotini soup, but couldn't eat more than a few bites. I just have no real appetite lately. I can't even imagine eating at the family dinner. I know what they'll have, the usual stuff. I've lost my appetite for all that, I guess. Tom made some parmesan baked chicken last night, melt in your mouth tender, and I couldn't choke down more than a few bites. At this rate, I ought to be losing weight, but my thyroid is not letting me. Eventually, if this keeps up, it will have to say Uncle. They'll have green beans, potato salad or similar dish, mac & cheese, turkey & dressing and/or ham, rolls, etc. It all sounds disgusting except hot rolls.

 

[1muttsfan]

I have to say green beans in all their splendorous forms are one of my favorite foods. It was the only vegetable I would eat voluntarily growing up.

 

[speckledhen]

I have to say green beans in all their splendorous forms are one of my favorite foods. It was the only vegetable I would eat voluntarily growing up.

I ate a lot of green beans growing up, though my mom put sugar in literally everything. Things I used to like or at least tolerate, I can barely choke down lately. I told my husband that if I was left alone, I would probably never buy a piece of meat or cook a meal for myself. I don't want meals, per se, just want to eat something if I get hungry. But, what to eat then? I don't know. Oatmeal? There is a good one now with green apples & figs. I can see eating breakfast for supper all the time if it was just me by myself. Or skipping it.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

What a sneaky hubby! So, where did you hide it?? I won't tell!

We don't do Christmas at all, so no wrapping, no Santa stuff, no tree, no sneaking, no nothing. It's very freeing. We started that when the kids were very young, doing the traditional stuff because that's what we knew, then, after some soul-searching, we just decided we would no longer participate in this or a couple other holidays, so have not done any of that in about 30 or more years. That is one reason we want to get to January 2nd so we hunker down and try to be somewhat invisible, other than going to the family dinner because that is the only time we see most everyone at once, including my niece who is an RN and lives in SC, the daughter of my husband's brother who just passed away. I hope she makes it this year with her schedule. Some years, I just can't take it so I let DH go without me. Some years, I do gift folks things I've made, but that's because I never see them. This year, I'm using a bunch of fancy bags I found in my dad's basement--Banana Republic, The Gap, Victoria's Secret, New Baby, Harrods, etc, etc, all from my hoochie-mama Dad's wife's family, LOL.

I have no family involved in anything, holiday or otherwise. My younger son is still out of the country until next summer or fall. My older son is a restaurant manager so he rarely has time off and when he does, he either goes to concert venues close to Atlanta or to his in-laws who live in the same neighborhood. We are 2 1/2 hrs north so we are apparently too far and cost too much gas to come see more than once every two years. Geez, kids. I say kids, but he's 40. I don't see my sister, never have-the only reason I ever had any contact with her had to do with our adoptive father and since he's gone now, not much reason to have contact with her. Sorry to say I don't much like her, never have, we're too different. Anyway, my husband's family is way more than enough, ack! He even has a low tolerance for family mess. It's pretty much just us 24/7.

Enough of family drama, let's talk chickens! I'm with you, Kara, on the more work in winter issue. Though we have everyone in the barn, in winter, it makes me want far fewer chickens. I'm still waiting on quite a few to kick the bucket, though I will be sad and miss those when they're gone. The upside is less work! I know I need more younger layers, but I am torn between hatching in spring or just not doing anything until someone (or multiple someones) dies!

You and I are on the same page as far as holidays. I'm waiting for it to be over too. I will put on my smile and go to both sides. Some years I come up with a good excuse, others it's just easier to get it done.

With snow on the ground my chickens are staying in the shed more, boy do I have a lot of them. There are chickens everywhere. I love standing out there watching them all. Some day I will have less too, but not quite yet.

 

[speckledhen]

You and I are on the same page as far as holidays. I'm waiting for it to be over too. I will put on my smile and go to both sides. Some years I come up with a good excuse, others it's just easier to get it done.

With snow on the ground my chickens are staying in the shed more, boy do I have a lot of them. There are chickens everywhere. I love standing out there watching them all. Some day I will have less too, but not quite yet.

Well, Miss Lisa, if you weren't so darn far away, you could come to my house and we'd commiserate and just find something non-holiday-like to do for awhile. You could go give my big old Goober Hector the attention he craves.