Yes, Tolbunt chicks! Hoping more will hatch. Have a great night Penny.
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Good to hear you're hatching more Tolbunts after losing too many to preds. 
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It sounds like good food, candy and Family fun!...even with some tears....
Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas look forward to all the memories we will share between grandkids, us our dogs, our chickens think of the reason for the season
St. Augustine is so pretty. 
I had no idea. 
I had no idea.
Goodnight Old Folks need to get some sleep
Christmas chicks. Sooooooo cute!
Earlier today, I was frazzled. Usually, I'm on top of things, but this Christmas, I've been totally off my game. My house looked like a war zone, mostly due to the grands, but not exclusively due to them. While Dh did wrap all our presents, Dd had a bunch from someone that is unable to wrap them, so she had them stashed, and spent from 3 pm, until 1 am, wrapping them. She was no help to me. In fact, I was having to do all the caring for the kids, because she was holed up in the bedroom wrapping presents. I was ankle deep in helping the kids make some home-made Christmas ornaments. They're giving them to everyone in their family. I made the dough for them, cut them out, baked them dry, mod-podged everyone's names on them, and the kids did the gold glitter. Baked again to set the names, then coated the sides, and fronts with mod-podge, and applied the opalescent glitter. Baked them to dry, flipped them over to finish the backs with mod-podge, and they are now drying in the oven.
For the record: The "recipe" called for baking them at 175 in the oven. That's for a conventional oven. This oven of mine is convection. No, I did not scorch them, but 175 is too hot, and most ovens don't bake at much lower than that. I have a setting on my oven that I've never used called DEHYDRATE. It's for making fruit leathers, and such. Well, I set it on that, after I initially baked the ornaments. It does 150 degrees. It's PERFECT for what I was needing. I'm amazed! It's made quick work of the project. Otherwise, it would have taken several days drying time, in between the various stages, and coats of mod-podge.
While all that was in the oven, I got the house vacuumed. Dd did finally emerge from the bedroom, and she dusted for me. Dd, and the kids are going tomorrow to their Aunt's for Christmas for that side of the family. While they're all gone, I'll get the floors mopped. I will start the prep work for our Christmas too. I'm not exactly where I want to be with my Christmas doings, but I'm getting there.
Earlier today, I was frazzled. Usually, I'm on top of things, but this Christmas, I've been totally off my game. My house looked like a war zone, mostly due to the grands, but not exclusively due to them. While Dh did wrap all our presents, Dd had a bunch from someone that is unable to wrap them, so she had them stashed, and spent from 3 pm, until 1 am, wrapping them. She was no help to me. In fact, I was having to do all the caring for the kids, because she was holed up in the bedroom wrapping presents. I was ankle deep in helping the kids make some home-made Christmas ornaments. They're giving them to everyone in their family. I made the dough for them, cut them out, baked them dry, mod-podged everyone's names on them, and the kids did the gold glitter. Baked again to set the names, then coated the sides, and fronts with mod-podge, and applied the opalescent glitter. Baked them to dry, flipped them over to finish the backs with mod-podge, and they are now drying in the oven.
For the record: The "recipe" called for baking them at 175 in the oven. That's for a conventional oven. This oven of mine is convection. No, I did not scorch them, but 175 is too hot, and most ovens don't bake at much lower than that. I have a setting on my oven that I've never used called DEHYDRATE. It's for making fruit leathers, and such. Well, I set it on that, after I initially baked the ornaments. It does 150 degrees. It's PERFECT for what I was needing. I'm amazed! It's made quick work of the project. Otherwise, it would have taken several days drying time, in between the various stages, and coats of mod-podge.
While all that was in the oven, I got the house vacuumed. Dd did finally emerge from the bedroom, and she dusted for me. Dd, and the kids are going tomorrow to their Aunt's for Christmas for that side of the family. While they're all gone, I'll get the floors mopped. I will start the prep work for our Christmas too. I'm not exactly where I want to be with my Christmas doings, but I'm getting there.
My house looks like a storm blew through it-I'm the only occupant and I'm at peace with that.
Good plan!My house looks like a storm blew through it-I'm the only occupant and I'm at peace with that.
LOL I tell people my house looks like it was tossed by robbers. So when and if someone broke in they would think they were too late....My house looks like a storm blew through it-I'm the only occupant and I'm at peace with that.
Thats my story... Mom is the same so I dont have to clean when she comes over.... LOL
deb
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