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[Sapphire Sebright]

Hey... has anybody seen @ShannonR?
Shannon, how have you been? Happy Easter! I hope that you've been having a good one....

 

[ShannonR]

I'm here, and still on the wagon!! Been really busy with school, kids, getting the garden in. And I wasn't getting my notifications for this thread until someone mentioned Me! Thank you, @Sapphire Sebright

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Great to hear! How has your Easter been? Are the kids hyped up on candy? If so, then it sounds like your Easter has been absolutely exhausting....
Sugar: If you have it, it gives you energy; if someone else has it, then it saps your energy.

 

[ShannonR]

Great to hear! How has your Easter been? Are the kids hyped up on candy? If so, then it sounds like your Easter has been absolutely exhausting....
Sugar: If you have it, it gives you energy; if someone else has it, then it saps your energy.

Oh yes, the toddler's ate PLENTY of candy today. They have really and truly been a handful lately but the candy put things over the top! We did an egg hunt, ham dinner (lunch) and they ate sugar the rest of the day. I did some stuff in the garden, need to read more of my school textbooks this evening. I have a terrible sun burn from the last 2 days in the sun getting the fence around the garden all fixed to my liking and the gate made and the ground ready for planting. I have 2 pumpkins and 2 tomatoes in the ground already, and more seedlings I started inside that need to be planted... potatoes I planted a few weeks ago are starting to really take off.

 

[ShannonR]

Great to hear! How has your Easter been? Are the kids hyped up on candy? If so, then it sounds like your Easter has been absolutely exhausting....
Sugar: If you have it, it gives you energy; if someone else has it, then it saps your energy.

And how was your Easter this year? How about everyone else?

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

My Easter was great, I'd say. I was sad that I couldn't go to church, but the paska and the hrutka was delicious, as was the dinner of roast leg of lamb with broccoli -- eaten with the rest of the family, of course.
A fox carried Yotsuba off earlier, and then she just showed up with the others about half an hour later... the only way that you could tell that she had a brush with death was by noticing the feathers that she was missing from her tail and saddle and between her shoulders, but even that wasn't that obvious! She didn't act traumatized or frightened at all, either -- I picked her up, brought her inside, and set her on the bathroom counter, and she just clucked and looked at me as if to say, "Well? What did you want? Let me go back outside, please." It was as if the attack never happened!
So, yeah -- a good day!

 

[CSAchook]

And how was your Easter this year? How about everyone else?

Pretty good but very quiet. I delayed putting the baby chicks in their coop because the weather took a turn for the worse. So I got another day to enjoy their antics in the indoor brooder. That was fun.

We have been limiting our shopping to once every 2+ weeks and I didn’t plan far enough in advance to make a fancy Easter dinner. I did make some yummy blondies though!

 

[ShannonR]

My Easter was great, I'd say. I was sad that I couldn't go to church, but the paska and the hrutka was delicious, as was the dinner of roast leg of lamb with broccoli -- eaten with the rest of the family, of course.
A fox carried Yotsuba off earlier, and then she just showed up with the others about half an hour later... the only way that you could tell that she had a brush with death was by noticing the feathers that she was missing from her tail and saddle and between her shoulders, but even that wasn't that obvious! She didn't act traumatized or frightened at all, either -- I picked her up, brought her inside, and set her on the bathroom counter, and she just clucked and looked at me as if to say, "Well? What did you want? Let me go back outside, please." It was as if the attack never happened!
So, yeah -- a good day!

So glad to hear your holiday was awesome! And that your chickie is doing well. Did you see the fox carry her off? That must have been quite a fright!!

 

[ShannonR]

Pretty good but very quiet. I delayed putting the baby chicks in their coop because the weather took a turn for the worse. So I got another day to enjoy their antics in the indoor brooder. That was fun.

We have been limiting our shopping to once every 2+ weeks and I didn’t plan far enough in advance to make a fancy Easter dinner. I did make some yummy blondies though!

I've been there on not planning ahead for meals. It can be hard when you don't go shopping all the time, there's always something I forget it seems. Glad your day was enjoyable though, and hope the weather clears up for you soon!

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Yep, saw the fox bolt into the woods... I'm pretty sure that it had her in its mouth, but it was from behind, so I can't be completely sure. I think that Lefty fought with it -- his feathers were ruffled and out of place, and he seemed pretty darned tired... the poor guy walso seemed depressed until Yotsuba came back... he was quiet wasn't moving much, and had his tail down.
They're fine now, though!