Well, a blog, at any rate...

My chickens enjoying breakfast.

General catching up on my blog...

I was hoping to get several blogs up. Not as easy as I had hoped, with the phone.  But, I can get on here at the moment, so, I write up a blog.

I ended up not going full Santa barf mode, maybe just mild Santa indigestion?  But I thought it looked nice, and we had a good time with family.  

Sadly, Mon Ami died.  He had been acting listless around food.  Then, we went to town, we came back, and he was sitting in the middle of the hen yard, in the rain.  I picked him up, which says something right there, and put him in a hen box to dry out and rest.  He dozed off, and I went in the house.  Husband went out in the evening to close the door, and found him on the floor.  We suspect he wanted to roost with the others, and just didn't have the strength.  

He was a silly little friend, and I will miss him, but I looked up the lifespan of a rooster, he would have been edging towards ancient.  He has several progeny, and Jet Puff has a lot of his good looks, so he leaves a legacy... 

I was able to get all my Christmas cards to people out of state... But didn't get any local ones finished! I received a few cards, but lots of my friends don't "do" cards.  I figure, that's fine, I get to pick and choose who gets one from me, then! I sometimes receive texts with Merry/Happy, but even then, less than I used to.  Oh, well.  

I amused folks, because when I was shopping, I would wear a Santa hat, red vest, usually with a green shirt, copius jingle bells, and socks I knit with a"fur" ruff on the top. I heard more than a few comments about Mrs. Claus, and more than one little one would just watch in amazement as I jangled by.  A few adults, too...  And, mostly, it garnered smiles, which is what I was aiming for.  

Tonight?  I work a half day, then some quick doings, and home before the craziness starts.  I guess I like my home, and not running off to celebrate the New Year, I really prefer at the house. No muss, no fuss, and falling asleep is no big deal... Let's just say, midnight is when we wake up, say Happy New Year, kiss, then go back to sleep.

Enjoy