We have been living here for 18 years now and it's becoming time for some aesthetic changes. First on the list is new carpet in the Great Room and down the hallway. When we had them come out to give us the estimate, I also asked them what they would charge to restretch the carpet in the studio while they were here. Given that it was not as much as I had thought, we agreed that should be done the same time they installed the new carpet. We had to remove all the furniture from the Great Room (where oh where do we put it all? Some went into our bedroom sitting room, some into the garage, and some shoved into the morning room area. Then we needed to unload the entire studio - anything that sat on the floor needed to be removed. Fortunately, my best friend's daughter and her family came up on Saturday and helped. It only took 1 hour to totally clean out the room - some went into our 2nd bedroom (the one that I want to make into a real guestroom) and the rest went into the garage - poor John's truck had to be parked outside since we took over his parking spot for studio stuff.
The empty Great Room.
My studio - golly, it looks huge without all the Stuff!
Bins in the garage, along with furniture.
2nd bedroom...hope I don't need anything from there!
The carpet installers got here right at 8:30 this morning and set to work ripping up the old carpet and padding.
They say it should only take today to put the new carpet and padding down and restretch the carpet in the studio....then the real work begins for me - sorting and purging the stuff from the studio so hopefully there is a bit more space in there when I'm done.
John decided he needed more chickens for egg-laying. He currently has 8 layers and 1 rooster. He gets about 6 eggs a day from them. He ordered another 20 baby chicks and mom and I picked them up last Thursday - day-old baby chicks.
They are Austra Whites and will yield almost white-shelled eggs. The others we have are Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rocks and Black Australorps. Their egg colors range from cream to lightly toasted brown. Currently, the new chicks are living in a brooder under heat lamps until they get their feathers - that will be about 3 weeks and then they will be incorporated into the regular population of chickens.
Late last month, we got to spend a few days with our two grandsons. They flew out from Salt Lake City and spent 3 days with Nana and Papa. First time flying without their parents and they did so well.
So stinkin' proud of those two! Flight delays and Covid just don't mix but they were amazing! The boys got to learn to drive Papa's Mule - Eyeore.
And they learned about raising chickens. They even took over all the chicken chores while they were here! I heard one of them as Papa, " Is it time for chicken chores yet?"
Giving the chickens scratch treats!
We took them to Silver Dollar City one day. It was hot and humid and crowded but we had so much fun!
Meeting a "Prisoner" from the train ride!
We didn't get nearly enough time to spend with them but they needed to get home for some programs that had already been scheduled and school is starting so we were thrilled to get the time that we got!
It was hard to send them home but I did it!
They seemed to have fun and said they really want to come back next summer! We are counting on it! Maybe they can bring their little sister with them as well.
I've been working on my Cross Stitch Camp project for August. With luck, I can finish it by the end of the month.
So far, it's coming along fine. It will be a small piece - probably about 8 inches square. I may make it into a small pillow. Will have to see what it wants to be once it's done.
I supposed I've rambled enough for now. Thanks so much for stopping by.
