20 chicks

Decided to act like a farm girl and get some chicks. Just plunged right in, like marry in haste and repent in leisure or something like that.  So now I'm crash coursing on chicken raising. Hopefully its normal that two just up and died for no apparent reason. All the others seem like they're doing just fine! Hubby wasn't that impressed either, about being thrust into coop building without notice. But hey, they were so adorable and we've been talking about it for five years. We could've been eating our own fresh eggs ages ago...

paint mixing

I needed some gray paint. It was late, which of course for me is par. As in, stores are closed. So, armed with some leftover light blue, some sage green and some goldish color paint, with a dash of red and a hint of black thrown in for good measure, like a mad scientist I concocted what turned out to be a lovely shade of gray.  Actually ended up with two gallons total. Ha. Take that, Home Depot. I just saved myself fifty bucks. Said paint is for my current project, the (W)rec(K)room.  Will be posting pics when I finish the walls, intended to look like weathered concrete.