RIP Lucy

Last night was a sad night, we had our first fatality. Every morning we let the chickens out and put them away every night. Usually they hang out in the yard all day. If we get busy and put them to bed after dark, they put themselves to bed, and we just close the gate. Well last night was one of those nights were we got busy putting the kids to bed and cleaning things up, before we knew it, it was dark out. Kyle and I were in the living room and we heard a lot of squawking outside. Kyle ran out with his flashlight, told me to get the gun, then I hobbled out after him. There were feathers everywhere. White feather, Lucy feathers. Millie was the only chicken in the coop, Lucy and Coco were missing. The trail of feathers went through a fence and into the woods, Lucy was gone. Coco was still missing, we grabbed Millie and brought her up to the house, so she could sleep peacefully in the garage. Right before we were going into the garage, Coco showed up. Oh, we were relieved! Both girls slept in the garage last night.

When we looked around this morning it turned out, we were really close to losing two of the girls last night. There were quite a few of Coco's feathers spread all over an area of the yard. I don't know how she got away, but she did. I'm thankful she escaped. Poor Lucy, we feel so horrible, it was such a bad accident that we could have prevented. 

I'm pretty sure yesterday was one of the worst days we've had in a while. Between my accident, the neighbor kid came over, fell off the swing and got a bloody nose and Lucy, it was a bit rough.

I have my first sponsor for my blog Olivia Renn. Basically she's paying me in fabric for having her ad on my blog. She's also doing a fabric giveaway at the end of October, plus I'm going to do a giveaway of something I make with the fabric. I'm super excited, so go over and check it out, and be sure to check back so you don't miss the giveaways!

ahhh, better already!

The house is painted, we still have some work to do, but it looks so much better!

When we first bought the house it had really skinny brown trim. When we replaced the windows we put up new trim and left it primed. This is what it looked like after the new windows.

Primed

After

I'm not sure what I was thinking when I decided to paint the inside of the house. It always sounds like such a great idea, until you get one wall done and realize how much you have left. Having two kids running around and painting was quite the project. I still have some work to do, but for the most part it's done.

 It's kinda a burnt pumpkin coralish color. This was the color I had wanted for my kitchen when we first were working on the house, but I tried out a bunch of colors and couldn't find the right one. I finally came across this color and loved it!

 The entry/ dinning room is a mustard color. 

I'm so happy I finally found some colors that we like. It makes it feel more like home.

The last week I was busy painting the living room / entry / dinning room. But what colors did I choose??? 

Hmmm...I'll post some pictures soon...

We have officially started the process of painting the house. This weekend we went right to work. We decided to skip sleeping in this weekend, (usually we trade off days, so we can both catch up on sleep) so we could get right to work. 

Day One: Cleaning up around the house and pressure washing.

Day Two: Spackling and sanding. 

Let me tell you, it was LOADS of fun. Ya right, but it will all be worth in the end. Hopefully we will be able to start painting next weekend, as long as the weather holds out for us.

Last week we had the best weather I think we've had all summer, which means we did a lot of fun stuff; picking huckleberries, picking blackberries, lot's of park days, coastal cleanup at Glass Beach, craft fair, water fights, logging show, hanging out with friends, and of course the Labor Day Parade. 

Other BIG NEWS, our chickens laid their first egg last week. 

So far they've laid 4 eggs.

Here's our first little egg

It's so tiny, I put the lens cap next to it so you could see how small it is

Cooking it for Elio for breakfast

Not much there, but Kyle and I had a little taste and Elio ate it all up.

The MOMS Club won 1st place (in our category) for the Labor Day Parade. That means we win a big fat check for $300.00! That's going to help the MOMS Club get through the year.

Here's our float:

The theme was Into the Redwood with Paul and Babe. We thought it would be fun to play off it a little and do a camping theme. The boys had to dress up as if they were going camping or something you might see while camping.

So what might you see or hear while camping?

 An Owl of course!

 

 What might you see or eat while camping?

 

A Hamburger! Ok, I know it's kind of a stretch, but I saw the costume and couldn't resist. Plus I could hear people saying how cute he was as we walked by in the parade, so I'm pretty sure it was a hit.