Saturday at my House

Good Morning! Windy and roar here today! I'm watching the weather to see if we get snow on Monday night into Tuesday....or will it turn to rain because we are on the coast....time will tell. January and now February has not been a healthy time for our family. After various colds and my ear infections, my son and daughter each tested positive for flu last week. We've been back and forth to the doctor and hopefully we are turning a corner at this point. My daughter runs a high fever. She always did; even as a baby. As soon as she got sick  UP WENT THE TEMPERATURE! Although my son is 20 years old and not surrounded by children, he still caught it whereas my daughter is in 8th grade and every one of her friends has suffered recently so it was inevitable. We'll get through it. In the meantime they can always depend on their momma to take care of them. We have a weekend trip planned for next weekend so I hope all will be well.

I'm excited that Spring is coming and always in Spring is the various "Chick Days" events in the Agways and a few nurseries. We like to visit as many as we can though I prefer to purchase from one in particular. We plan to add some more now that my coop is so much larger. I'm looking at the various breeds to see what I'd like to purchase. We currently have Silkies, Plymouth Barred Rocks and one Rhode Island Red.  I am also a "chicken rescue" as a friend of mine who trains service dogs and does rescues often hears of injured or abandoned chickens so since my success with the rescue of my Gertie, my name is now out there as a rescue for Poultry! Below are photos from last Spring of three of my girls peeking in my sliding doors. Nosey girls!

So my son celebrated his 20th birthday! I can't believe it. We celebrated at PF Chang's for dinner. His girlfriend came down from college for the weekend to celebrate with us.  He also celebrated at his favorite place~a hockey game! We love our NY Islanders with all our hearts and go to as many games as we can. I've been to a couple this year already and my son has hit twelve since the season began . He recently went to Washington DC to see the Islanders play the Washington Capitols. So much fun. Here he is (in the beard) with his gal (dark hair) and his friend Paul who was home from college on break and another friend. A few days later and hit with flu but at least he wasn't sick on his birthday.

So here's the fabric I bought from Hobby Lobby! Going to make some time to work with that today while I'm taking care of my sick kids. I also have some cooking to do. Meatballs and baked ziti are on the menu. A good meal on a cold, windy day.
Enjoy your day!