Yesterday we got our first egg! One of our ladies finally decided to start pulling her weight and has given us 2 eggs so far (one yesterday and one today). Now we just need her friends to get with the program, too, before AC follows through on her threat to turn them into dinner. This past weekend was very “homesteady.” It was exactly what I expected homestead life to feel like: productive! Last Friday, we…
It’s been a busy few days on A|C Acres and we’re loving life. We’ve had a ton of rain lately so everything is a bit waterlogged and we’re waiting for it to dry out before we start any big projects. But that didn’t stop us from venturing out to pick up 4 Golden Comet pullets late Friday afternoon. They all look alike so we haven’t given them names; only one has any distinguishing feature and…
Last night was…eventful. I was sitting on the porch at 8:30p when I got an emergency alert on my phone about a tornado warning and advising me to seek shelter. I checked out the map and we were on the far right side of the endangered area; the valley didn’t look too doom and gloom so I decided to wait a bit to see if it blew right over us. In the meantime, I started…
Hi all! We’ve been at my parents’ in the piedmont of South Carolina for about a month now. When we first landed, we did absolutely nothing for a solid 3 days. We were exhausted and just needed some time to recuperate. Once we were recharged, it was back to the house hunt, with a lot of basketball and a bit of fun sprinkled in here and there! Mom’s tiny little alma mater, Presbyterian College, made…
Hi friends! To avoid 72 separate posts about AC’s shoulder saga, we’re going to have this single, running post, that I’ll update regularly. If you want to know how things are going, keep checking back here 🙂 Jan. 23: At AC’s appointment in Austin yesterday, the ortho strongly encouraged us to have AC’s surgery at our final destination so AC can attend follow-up appointments. Immediately after leaving his office, we made some quick calls to…