Sept. 30

Today is my birthday, I made it to 33. I hope I am wiser than I was a year ago. I feel happy and healthy and full of life. Sadly, I was unable to celebrate it with my family and friends in Utah. However, I was able to invite some new friends from our ward in Nevada to celebrate it with us, the Crim's. They also have 3 children, two boys and a girl. Chris made waffles, hashbrowns and omelets! Then my friend Shellie surprised me with a homemade Dutch cake and I made homemade ice cream. It was a nice day! My new calling is in the primary teaching the 8 & 9 year olds. All the kids in the primary sang to me and I shared a treat with them. It was a good day. Thanks to everyone who remembered me and wished me happy birthday.
Stacy

I painted our front room

I painted our front room. It took me 3 days. The paneling grooves took long to paint. I happy with the results. It feels very warm and comfortable. Although our new house is very small, I am very happy with it. I am able to keep up on the cleaning much easier so I have more time to do other things. Downsizing and simplifing my house has been a unexpected nice blessing.

Friday, Sept 28

Today was the most beautiful morning! I had to take pictures to try to capture it. These pictures are outside on my front porch. It was misty with a light fog. I thought it was just beautiful. I love this place and I am enjoying the serenity and beauty daily.

Monday, Sept. 24

Well, we got rid of our first rooster last Monday, Sept. 24. One of the elder sister missionaries serving here, who is from Cache Valley, Utah volunteered to help us learn how to butcher and skin our chickens, she has many years of experience. We have 4 roosters and we don't need that many roosters. They are somewhat aggressive, they have pecked at all of us at some point in time. Aunie is scared of them. We planned to take care of all three of them Oct. 1st. However, last Monday when Chris and the boys were out feeding the chickens early in the morning, one of the roosters pecked Eli so Chris kicked the rooster and injured its foot. So, Sister Eskelsen came that same day to butcher him. These are pictures of the event. She is coming back today to teach Chris how to butcher and skin the other 2 roosters today. Though this is not my favorite part of the farm, I am grateful for the meat and I made great, healthy chicken noodle soup and plan to make nutrient dense broth out of other chickens in the future.