Living Simply for a Better Life
I am disappointed to say that not a single chick hatched out. It is what was to be expected, but I held out hope to the end. The huge fluctuations in temperature was certain death according to all information I could find, but the little […]
This Saturday was frustrating because we kept running into problems and out of supplies, but we did accomplish some things. We started by taking out the window on the east side of the living room because it didn’t stay open and we discovered it had […]
I am the grateful recipient of a new egg candler, so now I don’t have to hold the flashlight with one hand and make a gasket on top with the other…leaving very few hands to hold the egg on top. It is just a simple design […]
In spite of an erratic 16 days in the incubator, I still have high hopes for my chicks. We are really quit amazed that they are still alive considering the fluctuating temperatures ranging from over 110 degrees to 65 degrees. The incubator stayed pretty consistent for […]
We have been plagued with weekend rain lately. The one Saturday that was sunny was the day we had to make an airport run to pick up an aunt from her travels, so very little was done that day. Happily, our oldest girl was home […]
This past week, we saw an ad for a dishwasher for $75 and decided to look into it. We had originally planned to buy a new dishwasher, because of past experience with used ones, and buy all the other appliances used. However, this one was […]
Recently we bought an old metal incubator at a local flea mall. It was in perfect shape except for the heating element. We took the heating element out of our old styrofoam incubator (it has a hole in the bottom) and put it in the […]
I joked in an earlier post about having a close relationship with wood, but seriously, every time we work on the house, I am amazed at what we have accomplished. I am continually in awe of how we have taken trees growing right here around […]