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Cold November Updates

We took off about a week from blogging! I think that may be the new record! Anyhow, we have been staying busy, but we also caught some sort of weird bug that put us out for a while. Britton and I both had a fever of about 102 for two or three days in a row. Britton had it first and shared it with me (thanks honey 🙂 ) We had headache, body aches and the general fatigue made it so that neither of us wanted to do much more than sleep and watch movies. (On the positive side, I’ve lost another 4 lbs thanks to no appetite!)

We also got hit with another pretty fast snowstorm and cold weather in general that also made us just want to stay inside and do nothing interesting.


Brrr

We do still continue on with some of our goals to clean out the house and prepare to move. We gave our nice big extra HD TV that had been in the basement guest bedroom to Britton’s sister and we are preparing to install a new sink in one of the bathrooms because the enamel coating has worn off and it is starting to leak a little.

We’ve also looked into the details of taking Kitty with us to Puerto Rico and found out that it will cost $125 (one way) to take him with in the airplane cabin. He requires a really small kennel that can go under the seat, so we will will have to find one. A hard shelled kennel must measure no more than 17.5″ long, 12″ wide and 7.5″ high (doesn’t that seem super short?!). For a soft sided carrier it can be 18″ long, 11″ wide and 11″ high. Anyone know of an airline approved one? We also found out there is no vaccination or vet check requirements, which surprised us.

Another medical student is living with us for the month which has been fun. And we are looking forward to the holidays. This cold weather has us thinking a LOT about PR.
That’s about it in terms of updates. Hope to post again soon!

 

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Gleaning and Cleaning

The weather dipped below freezing last night and so our beautiful greenhouse jungle turned into a limp mess of blackened smushy tomato, squash and cucumber plants. So today, now that the weather has improved, we decided to clean out the greenhouse and glean all the veggies from the dead vines.


Here Britton and the eager chickens get to work


Britton in the process with a watchful Kitty


Some of our find: cucumbers, carrots, lots of tomatoes, peppers, and squash


Spaghetti Squash from our garden. Funny story…the whole time it was growing we thought it was a freaky watermelon! 😉


Pretty chickens in the yard


Kitty in the littered yard. One of our chickens, Henrietta, is molting along with the trees


Schnoodle, Kitty, Britton and chickens -in the greenhouse- after cleaning it out

In addition to cleaning out the greenhouse, we also started the multi-phase task of cleaning out our closets. I started with my clothes since I have way more than Britton.


Pile of clothes that I sorted in the basement on a cold day


Pile of clothes ready for Goodwill

Even though this pile of clothes looks impressive, it barely scratched the surface on the amount of clothes I will have to sort through before we move.

 

 

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Our Hot Summer Yard

The heat hasn’t let up. The plants that have enough water seem to love it though! The greenhouse is of course a jungle once again. Kitty, Schnoodle and the chickens hang out outside all day and always find the shadiest places to rest.


Kitty resting by the garden


When chickens are hot they breathe through their mouths


Since we planted watermelon, cantaloupe, squash and cucumbers, I am not exactly sure yet which this one will be


We have a ton of plums and peaches growing! Yum!!


In about a week we will be inundated with ripe cherry tomatoes!

 

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