Visit from Bryan

Bryan is an old friend of Scott's. They met back in college and Bryan is Scott's BFF (besides me, of course). Isn't BFF weird to say in relation to a 40-something? It sounds so wrong, it makes me LOL. Obviously, I am a relic trying to exist in these tech-savvy times. Pat me on the head and send me on my way.

ANYWAY, it's always nice to see him. Evan thoroughly enjoyed his "Uncle" Bryan, too.

We took the daily walk down to check on the cattle.

Peafowl now at Chez Monica

I LOVE BIRDS! Have I mentioned that? Well, if not, here ya go. I love 'em. As of yesterday, I am now the proud owner of an adult peacock and peahen. I'm so excited!

I'm keeping them in the chicken coop for a while until they get acclimated to their new home.

A friend of a friend needed to re-home them and my friend knew of my predisposition to animal husbandry so she put her friend in touch with me. She said that the peahen has been laying as of late;-)

I am so glad. I've wanted peafowl for a while now but I never did anything about it.

Not to get too weird about it but I kinda think the universe is trying to help me out. Here's why:

1) Completely not an avian topic--I needed to get a job. I did not want to go out into the "job market". I loved my old boss and always loved the thought of getting back in touch with her. What happens? My old job opens back up, a friend recommends me and I'm back with my beloved old boss as of the beginning of April!

2) I always wanted peacocks. Never did anything about it. A friend of a friend comes along and viola, I have peacocks (peafowl; sorry).

I know it may sound flimsy to some, but I do kind of feel like things are going my way. Knock on wood, I hope I'm right:-)

I AM a Knitter! Sort of….

My most wonderful friend, Jeni, sent me a beautiful knitting set to get me started knitting a couple of months ago.  I was feeling pretty low and she really went out of her way for me.  There was some super soft chenille yarn that was begging to be made into something really pretty.  I tried to learn via the instructions but I wasn’t catching on very quickly so I went down to my local Alpaca Ranch and spoke to a lady there to learn a bit more.  She got me started on a very small project with very thin yarn, better for a complete novice, like myself.

So, I set out to make a hat for Evan, and I just finished!  I’m very excited.  I feel more and more confident and I can’t wait to use the super cool yarn Jeni gave me!

I’m also getting some very helpful advice from Cristin, who is a fabulous knitter.  She is the one who inspired me to take the leap into the world of knitting.

                         Please don’t look to close to the hat, so as not to see ALL the dropped stitches and such.  Just remember, this is my very first knitting project.  Pretty cool, huh?!

A little bit o’rain in Central Texas!

We are having a little rain shower here this morning.  Everyone around here is thoroughly excited and we relish ANY moisture we can get!  It won’t alleviate the drought but it may lessen it a bit.  Right now we are at the “Exceptional” Drought Stage, which, I believe is the highest drought stage.