Surf & Turf

She's here!!!

Faela Rose, July 28, 6lb 13oz.

Congratulations to both families, a blessing indeed!

I have so much to talk about, I'm not sure where to begin.

It's hot.

Like hot as in really hot.

Hot as in really hot as in boob sweat, back of the knee sweat, can't breath, too fat to be this hot, hot.

104 today.

Our house is an old barn, so in the winter we freeze because the barn house doesn't have much in the way of insulation, and huge almost floor to ceiling single pane windows. We have a pellet stove for heat in the ballroom size living room and kitchen and then we close everything else off and have the plug in radiator heaters on wheels to heat the bedrooms and a plug in heater for the bathroom. If we didn't do it that way our heating expenses would be equivalent to the national debt. In the summer it's a whole other problem. With all of the giganto windows, most of them south facing and no central air and no windows to put an AC unit into, we shut the place down like a cave, only opening blinds and doors after the sun passes to try and get a cross breeze. The only room that has a window AC is my bedroom, so Wyatt and I have recliners and a tv in there and have even discussed a mini fridge. That room is huge too though so it's even hard to keep it cool. I know, I know, first world problems, but hear me out, because of my rotten heart, being that hot is a total downer for me and being on all the ridiculous medication that slows me down to snail speed, the added heat really sucks.

We have chicks!

So far I have two hens that have cracked eight chicks and one hen still setting in the garage. The two

"normal" hens hatched their brood in the hen house, but not Miss Priss, she's too good for the coop and has to have the luxury of a private room indoors. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with her and her offspring when they hatch because they need to have the protection of the coop. We have so many hawks and crows, things could get ugly fast.

There is also the major problem of coyotes that has devastated so much of our menagerie. I have lost geese, sheep, peacoks, guinea hens and most recently our black angus cat. That was a real heart breaker. They all are, but to lose our cat was very, very sad. So, I learned to shoot. Jesse, my Granny Baby Daddy came out and dusted off the .22 from the closet, loaded it up and taught me how to hit a target, and believe it or not, I didn't suck. As a matter of fact, I like to fancy myself as a bit of a Tranny Oakly even. In case you're new here, I'm a tranny because my granny child talks funny and can't say a hard "G" so I'm "tranny" instead of "granny". Imagine the looks in Walmart. Now, you would think since I'm loaded and ready for bear, I would be making short work of those mothereffing coyotes, but you'd be wrong. I haven't seen one in two weeks, so obviously the little bastards are smarter than I thought and have sent out some sort or pack wide alert that I'm not just standing on the porch yelling "BANG" anymore. And that's ok, because I'm ready for them whenever they decide to show their blood thirsty little faces around here again and please don't go all Peta on me because I am a just a trailer park farmer protecting my livestock.

Dinner.

I have been swimming in fish lately. Maybe because it's been so hot, maybe because I just dig fish, but for whatever reason, I love it and so should you. Tonight I'm making salmon and I'm going to share with you the best way to prepare it taught by generations of fisherman from the Island where I grew up. I don't have a photo of my own so I found this one by lovintheoven.com that will give you the basic idea...

Doesn't that look great! 

Ok, that's an awesome start, now add some onion slices under the lemon and some brown sugar on top of the butter.

 

Wrap it up tight in the foil and toss in a 350 degree oven or a hot barbecue for about twenty minutes and boom! You have the best salmon you've ever laid a fork on!

Do you notice how I even put sugar on my fish...

I want to talk about some crochet projects I have going and my soap room redo, but I think I've said enough for today and I can tell your getting bored so I'll talk about that stuff later.