Finally, Christmas Pictures

I'm so slow, I just downloaded my pics from Christmas, and here's a few. So exciting, it's raining here, and supposed to rain all week! For Arizona, that's such good news. We'll be sick of it by the weekend, but we need all the moisture we can get.

Several of the chickens are laying now, we're getting 2-3 a day. doesn't sound like much, but it adds up. Mom's going to give me a few of her hens too, when they're a little bigger. Hopefully I'll get enough to sell some to the neighbors, there are a couple people that want fresh eggs.

Not much going on, we've been sick for the past week, I've had a sinus infection from he--. That and the weather has put me in bed for days at a time, I hate that! I'm about ready to take the Christmas decorations down, I like them and don't get in a hurry. The tree is naked again, waiting to go back in the box. I took all the ornaments and decorations off on Sunday afternoon. There are still ornaments that the kids made in grade school- my favorites. When they get their own places and settled more, I plan to give them the ones they made, but for now I get to keep them. I love the Nativity set, and that is usually the last thing put away.

I spent a bunch of money at the local yarn shop, up in Jerome. Knit 1, Bead 2 has such beautiful yarns! The plan was to buy some sock yarn for my niece for her birthday, but of course I couldn't leave without some yarn for me too. and a yarn winder, to create balls of yarn that pull from the center- much easier to work with than a hank of yarn. The bad thing is, when I took the car in for an oil change today, I ended up with bigger problems- the battery was very corroded and had to be replaced. I realized when they showed it to me that I hadn't looked under the hood for months, so I had no idea! My little red car is at 67,000 miles, so I also have to get the timing belt replaced. $$$$$ Why does it always happen in the winter, and after we've spent a wad on Christmas? At least we didn't charge anything for Xmas, but still. Well, at least I have a good car, and it's paid for, so maintenance is a small price to pay.