duck eggs and feathers

are tough to get out of wool mittens

which also were in my pocket yesterday

i hope i didn't felt them

the coat itself survived me rinsing it and then a trip through the washer
and a hanging by the bottom next to the woodstove
and me beating the crap out of it to break up the feather clumps and redistribute them
now i am going to get a big plastic storage box for my winter coats and put them up until next season.
guess i should do that with the winter woolens as well huh?



and i ordered my glasses yesterday
i got a pair of rimless pink progressive lense regular glasses

and a pair of (i hope, as after i ordered them they showed out of stock) RED and clear sunglasses
i paid 87 and change
that included shipping


if this works and everything goes ok
i am going to get a pair of the magnetized snap on polarized sun glasses like bernies

and i can get a back up pair of regular glasses as well
but i will absolutely get more sunglasses
as i wear them ALL the time and all year round outside

http://www.goggles4u.com/detail.asp?pid=29284
my glasses
http://www.goggles4u.com/detail.asp?Pid=28520
my sunglasses
i should get them in about two weeks

i am waiting for seeds orders, and a FURMINATOR for fawn
it should strip off her undercoat
shes got about 3 cats worth of undercoat
and i can't keep up with it just by combing
sooooooooooo

i got the FUMINATOR
(sounds really impressive huh?..............we'll see)

my camera is back
CANON rocks
seriously
i bought this camera used, several years ago
they not only took it back and fixed the problem (LCD screen manufacturers defect) but CLEANED it and restored it to factory specs

did not charge me a dime! not even for shipping

plus their customer service is in american english, and is POLITE and helpful and knowledgeable
YEAH FOR CANON
they do it right
so guess what
when i go to get another camera, it's going to be a CANON, as they stand behind their product
and believe me
i would LOVE to get another camera soon, maybe a 10megapixel

the big news for me personally is i got to sleep through most of the night two nights in a row
which is a very good thing
as the no sleep thing had me weepy
crying
irritable ( bernie would say i was a bit more then just irritable........... )
withdrawn

if this whole sleeping thing continues, it will be a wonderful thing


i made something a bit odd and different for supper

first off
last summer i canned roasted sweet red peppers
roasted, peeled, pureed, and canned with a bit of lemon juice, olive oil and garlic

and of course i dried 50# of vadalia onions

so i opened a jar of the sweet peppers added some dried onions and a jar ful of water and heated it up

parboiled italian sweet sausages and then browned them
added some caramelized cabbage that i cooked the other day
added the pepper sauce
added 1/4 cup of heavy cream to finish it
and tossed it all with a pound of ronzoni

it was out of this WORLD

who knew? !!!!!!!!!!

bernie ate a huge plate and took it to WORK
so you know it's good

ok, off i go
i am very late taking duckies out
and then i have to thin the chard
and finish some drawings i started yesterday
i am thinking of dragging my drafting table up
even though i tell you all right now


it's HUGE
it's OAK
it's ANTIQUE

and it is going to give bernie apoplexy if he comes home and finds it in the studio

plus the thing weight a billion pounds, as it is SOLID oak with cast iron fittings
hahahaha

oye
and it must be 40 inches or more wide
and goodness knows how tall
and that is on it's lowest incline

but it's got a self healing matt on it
and a parellel ruler
and a ledge and it's solid
and sturdy
and don't let it fall on your knees

and my yellow drafting light is down there as well
mmmmmmmmm

next to the chickens