da BOY has relented

he's been pissy all week and weekend because i went out a few times last week and both days over the weekend
so he was studiously ignoring me as only cats can do
he sat on my side of the bed,
just out of reach and stared at his father.......

yup da boy was mad
last night he came running up to bed when i called everyone.....snuggled down in my arms and fell asleep purring so loudly that bernie asked me 'is he going to do that ALL night?'
ha
sorta!!! i had my thaddeaus and i wasn't going to let a little thing like really LOUD purring change that
besides, bernie snores really loudly............so what difference does it make?
thaddeaus did stay for part of the night but then got warm and just got out from under the covers and leaned on my stomach
so all is returning to normal here.

bernie got his dvd of the harry potter deathly hallows pt 1
thank goodness that the second movie is due out in july, as they do sort of leave you hanging.
the bits and pieces i watched seemed interesting, some were odd though.
i think bernie liked it

out in the garden yesterday, i got peas (snow and sugar snap) planted, some kohlrobi, pac choy, beets and radishes. i didn't get the carrots in as i thought i had more soil in the carrot bed......no it wasn't deep enough so i am going to wait on them a bit
i could use a sand bed for them as sandy loam is what they want......no manure but good compost.
the drakes both gave me a seriously hard time yesterday as well
we were up and down from the house to the garden numerous times due to TWO very reluctant belligerent drakes. first falstaff didn't want to go in to the pen that had the pond for a bath..... and started wandering around the front of the house....... around the back of the duck pen.....etc....oye
then malcom gave me a hard time, and even threatened me.......i dumped a bucket of water on his head and he reconsidered his position.....
i also squirted him with the hose he had me so pissed off
thankfully the girls were a dream to move out
it's always one of the ducks it seems
the chickens have become a divided camp....... the old orps are in the chicken pen and the young sussex/orp crosses are roaming around.....
every one seems happy with that arrangement at this point except me
and possibly bernie - however i am getting 3-5 eggs a day.........and my OLD chickens are really old!

in kitchen conversations, i am pretty tired of our normal winter/late spring meals and am ready (oh so ready) for our mixed green summer salads........
the greens aren't yet even though i planted them in time ( i want that cold frame NOW)
so right now it's hard to come up with stuff to make for supper
this coming weekend i will most likely make one of my big veggie/mac salads as a side and do burgers
since we actually do still have some kosher dills that i managed hide from my nephew.....
this summer i need to put in at least a 50 foot row of pickling cuc's to keep up with his demands (if he's not in afghanistan)
also in talking about kitcheny things..... that kitchen design was a total bust...so it's back to the drawing board and an estimate from a new kitchen person......... oye
we feel that the storage absolutely needs to be optimal, and also that we all need to think outside the box on this one
plus we need to start with how supplies move in and out of the kitchen........from the grocery store, the garden, the pantry..........and how it's all used.....
then do it all up sort of as a point of use thing.......
we need to consider prep, for either freezing, drying, canning or cooking....... then the actual cooking and baking.....then serving, then clean up.
i really could use a summer kitchen too-
when i used to post on the canning list, i realized that a summer kitchen really wasn't that out of bounds
as long as electric and water could be run to it
the instant hot water would work well........ and one of the amish sheds would be a good place to start.
i would actually consider a hard working summer kitchen, as it would save so much wear and tear on the house.....
not to mention the fruit flies that are a bane of every organic gardener.....
oye

bernie needs to win the lotto so he can take a vacation and help me with some of this stuff no?

YES!!!!!