We got up this morning and was confronted with an unexpected Plexus order. Stephanie did not realize that it was set to subscribe, so she spent the first bit of her waking day dealing with that.
I fixed bacon and eggs. The chickens have been keeping us well stocked since we got back from Tennessee.
I worked for a while on next week's works for my classes and figured out how to organize where they live on YouTube. Sadie and Stephanie worked on homeschool lessons.
I spent more time outside than I have in a while. It was sunny and breezy with a high in the mid-80s. I ran the weedeater until both batteries ran down, then trimmed some trees, and hung a strand of lights in the back yard to illuminate things when the dog goes out. I also built the last two raised beds. Dirt arrives tomorrow.
Lunch was homemade French Onion soup. After lunch, I started to mow the yard but halfway through the front yard the belt slipped off. It was badly worn, but we hopped that it would last through the job. It did not. Mom and Dad went to town to get a new belt. When we got it back on and started to mow again, it started to smoke. One of the pulleys apparently has a bad bearing. We removed the mechanism to have it fixed.
Supper tonight is jalapeno-stuffed pork loin. Due to the size of it, supper was not ready until after 7:30. While we waited for it to cook, Sadie informed us that there was a snake in the henhouse. Sure enough, there was a big ol' rat snake with a golf ball in its innerds. A shovel and pitchfork dispatched the beastie.
We allowed Sadie to stay up a bit late to play with her horses, and I began working through some guitar lessons. Might as well, right?
After Sadie turned in we watched Episode 3 of the BBC series "North and South." Set in the 1850s, the sets and setting is very good.
Stephanie's chronicling of the day:
Day 13:
Continuing our exile from the realm, the weather has been pleasant, giving opportunity for the Laird and the princess to find recreation outside. (After the princess' studies were completed, of course.) However, the quality of the wind is poor, which keeps myself shuttered inside. I was prescribed a different dram to aide my suffering lungs. We shall see if it shows success.
Continuing our exile from the realm, the weather has been pleasant, giving opportunity for the Laird and the princess to find recreation outside. (After the princess' studies were completed, of course.) However, the quality of the wind is poor, which keeps myself shuttered inside. I was prescribed a different dram to aide my suffering lungs. We shall see if it shows success.
I spent some time with my pen and books, and I went about straightening the keep. The hound has been playful. I find it right to assume he finds this time delightful.
As the light faded, we had excitement when the princess came to us alarmed at finding a thief in our poultry house. The Laird and I hurried out and soon found we were faced with a rather large serpent who had been greedily consuming our supply of eggs. The Laird quickly slew it, though it fought mightily to preserve its life.
After the serpent was dispatched, we withdrew inside to have our evening repast and hopefully a kind and quiet evening.
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