So, grab your coffee/beverage of your choice. I'm drinking coffee, because I need a pick me up!
If we were having coffee ... I'd tell you how I am a tired girl. It's a combination of the weather, fighting technology and being the mom of a teenager, I think. Weather has been less than ideal. Fall/early winter is officially here, with high temps in the 30s and low 40s. Not much sun shining.
Last week I updated the OS on my work computer. I've had lots of issues since then, mainly programs not opening, and everything being extremely slow. I've been moving old files over to an external hard drive. This has helped a bit. I'm sure there is something more I could be doing, but I'm not techie enough to know what it is.
I've had been dealing with two-factor authentication and Apple ID. I learned the new OS's now make two-factor authentication automatic now, and if you change your phone number, you better still have that phone number so you can try and keep your Apple ID. They need the number to "verify" whatever it is they need to verify, and they are slow as molasses. I am reminded that security is not convenient. They did not make this convenient. It's almost like they went out of their way to make things miserable.
So ... yeah, it's been a tough tech week for me.
If we were having coffee ... I'd talk about the corn maze my son and I went to a couple weekends ago. The two of us have gone to this corn maze every year, (except the year they were closed) since we moved out here. It usually takes us about 45 minutes to find all the stations.
This year was a bit interesting. On the wagon ride out to the maze there was a guy and his girlfriend, their dog, and their cans of beer. The guy said he lived right behind the farm and he was on good terms with the farmer who runs the corn maze. He was full of stories on the way out. Then I never saw him again. I wonder if him and his girlfriend got lost or they found a little corner, or what.
If we were having coffee ... I'd blather a bit about homesteading stuff. A couple weekends ago the weather was gorgeous. I took advantage of the weather and cleaned out the majority of the garden. I left the broccoli plants since they were still going. I can feed the broccoli to the rabbits. They love broccoli.
I also drained my fountain and covered it up. I love that fountain so much that I never shirk that duty.
The trees have lost the majority of their leaves. I am still debating on whether I should run the lawn tractor over the leaves. Does anyone do this? Someone at work recommended I just leave the leaves.
The hens enjoyed the last of the "nice" weather. They ran around the yard and scratched into the leaves, looking for good stuff. Or, the roosters make food magically appear, and the whole horde goes running to see what has been made for them.
The two younger roosters have discovered girls, for lack of a better phrase. I don't recall if I said this in the podcast. The hormones have kicked in and now they are trying to assert themselves with the hens. Or, they are chasing them all over the place and K2 is busy trying to keep the girls safe from those other horrible roosters. It's comical. This morning I let everyone out and one of the younger roos was trying to mate a hen. K2 went running over there, knocked him off, and the hen went chasing after the roo, as well. Like "Yeah, how dare you try to have your way with me. You get out of here!"
If we were having coffee ... I'd mention how my son was home sick for a full week. Yes, again. I don't know what the deal is, but germs have been running rampant through the school, or something. I spent a lot of time wiping down all the door handles, cabinet handles, tv remotes and anything else I could think of. I have concerns of what this flu and cold season will be like if people and kids are getting sick this early.
If we were having coffee ... I'd talk about Halloween. It was this past Friday. My son gave up trick or treating a few years ago. It was bittersweet. Now we have a Halloween date and then go visit with his grandma.
I promised to make him a peanut butter pie. There is a recipe I use in a cookbook that I always get from the library. I thought I'd be able to quick google a recipe. I didn't find anything remotely close to the recipe. So, I winged it. My son was pleased with the end result. He asked if I could wing it again.
If we were having coffee ... I'd say I honest and truly meant to record a podcast this past Friday. However, with how grey it was outside (and still is) and how tired I felt, I don't think it would be a very inspirational video. I will strive for this week. I'm still trying to get back into some sort of routine. Illness and crappy weather are working against me. I haven't done a ton of knitting or spinning. I did get smitten by the quilting bug and I was working on a table topper/runner. It gave me some fits, but I tamed it this weekend
In the meantime, I'm going to end this post with a photo of a darling tea towel my sister-in-law picked up for me when she was on vacation.
