The Kitchen Blog

Cooking, Gardening, Angst and More. Including Job Search Tales and lifestyle tips about island living.

Dear Diary

Off to the mainland today to price pig feed, and bulk purchased grains. Also picking up some layer food and some groceries. 

The wind was blowing when I left the house, but it seems fairly calm on the ferry. As dawn breaks there is some blue sky showing out to the south, which is where we seem to get our weather from. I hope it is a better day than yesterday which turned cold and wet just before lunch with a nasty hail storm that left almost a half inch of cold dampness on the ground. I forgot to check out how the chickens reacted, but I shouldn't think they liked it much. I'm up too early today to do chores. Chickens hate to come out of the coop or be woken up in the winter before any light, and the risk of mink coming in the dark is too great. If I can I leave it for the kids to look after before school. I hope they remember to feed and water the cattle.

Going to town like this alone, last minute--we needed fuel for the car, which reminds me, I forgot the spare gas can...stupid, stupid, stupid. . . .--is a rare treat. I don't even have me dog with me. Good and bad, that. She's a great companion, but I always worry about her being stolen. I wish she'd be a bit more defensive of the vehicle she's in when she's with me. . .She won't eat or mess with the groceries and she's very calm, but a bit of aggression when I'm not there would be nice. She knows how to defend her food, and couch to the death against other dogs--perhaps she just doesn't see people as a threat. She is a bonny wee dog.

My back it touched with more pain than usual. I should be heading to the Chiro, but the distance, cost, and lecture at the end of it, may not be worth it. The worst of my construction work is over for the time being. Hopefully it will sort itself out. The extra money to pay debt off is nice, but if it leaves me a cripple, how far ahead am I towards my dreams?

posted by: ChefNeal at January 08, 2008 09:23 | link | comments (3) |
news, mainland

Comments:

#1  08 January 2008 - 09:40

 

Its about time you came back! We've missed you around here. Sorry about your back and stinking debts but at least on Motime we can all be miserable together.

rustymadgal

#2  09 January 2008 - 03:49

 

hey! Ciao ciao!

howard

#3  07 August 2008 - 05:54

 

Very entertaining blog!

Mo'nonymous

Comments: