Some days....

I taught Mei-Ling to tap the side of her head with her tiny baby hand and say "oy vey!" It's so cute to see her do this. She completes it with a puzzled expression that just makes you laugh.

Today, I said "oy" more than once....first I found Lurch dead, then went on the search for a blue heeler puppy, but never found one. Came home and went to gather eggs only to find a rather large, about 6 ft long, Texas Rat Snake. Must not have been any rats around for its meal since it was busy eating an egg. I was not amused ! It slithered away but I could tell it was in a nasty mood from being disturbed. Thought I would call Emery to tell him about the latest visitor to the chicken coop only to find that the phone was not working which meant no Internet connection for me. It was turning out to be a day like "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day".

But, to each and every dark cloud there is a silver lining, if you look for it.

I actually enjoyed the quiet of no phone and no computer beckoning me. I got some ironing done, did a few things that had been on my "to do" list for some time and then sat down to read for a while.

When Emery got home from work, he fixed the phones, made some changes around the hen house, buried poor Lurch next to Larry, went hunting for a rat snake, but didn't find it. I know some of you might be snake lovers, so want you to know we catch them and move them far from here.

Tomorrow will be better, well after the bad storms pass by that is. Hail and high winds are expected in the morning !