Chickens

Alright, I realize most of you think we are nuts. HOWEVER, we just ordered 5 chicks! They won't be delivered until the second week of April (due to the lovely Minnesota winters they don't ship small numbers of chickens in the cold....so we selected the first week that we could given our location and weather). We have ordered 3 Black Australorp and 2 Golden Buffs. Both chickens are known for being ridiculously hardy and known to withstand both the extreme cold and the heat (which for northern Minnesota is AWESOME!).

We have lots to learn about raising chickens. I am jazzed, Marc is excited, Dakota is going to go nuts - now to somehow train her to like chicks. I have already begun reading about everything that I need to know about chicks and eventually chickens. This gives us a few months to get settled into the new house and to build the coop. I am certain y'all will have to deal with copious amounts of posts about chickens in the future. It is happening & it will be AWESOME!

Go ahead and google image search for: Black Australorp and Golden Buff - to see an image of them. Fear not, I will post 12,001 pictures of them when they arrive. I AM EXCITED.



Have you ever raised chickens?
Any advise for raising chickens?
Do you think we are nuts?

April Photo Dump

As I make an April photo dumb I can hardly believe that this all happened in April, Easter seems like an eternity ago and I know it technically was in March but the last day so you get an Easter picture anyways. April has FLOWN by to say the least! I can't hardly believe May begins tomorrow. Tomorrow I can officially say I am getting married next month - crazy town!

Easter with my family
Love them all!

My colleague and I made a video for Synod Assembly -
we think we are funny & made a Batman parody

Seriously love, Love, LOVE getting mail - especially when
it means people are coming to visit me
RSVPs for our wedding coming back

While the snow is super pretty and if this was November I'd be loving it
however I am 100% over these April storms

At a bridal shower back home they made a "flat Marc"
and I think it is hilarious and so I had to have a picture of both of them
note the extreme height of flat Marc compared to real Marc

Dakota - because what's a photo dump without at least one picture of her

Sweet Linnea and Gustav - she is learning how to share the balls with the puppies

I think I am going to attempt to do a monthly photo dumb on the last day of every month. Crazy to realize this all happened in this last month.


What was your highlight of April?

Has spring finally come where you are at?

October Foodie Pen Pal Reveal

This my foodie pen pal package came from Jessica in Georia. [Sorry about the poor quality of the photo, the lighting was weird and I hurried while taking the photo - noted don't rush while taking a photo] Anyways. The package included:
Southern Peach Salsa- I was semi skeptical about this one because normally I am a purist when it comes to salsa and I like normal salsa and was concerned this would be too sweet, but I was surprised to find that it was quite delightful and wasn't like sucking on a sugar cube. Delishious for sure!
Pioneer Brand Country Gravy- I am not normall a gravy eater coming from the north, so this one took me a little bit to figure out what I was going to eat with it. One night, following the suggestion of Jessica in her letter I made biscuts and gravy and we ate it. The gravy was good for sure, biscuits and gravy is definitely outside of my "normal" foods. It was a fun change of pace.
Bette's Diner Pancake/Waffle Mix- Marc and I LOVE making pancakes and waffles. We made up one batch of these (& rejoiced that there was enough left to make a couple more meals out of this mix) and loved them. Marc owns a waffle maker and so they were delightful! Breakfast for dinner has to be towards the top of the list of fun meals for us. We love it.

I definitely recommend that everyone join the foodie pen pal exchange, seriously I look forward to this every month! I love knowing that at least once a month I get something in the mail that isn't a bill, junk mail, or a magazine that only allows me to drool at items I can't buy, the package arrives with yumminess ready for me to consume. I love that I get packages from all over the country and never really know what will be in it. Check it out.

September Foodie Pen Pal

This month my foodie pen pal package was the gift that keeps on giving. I LOVED IT! I'll give ya the break down on my opinion of it all. I received my package from Bethany at One Girl's Taste On Life. (I am now following her blog as well, it is fun to read, I encourage you to check it out)

Apple Butter: Confession, I had never eaten apple butter until I got it in the mail. It was absolutely delightful. I find myself trying to not eat it on my toast every morning so it will last a little longer.

Apple Cider: Sooooo yummy, I have already had a couple cups. Sooo gooood, this time of year I can't help but just keep drinking it.

Garlic Butter: Delightful. My fiance thinks we need to eat a ton of pasta right now so we have an excuse to just eat the garlic bread with this amazing seasoning.

Grilling/Seasoning Rub: WONDERFUL blend of spices that taste AMAZING on both steak and burgers (all we have tried it on so far, but we are scheming up other things to try it on as well)

Evening Mocha Sachel: Definitely not edible but smells delightful! I put it in my living room and it spreads through my whole house.

Hickory smoked Bacon salt: My fiance tried this one before me, he attempted to take it back to his apartment before I even got a sample. It is great. She nailed it on the head of our love of bacon, (she saw on my blog earlier about baconfest and thought I would appreciate this bacon salt, and I definitely do!)


THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Your package was amazing Bethany!!!

Foodie Pen Pal - August Reveal

My foodie pen-pal for the month who sent to me was Elise. Elise blogs as the jersey flower, feel free to click on that and see her blog. I got an amazing package from her (thank you thank you thank you). It contained: a note explaininig everything inside of the package, hot chocolate, peanut m&ms, lipton tea, vegan butterscotch disks, granola bars, Cherryberry crunch bites, and some orbits gum (in a flavor I haven't tried in the past.... yummy).

The contents of the delicious package I recieved.

 

 

If you are interested in signing up I highly encourage you to click the picture below and sign up for next month, it is super fun to get mail that is not bills or junk mail but rather yummy treats.