More detachment, less anxiety and the continued joy of limbo

[Phoebe]

I am so glad to hear that, SadHub. I was hoping that the old "No news is good news" rule was in effect.

I have not yet done the chocolate meditation, BUT I did buy two bars of Lindt chocolate as supplies for my meditation project - 70 and 85% cocoa. Now I can claim that I am also doing research.

Hey 1gr8dad and Grl! Thanks for checking in on me.

Big (tiny) news on the farm today! I brought home a batch of teeny tiny 2 day-old chicks this evening, and they are all set up in a brooder box in my dining room. Who can dwell on unpleasantness with such a concentrated dose of cuteness in the house?

Chickens have a habit of multiplying, even if you don't actually have rooster. I planned on buying 6 chicks, but I came home with 8 - 4 barred rock pullets, and 4 Americana pullets. Well, they're supposed to be pullets. We shall see. Actually I'd welcome a rooster or two, as long as they were well-behaved. I'd love to have them on security duty when the girls are out and about.

I also waged more of my war of the (multiflora) roses with a couple more hours of brush-hogging, and I got all that foolish barbed wire cleaned up, as well as some other downed fencing.

A farmer once told me that if I get even one thing done every day, that I'm doing well. So... I'm not sure the clean up will ever be done, but every day I make a small difference.

The fields are getting so green now - they're beautiful.

So, I've decided. At first I wasn't positive about what I was going to do, but this farm is mine, and I am going to make it my own. H may have left, but I am staying.