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In the Spring


















We had to say goodbye to our chickens this spring.  From what we understand, someone complained which lead our borough to send us  letter that we were in violation of ordinances and told us we had 10 days to get rid of them.  I spent the days leading up to day 10 gathering info and ordinances, but at the end of the day we hadn't read as well as we thought in the first place and it totally stinks.  The hardest part for me, beyond the strangeness of standing in the kitchen window and not looking out to see my girls and missing their eggs and sweetness, is that I really want to take the time to work on trying to do what I can to try to change the ordinances to at least allow us a few chickens.  But we're prepping our house to get it on the market in the next few weeks, so between house hunting and house prep and end of the school year activities and getting ready for baby #3 while I'm still sick 24/7, I just don't have the energy right now. 

Everything else is normal.  Good weather, windows open, kids happy outside (thank goodness!), yard work, grilling, lots of end-of-year school events, getting excited for the pool to open, lots of holidays and birthdays, getting excited about the baby.  That's all I have right now! 

Right Now


This photo is currently the story of my life.  Kids running in and out and playing with cardboard and chair cushions in an empty pool, a blank slate of a backyard because of the trees lost, chickens running wild and screaming at me when I won't let them outside all-day-every-day, John working on building me a work space, jackets and shoes cast aside to feel the grass on their toes.  

We're kind of a hot mess, but in a good way. Strep swept through us all this week, but it somehow would up being a mild strep - is that even possible? I somehow managed to be functional the whole time, which isn't normal - usually strep knocks me out and I feel like I got hit by a truck.  Somehow we all missed that phase - thankfully! 

This weekend looks to be more of the same: sunshine, backyard work, kids and chickens running amok. I like it.