Well, January 6th, the 3 Kings have been and gone and it's my annual mad scramble to get the Christmas decorations down, if they are still up after the 6th...it's bad luck. I swear I got them down last year on time, heck with Gregs bad back, the decorations only just got up in time for Santa !! It almost seemed that I just scrambled up the stairs with the hundreds ( slight exageration, but only slight !!) of boxes of potentially twinkly lights and Christmas treasures (potential because it's always a cross your fingers affair when the lights switch on...or not ) when it was time to lurch them back down again. The living room looks like a bomb has gone off..but they are all down. Thats my bad luck superstition....I heard from Mum J and she told me that in the South, if you don't eat black eyed peas you are asking for bad luck. So THATS the problem....i've never eaten a black eyed pea in my life, would a baked bean substitute ? Super Mom down in Albuquerque has other traditions and her homemade pirogie (I'm SURE I haven't spelt that right) makes a much more palatable option.....but it sure beats hands down, the herring option ! We miss her here on the ranch, she has got to be THE best unpaid ranch hand...and cook in the world. Trisha my younger sister arrives tomorrow, we are currently scrabbling to change my sewing room / disaster zone into a bedroom as our Inn is going to be bursting at the foundations. Our first Wwoofer ( volunteer) arrives on 10th, we are looking forward to welcoming Jodie to the Ranch and hope that she is the beginning of a lot of new friends and a great experience. So the snow is coming back, oh dear, I forgot my plastic bag yesterday and my hair turned into a frizz ball, it can only get worse. Adolf the hen pecked rooster has lost his companion hen, he must have ticked her off and she set to pecking him aswell....evicted back to the roost to allow Adolfs butt to heal. Apart from Adolf, all are well...except Greg and I, but the decorations are down, so lucks got to turn.....pass the black eyed peas please, oh, and the raw herring, ..just in case. Take care, M
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mum says
1/7/2011 02:02:51 am
oh my greg me thinks you are in trouble. 2 against 1 in your house hurry and change the cow. lol glad sis is finally comeing, have fun. all well here corrine leaves tomorrow for oregon, i am glad she gets 2 spend some time with her dad. yum yum coffee, lolas usual durn rain, stay warm and dry, loves 2 all mum j
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