More hatching eggs....

I put 14 Buckeye eggs in the incubator today. Last week I candled the Welsummer eggs, and 6 of them were not viable, so I have 7 of them left due to hatch late next week. When they hatch the Buckeye eggs will still have about 10 days left or so, so I am going to have to figure out a way to have a very "non-messy" Welsummer hatch so the Buckeyes won't be hatching into an old mess. It's tricky, I am going to have to do a little research and try to figure out the best way to go about this. I originally meant to have them hatch at the same time, but since I did not receive the eggs at the same time I really couldn't work it out.

Both of these eggs are from backyard breeders, reputable folks from www.backyardchickens.com Buckeye Dave's eggs came packed in a box with the best care labels EVER! Take a look:

Oh my poor little neglected blog. I'm sorry I haven't written for so long! My friends introduced me to Facebook and I just haven't seen the need to take the time to write a few paragraphs here when I can write a sentence on FB and feel complete. Plus, poeple actually respond and write comments on FB, and nobody reads you. But since I'm here anyway....

I put 13 Welsummer eggs in the incubator Wednesday. The Buckeye eggs didn't make it here in time to hatch the two breeds together, so I'll have to do two seperate hatches. That's okay with me I guess, it means I'll just have a dozen chicks in my kitchen at one time, instead of twice that. I can't believe that I considered not hatching chicks this year. It would be a lonely spring without any little fluffy butts to play with, I think I would actually cry over that.

Running is going well. The longer days mean that I can get my runs in AFTER I get home from the kids evening activities, so I'm slowly upping my mileage. I'm getting 15-16 miles a week now up from a pathetic 6-10 in January and 8-11 in February. I have had some really nice, warm runs in shorts and T-shirts this week, and I'm loving spring. I have a 10k race on April 19th.

Things are good at home. I am no longer stressed about B's job situation, just content to let the chips fall where they may. We'll know the outcome mid-May.

Time to find something to make for dinner, and get on my running clothes~

Well, I sure feel like a big idiot. I was mistaken about daylight savings. In spring we "spring ahead", so getting up at 5:30 am would be like getting up at 4:40am. Total darkness. How depressing. I guess evening running in the forecast for me, at least until May or so. Crap.

Goodbye sunset, hello sunrise

I received the best news this week. This Sunday is daylight savings, which means that it will be light at 6am and I can go running in the morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I should have had this date circled in red on my calender! It is the end of the mandatory evening running, which I struggle with all winter long. I absolutely love getting up at 5:30am, heading out the door and drinking in the dawn. I love going to bed at 9:30pm, even in the summer when it is still light out. I have always been an early to bed, early to rise type, and my life is best when I live that way. I have been catching up on my sleep all winter, sleeping in until 7am or *gasp* sometimes even 7:30. So I'm refresed and ready to go~