Shhhh

The children are nestled all snug in their beds while visions of chickens dance in their heads.

Ok, so I don't know if they dream about dancing chickens or not, but they are in bed and sleeping. For that, I am thankful.

After church today, we went to see MIL and she did not look good. I am hoping she perks up some. She was perky and alert yesterday. Today, she was very out of it. I spoon-fed her some water and brought some home-canned apples with me for her to have. She enjoyed the flavor of it, but she was just wore out and seemed to be in a lot of pain.

Tonight's dinner was a hit. There were no left-overs and no mess on the floor. Not only that, but they ate every bit of what was left over from last night's dinner. I was going to serve it for lunch tomorrow, but that's obviously changed.

Last night, I put a whole chicken in the crockpot. Tonight, I deboned it, shredded it, cooked up some brown rice and added an enchilada seasoning mix I made about 6 months ago, shredded some cheese, and wrapped it all up in tortilla wraps. I baked it for about 20 minutes to give the flavors a chance to meld.

I served it up and you would have thought I was serving gold.

I took the chicken and seasoned rice that was left after making the wraps and put them back in the crockpot, added water and we will have chicken soup for lunch tomorrow. I like when things come together easily.

Flora is still pregnant and is driving me nuts. (Give birth already, will you?!?!) She is pawing at the ground and has been nesting. I'm going to put fresh straw in there tomorrow.

Tomorrow is George's birthday and we are just going to ignore it. Death and blizzards happen on his birthday so he prefers to stay under the radar on this day. Wednesday, we will be going out for steak dinner (he has me craving steak) and SIL will be coming along. It will do her good to get out and have an enjoyable, relaxing evening.

Tomorrow is Geography and I have nothing specific planned. Maybe we'll play twister again and start learning where the states are on the map. I am also going to start having them memorize the states. M's dad is on the road again so I'm going to see if I can get a hold of him and we will try to find him on the map. I need a better US map. The one I have from Dollar Tree is obviously cheap and no longer suits my purpose.