February 24th 2021

I really have zero motivation on my days off .. I work 3 days and off 4 days.. 
so you'd think "hey, that's a lot of time off! most people only get 2 days" 
but I am a slug sloth vegetable on those days off
I've started doing little bits of cleaning here and there
but to see my house -- you'd never ever know it

I have bought new cleaning supplies and created new diy cleaning sprays.. 
and they are fantastic.. smell awesome.. clean great - - when I use them! 

I got up at 8:40 this a.m.  we both did.
we both didn't want to get up because it was COLD 'out there'. 
the heater was not on and we were toasty under all those winter covers.. fleece, flannel, thermal

he got up, let dogs out, uncovered the bird, went to the bathroom.
I got up, checked the heater before getting dressed
thermostat was OFF.. the heater wasn't off, the thermostat screen was OFF!
BLANK!
dead battery
I got dressed QUICKLY and grabbed the face off the thermostat.
ran to the junk drawer and grabbed our last 2 AAA batteries..
then set the time while I ran it back to the thermostat -- the heater kicked on right away. 
I've been cold all day long now because I had such a frigid start to my day

he ate 2 eggs with rice -- I ate 2 eggs with ketchup. 
then I fed the cats and checked on the chickens.. 1 cold egg..
I had been soaking the oats and green peas since Monday. simmered a bit on the stove to soften.
also made a pile of raisins with garbanzo beans (that's for the chickens too)
then I prepared the dogs' food. 
-veggies and 'chicken' pedigree for Dude
-veggies and 'beef' pedigree and moist-n-meaty w/calorie gel and a chicken liver for Charlie
-veggies and 'bacon' pedigree and moist-n-meaty w/calorie gel and a chicken liver for Gwen
both Charlie and Gwen turned up their nose at the chicken liver.. Dude however was pleased to oblige.
took the chickens their slop and "felt" a bit to see who's laying.
as I reached she'd either squat or run.. my sweet singing grey-baby is my layer
I read a couple chapters of my book and back to my usual lazy self.

I did however get a baking bug today. 
took 1 Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix -- strained all the chips out and then counted them..
yep.. I counted them.. 122 chocolate chips. 
then I set them aside and grabbed white chips and raisins out of the pantry. 
61 white chips.. 61 raisins.. 
split the powder mix in half..
split the butter quantity in half..
split the water quantity in half..
mixed each section individually and smooshed them into a muffin pan (makes perfectly round cookies)
they look a little funny because they didn't mix well.. but taste awesome!! 

my baking bug however was not over.. 
https://www.homemadeinterest.com/spiced-scalloped-apples/
still thinking about all those apples on the counter..
and the apple pie that we decided we were not making.. 
found a recipe for baked apple and got to prepping. 
doubled the recipe because, well, we have lots of apples.. still only used 6 apples. 
1/2 c brown sugar, 1/2 c white sugar, 2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt.
in a ziploc baggie and shake! shake! shake! 
I used my Pampered Chef apple wedger and then cut each wedge in half.
into the baggie and shake! shake! shake! some more
poured that into the Pyrex casserole dish with 2 tablespoon of butter pats.
into the over at 350 degrees for 33 minutes and YUMMO!!!

the house smells magical! 
especially now that i remixed 2 squirt bottles of cleaner. 
1 is the 1cup vinegar, 1cup water, 6drops eucalyptus oil..
1 is the 1cup vinegar, 1cup water, 6drops 'serenity' (whatever that is.. just smells good)
sprayed the upstairs toilet with the eucalyptus spray and oh!my!gosh!
no.. it's good.. I promise

this is the gist of my mayhem and activity.. 

Greyhound (2020) 

measured at 145.6# weigh-in