She flew the Coop!

You might think this post has something to do with my last post about eggs. But you would be wrong. This has nothing to do about chickens really. But . . . let me explain:

We are back in Phoenix after a quick trip to Utah for a family wedding. We brought Lindsey, Rob, and their daughter Sadie back to Phoenix with us. They will be staying for Christmas and New Years. That is the good news. The bad news is that Sadie isn't home with her familiar couch, high chair, and crib. We have a portable small crib that she has used before. But this visit things are a little bit different. She does not like the crib! She cried the whole night after our road trip home. She sobbed, wailed, screamed, and just plain threw a HUGE FIT! But everyone made it throught the ordeal and everything seemed fine the next morning. Then when bedtime came again last night - she flew the coop!

Yes she had been put into bed and wasn't all that happy about it. But they did their evening ritual and left her in the crib crying. Pretty soon Sadie was walking out the bedroom door! Talk about surprising! Now she realized she could get out of the crib and was no longer a "prisoner" in a cage. Somehow they managed to get her to sleep and sort of stay in the crib.

Then today at naptime the battle started again. But Lindsey was strong and used the "Super Nanny" bedtime technique and it worked like a charm. She lovingly put Sadie to bed and left the room closing the door. It wasn't but a second or two later that Sadie came running out of the room. She picked up Sadie and told her "It's bedtime." She took her back into the room and put her in the crib. Another few seconds and out she came. This time, as per the "technique", she just put her back into bed and said nothing at all. She continued getting out of bed but each time she was slower about coming out. Then one time she just got out of crib and knocked on the door. Lindsey didn't answer but when Sadie came out she put her back in bed. Then she just stayed there. And she has been sleeping peacefully ever since.

It sounds to me like Lindsey has that Bedtime Technique mastered. We'll just have to see how things go tonight. We'll see if she flies the coop or just roosts for the night.

EGGS

When I went to exercises today I didn't know it would be my lucky day. But it was. Here's the story.

The aerobics instructor has chickens. They started laying eggs a few months ago. Now that they are getting about 11 eggs a day she has started bringing them in on Fridays. Then anyone at the aerobics class who wants the eggs can put their name in the hat and she draws out 2 names. Each person gets 6 eggs. Today my name was picked. So I came home with 6 really fresh "free range" chicken eggs. The best part is they are beautiful! They are all shades of brown and tan with some greens thrown in to boot. When we cook them I'll have to let you all know how they taste. But for now - I'm holding on to the EGGS . They are just too pretty!

FROSTY!

This morning it was FROSTY! When I checked the temperature inside the house it was 64 degrees. So I turned on the heater for a few minutes to take the chill out of the air. Then I checked the outside temperature and it registered at a FROSTY 38 degrees. That's cold in this neck of the woods.

When I saw the temperature I was tempted to stay inside and not go to my regular aerobics class. But I did go. I put on one layer of clothing to exercise in. Then I put on another layer of clothing to help keep me warm in the car and walking from my car to the gym. Then just to be safe I put on my warmer than the usual jacket. And still with all of that the cold came through. I thought I was being wimpy until I noticed while backing out of the driveway that our grass was covered with frost. Our roof was covered with frost. As I made my way to exercises I noticed that every roof and lawn was covered with frost.

So for a Phoenician, I am not wimpy. I am just a little FROSTY today. That's all.