what're YOU lookin' at?

The Girls are a little sensitive lately. They're molting, you see. Molting is akin to "a bad hair day". And trust me...the girls are lookin' rough!

As you can see...while Sweetie tries to look all nonchalant about the feather loss...Betty is having a bit of an attitude. Number one...she looks funny. And aren't we all a bit self-conscious and cranky when we know our hair is funky? I mean, look at her feathers! They're hanging all over the place...nonexistent around the back of her neck...with each motion another feather drops off. And she's mad about it.

But don't let Sweetie fool you. She's every bit as self-conscious as Betty is. And wouldn't you be?!

And I will admit that I think that Sweetie looks even worse. But it may just be because she's so dang MEAN that it makes her ugly even when she's fluffy. Beauty is on the inside, Sweetie...think about it.

Sweetie. I really need to change her name. It should be...Meanie. Or Cranky. Or Come-any-closer-and-I'll-peck-you-HARD. Mean. She's mean I tell you.

So...between cold weather and feathers falling off everywhere, egg production is down. And I expected this thanks to LOTS of reading before bringing these wonderful, albeit a bit moody, creatures home. But even still, we're getting an egg a day. So...it's enough to eat now and then and make a batch of brownies or two!

And speaking of reading...kind of...I have been reading Made from Scratch. It's good. Well written...like you're sitting at her kitchen table talking listening to her experiences. Her "voice" is engaging. I'm liking it. And would you believe I cried when she left the Queen Bee in the box it was shipped in? Oh my gosh...was I ever sad. Poor Queen. Seriously...I felt bad for hours. I still do. Thank goodness she wrote that...because seriously, that is something *I* would do. But now I know. Just in case, I , you know, get bees someday. (ahem) I will admit...the whole bear thing threw me. So...we'll see. Not sure I want to encourage bears to come anywhere near me or mine. You may remember from this post that bears are not my favorite animal. Especially not UP CLOSE bears.

Anyway...another day awaits. Yesterday turned out OK. I realized that I really didn't have anything pressing to take care of...so I slowly pecked away at what I did need to get done. And it was fine. I realized that because I have a lot going on this year and it's all swirling around in my blockhead...I lumped it all into yesterday. I tend to do that. Think of everything at once and everything that I have to do then get so overwhelmed that I do nothing. Dr. Phil would ask, "So how's this workin' for ya?" And I have to say...it doesn't work.

So once I got my whole year's schedule off of ONE day on the calendar, I did OK.

Now here we are at today...and starting all over. So far, so good.