Well, I am over being upset about the scrap metal guy. This morning a good friend (and electrician) came and gave us an idea of what needed done to get power to the shop that is going to be constructed in the spring. Then the guys went to check the trap line. They brought home 2 possums, 1 coon, and 1 skunk. The boys spent the remainder of the day skinning the possums and the coon. The skunk was put in the dumpster! Then we got the call that the farm truck was finished at the shop and it was less bill than expected and they fixed more than we asked them to! And the most amazing was yet to come, the neighbor that we buy hay from stopped by and gave us about 200 bushels of wheat for chicken feed!!! Unfortunately, he took the keys to the truck with him by mistake so we couldn't move the truck and it is supposed to rain so we started unloading the truck by hand with 5 gal buckets and will finish in the morning. It wasn't exactly a restful Sabbath but we were GREATLY blessed. That much chicken feed should last a LONG time (unless scrap metal guy brings the other birds..). We have had amazing success with trapping so far and now the goal is to get enough skins to make coon-skin caps for all the boys and maybe possum moccasins (not my idea).
Some cooking things that I came up with today...a 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper in ginger snap cookies makes them wonderful and quick caramel corn can be made by melting butter in a pan and adding brown sugar and cooking until it boils. Pour over popped corn and mix in.
The baby is asleep, the others are watching Roy Rogers and it was a day of blessings around here. I hope your day was just as blessed! Good night!
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