I'm also thankful for

The Pioneer Woman, aka Ree Drummond. Can I tell ya I just love her!! I watch her show faithfully, and always DVR it, even when I am home to see it in person. Not only does she live my dream of ranch life, she has great cookbooks, and she is just a cool chick!
Speaking of her cookbooks, I just purchased her latest, A Year Of Holidays. Oh my jeeze, I am in heaven. These recipes rock! I'm using two of them with our Thanksgiving meal. Maybe if I remember I will post some pics!
I hope I haven't broken any rules by having her name and pics in this post. I'm not using them for anything else except to say she is awesome, all the credit is hers!! I don't know how to link back to others blogs, but you can find her at ThePioneerWoman.com. If you get a chance go see her there! Below is a photo of her latest jewel, ya gotta get it!! No I'm not getting anything for saying any of this...she doesn't even know I exist, and I'm not stalking her either...promise!

Paradise Found, Project Life Style

Holy moly, I've died and gone to heaven!  I have discovered Project Life by Becky Higgins. I am chomping at the bit to get started, but I want to do a complete year...c'mon Jan 1, 2014!!! I want to do this so badly that I'm going to do a mini album for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I'm either so excited to do this, or so boring/pitiful, that on a Saturday night I'm at home creating files for each week of next year.  I've got them all ready and labeled by the week, just waiting for me to add pics and memories as they happen!
I've scrapbooked rather inconsistently over the years and have boxes and discs full of pics of my children and events over the years.  How I wish I had known about Project Life before now, I feel like I have been deprived. Lol. I'd better get going I have a lot to catch up on!

The Thankful project

So my fb is on Thankful overload with everyone posting the 30 days of Thankfulness. I am trying everyday to be thankful for something, however I have chosen to not post as a status.  Too much pressure, what if I skip a day or a weekend, then ya'll will think I'm not thankful....(that's a lot of thanks and thinks..LOL)  This is hard sometimes for me to remember to post, not to remember to be that t-word! So I'm trying to jot it down everyday in my planner. That way I kill 2 birds with 1 stone, I write my thanks, and check my planner...plus my colored ink pens are really pretty!!
Today I am Thankful for the internet, it sure makes things easier!

Fox in the henhouse

Well not yet, but close enough.  A fox has been picking my chics off one by one.  Even my two roosters!  My chix get to free range during the day, all day. Then at night they go back into their coop.  They are some of the happiest chickens I know!  Until recently when I started keeping them cooped up for their own safety.  A sly ole fox has been dining on my egg makers. Everyday I would come home and another would be gone.  I actually caught it in the act of running off with one, so there I went chasing a fox down the road with my pistol.  No luck it dove off into the brush before I could get to it. 
My next step is a trap, although I have heard many haven't had much luck with this method either.  Will the fox move on if the drive-thru is closed for awhile?  I hate having to keep the girls locked up for the rest of their lives.