Chick-fil-A and Chickies

What is this random construction picture?

Oh, friends!!! Let me tell you! It's a Chick-fil-A! They are building one in my town. All the silly Mid-Westerners that live here think it's just a fast food chicken place. Chick-fil-A has never been in this part of the country and is only trickling in. They don't know the magnitude. They have never experienced the pickle-topped, buttered-bunned, special-seasoned, fried in peanut oil, delight that is a Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich. They don't know about the waffle fries from Heaven or the perfect Iced Tea that I, a good Southern Girl, grew fat (I mean grew up) on. I, however, am in excited anticipation for my all-time-fave-fast- food-joint-ever-in-the-world to open.

They say it will be May. I say come on May!! I have heard that the first 100 people will get free Chick-fil-A for a year. I am having an internal discussion over whether I want to camp out in a tent, or sleep in a lawn chair in front of the building before the grand opening. I mean, should I take a vacation day? How many days in advance should I be on the curb outside the building? Is now too early? Seriously, I want me some me Chicken Sandwich...but I can't be on the news. I mean...the general public (acquaintances in town and parents of my preschoolers and such) they think I'm sane. I can't blow my cover by camping at my Mecca for a sandwich...can I?

We'll revisit the fil-A later. Maybe I will document it's progress...or would that, again, be too obsessed?!

The rest of my very long post is about more chicken related activities. It being spring and all, our local Tractor Supply Company has received their shipment of chicks and ducks. We went to pay them a visit.

Cuteness ensued.
The ducks were all gone. But the chicks were so cute.


There was a low tub Lylah sat beside and watched them all hop around. At one point she was
telling them she loved them and calling them sweethearts and talking to them sweetly. She was pretty concerned we had not brought bread for them like we do for the ducks at the park. She kept saying, "I'm sorry, little sweeties, I don't have anything for you." I showed her the feeders and she felt better for them. She got up the courage to put her hand in and they came running up. She said they nibbled her finger and was so tickled by it. I didn't even realize that I had gotten a picture of it happening. I just love her little hands in this picture.

There were some really tiny ones, too. She never got the courage to hold one. But she kissed a couple and was happy to see them up close. It was pretty fun.


Here is one from last year. She held a little chick reeeealy tight and gave it a smooch.

I love this tradition. I love springtime. I have some fun posts for this week related to Easter and spring. Can't wait to be back in the game.

Wit and Wisdom from a 2 year old

Here is a bit of wisdom from the wilderness explorer to you. She is pictured here with a large icicle before they all melted away. It was a sword and a unicorn horn. Oh the imagination!

Lylah: Mommy, I don't like rats.
Me: You don't? Why not?
Lylah: Because they have stinky, smelly bottoms.

Lylah: Did you know there's a baby in my tummy?
Me: Really?
Lylah: oh, yes! It is growing and growing and I can't wait to show it to you. And I am so excited for you to love it too. I will change the poopy diapers and feed her bottles, too.
Me: Oh, well I can't wait to see it. Does your baby have a name?
Lylah: Oh yes! It is Orange Blossom. She is pink and tiny. Daddy has a baby in his tummy too. His baby is black. Watch how I drink my chocolate mink and my baby drank it too.

We ate at Arby's for supper the other night. After dinner she said...
Lylah: Did we eat roast beef?
Glen: Yes we did. Wasn't it yummy?
Lylah: Oh yes! And Daddy, do the piggies eat roast beef?
Glen: Yes. And then they cry "weee, wee, weee" all the way home.
Lylah: Oh. Daddy, you're a pig.
(then we all laughed--Lylah because she made a funny joke and us because it really was pretty funny)


Lylah: Mommy, do you know how babies come out of their mommy's tummy?
Me: (yes I do but what is she going to say) How?
Lylah: They climb out with a ladder and jump onto a pillow and then jump to their mommies. Just like that!
Babies are her favorite topic right now. She does some fancy mothering around here. Sweet. She read her baby all of the Mother Goose rhymes from a book at the top of her voice today. Babies love that, I understand.


Good times at our house. There are so many other funnies...but you really have to see them happen to appreciate them. And then there's the the 'bore them to tears' factor that will keep me from telling too many more. Sometimes "enough is as good as a feast," as Mary Poppins would say.

I posted today after saying I was taking a break. But, really I will be taking a small break. See you soon.

My Little Cuppy-Cakes

I bought my own thing at UCP's silent auction. Some thought I just could not let my little cakes go, but that was not wholly the case.

It was for a good cause. And I thought I might try to see if I could sell them on ETSY.

I was not about to let my little cupcakes, that I never got a picture of, go for only $17 dollars.

So I am now the proud owner of the cupcakes... again. I figured they could could be my first items for sale.

Wanna see them?!!

I want to show them to you.



Hear they are as a set in the box.













And there you have it. I made 4 cupcakes with 4 mix-and-match icing tops.

But I don't know what to do. I need some advice. Should I sell them as a set? Set of 2? Set of 4? Or should I try to sell them individually? They are all able to stand alone and are stuffed very firmly with reinforced sides. So they are structurally sound.

What about the pictures? Are they OK looking to you? Help me folks! I am too close to see it.

I got a business card (idea)together too. I will show you when I perfect it for the shop banner and product tags. I am on the verge of really getting this thing going! Yippee!

Please give me advice on what to do. I promise I will make my own choices in the future rather than bug you with details...I am tentative because I am a "newbie." Help the newbie.

Workin'

I have been working like a dog the past week getting ready for my work's #1 fund raiser of the year.  We have a chili cook-off and silent auction.  I chose to donate handmade, felt cup cakes. I worked and worked on them, going through several icing styles and perfecting the cupcake shape.  I even made a box to store them in.  I used Mod Podge for the first time.  (Where has it been all my life?!!)  It all turned out well and I was pleased with the final product.

Wanna see it?


Too bad.

  I was in such a rush to get them completed and wrapped up for the silent auction that I forgot to take even one picture.  I seriously can't believe it did that. 

Oh well.  I will have to make more, I guess.  I will be putting them in my ETSY shop...coming within the next month.  I have some things to put in it now and a gigantic backlog of ideas that I have been holding on to. 

I can't seem to be able to fit in all that I want to do crafty-wise and blog-wise and just living day to day and make it all work.

It has been a tough week too.  Doing a lot of thinking.  Making some hard choices.  Changing my plans and trying to follow the words I read in Phillipians this week.  I am trying to pray rather than be anxious.  I think things and then I have to make the effort to pray them out rather than worry.  I think that is what the verse is trying to tell me to do. 

I thought I would check in.  But I am not sure how often I will post in the next week or two.  I really do have  a lot to work through and several projects that need attention around the house.  So, if you made it to the end of this boring post, thanks, and I will be back in a few weeks.  Toot-a-loo!