Taking care of odds and ends

Today ended up being one of those days where I took care of a few tasks that have been hanging over my head. And as usual, each task was neither as difficult or as time consuming as I had built it up to be. 

I started out with dealing with eggs. Remember all my moaning about the hens not laying? That is no longer an issue. Instead, if I don't deal with eggs every day we will be overrun. I think we're getting at least 13 eggs every day. And while the masses are enjoying having unlimited access to eggs, it is still difficult to keep up. So I decided to take a couple dozen and make some muffin tin omelettes. Many people like them and they are stored in the freezer which makes it a great way to them from going bad.

Today I had some bell peppers that were languishing in the refrigerator, so I sauteed those with some onion and mixed in some chopped tomato left over from a previous dinner. I felt virtuous for not only dealing with some eggs but also making use of vegetables that might not have been eaten. 

(This is just a gratuitous picture of eggs because I thought they were pretty.)

If you want to make some little muffin tin omelettes, here are some tips. Two dozen eggs will give you more than three dozen egg bites. You can use anything to fill them, but because they're small, I suggest chopping things fairly fine. I bake mine at 350° for 25-30 minutes. If you are going to freeze them, freeze them on a baking sheet or something similar, then when they are frozen you can move them into whatever storage container you're using. Otherwise they could freeze together and you'll never be able to use one or two. 

I realized that I didn't want to add yet another bag to the kitchen freezer. It had become more than a little chaotic and I was sure there were things lurking in the back that I had forgotten. So I decided to clean it. It was far worse than I thought. Now it makes me happy to open it. 

Now being on a role, I looked for other small projects I had been ignoring, so I took down the Christmas wreaths from the front door. Having spent all of two minutes doing that, I had time to move onto something else.

This time it was something I had been genuinely avoiding. Each of the horses has a wooden plaque with their name on it. Well, some of the horses had one; Major and Buddy still needed theirs and Bristol's and Java's were still on their stalls. I made myself sit down and do the lettering for the new ones. G. is now going to wood burn them. I made one that says 'In Memoriam' and we'll put that in the tack room and hang Bristol's and Java's in there. Here is Buddy's in progress.

The last task of the day involved the sheep. J. needed to construct some type of fence to attach to a stall door so the sheep could be moved into the barn, then we needed to actually move the sheep. Why? Because tomorrow is a big day... The shearer is coming! The aisle of the barn seems the best place to work. We needed to move them today because there is a chance of rain overnight and you can't shear wet sheep. 

Take a good look, because tomorrow they will be significantly less fluffy.