Rabbit, Turkey, Chicken... Hmmmm

1/10/07 - 4th Day - Mid-Afternoon. Busy, Busy, Busy... This morning I went with Logan to Coleman to drop his truck off at the shop; then we went to the hardware store to pick up some concrete and rebar to continue working on the root cellar. Upon returning, we learned that Chris W. had caught a rabbit that had fallen into his new outhouse hole (the hole was still unused). We killed the rabbit and I showed the fellas how to skin him and gut him, then I went to work on canning the 5 chickens and one turkey we had prepared for canning today. I also had a backlog of milk to process and will be making butter, sour cream, and starting a batch of farmer's cheese today.

I hear Elder David got his root cellar dug out, but haven't been up there to look at it yet. I did stop by and see the Ante's outhouse construction and it looks like it will be a nice one.

Chris and the boys brought by the rabbit for me to check once it was roasted fully, and I had a small piece and it was good.

Robert and Jennifer finished the 3rd grade together this afternoon, so we splurged and Danielle took them to the Snack Shack in Bangs for a celebratory lunch. Y'all make sure to stop on by the Children's Blog to congratulate them.

Next week will stay at the same pace, and I am scheduled to have to go to San Antonio on Wednesday evening to take Mihai to the airport for his visit back to Portland. I hope to stop by the RV store so I can see if I can find a shower hose for my camper so we can fix up the shower and start using it.

The root cellar is really coming along great, but slowly. Hopefully we will start framing in the upper door before the Sabbath.

We went 4 days without running the generator because I didn't have money for the gas to run it, but it was a great practice run for when we will eventually do without it altogether. Good thing we got some in yesterday so we could get the freezers up and running before they thawed out!

Hope all is well with you all,

Michael Bunker