and I didn’t even realize it. Hubster’s friend Joey and her husband came out to the house to visit for awhile. We cooked pizzas and had a fire in the pit. It was nice to have company, but they couldn’t stay real late because Joey is night calving same as hubster.

I got a magazine offer in the mail for Backyard Poultry. I will have to keep that in mind for a stocking stuffer for next year. It sounds like it would be a cool magazine. I bought a magazine cookbook at the store tonight that is all different cakes and let me tell you – they all look amazing.

I have officially spun all my roving and since I don’t have any more bobbins I am kinda stuck. I need to figure out how to ply the yarn I created, but I don’t have the stuff I need so I might have to improvise. Anyway, it got later than I thought it was and it’s bedtime. Goodnight all!

I found out today which of my Araucanas (Easter Egg Chickens) lays which eggs. I get two distinct colors: a light blue and an olive green. When I went out to the coop for the daily collection I found Violet sitting on a blue egg and three banty eggs. The blue egg was toasty warm so she must have just laid it. That means that Cordelia lays the green ones. I’m glad I got that cleared up.

I was up bright and early this morning for some reason so I spent some time getting my house back into somewhat-presentable shape. I did some dishes and laundry and Spindle helped while the rest of the family slept in. I don’t feel sore at all from skiing yesterday which is something I didn’t expect. I do have bruises on my shins from the boots, but at least I can move. When hubster got up we made bacon and eggs.

I finished Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry last night. It is a really awesome book. The story line follows the use of biological weapons and the resulting zombie-like people that are created as a result of using these weapons. The main character is very well-developed and there is a bit of humor thrown in for good measure. Definitely read it if you like sci-fi.

I think I am going to spend the rest of day spinning, working on my blog, reading, making cards and/or playing farmville.

Last night mom and met in a tiny town called Neihart, which is about 8 miles from Showdown. The place we stayed at was awesome. It was called Bob’s, but was owned by a guy named Tony. Tony was the receptionist at the hotel, the bartender in the bar, and the waiter in the restaurant. The building was a combination of all three of things. He also sold us our ski tickets. One of the locals bought us our first drink and the rest is history. Waking up to go skiing this morning was not the funnest thing I have ever done, but I got thru it.

We could not have asked for a more beautiful day. The weather was perfect and the snow was even better. We heard a skier in the rental shop say he had been everywhere and that Showdown’s snow was the best in the state. It was really awesome. I rented boots and skis and the boots sucked. My legs don’t fit into ski boots like they should. After I unbuckled the boots at lunch and then rebuckled them my feet were getting no circulation. We called it quits fairly early and hit the road. It was nice to know that I can still ski. It had been a few years since the last time.

When I got home hubster and I watched a movie called The Invention of Lying. It was actually pretty good. I am tired now and I got sunburned today so I feel even more tired. I think it’s time to take a bath and finish up Patient Zero – review to come on that book.

Mom and I have decided to go to Showdown for our ski day so hopefully the weather holds and neither of us breaks anything. Wish us luck!