I feel like a chicken running around with my head cut off...

Or maybe HE does!

Lol no we didn't really let him run around with his head cut off. That's too messy!! That is my Grandma on my dad's side. She is a professional chicken hitman, and came over to take care of the rooster for us! She crawled into the coop to get him (normally he's aggressive and goes to the door when it's open, but he could tell she had rooster blood on her hands!), then took him to the tree, tied him up, and cut his head off. After he hung there awhile to let his blood drain out she dunked him in boiling water, which helps the feathers come out more easily. Once he was plucked she singed the remaining hairs off over the grill (because our candle lighter was out of fluid). Then she brought him in, removed the insides and cut him up! He was large enough to save the bigger pieces for frying, and we boiled the smaller more bony pieces to make chicken with homemade whole wheat egg noodles. We had the noodles last night and are frying the rest this evening. He was big and fatty! I'm glad we won't have anymore crowing! She took the small bones for one of my uncles dogs and the guts for fishing bait. Not much went to waste! :)

Last year I didn't really tell the kids what was going on or what happened to our chickens, but this year Gabi asked, so I told her. None of them really seemed to care... I told them it was like chicken we eat at a store. Rafe actually stood at the back door and watched, but the girls played barbies instead.

After finishing with the chickens, Grandma started a woven rug and showed me how to finish it. I wanted to make one for the kids room because the one in there is old and dirty, and I know for a fact both dogs have peed on it. But this seems like it's going to take awhile, so I'm not sure how big it will end up. The one in their room now is huge. They would make good Christmas presents though! And it's definitely something easy to do on the couch.

I felt like it was an incredibly productive day! AND THEN Alli called me around 5 saying "offer accepted." Mitch and I even got around to watching another 30min of Lord of the Rings after the kids went to bed! Woo!