Monday Inspiration

 

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dear monday

dear monday//thanks for being somewhat kind to me thus far. After this weekend, it was nice of you to let me sleep just a little bit longer than usual.

dear kitty cat//thank you for being cute and cuddly in the early morning hours. The head butting my hand till I pet you routine never gets old. And also - thanks for helping me with work.

p.s. if you're going to catch a mouse and bring it upstairs at 4am, could you at least kill it?

 

 

dear boyfriend//I love when you tell me how pretty I look when I'm dancing on stage. I love the kisses on my forehead early in the morning and the way you fluff my pillow when I'm too tired to function. 

dear fellow bloggers//thanks for doing things like this.

dear lavender soap//I need you in my life.. forever and always.

dear students//you make me so proud and I can't even explain. This weekend was magical. You are passionate, beautiful and individually special to me. Watching you dance gives me the proud mama feeling every time. I love you.

In progress

Happy Monday friends. Oddly enough, I'm feeling productive and energized today. Usually it's a slow start and I procrastinate the heck out of my Mondays. But this Monday is different for some reason. Maybe it's because we had a really exciting weekend. We spent a good chunk of time Sunday building our coop. And now.. the shell is up! And it feels good! We still have about two weeks until the girls can live outside, so I think we're in good shape. All that is left to do is put up some installation (for the outside wall of the shed), put up the plywood, build our nesting boxes, build a door for them to go outside, build a human door and put up their roost. Wow. Now that I've listed everything it seems like a lot more.

We realized as we were measuring and building yesterday, that the coop is going to be waaay bigger than we need for six chickens, but go big or go home right?! They only need three square feet per chicken. Shocking right! I couldn't live in three square feet, that's for sure. I think we're going to be such great chicken parents. We're already spoiling them with three times the living space they need. Thinking about the everyday routine of going out, gathering eggs and letting them out to roam around our yard has been making me so happy lately. Although, I'm sure after the thousandth time I've had scoop the crap out of the coop, I won't be thinking the same thing.

Yesterday we were brainstorming names (see list below) and thinking about how we could sell eggs to all our friends! I think we're going to keep track somewhere on the coop, the names of our chickens and when we got them. So that when we get more (cause their egg production drops 15% each year!!), we'll just keep adding names and dates to the list. I was thinking somewhere on the door of the coop would be a good spot. Don't you?

I know I've said this before but really, if you have chickens or know someone who does/did, pleasepleaseplease feel free to share your tips and tricks. We are complete newbies and could use all the help we can get!

Current names in the running for our hens:

Pecker

Munchkin

Betty

Pun'kin

M.C. Hammer

 

Let's be friends

Well, it's a rainy Monday here in the northeast. Perfect for a cozy sweatshirt, my stormy nights candle and some good tunes. Although my grass seed and plants are indeed loving the much needed rain, it is proving difficult to find some motivation. I would much rather be finding things outside to distract me from chores and work.

The point of this post: I wanted to bring attention to the fact that as of now, I am doing an ad swap with fellow bloggers! How exciting. So here are the details!

 

For one month - you will get:

- 240 x 110 ad ( the size above)

- featured post including all blogger ad swaps, their photos and links to blog, facebook, twitter, etc

- the chance to meet new friends!

 

In return - you:

- share the love by putting a Nicole in the Making ad on your blog!

 

Please email me for more information, or if you're interested!

nicoleinthemaking{at}gmail{dot}com

 

 

my perfect Monday morning

Happy Monday everyone!

Hope your week is short and filled with loads of family time and delicious food!

My Monday Song

The first to play on my pandora station today. Couldn't have been any more perfect for my pain in the butt Monday.

Please slow it down
There’s a secret magic past world
That you only notice when you’re looking back at it
And all I wanna do is turn around

I'm going down to sleep on the bottom of the ocean
Cause I couldn’t let go when the water hit the setting sun

Passing white daisies, taking turns
Close the door walk to the street
Catching raindrops on your tongue
And for a minute it all stops
But it won’t last man, just a passing moment gone

Please slow it down
There’s a secret place that I know
If I could a dig a grave I’d then climb underground for good
And all I wanna do is turn around

I'm going down to sleep on the bottom of the ocean
Cause I couldn’t let go when the water hit the setting sun

Passing white daisies, taking turns
All those evenings on the back deck of our first apartment
They meant everything but the wind just carried them off
And you can’t go back now, just a passing moment gone

Please slow it down
There’s a secret magic past world
That you only notice when you’re looking back at it
And all I wanna do is turn around

I'm going down to sleep on the bottom of the ocean
Cause I couldn’t let go when the water hit the setting sun
Cause I couldn’t let go of the passing moment gone