[Kenna]

I had a great day filled with many simple things that brought me much joy...
started with an early breakfast with my roomie...then to an old fashioned locally owned hardware store where we chatted with some awesome folks and got 3 really pretty tomato plants...then on to a local green house where we picked up a large flat of more tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, and 3 beautiful butterfly plants called Lantana...then almost home to drop off several tomato plants and a large pack of seeds for growing beans to our elderly neighbor that has THE MOST GORGEOUS raised garden beds you've ever seen! Made his day!!! ...then on to the roomie's parents to drop gardening stuff off and visit with them and their sweet granddaughter (a.k.a the Christmas Elf)... home again to unload and take trash to the dump...then drive WAY OUT in the country to visit a small family owned chicken hatchery/certified farm to learn more about raising healthy chickens and inquire about buying different breeds....this is where I started to feel like a little kid all excited about the baby chicks...because the lady had sold all the current babies, we only got to look and learn...until I found one TINY three day old soft fuzzy feisty sweet chick that had a crippled leg...I couldn't resist!! She is now our newest adopted adorable baby...and I have completely enjoyed setting up her new home and taking care of her...she LOVES getting her water from a little syringe, using the reptile hot rock I had kept from previous critters to keep warm, and she's eating very well both from my hands and from her little bowl. She's soooooo tiny but very feisty and a real fighter! We named her Uno...for her one working leg. Poor baby! Actually my roomie named her but it stuck. I can't help it....I absolutely love taking care of baby critters!! She really stole my heart today!

We got other chores done that made me feel good ...but I can't stop checking on Uno and making sure she's ok all cuddled up on her hot rock.