Spring is here, and I'm getting the garden in. We've had some ups and downs recently. Noel's dad passed a couple of weeks ago. He had lung cancer. We had him on Hospice at the end. Noel went down and made all the final arrangements. His dad wished to be cremated, so that's what we had done. A good friend of his dad's, Gilbert, was there to help Noel out. They emptied the trailer and it will be sold, and brought back an ATV and all of his dad's tools that were in his shed. Eli and Madelaine don't really comprehend the loss, but Mckenna has cried a couple of times. Good news is that home values are up and we are no longer upside down on our loan and might even be able to sell our home and get a bigger place with more land. At the very least we will refinance with rates being so low. The chickens will appreciate more land and a bigger garden with room for fruit trees and berry bushes would be nice. I also took a defensive handgun class that I've been meaning to take. Learned lots of good stuff. We received a certificate at the end that we can use to get a concealed handgun permit if we want. I'll think about that. lol That's it for now......