{"id":10801,"date":"2025-01-27T19:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T00:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=10801"},"modified":"2025-01-27T19:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T00:41:25","slug":"my-valve-replacement-went-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2025\/01\/27\/my-valve-replacement-went-well\/","title":{"rendered":"My valve replacement went well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, it did take a few days for me to kind of recover. Not complaining, just a little tired. Of course, I also got my flu shot while I was there. I didn&#8217;t want to get it before the procedure in case I had a reaction. My only reaction was a sore arm the next day and being extra tired. I can deal with that. I sure don&#8217;t want to get sick. It seems like everyone I talk to either <em>is <\/em>sick or was just sick. Ugh!<\/p>\n<p>Guess what? We got our first spring egg. Remember I told you Will had put a light in the chicken coop and I&#8217;d upped their protein to 18%? Well, it worked! Yesterday Will came in bearing our first egg! I was so excited, especially at the current price of eggs at the store. Walmart&#8217;s medium &#8220;regular&#8221; eggs are now almost $5 a dozen. Holy cow!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10802\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Egg_0889.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Egg_0889.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Egg_0889.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Egg_0889-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Egg_0889-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Egg_0889-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Egg_0889-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Egg_0889-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Egg_0889-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Egg_0889-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s our first egg, after installing a light and upping the protein in the feed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As our seed catalogs are now out, we&#8217;re getting lots of seed requests daily. Fortunately, our friends, Mike, Dara, and Sherri, came on Friday to package seeds. And they&#8217;re planning on coming tomorrow too, to get us caught up. Thank God for such good friends!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10803\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888-1536x1093.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888-696x495.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888-1068x760.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888-590x420.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mittens-Will_0888-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mittens and Will take a break from packing seeds. Mittens is the supervisor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Will saw three of the young wolves on the beaver pond this morning. Earlier, I&#8217;d seen one. I think they&#8217;re hanging around because of rodents in the tall swamp grass around the pond. Sarge looks out the window and says &#8220;Wolf! Wolf!&#8221; in a certain voice. But he doesn&#8217;t get crazy with it. The dogs really don&#8217;t want to tangle with them again.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10804\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Peony_0110.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Peony_0110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Peony_0110.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Peony_0110-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Peony_0110-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Peony_0110-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Peony_0110-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Peony_0110-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Peony_0110-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Peony_0110-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hang in there. Spring&#8217;s on the way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10805\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Daffodils_6850.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Daffodils_6850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Daffodils_6850.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Daffodils_6850-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Daffodils_6850-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Daffodils_6850-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Daffodils_6850-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Daffodils_6850-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Daffodils_6850-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Daffodils_6850-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It won&#8217;t be long before we&#8217;re seeing daffodils!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Think spring! It&#8217;s just around the corner. Flowers, gardens and vegetables, hooray! &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, it did take a few days for me to kind of recover. Not complaining, just a little tired. Of course, I also got my flu shot while I was there. I didn&#8217;t want to get it before the procedure in case I had a reaction. 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