Nerds With Birds

Cody decided to be black spiderman - “Venom” and Emily was a kitty cat turned bat half way through the night *LOL*
They had a blast trick or treating. I took them over to visit mom & dad’s neighbors (who see them every year *L*) and then Jay took them walking around a few blocks over. They got a lot of candy and had some fun. We didnt get many trick or treaters at the house ; maybe 5-6 groups :( We actually decorated theentire front yard this year. We had the scary music, the strobe lights and spiderwebs *L* the whole 9 - hoping to attract kids this year. Seems like every year we get less and less. Hopefully next year we will get more.

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Alright..It’s Been awhile. The site is back up for now. Netfirms (my host) SUCKS! They apparently decided to change 2 of my databases and are now unable to put them back. SO all my content has been moved and changed. A few pages still need to be tweaked (picture do not work at all right now) but I’m leaving it as is until I get a different host. Netfirms doesn’t know why/who changed the databases so I’m not going to spend hours fixing it back just so they can mess it up again. I’m ticked but I just wanted it back up - so for now I am mirroring off our old site nerdswithbirdsFARM.com until I can get a new host. I’m looking into godaddy - not my preferred but cheap and easy. I loved dreamhost but they are expensive so that’s kinda out at the present moment. Anyone have any suggestions? Only stipulation is I have to have wordpress - I love that program :)

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Let the insanity begin *L* OK so I admit…I get a tad excited about the game every year. I’m a sweepstaker - I can’t help it! It’s an addiction and I need help! I love to play the stupid online part not the actual game where you pray that you get the one “special” piece :)
If you have any online codes that you wont be using - you know who to share them with ;)

It started on October 2, 2007 and is scheduled to end on or about October 29, 2007.
You can get the codes on the following:
**Breakfast** (1) McMuffin® breakfast sandwiches; (2) Medium or Large Drinks; (3) Hash Browns; (4) Big Mac® sandwiches; and (5) (in select markets) Angus Burger sandwiches.
**Lunch** (1) Large French Fries; (2) Premium Chicken and (where available) Southern Style Chicken sandwiches; and (3) 3-piece and 5-piece Chicken Selects®.

*UPDATE* Hahaha, after all the bazillion codes I entered I won *drumroll* 2 PC game downloads *lmao*

Mcdonalds - you will NOT get me next year ;)

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(Life) Life has been insane. I’ve been trying to keep up with school, home, kids and gosh it seems like a lot right now *L* Those few days I missed in school did some damage - dropped me a full grade in 2 classes! I was getting A’s now I’m down to an A and 2 B’s. Still good but makes me mad given the reason :( Mama was here for about 3 weeks helping with the kids while I was sick. Her staying home was awesome. We all miss her lots so we got in lots of visiting time while we could. The kids had a blast playing with Mamoo. I celebrated my 29th birthday - gosh I’m getting old. This is the year I can stop counting right?! *L* We had dinner at Red Lobster while Momma watched the kids. When we got back Momma had a cotton candy ice cream cake waiting for me and Cody decided everyone needed to sing to me - it was cute. Overall it was a good birthday!

(Farm) A lot has changed on the farm :) We’ve traded out some animals. Pig Update: The pig is gone. We sold her right before I got sick. She was getting awfully loud so she had to go. She was still an awesome pet and we’ll miss her. Quail Update: Somehow the entire flock got out and found their way into the backyard with the dogs. It wasn’t a pretty site. So we have 12. I’m not sure what we are going to do just yet. We need to buy more eggs if we want to repopulate the flock because of the whole diversity thing. SO we’re not sure what we want to do with all that just yet. Rabbit Update: Poor Mr. McGee is sick again. I swear the poor thing hasn’t caught a break since the neighbor dog got him. He’s got sores around his mouth and I’m just not sure he’ll pull through this time. Sassy is doing good - still no babies but we haven’t been “really” trying either. We added a new rabbit to the mix. Walter is a lop eared bunny wabbit who is super friendly and is about the same size as Sassy. I think he is older but it doesn’t really matter. He was $4 bucks *L* He’s male, and very friendly and my male is sick. So we bred Sassy and Walter last night and we’ll see what happens. Chicken Update:My rock has gone broody. She is so mean right now *L* she will try to peck at you and makes an awful racket if you bother her in the least. The Aracuna is the only one still laying eggs (because of the weather change) so that kinda stinks. We added 2 more Aracuna’s (Black, Grey) to the mix Saturday. They are cute but very scared still. I’ve been working on them with rice crispies *L* they WILL learn to like me :) Pigeon Update: Yes, I said pigeon *L* Jay has been talking about pigeons for awhile and an opportunity (a cheap one at that) arose so we are now the proud owners of 4 roller pigeons. We shall see how this hobby pans out.

(Kids) Cody has been doing good in school. He brings home “Super Manners” almost every day. You get super manners for doing good things and being nice, ect ect. It’s a big deal for him to we plaster them to the wall in the livingroom *L* I’m already running out of space! Cody throws the peace sign whenever he says bye to his friends at school and it just cracks me up. My little boy is growing up *L* Emily is getting so big. She can sing the whole ABC song and can already count to 12. She can count higher but it’s usually not in the right order *L* Still cute though! Jay made her an “Egg” they are hollowed out eggs (chicken, quail) filled with plaster. She just loves to hold them. She calls them HER baby eggs *L* Talk about cheap entertainment!
(Garden) The garden is officially over for the year. I pulled up my sweet potatoes this weekend. Now that was hilarious! I don’t think I will ever plant those again. The cucumbers think they are coming back - I found several blooms and a few cucumbers an inch or two but it’s getting cooler and I don’t have time to mess with the garden anymore. Jay picked a bucket full of his peppers and made some hot sauce - that’s some HOT stuff! *LOL* Next weekend I’m hoping to get the garden prepared so it will be ready to plant in next year.

(Contest) I played a few days ago and won a koolaid backpack and a $20 gas card *woohoo*

(Hobby) I finished Emily’s scarf. It’s a tootsie roll looking thing. I still need to add the letters but all the crochet is done! I did get some sewing in this week but not for me. A friend needed me to fix a shirt *L* I know - woohoo right?! *L* Maybe I’ll get some more in this week.

(Website) Main update and pictures to come this week!

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