Major Update!
Oct 1st, 2007 by Jenn
(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!
