(Life) We had a blast at Jay’s company picnic for Bass Pro - I added a post on it because it was deserving of it’s own space *L* I have been working on our family tree - which is quite time consuming *L* but I’m happy with how far I have/am getting. We haven’t been garage sale’n in a few weeks - we kept finding the same ones *L* I have totally slacked off on Wii-Fit and need to get back into the groove. Jay put a pond in the backyard. I added some big goldfish and a few crayfish so we have something to look at *L* Jay’s baby sister is getting married Sunday - Congrats Holly ;) and I think that’s about it for news.
(Farm) The eggs in the inky were bad (ducks) non were fertile. We added some quail eggs after that but the inky got to hot and basically cooked those eggs so for not its out of service. The baby bunnies are growing big. The baby ducks aren’t so little anymore - almost big enough to eat ;) The pigeons are sitting on another set of eggs and we added 4 chukars (jay’s idea not mine!) so we’ll see what happens with them. We’ve also added 2 hamsters to the zoo *L* what next right?!
(Kids) Emily has finally moved to a booster type car seat. It’s just like Codys except Ive removed the 5 pt harness and he uses the seatbelt. Cody has been super excited lately playing his Animal Crossing game - he caught the scorpion and the tarantula. We took Cody and Emily fishing this past weekend and they caught a catfish - and later they ate it *L* So they had fun.
(Garden) The garden has been going good I guess. The cucumbers expoleded *L* I’ve harvested over 40 so far and there are a ton more growing. Just a few mato’s this year - I think the cucumbers are shading them to much. I think the plan for next year is to make it even bigger and give more room for everything.
(Hobby) I crocheted Cody a “Goomba” hat - I think it turned out good and he loves it :) Jay made the coolest rain thing - it hangs from the gutter and the rain fills the cup and waterfalls to the next - awesome!
(Website) I added a ton of pictures and a few way overdue posts.
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(Life) Well we have been hiding a little bit. We did it to suprise Momma cause we thought it would be fun and since she already knows now I can spill the beans *L* We painted our house - yup the outside…with freakin hand paintbrushes *LOL* It looks good and it needed to be done but talk about tiring! The other BIG thing was that we ripped the carpet out in the livingroom and hall and put down that click together wood floor in there and the kitchen/dining room. Now that was rough but we finished it in 2 days - and YES for those wondering that is how the hammer met my finger ;) Jay is going to be attending OTC with me in the fall - he’s going to be taking the signing class I took. I think he will enjoy it. We also got a new game for the Wii - Wii-Fit. I freaking love that game! The kids and Jay will play also but I think I enjoy it more than they do ;) It’s a fitness game that has yoga, aerobics,strength training and some balance games. It weighs you and gives your BMI results and helps you get on track to getting fit. I’ve been tracking my progress - you can check it here - I added a link to the right side toolbar to. Aunt Kelly has been working out with me and I’m hoping a few more people will jump on board and keep the motivation flowing!
(Farm) The farm is booming *L* Angels babies are growing big - they are starting the wean now. I think I will be keeping the runt out of that litter - he/she is adorable! I plan on trying to figure out the sex on them this weekend and see what we ended out with. Sassy, Alberta and Murtle are getting a tad husky :) so I’m hoping they took. Murtle and Manson are doing so much better now that we’ve shaved them. Hmm did I even mention them before? Well just in case we bought 2 new angora’s (with papers even - oohhhh *L*) a black male(Manson) and a tortoise shell female(Murtle). They are HUGE! *L* We got them at the Marshfield Fiber fair a few weekends (5/17) ago. We ended up making new cages for the rabbitry and I love them. We did 4 male cages and 4 female (with drop down nest boxes) and I’m so happy with how they turned out. My arms and hands were so scratched up from messing and cutting the wire. I’ll add pictures under the rabbits. The ducks started laying on 5/16 (the 2nd duck started on 5/19) and have since laid 18 eggs that were put into the inky today. If I think we’re a go on them I’ll have Jay hook up the webcam when it gets to be hatch time.
(Kids) Emily just had her 3rd birthday - Happy birthday emily!! She was so excited to turn 3. We got her a little princess tryicycle and mamoo got her the princess helmet to match :) So cute! Emily’s latest “cute” thing that she says that is completely unique to her is “I love you a million ba-zillion” - omg sooo cute! I just LOVE when she says it. She also got a guitar (toy of course) but her and Cody have been rockin out like crazy fools to that thing. We got Cody a bike - his first one. He did such a great job of getting good grades and being kind and caring at school this year - he earned a bike :) and he loves the thing. He’s been riding around with Emily almost everyday. Cody will be done with school in 2 more days and let me tell you he is counting down the hours *L*
(Garden) We planted a few more things since I last updated, so Im going to update on everything *L* We planted 4 tomatoe plants - the cherry tomatoe has already started to grow one :) the others just have blooms. We also planted a watermelon and a pumpkin with haven’t done much yet. I decided we needed a catawa grape plant - and it seems to be growing…leaves…so maybe that’s a good sign?! *L* The cucumber plants - all 12 of them have of course taken off. I have over 40 (I quit counting) blooms and about 4 cucumbers started. Jay’s pepper has a few buds and the pepper from veitemese pepper (a friend sent him some seeds) is the tiniest thing you ever saw - but it’s growing *L* (although it does look alot like a weed right now*LOL*) I also planted a blueberry bush - and it has started some green blueberries :) I’m hoping they turn blue…soon! That’s all for the garden but I also have a patio peach tree on the front porch that has 6 peaches started *woohoo!* and Cody is excited about eating them!
(Hobby) Well like I’ve said before I dabble in a million different hobbies and crafts. I’ve awful proud of the wii-mote cabinet I made though. I basically just took a picture of the wii-mote and enlarged it - then decoupaged it onto a cabinet but it’s my creation and I love it. I made it for Cody - and he loves it to. I havent managed to get a lot of craftiness done the last few weeks but hopefully this summer.
(Website) I added this post, the Wii-Fit page and a million ba-zillion pictures ;) Check out the recently added section under photo’s.
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(Life) Well I explained a few posts ago that our lives have been a tad crazy and busy these days. I finish this semester next week, Cody will be graduating kindergarten the end of the month *woohoo go Cody* Emily is turning 3 in 2 weeks…Just lots of events going on.
(Farm) Gosh let’s see…The 2 baby pigeons are fully grown and we had 2 more hatch out a few days ago that are getting so big already. Angel (rabbit) one of the Sassy/Walter from Oct had 5 babies this morning - what a nice surprise! They all seem to be doing good and she pulled enough fur to make another rabbit *L* so we are keeping our fingers crossed that she figures everything else out and these little ones make it. Stil no eggs from our leghorn chicken - who is SUPPOSE to be the better egg layer out of the 3 we have *LOL* so who knows. The ducks have been mating but no eggs from either on yet :/
(Garden) Well we planted a few weeks ago. We planted 4 tomatoe plants (Ill add the types in later) and about 800 cucumber *LOL* well maybe not 800 but alot! 4 - 6 packs and a few singles. I’ll count them tomorrow and let you know. We all like cucumbers and you can always find someone to take the extras off you hands ;) Jay planted some peppers (types later) and we are planning to add in some okra and MAYBE try another watermelon plant this year.
(Hobby) I actually did get some sewing in this week. I made some capris (for me) out of a to small pair of jeans and one of Jays old Hawaiian shirts *L* They turned out good and they are comfy! I also made Cody a few pairs of shorts from his to small (yes, as in floods) jeans and Emily got 4 pairs of capris from her to small sweatpants. On Emilys I added some cute ribbons to the bottom - and she loves them :)
(Website) Well I’ve posted quite a few times and I added a crap load of pictures tonight. I also updated the rabbit page , the Lists page and the zoo crew to reflect the right amounts :)
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Gosh can it get any freaking colder? OK well it probly can so maybe I shouldnt say that. I’m seriously tired of this weather. When I took Cody to school this morning the wind chill was -6…NEGATIVE SIX?! Holy shitake! I’m a california girl, I can’t handle much more of this single digit crap - you hear me weather man?! Ok enough of the rant…and on to the update.
I lost my first rabbit from the cold. One of alberta’s babies (the Orange/Black male) passed away yesterday overnight. What a bummer. So I’m triple checking them now. Hopefully that is the last one I lose.
Even though Olive is in heat - Anubis wants absolutly nothing to do with her in regards to uhh “getting it on” *bow-chika-bow-bow* So I’m giving up on being a iggy Gramma *LOL*
School is…going. Lots of homework. I had my first tests in ASL, Biology, Math - and we’ll just say I’m not going to be in the top of the class *L* So I’m trying not to stress out like I did last semester. I’m just going for my best and that’s that. If I don’t get an “A” I’ll be fine…(but I really do like getting an A *LOL*)
I added a bunch of pictures today. I updated the Christmas, rabbits, farm and a few others. If you just want to check out my latest additions take a gander at the “recent photo’s/tags” under the Photo’s tab.
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This was suppose to be my sleep in late - do nothing Saturday. I was woke up at 7am…not by Jay…not by kiddo’s…but by a RABBIT *LOL* I had brought the babies in last night because it was awful cold and Sassy(Momma rabbit) was apparently really needing some relief *LOL* She was banging her cage against the wall *bang bang* which happens to be on the other side of my headboard. So I got up and took the babies to her. That started a chain reaction. Emily heard the door and got up to see what I was doing. Cody heard Emily get up and decided he wanted to be part of the action. Then between both monkeys Jay woke up…So we were all up by 7:15am because of a wabbit *LOL*
I did get to play my Zelda game for a bit before the real work began. Jay chopped down all the banana tree’s. That was like a jungle! They came down with a whoosh and water was pouring out of them *thanks to the water leak* I’ll post up some before/after pictures tomorrow. Then we decided to tackle the automatic watering system for the rabbits and the birds. It wasn’t “hard” but very time consuming. It’s done and it works and I LOVE it. Our setup is a 55gal drum, some PVC pipes, and a few rabbit water nozzles. I’m super excited because we can leave without having to worry about everyones water supply. Then we came in and I picked up/cleaned the house and started laundry while Jay cooked dinner…the kids had their bath and Jay went back and forth to the store a few times (don’t ask *lmao*) while I updated the website. THEN I had the pleasure of doing homework *sarcasm* I can hope for a lazy Sunday right? *LOL*
OH and I forgot to mention friday that we aquired another “pet”…and Emperor Scorpion :/ That was Jay’s idea because of Cody. At school they made leaves that said what the were most thankful for. Most of the kids said family, pets, you know normal things. Cody said “for a pet scorpion” *lmao* basically he meant thankful to GET one *LOL* SO Jay went and got one…so another add to the zoo crew :)
**I did a major update on the site..Changed the sidebar, added some posts and updated darn near each page (some were very minor changes) and I finally got around to uploading new photos!**
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(Life) The hole in the yard has finally been filled in. Now we have a dirt lawn *L* At least it’s fixed. Jays been working alot and helping get the farm situated. This weekend was spent building rabbit cages and enclosures and setting up an automatic watering system so we can actually leave for a few days without worrying about who will water/feed the farm :) Only 6 days left of school this semester. Right now Ive got 2 B’s and an A…hopefully I’ll end with something better though. I registered for next semester and will be going full time *nervous* so wish me luck!
(Farm) As I said the other day the rabbit babies opened their eyes :) They are soo cute! We *attempted* to sex them and I think we have 3 males/3 females. My favorite 2 (the biggest black/orange & the solid cream) are both female as best we can tell so thats good news. Bad news for our pigeons. The pigeon babies got into an argument with the chickens and lost :/ SO we are back down to 5 roller pigeons and are hoping they will lay eggs again soon.
(Kids) Emily got some rain boots the other day and LOVES them *L* I will have to post a picture with her in them. She wants to wear them everyday - everywhere :) Cody has been reading like a crazy fool. We’ve also been working on telling time and learning to tie shoes (not as easy as I thought it would be *L*)
(Website) Everything is officially away from netfirms (awful - horrible company to deal with) and with godaddy. They have been good to me so far so let’s hope it stays that way :)
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It seems like it’s been forever! Well It has been about 2 weeks. Stupid Netfirm.com pisses me off! The good news is I have officially moved *happy dance* we are with godaddy.com and so far so good. Their customer service is friendly (and located in the states - a real plus) and I haven’t had any database issues :) The bad news (ok not BAD but a pain) is I am having to piece my site back together because of what the previous a-holes did. The backup’s don’t work *grrr* So slowly I will have it back to how it was…I’ve got 95% of the pictures back up now. I will be posting a lot this week because I had been writing posts down on paper waiting for the switch over. I’m just glad to be away from netfirms and back to my old business.
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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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(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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