Nerds With Birds

My contests..I went ahead and re-uped my OLS membership for the year :) So I should start playing again :) I miss having fun stuff arriving in the mail everyday…So I played 81 contests tonight and won…

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Welp…it was another nice day today. So we went garage sale’n (since we had some good finds last week)
The loot?

1. A suntan mister $1.50 - to be used for cooling off the rabbits
2. an old fashioned ice cream maker (bucket kind) $5 -Jay wants to make ice cream
3. a nice big gun case/rack thingy for the wall $15 - I needed a good place for my pellet gun ;)
4. 7 choose your own adventure books .75 cents - remember those?!
5. automatic hose watering timer thingy $2 - to water the garden for a set time in the AM instead of just when I remember *L*
6. Felt princess story board & 2 kids books $2 -Emily LOVES the felt board thing
7. 12 golf balls $1 -rabbit toys *L* - walter likes it, the rest can care less
8. Garden hose caddy/rolly thingy $1 - always good to keep your hose in one place ;)
9. Laser printer w/cart. & tv antenna $4 - the printer works great
10. 2 nintendo mario toys .50 cents - Cody was in heaven with the mario toys :)
11. a groundhog day flip number clock $1 - OMG I love it!

Grand total : 33.75

The funniest things sometimes. Emily has been quite the chatterbox lately. Ok so to be honest she never stops talking *LOL* but sometimes she has the funniest off the wall things/words. So I thought I would share a funny one with you. She calls Kiwi’s (yeah the fruit) “Kiwi Pickles” no matter how many times you correct her, she will call them kiwi pickles *LOL* and anything that is referring to time, money, or a number is “a million ba-zillion” *L* Cody has his moments as well. Now to anyone who knows me - you KNOW I am not the cook. I actually started a fire in the kitchen in Houston trying to boil water…so needless to say I don’t cook. I decided a few days ago that since we had so many eggs I would make us breakfast burritos. So there I was cooking in the kitchen for all of 15 minutes *L* and they looked good - I was proud *LOL* I gave Emily hers and she dug right in but when I gave Cody his he got mad. He wanted to know why I left him alone. For the life of me I could not figure out what he was talking about until he added “so how did you go to Sonic and back so fast?” *lmao* he never would believe that I made them *hahaha* Oh I almost forgot - the kids needed new crocs so we went to bass pro and found something better - Polliwalks. They are just like crocs except they are shaped like an animal and leave animal tracks when they walk. Cody picked out the green alligators and Emily wanted the yellow ducks. They are adorable!

(Life) Well pretty much same ‘ole really. The kids have been sleeping in until 9am *L* better than 7 I guess but I remember sleeping until noon as a kid ;) Jay and I and a few friends went garage saling last weekend and found some fun stuff. I got Cody some mario cookie cutters and I picked up an i-quest w/4 games for a dollar. Jay found a craftsman push mower that he loves and we got a great deal on it. So I’m thinking we might have to do that again!

(Farm) Well we added a box turtle to the bunch - although he does live outside in the flower boxes. We added 6 baby ducks that were born on 5/30 and acquired in Fordland. Yesterday I candled the duck eggs in the inky and none were fertile so I don’t know what the deal is there. Each of the female ducks have started new clutches and so I’ll let them do their thing and hope for the best. Next week I’m expecting 2 sets of rabbit kits. The pigeons have laid another set of eggs and have been sitting on them since 6/9.

(Garden) Growing good - nothing to harvest yet but getting close. There are a few tomatoes that have started and I saw 3 peppers on the pepper plant. The cucumbers have taken over that entire side and I have about 10+ that have started growing and should be ready in a few days.

(Movies) Well we bought the Tremors pack and Cody loves those movies. We have also been watching Indiana Jones and he really gets into them. Emily can care less about either one of those *LOL* I watched P.S I love you and cried throughout. I LOVE that movie :) It’s a total chick flick! *hahaha*

1. Horton Hears a Who - So cute - a city lives on a speck and the speck is found by an elephant. Hey you’ve read the book - you know the story ;) It’s a good kids movie. 9/10
2. Daddy day camp - Cuba Gooding Jr. meets kids camp. It’s just like daddy day care. 5/10
3. Hatchet - WTF? A horrible cajun bayou freak killer movie. 5/10
4. Dan in real life - good movie about a dad raising his kids alone 9/10
5. Over her dead Body - funny and entertaining 8/10
6. The seeker - not what I expected. A weird searching for symbols kinda movie 5/10
7. Bee Movie - Cut kids movie! You can be anything you want to be! 10/10
8. The Invasion - actually I liked this alien movie. 10/10
9. Chicken zombies - Laughable - just hillariouly stupid! 7/10
10. Awake - wow, super insane story and great twist! I LOVED this movie. 10/10
11. Wind chill - two college kids stranded on road and see ghosts - decent I guess. 7/10
12. White noise 2 - nothing like the 1st - which I liked better BTW - must kill if you save… 7/10
13. Kaw - okay I am officially afraid of ravens now *L*reminded me of “the Birds” 8/10
14. I know who killed me - Lindsey lohan a whore and a writer. Weird twist. 4/10
15. Waitress - cute movie about marriage/divorce/pie 9/10
16. Sydney White - college girl who wants to be in a preppy frat but finds something better. 6/10
17. The quiet one - christian slater goes on a killing spree at work - strange movie. 9/10
18. License to Wed - hilarious. Robin Williams is a relationship tester. 10/10
19. Lake Placid 2 - pass the CHEESE! How awful could they make this? The whole this is CGI’d and badly at that. It has horrble acting, horrible plot - I enjoyed the first one but this one..terrible! 2/10
20. Heartbreak Kid - funny at times. It’s a wedding/marriage gone way wrong. 9/10
21. Fido - zombie pets. I am biased because I’m a zombie movie freak. 10/10
22. I am legend - cancer turned virus w/will smith. I wish it added more to the story line though 10/10
23. 2012 doomsday - religious propaganda “but do you know god?”2/10
24. Into the wild - kid travels to alaska and tries to survive on a bus (true story) 10/10
25. We own the night - Cops, Drugs and family - never a good combo. 8/10
26. Flawless - Demi Moore as a diamond thief 7/10
27. Game Plan - really cute football dad movie w/ the rock. 10/10
28. Nancy Drew - uh kids movie lame for me 3/10
29. August Rush - great movie w/ a musical genius child. I hated the ending though. 9/10
30. The brave one - A tragedy creates a killer. Love this movie! 10/10
31. 3:10 to Yuma - Great movie. Reminds me of tombstone (not the plot just the scenery) 10/10
32. Good Luck Chuck - super funny! Dane cook is a dentist who has a spell put on him as a kid that once he sleeps with someone, the next person they will find be their true love and get married. 10/10
33. No reservations - cute cooking love story movie. 9/10
34. Why did I get married - odd movie with Janet Jackson 7/10
35. Resident Evil 3 extinction- good - but similar to the last (aren’t they all) 9/10
36. The comebacks - lame - terrible parody of other funny movie 3/10
37. Rendition - homeland security gone bad 3/10
38. Micheal Clayton - George Clooney a hitman? 9/10
39. Farmer John - doc about farmer losing farm,growing organic 10/10
40. 30 days of night - vampire movie 8/10
41. American Gangster - denzel washington as a ganster - very long and sloooowww movie 6/10
42. Captivity - trapped in a house and tortured - crazy twist 10/10
43. Grindhouse - Deathproof and planet terror - I guess i just don’t get these movies. I didn’t care for the “aged” look of the film or the story line of either one of these movies. 3/10
44. Across the universe - wtf musical / forest gump wonky movie 1/10
45. Juno - hilarious teen pregnancy 10/10
46. Day of the Dead - fast moving, fast infecting zombies..blah 7/10
47. Lives of Ian stone - blah! weird multiple personality thing 6/10
48. The Machinist - talk about having something bad on your conscience! 10/10
49. Resurrecting the champ -reporter not following up - good movie! 8/10
50. Lars and the real women - young Hercules! I loved him back in the early 90’s *L* this movie was sooo funny - I loved it! 10/10
51. Charlie Wilsons War - based on a true story - 6/10
52. Cloverfield - another blair witch except with godzilla *LOL*5/10
53. 27 dresses - the reason I got married in Arkansas *LOL* basically a chick that is always a bridesmaid never a bride. 8/10
54. The golden compass - where is the religious backing? I guess I didn’t see it. Still a strange “kids” movie. 8/10
55. Water Horse - an ok kids movie about a loch ness type creature. 6/10
56. Vince Vaughns Wild West Comedy Show - some of them were funny and some weren’t so good. 7/10
57. Strange Wilderness - more vulgar than I thought. Actually didn’t care for it but it had a few funny parts. 6/10

Dang I havent been garage sale’n in forever! A friend of mine from Signing class was going and so we decided to go to. We had so much fun! The van was full of our stuff and theirs *LOL* Good times!
The loot?

1. A free TV stand - freakin awesome! It’s in our bedroom now
2. Hermit crab cage - $1 - it was cute and cheap *LOL*
3. Hamster habitrail cage & 2 kids books $5 - you can never have to many cages
4. 3 Mario Cookie cutters, I-quest w/4 games, Singing Starz karaoke - $3 - the BEST finds ever!
5. 5 pairs of jeans - $4
6. Craftsman push mower - $15 - Jay has been wanting one of these so bad!
7. wireless router - $5
8. fan (for the tv) $1

Grand Total : $33

(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.

OK sometimes I check to see how people find my site…Some are pretty darn funny. So I decided to start a running list of all the funny searches…I’ll bump this post up whenever I add one :)

“my bladder is about to burst I really need to pee” <—-Latest Funny/Weird Search
“propane tank pig craft”
“farm eggs and strep throat”
“can you die from mice”
“nerds stink like tomatoes” from Canada
“i can type so slow the birds die before i am through” From Portland, OR
“is it alright to pray to win a sweepstakes”
“a farm being attacked by birds”
“hit birds with cucumber” from Tartumaa
“nerd christmas tree” from Texas
“fugly birds” from Ohio
“picture of pig that won 3rd prize” from New Jersey
“unique christmas decorations for nerds” from Canada
“I love a ups man” from Pennsylvania
“paperclip animals” from Flordia
“crafty nerds hate them” from California

Awww it was a good day :)
The kiddo’s and Jay made me a card with their hand prints in it - so cute! I got to sleep in (until 10am *woohoo*) and then Jay made us all a good big breakfast. Then I got to play with my mothers day prezzy - a BB rifle :) I know - weird that I actually wanted something like that huh? Ahh well - I love it! It’s crazy powerful (1200 FPS) and has a great scope that was already sighted and mounted (thank you bass pro gun guy *LOL*) and I LOVE it! So I played around with my targets for awhile. We did a little bit of shopping and I actually got started in a little crafty-goodness - look for an update called the Wii Cabnet. It’s bedtime for the kids and I think Jay and I will settle down with a good zombie movie and a glass of sweet tea…It’s been a good day!

(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 :)

HAHAHA a checker at the local grocery store made a slight mess up while ringing up a watermelon *lmao* I about had a heart attack at the total..but it was quickly resolved :)