Nerds With Birds

So while riding down Kansas expressway, on our way back from buffalo wild wings. Where we had been visiting with our friends Lena and Anastasia and Belinda. Cody began asking about tombs. We discussed tombs and why they are necessary. Explaining that places that have sand or flood a lot use them to keep the bodies in the ground. Cody wanted to know if Jay had ever been in a tomb. “Nope, tombs are for dead people - not alive people” then added “I don’t want to be in a tomb. It’s a waste of space-no tree’s can be planted no deer can roam. I want to be cremated.” The short silence gave way to Cody bursting out with “what’s cremated mean?” Without hesitation Jay explained that it means once you die, you are burned up and turned into ashes. Instantly Cody professed he wanted to KEEP his ashes! Intrigued Jay asked WHERE he wanted to keep his ashes at. A PICKLE JAR he said. He was going to pour out the juice and put in his ashes so he could keep him forever. Of course Jay wanted to know where he planned on keeping these ashes. Almost on cue Cody said “In my room!” This was getting interesting, so Jay asked if he planned on talking to the jar.”NO, you would be ashes” as if to say duh daddy. Emily piped in “I AM going to talk to the jar and say I love you, I love you, I love you!” Jay wanted to know if he planned on mixing mommas ashes with daddys. “Nope” he said “I’ll just keep the jars side by side” in a proud voice. “I’ll paste a paper with your names on them so I know who is who.” He then claimed he wanted to take those ashes everywhere. Then the final question - Jay wanted to know if he could dump his ashes in the ocean. Cody paused a moment and said “No, your ashes would be to small and the fish wouldnt recognize you!”

OK so I lied about the blog being updated over the weekend. It’s been a month now *L*
Aww well, once again - you’ll get over it. I really do want to get back into writing every day and updating pictures.
There is just a lot going on and this place gets the back burner. So I’ll give a super quick to the point update and maybe fill everyone in on the rest of it all later…

• We added a new family member - Cody & Emily have a new cousin Kaitlynn Brooke :)  their Aunt Holly has become a Momma.
• Jay is taking online classes @ OTC
• I am taking ASL 2 this semester along with History 130 (then I will be DONE with history!*woohoo*)
• We have a new Puppy (12 weeks old this Sat.) He’s a Bloodhound named Mason and already weighs 20 pounds!
• No new bunny litters - I gave the girls a winter break. I worry to much when I have litters and it’s 3 degrees outside.
• Neko - our cat, had 2 kittens (well more but they didnt make it) a week before Christmas. They are feisty and getting big.
• Emily knows the Alphabet - in english and in sign language. She can count to 15 and knows all her shapes and colors.
• I have been on a reduce clutter spree for a few months - I have a need to get rid of things *L*
• Abby (Sugar Glider we adopted in Aug 08) has grown her tail back completely! I really didn’t think she would ever grown any hair back let alone her entire tail - I’m super thrilled about that.
• It appears we made it through the winter without losing power once! That is freaking awesome!

I know there is so much more to update I just can’t think of it now :/ Don’t you hate when that happens?

OK…time for my midlife crisis…I’m having a panic attack just thinking about it!
It’s official…I have left my 20’s and am now considered “early 30’s” *ack* OMG! What am I gonna do now?
Great it just occurred to me that I can no longer check “25 to 29″ I have to choose “30-35″ on surveys - Oh the horror!
OK OK OK…I know…Breathe..yeah o.k. I feel better. Well not really but…life goes on.

Cody…my loving son asked me tonight, during dinner mind you…”So when are you turning to dust?” *lmao*
Leave it to my son to remind me I’m going to die and turn to dust…on my birthday ;)
Kids are awesome!

Holy shitake! It’s been almost 2 months since I posted anything! It happens - leave me alone already *L*

Let’s do a quick catch up and then maybe I can keep up on it (I know, feels like an empty promise huh?!)

- Cody started back @ school. He’s a big first grader now. So far so good - although his spelling words are insane easy - he knew those in preschool :/ So I’m hoping it gets harder - he’s hoping it doesn’t *LOL*

- My princess peanut Emily had her screening for preschool (starts Aug 09) and failed miserably - she was cranky and not having a good day…and you know, when a princess has a bad day - it’s everyone else’s fault! It should work out to our benefit so I won’t complain…yet ;)

- Jay started college. I know right? He started out taking math, computers and ASL (with my teacher from last year) and now he just has the signing class *L* It’s a lot for us both to be in school and him working. So 1 class is good for now :)

- I am the PTA Secretary (and also the treasurer in a month) at Cody’s school. That has been fun and hectic all at the same time. That has actually taken up a lot of my free time these days. It’s worth it though and Cody loves me being there :)

- We have a total of 3 - yup, count them t-h-r-e-e sugar gliders now. Charley, Marley and Lola. Lola and Charlie were acquired from the animal swap and are doing great now. Marley is just diggin the company. They all share the same cage and sleep in the same pouch. Lola is a tubby - she weighs 2x what she should but the lady we got her from said she was feeding her french fries and blueberry yogurt *ack* so no telling what her cholesterol is! She’s on a diet and doing much better - although I’m sure she misses the french fries *LOL*

- We had baby hamsters a few week back. She had 6 - 2 got out and croaked..and we still have the 4. Let me just clarify 1 thing for anyone that is considering getting a hamster - Russian dwarf hamsters are bad ass and mean as can be!

- No more ducks for us. Well…we still have them sorta ;) Ducks are freakin messy! Good riddance!

- Baby bunnies were born on 9/8 - 6 of them from Angel (Manson is the daddy) and they are fat rolly poly looking things. Super healthy and super cute!

- Same day the bunnies arrived so did the baby kittens. Neko had 6 babies - we lost the first 2 (she just didn’t know what to do) but the other 4 are doing great. 1 black, 2 grey and 1 that looks just like her. The black one was hissing at me on day 2 *LOL* he/she is a feisty little nerd!

- I started back to school the same time Jay did. This year I’m tackling U.S History (1500-1877) let me say - super thrilling…did you catch the hint of sarcasm?*L* and I have advanced Excel. Being that I live with an excel super nerd I think I’ll be just fine in that class *L* This year I decided to go with online only classes. It’s easier because I don’t have to go in but harder because they give you extra busy work :/

- I saved the worst news of all for last…I’m turning 30 *whine* I know for those of you that are older - you think “your a baby still” and for those of you that are younger - you think “gawd your old!” <—-I’m thinking that right along with ya!

I’m so not ready to be 30 *LOL* 30 is well…old in my book! So I will officially be old :(

ok I’m done with my pity party…

-Favorite movie this month? “Juno” I could watch that all day everyday. I love the story - the language - everything!

“Oh, you think you’re so special because you get to play Picture Pages up there? Well, my five year old daughter could do that and let me tell you, she’s not the brightest bulb in the tanning bed. So why don’t you go back to night school in Mantino and learn a real trade.” (regarding Juno getting an ultrasound by a bitchy ultrasound tech) *lmao* funny funny movie!

I have taken a million and a half pictures in the last 2 months so I’ll try and get those uploaded also.

So ta-ta for now and hopefully it wont be 2 months until my next update ;)

Once again I am behind *bad momma* I promised to keep updating and I didn’t :/
ahh well you forgive me right?! Ok good..on to the update…

(Life) We added to the crew…a sugar glider named Marley. I adopted him off craigslist and I just love him. He has already settled in his new house. He’s a good eater and I am just so glad we have him :)

(Garden) The garden going downhill. The cucumbers are starting to slow and the vines are starting to wilt…the ‘mato’s were murdered by my dog (Sam) I tried to tell Jay he loved tomatoes *L* He broke through the fence as soon as he saw the red on them *L* and ate every single one! So still no ‘matos for me. We have a pumpkin! The sucker is huge, it’s been growing awhile but was hidden under the cucumbers - which are wilting. Also we have 3 watermelons going now *woohoo*

(Kids) Cody and Emily are becoming quite the farm helpers :) they have been helping me feed the bun’s and collecting eggs. They have so much fun doing it - which is amazing cause I’m not a huge fan but it needs to be done *L* Now if I could get them to love doing dishes I’d be set ;) Nah, they do a great job. I can’t believe Cody will be starting back school in a month. Time sure flies!

(Hobby) I made Cody and Emily several different felt sets for their felt board. I made a birthday cake one, a Christmas and Halloween one and also a clock,a tic tac toe game and the alphabet.

(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.

Uhh yup they did. We got to watch Kevin Costner and his band play last week. Bass Pro had their annual company picnic and Kevin Costners band was our entertainment. It was soo much fun! When we got there we were each given a bass pro mug and random mugs contained a ticket for a big prize (Gun Safe for example)- we didn’t win anything. There were drink stations(maybe 6?) set up all around for free drinks (Soda,Water,Powerade) and they were giving away really good ice cream (drumsticks,snickers,bottle rockets ect) as well as hotdogs and hamburgers with all the fixin’s. They had about 30+ big blow up slides, climb walls and jump houses for the kids to play in. They had 45 or so mini games (easy kiddo games) with prizes for them to win. For the adults we had bingo - with no less than 500 prizes. I won a collapsible cooler, stadium blanket (camo of course *L*) and a big tackle box. The evening was spent chowing down on burgers and ice cream while we listened to Kevin Costner. The night ended with a bang - literally! The fireworks were amazing…way better than firefall! The kids had a blast and I had a great time to. Absolutely hands down the best company function I’ve ever been to. Thank you Johnny Morris!

I added an entire set of pictures that can be found HERE 

The conversation…
Cody: I made up this game and I gathered up all the balls
Emily: But I want 5!
Cody: No - that’s more than me - we both get 4.
Emily: I don’t want 4 I want 5!
Cody: There is only 8 - so we each get 4! Why should YOU get 5 and then I only get 3?
Emily: Because I want 5…and I’m a GIRL!
Cody: Well you can have 5 this time but next time I get 5 and you get 3
Emily: No I always want 5
Cody: *uuggg* FINE! Just play already…

*lmao* poor Cody *LOL*

an Oscar Mayer weiner…that is what I really like to be-e-e and if I were an Oscar Mayer weiner…everyone would be in love with me!

Hahaha We found the Oscar Mayer Weeny mobile @ Walmart *LOL* So we pulled in and had Cody get a picture. Miss Emily was asleep and we all know the number one rule - NEVER wake a sleeping toddler ;) Cody wouldn’t sing the song but he did get his picture taken and was given a weeny mobile whistle.