Nerds With Birds

(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 :)

OK I finally added a boat load of pictures going back to mid feb up to tonight :)

CLICK HERE to see just the most recent or click the pictures tab up top to see the rest

4 years ago today I was having a D&C after losing the twins…
It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long, but it has. I think about their faces and sweet little voices. I think about the brothers or sisters that Cody & Emily missed out on. I think about how our lives would be so different. Mainly I just think about them. I’m better now than I was then, but I still miss them just the same.

And his love is the one true emotion
Heaven knows no fear no pain
I never got to set my wheels in motion
But they loved me just the same
And they didn’t even know my name
Didn’t even know my name
You loved me just the same
And you didn’t even know my name”

By: George Canyon “My Name”

Oh my gosh - I cannot explain how excited I am that this semester is almost over. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it doesnt involve math or biology! *lmao* I am sick of that boring CRAP! I have 2 more classes and a presentation then a final to take in ASL, and Math (well I bombed it anyways) but 2 classes and 2 more tests…and 2 more online tests in Biology and I’m DONE! *happy dance* Did I mention I received a big fat A in health? Woohoo - go me..so what if it was an easy class ;)  Anyways I know I keep promising to update more but this time I mean it, once school is over I’m gonna update this baby all the time and finally get those pictures added! I have a big update but I’m practicing for my ASL presentation (that happens to be tomorrow) and then *hopefully* I can get a few hours of sleep. I’ll update more later this week :)

A SLACKER! I would like to blame the reason for not posting on school but I can’t this time *L* I mean I have homework, but I have had time to update the blog I just didn’t. I know - I’m terrible - get over it ;)  I have been surfing the web and catching up on the blogs I like to read, been looking up stained glass stuff (my latest hobby) and trying to figure out what to plant in the garden this year. We bought some plants today at Lowes. I will be planting those babies tomorrow (yes of course I’ll take pictures) I still need to update Cody’s birthday pictures. Apparently I let my Flickr acct lapse and it wouldnt let me upload any more pictures. There’s a limit of pictures on the free accounts I guess. So I had to pay for that before it would let me upload - so now that it’s paid I’ll get to uploading. OK onto the updates…

(Farm) Still hoping for rabbit babies. We bred Sassy and Angel so I’m expecting a litter around the 1st week of May. The baby pigeons have all their feathers and are doing wonderful! I’m soo excited that these lil guys made it through. Their parents have already started a new nest (away from the babies) and have been sitting on 2 more eggs. I had a tremendous amount of fun trying to catch 2 runaway pigeons on Tuesday. The wind blew the door of their pen open I guess. I had the front door open with the screen for some fresh air and a white bird flew right into the screen *L* scared the crap outa me! So I went to check if it was ok and realized *crap* that’s MY bird! *LOL* So I ran to their pen and 2 of my escapee pigeons were standing there (mocking me!) from my neighbors roof. It took about 4 hours before they FINALLY decided to get back in there…but everyone is back and safe and sound :) I caught my ducks mating today - kinda strange. They rarely make noise so when I heard a honking/hiss noise I assumed something (stray cat/squirrel/oppossum) was bothering them. Out the door I went with a broom just to find out they were having a moment *LOL* Sorry ducks! hahaha so maybe I will have some baby ducks this year.

(Kiddo’s) Both my nerds are doing great. Cody took a 30 word spelling test the other day and missed one - go Cody! I.m such a proud momma.  He has done so good in school this year! Emily is quite the chatter box (as usual) she rarely stops talking. She’s just like her momma ;) She has been loving going outside and helping me get the garden ready and feed all the animals. Although she’s a tad upset that last years kiddy pool is mostly green in color and STILL has goldfish swimming in it. Now I KNOW that pool froze solid over the winter so I was not expecting anything to be alive in there but they are - all 4 of them.

(Me and Jay) Same ole! That’s my update *L* Same crap - different day. You might wanna buy some stock in Lowes…We are planning to do some serious house repairs this spring/summer,  they have been needing to be done for a few YEARS now.  Painting the house(outside), putting in new flooring, new bathroom sinks, some hole repairs in the drywall (thanks to our potbelly pig zsa-zsa) , replacing the backyard fence, plant boxes around the tree and in front of the house, driveway repairs - and a few other odds and ends. Should be exciting :)

I have a 6 year old. Gosh, I think that makes me sound old. Yeah I’m on a “gonna be 30″ freak out again *L* but it feels weird to say “I have a 6 year old”…well anyways it was Cody’s birthday today. He informed me last night that I needed to wake him up by saying “good morning my 6 year old” so that’s exactly what I did this morning :) He is just so excited to be 6 - it seems like a life changing event *LOL* He wanted to know if we could see how tall he grew (overnight?! *LOL*) and when he could open presents - I let him open just one :) Jay took the day off and so we all got ready and loaded up in the van and took him to school together. I bought some cupcakes and some chocolate milk (once again by his request) for his class today. We dropped him off and when I picked him back up, he said he had a great day at school and even got a birthday hat! We went to chuck e cheese for his party…again - his request. He had decided to invite a few friends from class, they showed up and everyone was off and run’n. They ate pizza, had a few sips of soda and spent the rest of the time playing games and trying to win tickets. We finally convinced him it was time to open his presents and got everyone gathered around. He sure made out with transformers and nintendo stuff! *L* Once presents were opened they were all off and run’n again. We stayed until about 8pm and called it a day. He was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow :)
Quite a birthday for the birthday boy! (pictures coming soon)

2 weeks…I’m just now getting over this crap I have. I’ve got a lingering cough and I’ve shared that cough with the Peanut, Cody, Jay and Momma :/ Everyone seems to be on the upswing so *hopefully* this sick streak will end soon. I still can’t hear all that well on my right side(insane ear infection) but I’ve done my 3rd round of antibiotics to fix it - and now another wait game I guess. Maybe my sign language class was a foreshadow *L* I hope not! Anyway, I know I’ve promised the movie update - I’m still working on it *L* We’ve actually watched a lot more that I thought.

Let’s see…in the last 2 weeks…

(Jenn’s College) I have missed a lot of class - which sucks because that put me behind in my sign language class and I really enjoy that class. I got my biology test back - 35 out of 60 - can you say “THAT SUCKS” with me? Gosh, it might have been better if I had known what to study and wasn’t sick. Ugg so that bites - but I passed my ASL test with flying colors!

(Cody) His birthday is almost here - it’s this Thurs. He’s so excited to be turning the big 6 *L* He’s been getting all of his spelling words correct so he’s getting some kind of ice cream sundae thing at school which he is stoked about.

(Emily) She has been cracking me up lately. OH the things kids will say sometimes. Tonight she asked me for some tea. I told her “in a little while” and she let out a awwwoohhh moan and said “oh no, in a little while means NO” *lmao* I guess she has figured me out ;) A few days ago her and daddy were having a fun argument about who stinks. Jay was telling her she smelled like stinky old cheese and she was hollar’n no she didn’t stink at all. After about 5 or 6 “you stink like” my Miss Princess Emily blurted out “you stink like asshole” yeah isn’t that fabulous? Not entirely sure she has ever heard that word quite put like that before but she knew when to use it :/ I just love the things kids say…

(Farm) The pigeon eggs have hatched and seem to be doing well. The quail have started laying eggs. The damn rabbit never had any babies (talk about pissing me off!) and everyone else is doing fine. Next weekend I hope to be getting the garden in order and ready for plants. We should be putting quail eggs in the inky within the next month and we’ll have the webcam on them and WHENEVER the darn wabbit decided to have babies I’ll stick the other webcam out there so you can watch the bunnies.

(Jay) Finally took his motorcycle class. He ended up in the local paper. The headline above his quotes read ”
Missouri’s death rate among highest in U.S.” Yeah I was so proud *LOL*He really likes his bike and it is really a money saver as far as gas goes. I’m still not a huge fan but it makes him happy and we’re saving some money so for now…I’m not complaining ;)

I’m going to try and get back into my routine and update more often - summer is a come’n and we should have lots to update on the farm ;)

3 weeks since I’ve posted anything *wow* that’s what happens when I get sick :/ Emily and I have been “sharing” a severe sore throat, ear infection, cough for about a month now. She has finally gotten over it but it’s still lingering for me *ugg* I cannot wait for warmer weather. Midterms were this past week - I bombed 3 of the 4…sucks. I didn’t feel up to par anyway and I didn’t get to study as much as I would have liked. Aww well - next time :) I am really enjoying my ASL class though. I’m considering changing my major and going for an ASL interpretor. I think I would really enjoy that. I’ve been going to the deaf club every Friday (Jay and the kids to) and I went to a Helen Keller play with a few friends from ASL class and the play had 2 interpretors there. It was a great play put on by the Springfield Little Theater. So who knows what will happen with all that - I’m not sure what I’m doing anymore ;)

Let’s see…in the past 3 weeks we have watched a ton of movies - I’ll make that a separate post though. We did all go to the movie theater to see Horton Hears a Who yesterday and it was a cute movie. Cody sat and watched it all the way through - Emily was up and down throughout but she said she enjoyed it.

As far as the farm goes - same ‘ole really. The pigeons have laid some more eggs (2) so we shall see. Sassy rabbit is due next week - but I’m not holding my breath. the Chickens and the ducks have been enjoying the warmer (40’s-50’s) weather.

Cody is officially on spring break - and reminds me of that at least 3X each day *LOL* He is so excited to not have to go to school. Such a change from last year. He would cry if I kept him home sick or if he didn’t have school that day. This year he wants to throw a party on the teacher work days *LOL* He will be getting his fill of playing DS, Playing the Wii and sleeping in this week :) His birthday is coming up (4/3) and he keeps telling me who he’s inviting to his party (Several school friends) - where his party is going to be (Chuck E Cheese) and what kind of cake he is having (Super Mario) It’s entertaining that he has everything planned now - before he was happy he got to eat cake *LOL* now he has specific things he wants to do :)

OK get ready for this…
<start panic attack> <paper bag> <breathe in> <breathe out>
</breathe out> </breath in></toss paper bag> </end panic attack>

Jay bought a bike. Not a peddle bike a motorcycle. I know - scary huh?! Uggg anyways he got a pretty good deal on an ‘05 Honda Rebel. It’s kind of a burnt orange color (I’ll post some pics soon) and he likes it. He’s still in the learning stage of riding it but once he gets it down it will be way better than the van on gas mileage! He filled it up from 1/2 tank and it cost $3.26 - I filled the van from 1/2 tank and it was $25! Massive difference.

(Life) UGGG! Cody was sick last Friday through the weekend and still has a yuk cough and now I guess it’s my turn AGAIN.
I have a bad sore throat and can hardly talk. It sucks! I hate to be sick. It seems I’ve been sick a lot in the past year…maybe I’m getting old ;) or maybe it’s because I have a kid in school and I started going to college. who knows…Sucks either way!

(College) School is going pretty good I guess. I’ve been keeping up really good grades in ASL, Health and Bio but Math is really kicking my butt. My teacher sucks - I can’t tell you how many times he will write the wrong answer and solve the problem wrong only to have another student point out the error. I should invest in erasers! So I will be taking this class over with a different teacher next year.

(Farm)We bred the rabbits on Saturday. Just Sassy and Walter. I’m hoping this one sticks and we actually get a litter. Everyone else on the farm is doing good. The chickens have been laying eggs pretty steady again. I guess they think warmer weather is heading our way. I’m totally ready for that!

(Kiddo’s) Cody is doing good. He has been fascinated with germs lately *L* Gee I wonder why. So I bought him a book by the magic school bus about germs. I couldn’t believe how excited he was *L* He’s been doing good in school. He took his fall pictures Monday so I’m anxious to see how they turned out. Miss Emily has been cracking me up lately. She acts so grown. She told me yesterday “Momma, I just want to do what I want to do” - gotta love that from a 2 year old *L* She sure is a loving little thing.
She was trying to wake up Cody (which seems mean right?) because she wanted to share he drink with him *aawww* although I didn’t let her wake him up, I was proud that she wanted to share with him :) Such a doll!

(Movies) Gosh, we have watched a crap load of movies in the last few weeks. I just haven’t been online much (for leisure) to update the blog. Every time I get on the computer I’m doing homework it seems.