Thank you both. My girls are so special, and such a huge part of my everyday life. Finding ways to keep them involved and busy without giving them time to dwell on their limitations is always a challenge, and if some of what we've figured out helps another family then I'm happy!
I was just...
Congrats everyone! So much information shared, so many photos and long hours writing and editing.....ya done good!!
(Um, Ralphie beat me? RALPHIE beat ME???? Gosh, I'd love to go to Australia with you, Ralphie....we'd have to take Kendra along though!)
Edited to add: I forgot to say...
Rules say "once we have at least", which to me indicates that until judging is announced, articles are still accepted. In a post 6 days and 7 hours ago Sumi announced that the judging would begin in "one week's time which will be next Friday." So you still have a couple of hours to get your...
Shove over, Wiseguy - that airline seat to Australia only has room for one! Um, I do, however, need to sharpen my pencil and get to doing a final edit.
They've both been up for a long time.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/yes-you-certainly-can-brood-chicks-outdoors
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/kids-with-disabilities-can-enjoy-chickens-too
Whoa. Maybe I need to write an article about how to write an article when you don't know what to write an article about and don't know enough about the possible article suggestions to fill an article. <excuse me....suddenly I have splitting headache and I'm going to bed now>
Well, not having heard back, I went ahead and added the photos of Kendra out with the chickens and bringing in eggs to my article. Keeping my fingers crossed that I was okay doing that.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/kids-with-disabilities-can-enjoy-chickens-too
Um, I still have plenty of time to edit and get these new pics added to mine, right? <please say "yes"! My real life was interfering with my chicken life again.>
I can write another one on how to clean a chicken coop without getting chicken doo-doo on your shoes --- except I haven't figured out to do that myself yet
I finished it. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong that won't allow me to put pictures side by side. I've done it before, but this time I all but threw the computer out the window from sheer frustration.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/kids-with-disabilities-can-enjoy-chickens-too
Oh, but Ralphie, there is abundant evidence that self policing doesn't work. Do we self police when we see new chicks and realize we don't have any? Nope, we go get our own! Do we self police when we say this is the last coop or coop change we are going to make? Nope, we either build that...
I'm not good at thinking of and writing articles as informative as those. I'm more the everyday-ordinary-stuff-that-I've-done-myselfing kind. But I do have another in mind and hope I get to put it down this weekend.