I like this thread! My kids made the bus today, and I only have to make the 30 mile round trip to the nearby town ONE TIME today! It's been 3x day/4 days a week here lately. I am delirious with excitement!
Tell me something GOOD that happened to you today.
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Waking up is always a good start to any day!
I was able to get out of bed without my back killing me (yesterday I lost a day of work cause my back went out Sunday night)!
Made it to work on time today, and it's a nice, clear sunny day!
Saw a deer in the drive way at work this morning pulling in. The industrial park I work in is really nice, lots of ponds and walking paths. We have a duck that raises her babies right next to my building. We can see her in the window (just a foot away). There's ducks, geese and white egrets all over the place.
I was able to get out of bed without my back killing me (yesterday I lost a day of work cause my back went out Sunday night)!
Made it to work on time today, and it's a nice, clear sunny day!
Saw a deer in the drive way at work this morning pulling in. The industrial park I work in is really nice, lots of ponds and walking paths. We have a duck that raises her babies right next to my building. We can see her in the window (just a foot away). There's ducks, geese and white egrets all over the place.
I got hang out for a bit with upintheholler and ooops. Shame on me, I can not recall Heather's BYC name.
Well, anyways...we hung out and of course---- traded some birds!! Woot!
Well, anyways...we hung out and of course---- traded some birds!! Woot!
The Good Lord gave me another day of LIFE!!! I am trying to humbly find blessings like this that I toooo often take for granted. What I do with life today is up to me.
I woke up to a lot of barking out by my coop. My daughters dog had gotten out of the kennel, and was trying to get to the chickens. My little cairn terrier was standing his ground and not let anything get to his chickens. It was so funny to watch this little dog chase off a cocker spaniel. I finally saved her dog and gave Taz a rawhide bone. He took it and went and layed in front of the run. The funny thing is I did not plan on getting a dog. He was born with a heart mumer so the breeder was going to put him down. So I brought him home instead, his vet says he will only live 2 to 3 years, but I am gonna love him every minute of it.
I love this post.
Last night here my husband and I are in the dark, me holding a ladder, him up on top of the last rung struggling towards the pitch of the roof on the coop, he was attempting to eye out where to staple the tar paper down so the chickens won't get wet during today's thunderstorms (we have been adding new shingles, so it was bare). I was his spotter, like there was much I could do if he toppled 15 or so feet down,..but we believed it, truly...
So I got to watching the ducks who stay out later than anyone, in an attempt to distract myself from the possibility of being a pancake if my husband did in fact fall on me,..the ducks have a massive pile of branches that we had planned to chip for mulch but now I have to wonder if I want to do that, because they are just so fascinated with it. They finally finished up with their pile and went back to the covered run chatting all the way, the odd way that they do and into their pond for the nights last dip they went.
So there I was holding the ladder, spotting my husband and thinking about how funny the ducks are..we call them collectively "here comes trouble",... and trouble got me thinking of our sweet new buck, he came skittish, tried some dominance, oh yeah he was trouble,..some love and apples and now he is just as pliable as the does.
And the girls,..Appy who looks just so sweet and innocent, reminds me of bambi, but is crazy aggressive with my buck and poor little flower, our pygmy, who sits like a dog and acts more like a dog than a goat, whenever I think of Flower I smile,..she came to us with clicking knees and a shy disposition she didn't even know how to be patted properly, you put your hand on her head and she moves her head for the pat. She still has the clicks and even in her attention getting she still comes off so shy,..she brings out this immense feeling of love from anyone who is near her. I smiled just thinking about seeing her earlier, as the sun was setting there she was laying under the big tree, neck covered in sap (tree+goat=sap) with a bunch of chicks sitting on her back while the mother hen cuddled up to her (oh yeah I ran for camera but came back with my husband saying Appy ruined it all she scattered them....pffft what's new).
The hens and rooster were all in for the night, come 5:30 it's all over. The rooster, Gladys, makes the girls bunk in for the night, if any decide they want to stay out later, Gladys will chase them around til they run for the coop with a white flag sqwakin uncle.
Gladys, what a pip that one is,..and I never realized it until recently. Just yesterday my son showed me how when he walked to the barn Gladys jumped in front of him basically telling him you aren't coming down. I never realized Gladys had any aggression until the last few weeks when my son told me what she did to him and then i found out my husband was behind that whole deal and my poor son looks like my husband from Gladys view, so Gladys figures he is coming to pick up his hens against his protests..So funny, I told him to step around and he did whining that he didn't know who Gladys thought he was,...you gotta snicker just to think of it, no pecking, just tall standing wings flapping, foot stomping and pure stupidity
My sons had gone in for the night, they had spent the afternoon on the roof with my husband while he shingled, but I was sure they were in the house now watching some mindless show that sounded like dumb dumb,..and I thought to myself,..I love my life!!! I just love it, love it, love it. We aren't wealthy by some standards, but I feel so rich. I think people who don't have animals to share with their family can never understand what we call chicken therapy. All I know is when my husband and I are out with the animals there is this peace that goes along with it and it reaches into your lives and touches every corner and brings you a happiness that can't be compared to anything.
Last night here my husband and I are in the dark, me holding a ladder, him up on top of the last rung struggling towards the pitch of the roof on the coop, he was attempting to eye out where to staple the tar paper down so the chickens won't get wet during today's thunderstorms (we have been adding new shingles, so it was bare). I was his spotter, like there was much I could do if he toppled 15 or so feet down,..but we believed it, truly...
So I got to watching the ducks who stay out later than anyone, in an attempt to distract myself from the possibility of being a pancake if my husband did in fact fall on me,..the ducks have a massive pile of branches that we had planned to chip for mulch but now I have to wonder if I want to do that, because they are just so fascinated with it. They finally finished up with their pile and went back to the covered run chatting all the way, the odd way that they do and into their pond for the nights last dip they went.
So there I was holding the ladder, spotting my husband and thinking about how funny the ducks are..we call them collectively "here comes trouble",... and trouble got me thinking of our sweet new buck, he came skittish, tried some dominance, oh yeah he was trouble,..some love and apples and now he is just as pliable as the does.
And the girls,..Appy who looks just so sweet and innocent, reminds me of bambi, but is crazy aggressive with my buck and poor little flower, our pygmy, who sits like a dog and acts more like a dog than a goat, whenever I think of Flower I smile,..she came to us with clicking knees and a shy disposition she didn't even know how to be patted properly, you put your hand on her head and she moves her head for the pat. She still has the clicks and even in her attention getting she still comes off so shy,..she brings out this immense feeling of love from anyone who is near her. I smiled just thinking about seeing her earlier, as the sun was setting there she was laying under the big tree, neck covered in sap (tree+goat=sap) with a bunch of chicks sitting on her back while the mother hen cuddled up to her (oh yeah I ran for camera but came back with my husband saying Appy ruined it all she scattered them....pffft what's new).
The hens and rooster were all in for the night, come 5:30 it's all over. The rooster, Gladys, makes the girls bunk in for the night, if any decide they want to stay out later, Gladys will chase them around til they run for the coop with a white flag sqwakin uncle.
Gladys, what a pip that one is,..and I never realized it until recently. Just yesterday my son showed me how when he walked to the barn Gladys jumped in front of him basically telling him you aren't coming down. I never realized Gladys had any aggression until the last few weeks when my son told me what she did to him and then i found out my husband was behind that whole deal and my poor son looks like my husband from Gladys view, so Gladys figures he is coming to pick up his hens against his protests..So funny, I told him to step around and he did whining that he didn't know who Gladys thought he was,...you gotta snicker just to think of it, no pecking, just tall standing wings flapping, foot stomping and pure stupidity
My sons had gone in for the night, they had spent the afternoon on the roof with my husband while he shingled, but I was sure they were in the house now watching some mindless show that sounded like dumb dumb,..and I thought to myself,..I love my life!!! I just love it, love it, love it. We aren't wealthy by some standards, but I feel so rich. I think people who don't have animals to share with their family can never understand what we call chicken therapy. All I know is when my husband and I are out with the animals there is this peace that goes along with it and it reaches into your lives and touches every corner and brings you a happiness that can't be compared to anything.
We are getting a nice gentle rain that the garden really needs!
Steve
Steve
Boy what a nice thread. I think we often forget to count our blessings when life gets rough or in the way of what our normal is.
Today, like I have been doing since April 20th, I am thanking God my husband is alive and safe. I am continuing to pray for him and his crew as they drill the relief well for the Horizon disaster. After such a horrible accident, it really makes you think.
Today, like I have been doing since April 20th, I am thanking God my husband is alive and safe. I am continuing to pray for him and his crew as they drill the relief well for the Horizon disaster. After such a horrible accident, it really makes you think.
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