The Front Porch Swing

[LBejaran]

Whoa, what a day! I went into work early today, so I get to go in at noon tomorrow. I get to sleep in!

After I got out, I headed over to Hobby Lobby to pick up some lace for an egg I needed to finish. Mom's friend's birthday is this Friday and I painted a fancy, antique doll themed egg. Take a look!

Did I ever show you all the painted cockatiel egg? I don't remember, haha!

I haven't finished the other cockatiel egg, but hopefully I can get to it this weekend. I've got loads if stuff to take care of on Saturday, actually, but I think I'll be able to do it all if I plan out my time!

 

[lindz8504]

Very cool!

Happy Spring!
Bee how are things going with the eggs?
It's been quiet here. Nothing new to report....well except for getting another monster egg...

 

[Searsmom]

Whoa, what a day! I went into work early today, so I get to go in at noon tomorrow. I get to sleep in!

After I got out, I headed over to Hobby Lobby to pick up some lace for an egg I needed to finish. Mom's friend's birthday is this Friday and I painted a fancy, antique doll themed egg. Take a look!



Did I ever show you all the painted cockatiel egg? I don't remember, haha!



I haven't finished the other cockatiel egg, but hopefully I can get to it this weekend. I've got loads if stuff to take care of on Saturday, actually, but I think I'll be able to do it all if I plan out my time!

Beautiful! Congrats on being able to sleep in!

Where's Bee? Busy with the hatchers?

 

[TexasLisa]

Lisa.....reminds me of our neighborhood.....except when they get the free eggs the Lord provided us! Good wholesome non-tortured hen laying eggs!

I have a neighbor who won't eat chicken eggs because of what the chickens eat in the yard....

People!!!

Lisa

 

[TexasLisa]

Hey Guys!

Bee left a message on the "Simulated Natural Nest' thread regarding her hatch:

Thanks to everyone who is cheering on the hatch..I really appreciate it! I've got a slight problem, though, that may complicate things.....I've got 4 babies arriving tomorrow instead of 3. My first grandchild will be arriving tomorrow as they are inducing labor and, due to some complicated transportation problems, I may be gone from home for half the day and have to take the nest with me and try to maintain heat. Not sure how that will all work out....

Could use prayers all the way around and for all babies concerned...and maybe one for the new grandma...it will be some kind of day.

This is typical of Bee....what better way than to introduce baby chicks to her grandchild!!

Lisa

 

[Searsmom]

Hey Guys!

Bee left a message on the "Simulated Natural Nest' thread regarding her hatch:

Thanks to everyone who is cheering on the hatch..I really appreciate it! I've got a slight problem, though, that may complicate things.....I've got 4 babies arriving tomorrow instead of 3. My first grandchild will be arriving tomorrow as they are inducing labor and, due to some complicated transportation problems, I may be gone from home for half the day and have to take the nest with me and try to maintain heat. Not sure how that will all work out....

Could use prayers all the way around and for all babies concerned...and maybe one for the new grandma...it will be some kind of day.

This is typical of Bee....what better way than to introduce baby chicks to her grandchild!!

Lisa

That's awesome. Prayers rounding.

 

[Blooie]

Oh my! Talk about a full plate! Sending prayers as fast as I can too!

Sears, those eggs are wonderful! What a talent you have!

Wish us luck getting the coop walls raised today. The more I think about painting it to look like it's made of Legos, the better I like the idea. Wouldn't it be a hoot to attach two brightly painted round pieces to the top of the outer nest box door so it looked like one more Lego?

 

[lovingmyhens]

Well, I didn't see the huskies here while I was outside with the gun. So, since I already had the gun out and loaded, I decided to shoot a little. This is only the second time I have ever shot a gun.... I was about 40 yards away.

I'll make sure to call before I come over

 

[lovingmyhens]

Oh PrairieChicks......I'm so excited for you.  Congrats !!!!!  There is nothing in the world like being a Grandma or Nana in my case.  I have 6 beautifully ornery grandbabies. I wake up in the morning thinking and praying for them, spend my day thinking and praying for them, and go to bed at night thinking and praying for them.  This little one will completely change your life and the way you see the world.  Hope it will be living close by so you can really spoil it good.  Keep us updated.

Welcome Beeps.  We have a good time here on the porch.  Bee is a very gracious hostess and there is always something yummy to eat and fresh tea or lemonade on the table so just help yourself. 

Lindsey I may need you to come over to my house and help me out.  Found a stray dog at my chicken pen yesterday and chased him off, but he was back again this morning.  I shot behind him today to scare him off but this was his last warning. If he is back again tomorrow the shot will NOT be behind him. 

Dumped dogs is a point of contention with me. I live several miles from the closes town which is a very small community.  When giving driving directions to my house I jokingly tell people you go to the end of the world and take a left.  Why is it that people think because you live way out in the country it's okay to dump their unwanted dogs and cats on you to take care of.  If I wanted another dog I would go get one.  It makes me sick to see these poor starving animals wandering though the country side looking for something to eat and my nice fat chickens makes the perfect meal.  They bring diseases and parasites and most of them are so scared you can't catch them so the only recourse is to put them down. I am a animal lover and it makes me ill to have to be the one that steps up and end their suffering.  Okay I'm done ranting. 

I think this is a universal problem. There was a news segment a few weeks ago about a place here in Houston where people just drop trash and dogs off on a regular basis...and not in the middle of no where either. Just one particular neighborhood

 

[lovingmyhens]

Good morning, all! Been up for quite awhile, but just now sitting down to have my morning coffee. May I have some butter for my hot, fresh banana bread? Congrats on becoming a gramma!! Advice? Yep, just one little bit. Your children will do a lot of things as parents that you don't agree with. You have two choices - butt in or butt out. I would suggest butt out. LOL I've said it before, and I'll repeat....until my first grandchild was born way back in 1989 I didn't know I could love someone else's child that much!! Am I the only person on the porch who doesn't like Mexican food? It's not the spice, it's the complexity of the flavors. If I have chicken, I want to taste chicken....beef, pork, all of it. I like a slice of beef on this side of my plate, my taters or other side dish next to that, a veggie, a bit of bread, and a nice salad in a little bowl on the side. Our favorite meal is pork chops with fried apples 'n' onions and tiny roasted taters. All in one pan so easy clean up. And dee-licious! I have a funny feeling I'm gonna end up working on a chicken coop today if the temp gets up to 40 like it's supposed to. I don't WANT to work on the chicken coop. I want to stay in the nice warm house, maybe put a few stitches in my quilt, or get a column done for the paper. Every time we work on a major project together I end up getting yelled at. He'll look at me and say, "Hand me that.....that....over...there..." I look around in confusion because he hasn't assigned a noun to what he wants so he drops what he's doing, goes over and grabs said unnamed object, and then says, "It ain't rocket science, Diane!" Well, in fairness he learns more about his parentage than he did before we started too, so I guess we're even there. Like when we built the deck. For two years he'd sit at the table and draw plans for a deck. He talked about "Once we get the deck put up we can_____________." (fill in the blank). I'd clean the kitchen, put the latest plan in the drawer with the others, and shake my head. Then I'd go out and sit on the 4'x4' cement slab by the kitchen door and have a Pepsi. It was looking bleak. After a particular frustrating morning of listening to his big plans and cleaning up a broken glass from the concrete, I'd had enough. I didn't say a word - I took his latest set of plans, ran down to our local lumber store, gave his plans to Rudy, and said, "I need whatever it takes to get this done, plus one extra of everything in case we mess up." I paid for it, arranged for delivery that afternoon and went home. So we're having lunch in the kitchen when the lumber truck pull up. Rudy and his helper start unloading stuff and tossing it over the fence into the yard. "What the hell??" I just looked up from my sammich and said, "Oh, that's our deck." He just glared at me. Then, before he could say another word, I said, "Here's the deal. We're gonna build this deck, and there will be NO bickering. You tell me exactly what you want, and I'll get it. You tell me how to hold something, and I'll hold it until you say otherwise. One snippy word and you'll either be building it by yourself or you can use the wood for the firepit." We got that deck built in a weekend, and it's wonderful! And now it's gonna be a chicken coop. I love my life!

Well the way I look at it is that it IS rocket science if one is speaking through osmosis. Instructions that need results must be verbalized, right??? Sentences MUST have nouns and when one leaves the nouns out, either because one has forgotten what said item is really called, or because one is unsure what said item is, then it becomes speaking through osmosis. Gosh sometimes I am glad I am single!! Men, can't live with em, and you can't live with em.