The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[CapricornFarm]

I'm sorta proud of myself, when the alarm went off instead of going back to bed, I got up!! I put the garbage out for pick up, shoveled some snow, posted on BYC in the morning for a change. Brought the empty garbage containers back to the driveway. Wow! Hoping I can make a habit out of not going back to sleep and actually doing something. Maybe tomorrow will tackle the dishes filling up the kitchen sink. BTW it's a shallow sink, so doesn't take much to fill it.

You go , DD! Feels good getting stuff done. I have pots i need to wash tonight. But i did quite a lot today.

 

[Teila]

Glad that has been cleared up

 

[CapricornFarm]

Ok, pots washed. Dog wants to play fetch in the house...

 

[drumstick diva]

Thanks for the encouragement Cap, I know I can do better

 

[JaeG]

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Glad that has been cleared up

What?! It's like those translated instructions that make absolutely no sense!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Two babies have hatched!

I only got a photo because the hen's sister and mother came over for a nosy and the hen got off the nest to chase them off. One of the babies is an unusual colour. Now I'm worried that it will wander off in the night and get lost because they chill so quickly and our aviary is big. Last time this girl misplaced two chicks and they died, but she raised three. I might set her up in a cage inside because I so want to see what that colour grows into! It's like a wild but instead of black stripes it has greyish/brown stipes. It looks darker in the photo than in real life. The other chick is a cinnamon:
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Awwwww

I'm sorta proud of myself, when the alarm went off instead of going back to bed, I got up!! I put the garbage out for pick up, shoveled some snow, posted on BYC in the morning for a change. Brought the empty garbage containers back to the driveway. Wow! Hoping I can make a habit out of not going back to sleep and actually doing something. Maybe tomorrow will tackle the dishes filling up the kitchen sink. BTW it's a shallow sink, so doesn't take much to fill it.

That's awesome DD!

 

[Teila]

Today has not been quite so busy but still 79 tickets in the last 24 hours and 12 of those we were not working

So, I had my lunch time chat with the mental health dude and the good news, I am not crazy!

The bad news, no magic wand to help me deal with the stressors but more that I need to start sticking up for myself. Not get angry but also not have to do things I do not want to, include eating zapped, unhealthy dinners. So, when a dinner is on the cards that I do not want to eat, simply mention I do not want to eat it and make myself something. Or, if I want the air conditioner on, turn it on. If FIL reacts badly that is "not [my] your problem" apparently
Wish me luck! He is going to ring me in a week to see what changes I have made

 

[drumstick diva]

Teila I think they all start by saying 'You aren't crazy.' I know my doctor said that to me too. But after many years of therapy he used to lift his hands to heaven and ask for help with me.

 

[JaeG]

@Teila, hope your new strategies help.

I got a better photo! A comparison between it and its wild sibling:

They are all safely inside at the moment and the last egg, that's the slow poke, is currently residing in my bra (sorry guys) . With the current weather it's more than warm and humid enough in there! It's pipped and cheeping and tapping away so hopefully it will pop out soon. It's got 4 1/2 hours until my bedtime so it had better not take too long. I'll be interested to see what colour it is - so far we have one wild, one silver, one cinnamon, and one unusual one.

 

[Teila]

@Teila, hope your new strategies help.

I got a better photo! A comparison between it and its wild sibling:
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They are all safely inside at the moment and the last egg, that's the slow poke, is currently residing in my bra (sorry guys) . With the current weather it's more than warm and humid enough in there! It's pipped and cheeping and tapping away so hopefully it will pop out soon. It's got 4 1/2 hours until my bedtime so it had better not take too long. I'll be interested to see what colour it is - so far we have one wild, one silver, one cinnamon, and one unusual one.

OMG! Cuteness Overload!