Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Sweetfolly]

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I was walking the dogs last night after I got offline, and I thought the same thing! I went, "Did I really say that my triangle wasn't square?!?"

I meant the top - they're right triangles, 90 degrees at the top, so I didn't get that top part square.

Anyways, I got the two big doors on, I still have to put the little "duckie door" on, but I have to wait for someone else to get home tonight to help me hold it in place...they all hinge from the bottom, and are held at the top with old-fashioned storm window clips - I have them on some of my other pens, and I've never had a predator figure out how to open them (and a raccoon did try one night). I know chicken wire isn't predator proof - the duckies are going to be locked in the "house" at night, the wire is just to keep them in.

Still needs a good coat of stain (I'm staining it to match our deck), needs some trim around the edges where the chicken wire is stapled on, and the whole "house" is eventually going to be shingled, but for now I'll just throw a tarp over it, I need a break for a few days!

And...after 7 long hours in the car today (actually, it was a really nice, simple drive: I-90 into Illinois to US-20 to IL-47 - that was it, all the way down) here are the new residents that I've been slaving away building for:

Here are the Butterscotch pair I caved in and bought at the last minute - the drake is in front, he's just starting to molt into nuptial plumage - you can see his head is beginning to turn slate-gray:

They're just perfect! They hatched in May, so they're still very young and have some "filling out" to do - Calls will fill out and get cuter and more round until they're about a year old. My sisters and I named them on the way home - the Whites are "Ollie" & "Mia", and the Butterscotch are "Butternut" & "Ellie Mae".

 

[Raiquee]

Annarie) Cuuuuuuute! I love those tan and white birds (the butterscotch ones). I want buff ops when I finally get chickens. I'm just so in love with that tan color!

Well we went to the little girls b-day party. It was over all okay, but Damien had a melt down towards the end of the party and wouldn't even eat cake! It was hot, and so we left with a crying baby. He skipped his nap today, so running on about 5 hours of sleep (when he would normally be up to 15ish hours) I can understand why hes grumpy! I'm grumpy! Took temperature throughout the day and hes had no fever all day.

FM) Food posioning?!?!?! Really?! But, all he ate yesterday was cherrios for breakfest and milk, before he got sick. He refused lunch and dinner. The day before he just ate what we ate, and no one else got sick...I guess it's possible!

TO) I hope you feel better

Save the museum for another day.

 

[Dr HaHa]

annarie I think those are the prettiest ducks I've ever seen! I can understand you affection/affliction for them. They look so gentle especially in the eyes. Windows you know. Being an ex -machinist and a half a'd carpenter the difference between working with wood and metals is unreal. It's a tough adjustment but I'm workin on it. We get down in your neck of the woods a few times a year and would love to stop in and say hi and meet the rest of your fam including the people. Raiquee sounds like the boy is going to recover just needs some rest and come on just give him a little lovin.

mommy

 

[Amyable]

Sounds like everyone's having an eventful weekend. Congrats on the Calls Annarie, they're adorable! BCC, way to go at the farmers market - I love Shattuck park in Neenah, went there for a few music & lunch events there last year, always fun. And a visit from Nifty, woo-hoo!

Terri, no fair, all I see is little green marbles on my 'maters. I've got 8 kinds this year, it's going to be great when they finally get ripe. DrH, are you sure that's not a banty egg?

Raiquee, you know my little guy (3) had something similar this week. No throwing up, but fever and no appetite and lethargic and really cranky. It was pretty much gone within 24 hours too; his fever broke around 6am (why always through the night??) Your dad needn't freak out about fevers, they're a defense mechanism, like cooking the nasty bugs out of the body. I've given up using those children's medicines, they never seemed to help and I'll be up half the night anyway.

Lucky me, got to spend the afternoon in the inlaw's pool. There's nothing like being weightless at this stage

I stayed in longer than anyone, just floating. Ahhh, to float! And FIL is going to give us some sections of their old cedar fence that is getting replaced this week - quite weathered but still functional. Plus a chunk of it is painted with a little garden mural by DH's aunt, which is soooo pretty! It pays to be a recycler.

Almost another inch of rain this morning; golly, we're starting to cry uncle here. Pretty soon am gonna need little rafts for the chicks. Happy Sunday night all.

 

[fordmommy]

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Food poisoning can lingure in the digestive system 6-48 hours BEFORE symtems arise. Or is could have been salmonella. This is a yucky one too and can last 2-7 days.

Here's a link. Maybe it would help.

http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/foodsafety/poisoning.shtml

 

[fordmommy]

Oh! And Annarie, watch out! BL4 might come and take that "really, OMG, how cute" one (the first one). She says

she needs a 'Ferdinand' for her youngest DD.

 

[babylady4]

Hey now, Annarie and I have under the table deals going on!

I was so sorry to hear about the baby kitten. We had a runt too and fed him a special diet. He managed to make it though.

Raiquee, sorry to hear about your poor little guy. They manage to pick up intestinal stuff all the time though......

Back from IL, what a wonderful time! I cooked dinner for my cuz and her family. Flank steak on the grill with zucchini, baby portabellas, vidalia onions, cherry tomatoes; accompanied by garlic couscous and watermelon. YUMMY!!!

I did miss my ducks though....

Let me tell you, Northern IL has had little to no rain for weeks now. Everything is bone dry down there; I told my cuz I would gladly send her an inch or two from up here! We are sick of it!

I have an interview with UW-Madison next week..... it would be an awesome job opportunity!!!!!

Anyway, it is great to be home.

 

[Raiquee]

FM) Omg...I read the info, but have to take it with a grain of salt because otherwise I'm going to freak myself into thinking he has E. Coli! (I freak easily. If he sleeps past the time he normally does, I have to check to be sure hes still breathing!)

Well, he had no fever today, and hasn't thrown up. He's eaten a good amount of food today. Reason he had a temper tantrum was because we wouldn't let him have koolaid (lol, I know, small battles but all that is is sugar, water and food dye!

) Otherwise he was fine besides being overly tired. Came home and put him down for a nap, woke up for dinner and ate a hamburger with smoked mozz cheese and corn on the cob and just finally went back down to sleep. Hopefully his sleep schedule will be back to normal tomorrow.

Dr. H) I try to love him but he pushes me away when hes mad! He's so mean to me

lol.

Amy) I found out that his "girlfriend" had a fever too, so I think his throwing up was actually just drinking milk and being out in the heat. It probably didn't mix well, and with the fever and all it just pushed his tummy too far. Isn't it funny how they always get fevers or sick in the middle of the night? Oh well, job of a mama!

BL4) Good luck on that interview!!!

 

[Terri O]

Good luck on your interview! If you work there we can have lunch sometime! Then we can have "under the table" deals too.

It was just too darn hot for roast tonight so we had tacos instead. I also sliced FOUR tomatoes from the garden and marinated them in olive oil with fresh basil and S&P....I have been waiting for that taste since I planted the 'maters! 2 or 3 more will ripen tomorrow and I am thinking egg, basil, tomato, cheese bagel for breakfast! MMMM!
I am so tird I need to go to bed. Glad your baby is doing better Raiquee--I have an email to the woman that gets her milk right fromthe farm. I will PM you when she answers. Good night--sleep tight--Terri O

 

[Hens and Roos]

Hey Dr Ha Ha- I found the garden-right were I left it... and the weeds are about waist high on me-it will be a slow process to get it cleaned up between getting rental units ready and only being able to work on it a bit at a time with it being so hot outside, will probably have to take several bug spray baths as well.

Brought home all the 4-H projects and the turkey pen and the chicken pen had to set order again- thankfully it seemed to be over fast!