Fun in the Woods

Well, I've finally got the blog's comments working! Yea! Anyway, I didn't want to post just to tell you that, so here's a family video I'd like to share. On one of those nice warm November weekends, my daughter's family came up and played in the woods with us. In this clip, Grand #3 has figured out the sapling/bark catapult game!

Attitude of Gratitude Award!

What a week I'm having! My third award!
I was presented with this Attitude of Gratitude award from Jessica at http://countryfamilyrobinson.blogspot.com

1. Put the logo on your blog or post. -done-

2. Nominate at least 10 blogs that show an Attitude of Gratitude. -um... that's a lot-

3. Link to your nominees within your post. -ok-

4. Comment on their blogs to let them know they've received this award. -yeppers-

5. Share the love and link to this post and the person who nominated you for this award. -done-

Tell us how you've come to have an Attitude of Gratitude.

Thank you to all my followers, as well as those that stop in and comment without following. I am grateful for the kind words of encouragement. I am also grateful for the positive messages I read in your blogs. I have 'met' a lot of interesting people that have worthwhile things to say. I am very blessed!

So now I pass this award on to:

Joan at http://50somethingwoman.blogspot.com/

Jean at http://jakill-jeansmusings.blogspot.com/

Nina at http://newagegrandma.blogspot.com/2009/04/is-cookin-lost-art.html

Kim at http://www.kimberlycullen.com/

Ok, so I didn't do all 10, but it's getting late and I still haven't worked on my book...

Kreativ Award! Whoopee!

Thank you Jessica! I now have two awards to showcase on my blogs. What a wonderful week I'm having! This is a fun one - kinda like a survey bulletin...

I am supposed to tell you about 7 of my favorite things:

1. God. Without Him none of the other things matter.

2. when my grandkids compete over who gets to give me the very last goodbye kiss!

3. walking in the woods with our goats

4. quite time with my horse

5. my camera - I am lost without it.

6. landscaping my humongous yard

7. blogging & writing my book, really anything creative

Now I have to choose 7 blog friends to pass this award on to...
1. http://charmine-myfavorites.blogspot.com/

2. http://thrusquirreleyes.blogspot.com/

3. http://ladykatherineteaparlor.blogspot.com/

4. http://the1000000project.blogspot.com/

5. http://rorofusion.blogspot.com/
6. http://fromthenorthfork.blogspot.com/

7. http://martinfarms.blogspot.com/

The seven I have chosen are quite varied in content, but similarly they all use blogging in a very creative way.

Now go pay it forward my Kreativ friends!

moving day - chick update

Yea! I actually have my garage back! Well, we don't really use it as a garage... It's usually to full of junk. But at least I can use the back door again. A couple of days ago I caught one of the babies standing on the tallest waterer, looking over the wall for a landing zone. Yesterday Hubby had to catch one and put it back in the pen. Plus, since they had quadrupled in size, they were starting to create a smell. So the eviction notice was served. Hubby got busy and finished their new home in the big hen house.

He had no plan on how to get them from point A to point B. Yeah, somehow I knew I was going to get stuck with the dirty work. I got a piece of greenboard that was small enough to handle but large enough to almost reach across their enclosure and slowly herded them down to one end. Then it was just reach in, grab one, stuff it in the kitty-carrier... Hubby took some video of me collecting them for the journey, but he's not so good with the camera. Anyway, I cut out this clip of me showing him one of the birds I call angel wings. It looks so beautiful in the sunlight.

Seeing them sleep took some getting used to. At first we kept thinking they had died! They stick their heads down in the bedding and some of them stretch out in such an abnormal looking posture. As soon as a bunch get into a nice deep slumber, one will come ripping through the crowd to wake them up. It's a wonder any of them got any sleep at all!

I still can't believe we haven't lost a single chick! That's very unusual. Hopefully that won't change now that they are outside. It will be a little harder for Hubby to maintain a constant temperature, but before long they will be acclimated to the outdoor temperature. Wonder how the old gals are going to sleep tonight with all the babies chirping...

technical glitch...

So much for my pretty blog. Apparently, the comment link does not function correctly using pYzam layouts. Bummer. Well, I'm not going to spend a ton of time making them pretty again, otherwise I'll get no actually writing done. So it's back to the plain layout until I learn HTML.
But at least it's fixed now so I can receive your comments. I've missed you!

technical glitch...

So much for my pretty blog. Apparently, the comment link does not function correctly using pYzam layouts. Bummer. Well, I'm not going to spend a ton of time making them pretty again, otherwise I'll get no actually writing done. So it's back to the plain layout until I learn HTML.

At least I found out about the problem and fixed it, so I can receive your comments. I've missed you!

BTW... Let me introduce you to my two horses:
The brown and white Saddlebred (sorrel & white in winter) is my mare Nekoda.
The black and white Tennessee Walker is Hubby's gelding Buddy.