Thoughts

As I sit here and type this, the turkeys are singing a very loud morning song. It always cracks me up to hear them react to each other as they do. One will start whistling and then the other 2 will do it in response. It's amazing to me how animals can develop such personalities. We've name them by the way. Tyson, Hercules, and Dora. Tyson is he alpha male as it would seem. He's the dare devil that will attempt to fly, and ends up crash landing in the process. He's the loudest, and the one with the most feathers. Dora is the only female of the group ( we think ) and the meanest. She pecks Hercules, and steps on every body's heads and steals their treats. Then there's poor little Hercules. The other male, ( we think ) and the most submissive of the three. Dora has been pecking his behind for a while now, and as a result, it's pretty gruesome. I've had to save him from Macgyver wanting to dispose of him, and I separated him from the other two, in hopes that he can heal. So far he looks like he's doing ok. He's still eating, and drinking and grooming and chirping and moving around alright, it's just his underside that looks gross. So here's hoping he heals. In other news, the end of school is in sight. Only two more days. I'm not really happy about this. Not because I'll have kids home all summer, but because I feel like they are growing up way too fast. My babies are not babies anymore. They're growing and learning and becoming adults. Although I know not for a long time yet, but still. Not happy.
In other news, I'm not sure if our garden is going to survive. It has been nothing but chilly and windy for the past since we've planted it. The tomatoe plants are laying on their sides, and some of the leaves on the other plants are yellow and curled. I've tried to water them just enough and not drown them, but with the rain we had, and the weather, I don't know. If we get any crop this year, it'll be amazing. I REALLY want a sturdy green house honestly, to keep the plants safe from the elements, but that would be REALLY expensive. Not sure why it's so windy either. I mean I know Nebraska is windy, but I don't remember it being THIS windy for THIS long. Today it's supposed to be a warm 68 but it won't feel like it because the wind gusts are supposed to be as high as 40mph. I'm about tired of it all. We shall see if mother nature decides to calm down or not.
Also, in a few weeks, we will be going on vacation. I can't wait. We're going to go to Colorado to go gold panning. Should be an interesting experience. Don't worry if we strike it rich I'll let yall know.
Ok well my attention is now diverted, so more later.Until next time.

Mother's Day

Hey everyone! Well let me just say it's been a BUSY few weeks. Basically the weather has gotten warmer, and NOBODY wants to stay inside for too long. As it is, I'm tapping out this blog while I procrastinate cooking dinner. It's a brisk 85 degrees out there, and this is the kind of weather that makes even the animals lazy. Speaking of animals, we added 3 new members to our "herd". 

That's turkeys folks. For now, they're babies, but once they get a wee bit bigger we can set them loose in our yard and they can fatten up on grasshoppers and various other bugs. We're not going to eat these guys though, they're already like family. Next week, we'll be getting guinies. They're kinda like chickens but not and they eat the ticks and sand spurs we have going on around here. Can't wait! 

Changing gears, we went to a few yard sales last weekend, and found some new cabinets for our kitchen. Not a complete set mind you but when you're on a budget, you have to get the things you want in pieces. I think they look nice. 

Please excuse the mess. I'm currently a slob.


Yesterday, we finished up our garden. Well ok, not completely finished, because we still have the potatoes to go into the ground, but for the most part, done! Macgyver put up the fence, while the kiddos and I planted the plants. Hopefully in a few months, we will have fresh tasty veggies and a smaller grocery bill. We are growing tomatoes ( of course ), cucumbers, banana peppers, potatoes, squash, strawberries and carrots. We also planted a peach tree, but if you did around my past blogs, you will find the post about that. We also learned our lesson last year with the weeds, and are trying out this fabric you put down to protect the plants. All in all, it was a lot of back breaking work, but hopefully worth it in the end. 

It looks small in that pic, but trust me, it's big. Bigger than last year anyway. 


So today being mother's day, I have been forcing myself to think about what it means to be a mother, and I came up with a few things. See list below.
1. You will wake up to the sound of kids fighting over the last doughnut, not birds chirping.
2. You will find yourself using the phrase " stop eating your boogers" a lot.
3. Kids meals will never be enough to satisfy a kid. They will always look to your plate to fill them up instead.
4. No matter how much fun they had the day before, kids will ALWAYS tell you that you never do anything for them and whine because they're bored.
5. They say the darndest things, usually around other grownups and usually those grownups do not have kids. 


That's just a few that happened to me TODAY. But I would not trade it for anything in the world. 
So now with all that being said, I must cook dinner for my brood, get them cleaned, and then fight the good fight for bedtime. Until next time.