Chickens and Swamps

I'm pretty sure I will make a horrible parent.  I lost another chicken yesterday.  I think Birdie swallowed it whole.  I've been told once dogs get a taste of chicken they won't stop.  I thought her pen was closed and let the Chicks in the front yard and went inside to change.  I was inside for five minutes and Birdie had injured one's leg and then another was MIA.  I searched for it for about 45 minutes and then just gave up.  When I realized one of the chickens was injured I tried to doctor it as much as possible..but I think it will loose the use of that leg.  So I have 3 and 1/2 chickens left out of six.... I'm starting to think I'm not very good at raising chickens...

Now on to better things...
Did you guys watch the news story about the Autistic girl that was lost in the swamp in Flordia?  I saw this a few days ago and just felt so sorry for her family because I assumed it was another murder.  But this morning, 4 days later, they found her!!  I watched the interview with her rescuer on Today on NBC and it was a beautiful interview!  He praised God and gave all the glory to God throughout the inteveriew.  Read the story here  it is definately a miracle!!

And in American Idol News....

Again this week, Casey, Lee, and Crystal were amazing.
I think that Micheal did good this week and I really was impressed with Aarons voice, though the performance was a little odd.  Tim improved a huge amount from the last couple of weeks and his performance was great..but he is just not up to the voices of the others. 
Chavon needs to go...her voice is getting weirder and weirder.  Katie had a good performance I just can't stand her nasaly voice and Andrew didn't impress anyone.

So I think Andrew and Tim should go...But after the Suprise of Micheal being voted off last week I have no idea who it will be!!

GIVE AWAY!!

Do large numbers make you want to throw up?? If so I've got a give away for you!...it has nothing to do with large numbers or throw up though.

See, I get my e-mail messages through my Blackberry.  The other day my phone vibrated indicating I had a new message.  I usually just get work messages or blogger comments (which are my favorite)  but this e-mail message made me want to throw up with nervousness.  It was my ENERGY BILL AHHHH!   As I nervously opened the e-mail I was praying the bill was under $250.  All Winter it stayed around $275 and seriously I was considering just letting them cut off the electricty this month if it was that High again and just try to rough it like Laura Ingalls...I mean I do have chickens now and everything.

I opened the message and scrolled down to the dreaded AMT DUE: line and low and behold a beautiful $145 stared back at me!  (cue angels singing) I wanted to marry that beautiful $145 and love it forever!   I couldn't believe it...then I remembered that we kept the air/heat off and opened the windows and used a small space heater for warmth.  I also decided not to do laundry for the month of March which left Sean gripeing about laundry but AT LEAST I SAVED MONEY.  Because that was my intentions from the get go...not because i'm tired of laundry or anything.

Anyway how appropriate that a few days later my blackberry buzzed with another message about a GIVE AWAY that was all about saving energy!!  Earth Day is on April 22nd and it's turning 40 this year!!  Cascadian Farms wants us to join in the celebration by pledging to follow a few eco-friendly tips on their facebook page. 

Look what they are giving away to you also?  This prize pack Cascadian Farm cereals and granola bars, including: Fruitful Os cereal, Cinnamon Crunch cereal, Chocolate Chip Chewy granola bars, Dark Chocolate Almond Granola, Dark Chocolate Almond granola bars, Oats & Honey granola, and an eco-friendly grocery bag. YUMMY!!!!  Sean's Going to LOVE this giveaway!!

On The Cascadian Farms Facebook page, you can Pledge to reduce your speed while driving, or Pledge to reusing clothes (hand me downs-- not dirty laundry like me)  You can also pledge to unplug your electronics while not using them, which is what I pledged to do!  There are lots of ways you can pledge to cut down on energy use..and guess what!?  Cascadian farms is going to donate $1 for ever pledge between now and May 31, 2010 to Organic Farming Research Foundation, which fosters the improvement of widespread adoption of organic farming systems Whoo Hooo!!  HOpefully this will help me see another low energy bill next month too!!

To Enter just Leave a Comment telling me how you could help save energy!  Give away ends 4/23

Dedicated to organic goodness since 1972, Cascadian Farm products are grown without the use of synthetic pesticides, chemical fertilizers or genetically engineered ingredients. With your help, we can all live greener together.

Visit CascadianFarm.com to learn more and download a $1.00 coupon today!
This giveaway was all given to me from Cascadian Farm through MyBlogSpark!

Minus One

I have sad news.  Birdie killed BirdieToo.  She just wanted to play and hasn't yet realized that she's bigger than the chickens.  Sean and I went to lunch and I stuipdly left the chickens in the front yard to enjoy the sun and they wondered their way into the Back yard into Birdie's Pen and she played a little to hard with Birdietoo and I guess he was too stupid to run like the others did. 

When I got home Birdie was very proud of her accomplishments..which she should've been, she's a bird dog.  I on the other hand felt awful that I left them unattended and Sean disposed of the dead chicken...and Birdie retrieved it and brought it back...twice.  At least we know she's a good retriever. 

So what else is going on at the Circle T? 

The Trees have leaves..
the grass is green..
Banjo is having hip problems majorly..
Birdie might have to go to a trainer. Sean wants her to be a great hunting dog but I don't want her to go away!
Sean seems to be enjoying his new job..
The 5 chickens are getting a coop..
I planted some snapdragons and they looks great..
Everything is covered with pollen..

Oh Yeah and Friday Night I went to see Lady Antebellum and Tim McGraw in concert in Little Rock with the girls.  It was a lot of fun!  I wish I would've brought my Rebel Camera...I instead decided it might be dangerous so I took my point and shoot...it sucked.  I wish I would've had my Rebel so bad...here's proof the point and shoot sucked.

Blurry

This was full zoom..we had good seats be we were still far.  We went down to the bottom row to shoot some good pics and found three vacant seats and sat front row for a little while!! 
This is how close we were after... no zoom.

Then the people who were stitting there finally arrived 30 minutes later and we went back to this:

It was still a blast...and Tim crowd surfed!! 

Have a good monday!

FF & FF

It's Follow me Friday and Friday Funny!

Friday Funny is usually with Kelly over at Keeping up with Kelly & co. but it is on hold this week but I thought I'd do it anyway... I got this email earlier this week.  I thought it was funny...


Ok Now Repeat after me

I will never complain about my job ever again.

I will never complain about my job ever again.

I will never complain about my job ever again.

Holy Crap I will never complain about my job ever again.

Ew.  I will never complain about my job ever ever again.

oh I will NEVER complain about my job ever again.

I will never complain about my job ever again.

(and neither will this guy after he dies)

I will never complain about my job ever again.

I love my job.

Have a great weekend!!