New toothbrushes were brought today because last night after they had brushed their teeth, two little girls decided that their toothbrushes were dirty so they proceded to wash them with hand soap and scrub them really good. So new ones were brought. Well they light up for one minute to teach how long to brush your teeth. That made them a toy, right. Didn't think so when I was out in the front yard with a flashlight looking for one of them. It was finally located in the playroom.
They have a new favorite activity. At church on Wednesday night, they are allowed to play with shaving cream. They come home with really clean hands.
Tomorrow is the big day. The girls turn 5. They got to pick the dinner menu. We are having popcorn shrimp,and perogies, So it is cake tomorrow, another one on Friday when their other grandma comes and then another on Saturday when they have their kids party.
Did you know? Babies have more bones than grown-ups. You’re born with about 300 bones, but when you’re grown up you end up with around 260. What happens? As you get older some of your small bones grow together into big ones.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Busy Day
Babies are doing great. 
Went after more rock today. The rock wall for the raised bed in the garden is coming along. Made it to the corner today. The area for the tomatoes is finished except for some more soil. Going to wait a few days before we go after more rock. Have to recover from today first. 
The mulch pile is really getting smaller. Finished mulching the berries today and filling in some holes that are in the yard. Next the rest of it will be smoothed out to fill in the indention that is in the side yard. It is quite large so it will take a lot of mulch.
Got the fruit trees pruned and sprayed today. All in all a very busy day. Even got some work inside the house done.
Did you know? "Facebook Addiction Disorder" is a mental disorder identified by Psychologist.
Monday, March 7, 2016
New family members
Got new family members today. Went early this morning and brought 10 chicks. Had to go early as the kids wanted to pick out the chicks and if we waited until after school they would have been gone. So at 7:15 this morning we are at the store with 3 little children buying chicks. Then we dropped the kids off at school. We got 3 Black Australorps, 4 Araucanas (also known as Easter Eggers as they lay green and blue eggs) and 3 Rhode Island Reds. They are so cute. Worked at the county extension office for about 3 hours today so didn't get much done around the house. For the Master Gardener program, the first year you have to volunteer 50 hours, six of which has to be on the help desk. Citizens can call in with their gardening questions and the master gardeners research the answer. For example a gentleman has some type of insect on an evergreen tree. The lady I was working with knew what it was as soon as he described it and she researched and found out how he should treat it. Anyway, today I got two more hours in so I only have two more help desk hours and about 6 other hours. Not worried about the 6 hours since I am going to help with "Grow the Good Life" seminar this weekend.
Did you know? Brown eggshell colors are deposited on the outside of the shell, while blue goes throughout the shell, even on the inside.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Small things
Small things can really change the course of a day. A church meeting that ran a little long, someone driving 45 instead of 55 on a curvy road so you can't pass and the gas gauge reading empty so you have to stop for gas. All put together spells very late for a meeting. So decided to turn around and come home.
May not have been what I planned to do but did get to spend one on one time with a very delightful grandson. We watered the garden, planted some seeds, put a sweet potato in a glass of water to sprout, and prepared a warm environment for some chicks, we are buying tomorrow. Not too bad of a way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Update on baby goats. Mommy didn't like this one. So guess who is a bottle fed baby. Wish I was in Michigan so I could help. She looks so precious. Her brother is named Logan after one of my grandsons. A, the grandson that lives with me named him.
Talking about grandsons, it is a good thing that I am a loving grandmother because no one else would put up with the two youngest grandsons after what they pulled in the last 24 hours. Youngest grandson came to spend the night. All was going good. Fed them supper, everyone spent time reading, and all took turns getting showers then to bed. That was about 7:30. Well, about 9:30 we discovered that the two boys had gotten out of bed and were playing with glow sticks and other toys. Then about 5 am, I woke up to noises in the house. Found the boys had gotten back out of bed and were playing again. They said they had gotten up about 4 am. Needless to say they were wired. Neither one of them behaved in Sunday School. We didn't even try to take them to church services. So now they are both are grounded from electronic devices for a week.
Got the grow station fixed today. Both sets of lights are working. Have tomato plants from the Master Gardener's lab the other week up about an 1" tall. The other plants are looking good also. Baby goats, baby plants, Spring must be here.
Did you know? Goats discovered coffee! Apparently in Ethiopia a goat herder saw goats behaving more actively and energetically after eating from a particular bush. He then tried it himself and felt uplifted, awake and full of energy.
May not have been what I planned to do but did get to spend one on one time with a very delightful grandson. We watered the garden, planted some seeds, put a sweet potato in a glass of water to sprout, and prepared a warm environment for some chicks, we are buying tomorrow. Not too bad of a way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Update on baby goats. Mommy didn't like this one. So guess who is a bottle fed baby. Wish I was in Michigan so I could help. She looks so precious. Her brother is named Logan after one of my grandsons. A, the grandson that lives with me named him.
Talking about grandsons, it is a good thing that I am a loving grandmother because no one else would put up with the two youngest grandsons after what they pulled in the last 24 hours. Youngest grandson came to spend the night. All was going good. Fed them supper, everyone spent time reading, and all took turns getting showers then to bed. That was about 7:30. Well, about 9:30 we discovered that the two boys had gotten out of bed and were playing with glow sticks and other toys. Then about 5 am, I woke up to noises in the house. Found the boys had gotten back out of bed and were playing again. They said they had gotten up about 4 am. Needless to say they were wired. Neither one of them behaved in Sunday School. We didn't even try to take them to church services. So now they are both are grounded from electronic devices for a week.
Got the grow station fixed today. Both sets of lights are working. Have tomato plants from the Master Gardener's lab the other week up about an 1" tall. The other plants are looking good also. Baby goats, baby plants, Spring must be here.
Did you know? Goats discovered coffee! Apparently in Ethiopia a goat herder saw goats behaving more actively and energetically after eating from a particular bush. He then tried it himself and felt uplifted, awake and full of energy.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Party dayou
Birthday party for 8 year old and LD my daughter-in-law. Simple menu grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and chips. Cake and rootbeer floats. Kids had lots of engery after that kind of lunch.
Got tickets for Ireland today. Going in May. Really looking forward to the trip. Went with my niece two years ago and really enjoyed the tour we took but there are places we want to see and not be rushed so we are going on our own this time.
My niece's animal population increased today. Twin baby goats. I don't have the fencing for goats (they prefer outside of their yard than in it) or I would have some myself. They are so cute to watch.
Threw some old radishes out for the animals today. Amazingly the chickens actually ate them. Didn't have scratch for them this morning. Boy, did I get told. Don't think they are spoiled or anything.
Did you know? Mother and kid goats recognise each other's calls soon after the mother give births.
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Got tickets for Ireland today. Going in May. Really looking forward to the trip. Went with my niece two years ago and really enjoyed the tour we took but there are places we want to see and not be rushed so we are going on our own this time.
Threw some old radishes out for the animals today. Amazingly the chickens actually ate them. Didn't have scratch for them this morning. Boy, did I get told. Don't think they are spoiled or anything.
Did you know? Mother and kid goats recognise each other's calls soon after the mother give births.
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Thursday, March 3, 2016
??????
Is it going to snow enough to cancel school or just enough to delay it or not enough to worry about? That is the question everyone wants answered. Can't decide what I want the answer to be.
It was snowing about 7:30 pm when I went out to close up the chicken and duck coops. Not enough to tell how much snow we are actually going to get.
Already delayed the Master Foods classes for tomorrow by 2 hours. Which really throws off our schedule. We have to get 30 hours of training in somehow.
Have a funeral to attend tomorrow night. The weather system is suppose to come in tonight. Dump the snow and then tomorrow warm up to in the 50's. By tomorrow night when I have to drive 30 miles one way to a funeral the roads should be fine. One of my Eastern Star sisters pasted away and we are doing the Eastern Star funeral rites for her. They were done at my Mom's funeral and they are beautiful.
Spent the morning doing Master Gardening meetings, had lunch with a friend and came home bummed out because of the change in the weather.
Did you know? Every winter, at least one septillion (that's 1 followed by 24 zeros) snow crystals fall from the sky.
It was snowing about 7:30 pm when I went out to close up the chicken and duck coops. Not enough to tell how much snow we are actually going to get.
Already delayed the Master Foods classes for tomorrow by 2 hours. Which really throws off our schedule. We have to get 30 hours of training in somehow.
Have a funeral to attend tomorrow night. The weather system is suppose to come in tonight. Dump the snow and then tomorrow warm up to in the 50's. By tomorrow night when I have to drive 30 miles one way to a funeral the roads should be fine. One of my Eastern Star sisters pasted away and we are doing the Eastern Star funeral rites for her. They were done at my Mom's funeral and they are beautiful.
Spent the morning doing Master Gardening meetings, had lunch with a friend and came home bummed out because of the change in the weather.
Did you know? Every winter, at least one septillion (that's 1 followed by 24 zeros) snow crystals fall from the sky.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Lazy day
Planted part of the garden yesterday and it wore me out. It was fun though. Had 3 children helping. One of which must have thought I needed a shower. She is only 4 and wasn't the most careful person to have with a water hose. Planted peas, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower.
Started with 6 broccoli plants but the ducks ate three right after we planted them. Since we have not put up the garden fence to keep the ducks and chickens out, the idea was to plant the vegetables then put up a barrier to keep the chickens and ducks off the small portion of garden that we had planted. Didn't work the ducks were faster than we were. Oh well, maybe the plants will survive with only one or two leaves left.
Not sure how many pea seeds are left either. The chickens got to them off and on while we were planting other vegetables. The girl with the hose was suppose to be scaring them away but she was too busy spraying me. At least it was me and not her sister or brother. Have to look on the bright side of these things.
Stayed inside today. It cooled down a lot from yesterday's temperatures and the wind was blowing. Got some paperwork done. Made peanut butter cookies. Only 4 ingredients and they are good, surprisingly. Cleaned out some of the refrigerator. Played on the computer some. Just a lazy day.
Did you know? Beans increase flatulence because they carry a type of sugar called "oligosaccharides", which are hard for bacteria to break down, so they release gas in the process.
Started with 6 broccoli plants but the ducks ate three right after we planted them. Since we have not put up the garden fence to keep the ducks and chickens out, the idea was to plant the vegetables then put up a barrier to keep the chickens and ducks off the small portion of garden that we had planted. Didn't work the ducks were faster than we were. Oh well, maybe the plants will survive with only one or two leaves left.
Not sure how many pea seeds are left either. The chickens got to them off and on while we were planting other vegetables. The girl with the hose was suppose to be scaring them away but she was too busy spraying me. At least it was me and not her sister or brother. Have to look on the bright side of these things.
Stayed inside today. It cooled down a lot from yesterday's temperatures and the wind was blowing. Got some paperwork done. Made peanut butter cookies. Only 4 ingredients and they are good, surprisingly. Cleaned out some of the refrigerator. Played on the computer some. Just a lazy day.
Did you know? Beans increase flatulence because they carry a type of sugar called "oligosaccharides", which are hard for bacteria to break down, so they release gas in the process.
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