Went avisiting ...

So, yesterday my mum organized for us to visit a lady she had met who had chickens. 24 chickens.

It was great, she has only had them for a wee while, but I learnt stuffs, which is always good.

The biggest thing I came back home with tho is the knowledge that what we're doing is right. We have happy chickens. Yay!! There are things we can do better. There are always things one can improve, tis the way of life. I'm ok with that. Actually I like that, it gives me something to aim towards. Moving forward always feels better to me than standing still. Which is odd.  Huh.

I'm not and never really have been a goal setter by nature. But look at that, somehow I still things to aim for. Ain't life weird.

Anyways, we have happy chickens. Knowledge that came with a huge sense of relief. Also, watching her talk to her chickens made me feel less crazy that I talked to mine. But the  I have always talked to my babies like they were big people (just in little bodies for the time being). And I talked to Teal'c like he was a person, just a furry person. I've found if you expect people to understand even if they can't they tend to understand. Teal'c knows he can sit outside the door, or inside for that matter, and wait for someone o see and they'll open the door. If we take too long he'll minor. Or shake his head to rattle the bells on his collar. Or when it's dark he needs to come to our bedroom window to minor. Smart kitty. *nod*

And hopefully, even with their dumb nature and naturally inclined sacredness, I'm gonna raise smart chickens too.

Time will tell.

For now, we have happy chickens and yummy eggs  :oD

So, introducing The Girls....

So, I've finally decided on names for the chickens....

Introducing *drum roll please*  Big Blue (white one), Henny Penny (black & white), Soup (all black), Luke & Leia (speckled brown ones - they are slightly different, but I can't always tell unless I look closely, so they are twins!)

They are good layers too. We have a steady supply of 2-3 eggs a day. Apparently they only lay  1 egg every 25 hours, we had 2 eggs yesterday afternoon so I was expecting any today. We had 3! Yay!! When we got The Girls the previous owner didn't think Soup was a layer, but that math suggests she may well be....

So they are settled, we are loving the fresh eggs, now to build they extra run bit and we'll be proper sorted *nod*

Harry Potter

So, my Gorgeous Girl really really likes Harry.

Really likes him. 

We now have, thanks to Christmas: Lego, duvet cover, trading Cards, costumes, wands (of course), books and movies floating about our house.  And of course what the Girl likes, the younger boys especially Monkey, love too.

So we have conversations like, "mum where's my wand? I need to play wizards!"

And it is why on a Sunday evening I'm watching Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 

And I SHOULD be finishing the h & p for her hat....

New Year....again

So, I thought I would have more time to write here if I decided that's what I wanted to do...

Seems I don't know shit about myself.

We got chickens from a friend who needed to rehome them, coop and all, so I've filled my days with that. Between family being here, holidays (Christmas et al), oh yeah having 6 kids and the settling of chickens and excitement of collecting eggs I haven't thought that much about writing.

But, then, I guess the people I started to write for are here, so do I need to still blog?

Is anybody out there reading still??

Friday nights....

So,
 Friday evenings have become a time when we get takeaways, watch a movie, then do bugger all.

I'm kinda ok with this, but then I notice that time is passing us by and things I should have been getting done, haven't been getting done.

But it's friday night, it's end of the week, and I'm too tired to give a flying fuck about all those things I'm supposed to have done.

See  a cycle there??  Yeah me too.  ;O)

Anyhoos, I dunno how many of my 10 follows are still following me here - but I've caught myself thinking about writing on this blog thingy a bit lately so thought I would do something about it.

Reading back over previous (I was gonna say recent, but they're really not that recent at all!) posts, not a lot has changed.....We still have 6 kids, youngest still at Playcentre, I'm still doing centre, Assn & National Level stuffs for Playcentre. things are changing - restructure and all - it 's just happening for all Playcentre not just our Assn. (although i should point out that many of our 33 Assns across the country have been changing their structure over the last few years....)

Kitten is now a year old, he's named Teal'c.  Yeah we couldn't find a Star Wars name that fit, so we moved onto Stargate o_O

And once again I'm counting down to my Lil Big Bro coming home. I've missed him. Although, maybe not as strongly as I felt it last year as he's been away for the whole of the year and so I've had to cope without him.....Still miss him tho. Still counting sleeps till he gets here and I can share/show him all the things I've been up to... 5 sleeps to go!

Also, did i mention I do roller derby?  Yeah I do. Low contact, co-ed league Rimutaka Roller Derby. AND I LOVE IT!!

Along with my Playcentre peeps, these are my peeps too! It's been over a year now I've been practising (you have to train for aaaaaaaaaaaaages before you're qualified enough to bout!) and I'm getting pretty good at it. If I do say so myself :OD

So. That's me.  Still here. Still Delusional about a lot of things.

Still getting kicked off my computer so Admiral & Padawan can play games...  :O/ 

Life And Other Anomalies

So, it's been a while huh?

I have thought about posting, mostly coz I know that there are some who don't follow me on other social media type thingys.....but I just couldn't find the impetuous to write more than 140 characters. Or anything that I thought was worth your time & energy to read. 

What's been happening?  Not a lot really. Today I am loving this album again.....esp this track. Dunno why. the guy is obviously a musical GENIUS but even though I can't say why I love this track....

Anyways, after that, what else is going on?

Just the usual stuffs. Kids, Playcentre, housework gah.  

Went to another National meeting on the weekend, was really awesome. And I realised that it's my time to step up. As much as I'm always bemoaning being tired and all, I know that Playcentre national level stuffs revitalises me. And I know that if we all don't put our money where our mouth is, the organisation won't survive. We are a volunteer organisation I may have mentioned this once or twice. Plus the Federation (National level) supports the Associations and Centres, but is MADE UP FROM MEMBERS OF THESE. So, we all need to help out. And I feel I have knowledge, enthusiasm and passion to offer, to help with. 

So, that will be May, at Conference. I throw my hat in the ring.  Exciting and scary all at once! As usual with anything worth doing  ;O)

Personally in the last wee while I went back to the docs coz although my happy pills have helped me mentally, physically I am still knackered. Long story short; many questions and a couple of vials of blood later I am on the waiting list for an endoscopy as I got a positive reaction to coeliacs.   interesting. My life revolves around wheat, so there may be HUGE changes ahead....

I will leave you with this though, a track that I sing to myself when I am feeling low. I LOVE this woman. She is soooo amazing, the more I hear, more I see of her, learn about her the More I am in awe of who she is and how she lives her life.  My hero. *swoon*

 

2013

So. We survived the holidays and are back into it.

Second week of school and first week of Playcentre just ended. Phew.

I have crazily decided that going for a part time job at the library is a good idea.  got a second interview for that next week. Time will tell if the money is worth it...

How did it become 2013 already??  and why am i still tired even tho my baby is nearly 4???  :-\