Blondie is trying!!!!

Well, good news on The Farm front. Blondie is still just plugging along. She is trying to get up on her own. This morning I laid out paper and took her out of her box so she has room to move around more (the box isn't as wide as her wing span). She had those wings spread out and her legs pulled up under her and she was trying for all she was worth to get up. She is much better. If I can just get her on her feet and balanced. Her bad leg is still gimpy but she is using it more now.

She got a bath last night and she did very good!!! She just sat there in the water and let me clean her up a little. I expected a fight now that she is stronger but no, she did great. She is so funny, she is feeling better and ready to get out and go but her legs aren't strong enough yet so she gets those wings open and she gets around my bathroom that way. I started giving her a tad of scratch and she really enjoys that.

She scoots to the edge of the paper and pecks at the carpet, LOL, I am going to take her outside tomorrow and let her peck around on the ground. I am really pulling for her to walk again because my family is just in SHOCK at how well she is doing now. At first no one wanted to do anything, they just wanted me to tend her until she died and there was a couple days where it was kind of touch and go and the stress was really getting to me, but then she started gaining her strength back and it's amazing me how well she is doing!!!

We have bonded and Lil Roo is NOT going to be happy. LOL. Lil Roo hates me for some reason and he is not going to be happy that his little lady and I are friends now. Hehe.

Another tidbit of Farm news. I was in Balch Springs last night and got to see Kris Kringle (little goat) and his little girlfriend. LOL. She is tan and white and he is all black so it'll be fun to go see their babies when they begin to come along. He seemed very happy in that big lot eating away. It was dark and he was out eating with his new little friends. He seemed to be doing very well. Kind of cool to know where he is because when I'm out that way I can see him. I haven't gotten to see Sassy but I hear that she is doing very good and is very spoiled. She has kiddos to play with so I know she is happy because she loves her Humans and kids to play with, she LOVED playing. Which she now has NO horns. LOL. Kris still had his but they are still teeny tiny.

I love my little farm. I'm thinking Mator is getting a little frisky, thankfully the ground is starting to dry out some. This flood that came let me know where I still have to make some changes in my "barns". It also gives me time to change my goat house plans to include a raised floor. I'm going to have to do that in the horse barn too. Lucy has requested a place of her own that that she is laying eggs. LOL. She keeps running the chickens and horse out of the barn and it's their barn. Haha. Onry goose. I'm considering getting ducks, I would love another goose but Lucy may run the farmyard animal wise but she lets me pretend to be in charge over her. Hehe. She doesn't chase me so that is good!!! I'm expecting Silkie babies soon, I have 3 hens sitting faithfully so surely we'll have babies soon.

Catching Up

I have been lax about writing but life stays soooo busy. I'm trying desperately to lose weight and my Wii and I are very close. I walked 3000 steps last night in 30 minutes. So cool!!! I'm very sore though.

My animals keep me so busy. Yesterday I had Rowdy out walking him and just spending with him outside his fences. He was eating grass and his lips and nose would get muddy, that onry horse wiped his nose on the mail I had in my hand and went back to eating. LOL. When I wouldn't let him do it again he wiped his nose ON ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL. I love that horse.

Well, lots of exciting things going on in my family. Chantry and Tiffany are moving to Cedar Hill in 2 weeks. I'm so excited if I was a puppy I would pee on the floor, **snicker**. The house is beautiful. I'll have pics up as soon as they get the key on the 16th. I can NOT tell you how excited I am for them. My brother is my bestest friend and my sister in law is right up there with him. I love them so much. The fact they are going to be living 20 minutes from my house!!!!EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKK!! That is a good eek. LOL. I told Chantry there was a new phrase he would have to learn and that is "Taniss, would you please go home". LOL

My Mom went to a new ENT doctor with the mass in her neck. He said the surgery is very tricky because the tumor has literally grown around everything, even her trachea (sp?). So he is putting her on some meds to try and shrink the mass. She goes back in 2 months to see if the meds are working, if they are they will continue that treatment. If not they will talk about other solutions, if it has grown AT ALL, they will do emergency surgery. He said the surgery is tricky that is why her former doctor was so keyed up about it all. This new doctor is on the list of the top ENT's in North Texas. So she feels much better about it all.

Dad's health is up and down, every little thing just drags him down. He never feels well. We are makign him eat better and his BP is much better, it should be with all the meds he is on. He is pretty close to being totally blind right now. He is getting steriod shots in his eyeballs to take down the swelling and then the eye he had surgery on will have to have a cateract removed and the other eye a laser surgery to sear closed the leaky vessels. Then they said he should be able to see much better. That is very good news. Now if we could get him mobile to help with his health.

A Farm Update

So Gavin and I share the farm I guess. LOL. I take care of the animals and he gets to claim them. Man, oh, man life doesn't get any better. LOL. This is Rowdy-Mator. He is Gavin and my pride and joy!!! Gavin loved Rowdy Mator and we spent forever walking him in the front yard. It was a great time. I love my off days that aren't freezing temps because those are the days I get to spend out in the yard with my animals. I'm not a person with a ton of friends, I'm shy and have a very hard time with teh social part of life. Life will bring you a boatload of hurt and sometimes it's easier to withdraw rather than face rejection again. So I take in animals and they actually feel a void that people leave. They need me and it's nice to be needed. It's hard to be a single female in a married world. I hate it, it never bothered me until recently and like my little quote at the top of the page says, Music is my refuge, I can climb in between the notes and put my back to lonliness. Plus, Rowdy-Mator likes to hear me sing. LOL. I sing and groom him and he eats it up, I'm sure it's because he loves my singing not just the attention. haha.
OK, Mom was trying to get my boots and all she really did was get my **gasp** ungodly attire. On a farm you just don't wear the good stuff out of doors. I'm very proud of my new rubber boots. I was going to be different and buy colored ones, but only leopard print was in my size. It was the Lord's will, I'm sure. LOL. Chantry came over last Saturday and we groomed Rowdy-Mator some. It was so muddy and Rowdy had ROLLED in the mud. DOUBLE GROSS!! This is my baby girl getting some dinner. LOL. Lexington Noel is my goat. She was the first baby goat born on the farm. So she is pretty special. Her sister, Precious was the breech baby. She is so sweet, loves to cuddle.

Ok, so yes, I'm "kissing" Lexi, LOL. I was making little clicking noises with my mouth and she kept nudging my lips so we got the camera and took a picture. I said she was kissing me. She loves her human Mommy!!! I guess you get kisses where you can. HAHA

LOL, Yeppers this is Rowdy-Mator and his nosy self!!! I try to take pictures of him and he always has to get his nose all up in the camera so I took a shot and it turned out pretty cute even if I do say so myself. This is my MAN!!! He is the perfect one too. Well, except he doesn't bring in any money. LOL. I spend all mine on him. LOL.