• 31 May 2008 - Chicken Run
Posted By Ags
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This is my first time EVER having chickens, well, except for dinner.
We got them through 4H (which is also another first for us) and each child got 25 chicks. Oh, and they put in a rooster with each group of 25, which I didn't know they were going to do.
So, with 3 children participating, that's 78 total.
Needless to say, it's been very interesting.
I think I will continue to blog about my chicken adventures and include these in one section called, "The Chicken Chronicles".
I shot this video for my hubby, who is still not here with us, and so I thought I'd put it up here as well. :)
We just recently lost 1 hen, which was very sad. It was trampled by the other chickens while trying to get to the feed. I didn't realize that this could happen, it was very strange. One of my daughters cried. I thought, oh no, we can never, ever, butcher these hens in the future...it will be too traumatic.
We have all come from the city and used to getting our chicken nice and plastic wrapped at the grocery store. Even though you know where it comes from, it's still a little disturbing when you're faced with the reality. Thankfully, it will be awhile before we'll have to deal with that. Hopefully, we will all be used to the idea by that time.
Boy, growing up and living in the city sure put me in a kind of "everyday unreality". This change of life has been for me enjoyable and yet I'm still trying to adjust. It's good though, I would never go back.
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• Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - I ♥ horses
Posted By Madeline
Hello everyone! I know its been a while but here I am.
As most of you know know I love horses. I always loved them of course it wasn't strange for a little girl to want a pony, but I never got out of the little girl phase.
When we lived near Portland I had four horses and a pony. Well, we had to move and they had to stay. Very sad for a little girl who was horse crazy, anyway, I never really stopped looking for another horse.
A year later I had a cousin offer me her six-year-old quarter house gelding. But our landlord said "no" to any equine.
That was sad but fine until as year after that(last week) . . . he came over and said that this lady was going to board five, FIVE horses on our field. That made me mad!
And on top of that he told they lady I had no experience with horses! Umm kay, after being in a horse club for two years and riding for eight and owning four horses and a pony, I have no experience.
Well Ive been struggling not to be upset at the lady (because she didn't know that I wasn't allowed to keep one, not five, one horse on our HUGE field) because its not her fault.
So this morning I went out to the field and hung out with the horses and of course fell in love with all of them. What can I say I didn't stay mad at her for very long=]
Well mom thinks after this that the landlord may let keep my one horse.
Until next time,
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• Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - This was fun
Posted By Madeline
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[=Madge=]
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• Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - Dear Everyone,
Posted By Madeline
Well its been a while but I'm back to blogging! The last few weeks have been quite busy. Lots has happend so I'll start with last Wednesday.
My grandpa had been planning to get his knee replaced and Wednesday was his appointment. The surgery went well and he came home Sunday. Sunday evening we noticed some strange looking blisters above and below the actual opening and he was running a fever so Monday he had to go down for blood work and they readmitted him. When the doctor saw it he sent him right back into surgery to reopen and see if the bone didn't settle. The bone was fine but he still had blisters and they were about the size of dimes and nickels now. They took some live cultures and kept him yesterday. The cultures show that he did have an infection and was put on three different antibiotics. So we got him home yesterday but, he has to go in everyday to get shots.
We have more more little ones. Little goats that is=] Three, two boys and a girl=]
I went horse back riding on Thursday and was given a spirited pony named "Oreo". All was well as we were riding through a field we went up a hill and on top he decided to start galloping=] Well I was fine with it till his foot slipped and I went right over his shoulder=] Just got a little muddy and a bruised shoulder for me=] But it was quite fun. I adore horses even the bratty ones=]
Well theres a short story of my life the past week or so at least the exciting parts=]
Until next time,
[=Madge=]
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• 4 March 2008 - TOMATOSHERE is HERE!
Posted By Ags
What is Tomatoshere?
"Tomatosphere is a research project involving more than 9,000 classrooms of Grades 2 to grade 10 students ("Tomatonauts") across Canada, the United States and several other nations. In 2008, students will have the opportunity to grow tomatoes from seeds that have been placed in an environment to simulate the effects of aerocapture, as might occur when entering the atmosphere of Mars, and a control group. In the research project, students will be asked to germinate the seeds, but will not know the origin of the seeds until the results are reported to the web site. At that point, the teacher receives an automatic response indicating which seeds were from each group. This methodology, known as a "blind study" will allow the mystery of the project to be real for the students." ~quote from FAQs on the Tomatoshere website.
Check it out. You can register at the website, Tomatosphere. Homeschoolers are definitely welcome. They have resources for Teachers and Students of different grade (age) levels; study guides, stories, games, experiments, and more. This is my first year doing this but it looks like it will be quite interesting, fun, and educational. :)
Enjoy!
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• 29 February 2008 - Lazy Day for Horses
Posted By Ags
It's such a beautiful sunny warm day! Thank You Lord!
I am able to get many loads of laundry washed and hung to dry.
The kids have been playing outside.
While I was washing dishes I turned to look out the window and out by the hen yard this is what I saw.
I ran to get my cell phone (since my camera is still not working) hoping that I could snap a few pictures before Chief got up.
I had to share. :)
 Chief, Max-our hunter, and Stripes the cat. He's up above Max on the roof of that little feeder house. He had been laying down. He seemed to be up and turning to get himself a more comfy spot.
I guess they all decided to put aside their differences to enjoy the shade together.
 Emmy and Sammy with Chief.
While he was laying there they just couldn't resist getting close to him.
 Isaac taking his turn with Chief.
 Emmy is our super animal lover.
All the family are animal people, but she takes after her dad.
They just seem to have even more of a soft spot and a gentle way with the animals.
~Have a Blessed Day!~
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• Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - Babies are here!
Well, after months of waiting, my four year old doe Opal has finally kidded! Three healthy babies Selena(doe), Captain Crunch(or Tarnag)(buck), and Adurna(doe). Here are some pictures of the little ones=]
The audience=]
 Mama before=]
 The first baby Selena=]
 So cute!=]
 All three babies=] Me, Adurna, and Tarnag=] They are all frisky little ones with lots of energy=] Hope you
enjoyed looking at them=]
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• 26 February 2008 - Very Interesting Article - You Are What You Eat
Posted By Ags
A friend emailed this to me and I thought I'd share it. Most interesting. I will definitely be seeing my veggies in a whole new light.
Fruits and Vegetables
"This is totally amazing to me...a miracle from God if you will...let us open our eyes and learn!! Be Healthy this New Year!
You are what you eat, so eat well. A stupendous insight of civilizations past has now been confirmed by today's investigative, nutritional sciences. They have shown that what was once called "The Doctrine of Signatures" was astoundingly correct. It now contends that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food provides the eater. Here is just a short list of examples of Whole Food Signatures.
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye...and science shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? .... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcom e male sterility.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.
Grapefruits, Oranges, and other citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes."
"The news isn't that fruits and vegetables are good for you, it's that they are so good for you, they can save your life." David Bjerklie, TIME Magazine, Oct. 2003 _.
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• Monday, February 25, 2008 - Babies are coming!
• 22 February 2008 - Baths in the Kitchen
Posted By Ags
I was over at erkopp98's blog, Kopp Family: living the dream, and reading her post Burnt Rump, (which is a cute story, by the way) and it made me think of the other day when the kids got a bath in the kitchen.
We have a small, small, (did I say small?), bathroom with no tub. And it's a little awkward giving the young ones a shower while I'm standing on the other side of the curtain with it partially wrapped in front of me while I reach over it to wash their hair. It's sloppy, but it can be done. But, the kids really miss their baths. So, the other day we had a rubbermaid tub in the kitchen and were getting them washed up in it one by one. It was great, they loved it. And they also, like erkopp98 mentioned in her post, ran wrapped in a towel into the other room to dry off and stay warm by the wood stove. It was a great time. The kids think these kind of things are some kind of adventure and have fun with it.
Anyway, we have a little neighbor girl who occasionally drops in on us. She's friendly and outgoing and loves to just walk into the house without knocking. :) Well, while my 7yr. old was in the tub, the other kids were in the wood stove room, and I had gone into the bathroom. And I suddenly heard this little girl's voice in the kitchen just a yacking away! I peeked out of the bathroom door and there she stood, "Oh, hi! I just wanted to know if the kids could come over and play!" She is so cheery and spunky, and I didn't want to be harsh with her, but I firmly requested that she please go outside and wait a minute since my son was taking a bath. She said "alright" but didn't go outside, ha! When I got out there, my poor son was slumped down in the tub with a strange look on his face and there she stood just talking away! Thankfully, he was surrounded by bubbles.
We finally got her to go outside but she stood there on the porch with her head pressed to the door window peeking inside. It took awhile to convince her that they could play as soon as we were all done and we would very much appreciate it if she didn't peek through the windows.
We basically have two rooms and they both have these tall ceiling to floor windows along the walls and so we don't have much privacy. The kitchen alone has 6 of them all along one wall and then two other walls, and then there's the front door with a full window in it. I at first used old sheets to shade us from the sun in the summer. The amount of money it would take to buy the yards of material to make curtains for these was something we just hadn't set aside yet. And since we are "in the country" I didn't think it would be much of a problem anyway, since we don't regularly have people passing by. Well, the curtains have suddenly become much more of a priority, hehe.
That day, my son kept quietly asking me, "Mom, have you told Suzie (name changed) to please not barge into the house anymore?" I assured him that I would the next time I saw her. Ahh, life is fun. :)
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