Apollo's Acres

[BunnyMommy]

Bless your heart, Tina! I know that a 33-day separation is going to be really hard on you!

If I can make a few suggestions that might help (if they're not relevant, just toss them in the "round" file ... ):

Make the separation an adventure in romance. By this I meanturn it into an opportunity to romance Dale. Strategicallyhide little love notes in his traveling bag. Flirtshamelessly with him when he calls home. Send him cute littlelove emails. If at all possible, maybe surprise him and showup at one of his destinations if you can and have lunch withhim. There's all sorts of ways to play this out over thedistance.

There was a period of time in our marriage when my husband was assignedto work for a while in another state during the week and then he wouldcome home on the weekends. This went on if I remember forfour or five months. I used some of these suggestions andmore during that time. Not only did it help him to keep fromgetting lonely, but he couldn't wait to get hime on theweekends. In addition, he was already by nature one of themost romantic men that I'd ever known, but just the thought of knowingthat his wife loved, adored, and missed him to such an extent that shewould go the extra mile to try to do little things to keep him fromgetting lonely heightened his romance quotient to even higherlevels! He would bring me home all types of specialgifts when he came home on the weekends and we would make his few daysat home our special "dating" times. If you can believe it,the separation was an opportunity for us to make our marriage evenstronger than it was!

Know that we're here for you for encouragement and support.You can get this through this!...

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

EXCELLENT! As always, when it comes to marital advice!

Raspberry

 

[Meganc731]

Awww Tina I know exactly how you feel!!! Lastyear my husband went to South Africa for 3 months, I had no idea how Iwas going to get through it, but I did. I thought that would be thelast long trip, but since we moved to VA he's had to travel more often.Usually 3-4 weeks at a time, it's SO hard, especially without friendsor family in the area.

I think BunnyMommy's suggestions are wonderful!!! I almost can't waitfor the next trip My husband is gone this week and gets backThursday evening, however my daughter and I are leaving Thursdaymorning to fly to Oregon to see my new neice!!!! I'm excited about thetrip, but I'm starting to regret it, I just want to be home with myhusband!!!

Now's a great time to have some qaulity time with your son. I don'tknow if your husband helps you with maintaing the house, but I reallyfeel it when my husband leaves because he helps me a lot with dishesand laundry. I usually buy a stack of paper plates, bowls and cups andI don't do dishes at all while he's gone, I get all the laundry doneand out of the way right after he leaves, and then I'm left with extratime to do stuff with the kids. I like to take them to the movies whenhe's gone.

Hang in there, it will be over before you know it. Also know that it'sjust as hard for him to go as it is for you. My husband as called mecrying sometimes he misses us so much.

Megan

 

[lyndsy]

Tina! Jer!

LOVE the pics!

The chicks are just the sweetest, and don't feel bad Jer, it means good luck when a bird poops on yah'!LMBO!

Sorry to hear about the hubby, Tina, just think of all the animals you can bring home in that time! LOL!

look at the little bumb feathers... AWWWWWWWW!

The Monkeys CAN'T wait to meet the girls...

Monkeys!

 

[dajeti2]

Thank you so much.

Tina

 

[dajeti2]

I want to thank you all so much. Dalebeing gone is so so hard but with the love and support of friends likeyou, well it's somehow not as bad.

Come to find out Dale's new cell phone has all the bells andwhistles. I was reading posts on here last night just couldn't figureout how to respond.So he will be checking infrom time to time. He can Instant Message me which is really cool. Hesent me one to find when I woke up from my nap.

Jeremy is taking it especially hard. I just hate to him cry,breaks my heart. We are going to have Fun Time on Sat. We are onlygoing to do fun stuff. The only not fun stuff we do will be cleanWollo's cage and the chick brooder.

Hopefully I will get more Apollo and Chirpy pics up tonight. OhI did these for the girls. I haven't done Apollo's yet, can't find amanly one yet.

Tina

 

[cirrustwi]

Tina,

Those chicks crack me up with their sprint across the brooder. That's too funny!!

I can't imagine a 33 day separation, Ihave trouble with 14,but that's going to increase soon enough. I'm a big sap, allthe posts about separations are making me cry, it's a badday. I can't even imagine how hard it is for Jeremy, my dadwas gone a lot when I was little, but not for that long. Hecan spend a ton of quality time with mom now, though.

You are going to have a zoo like me. You just need a fewmore...hmmm...my bearded dragons should be laying eggs soon...I couldadd to your zoo... LOL

Jen

 

[Meganc731]

Well if we're looking to fill up your zoo I have to Lovebirds waiting for homes

 

[dajeti2]

cirrustwi wrote:

Tina,

Those chicks crack me up with their sprint across the brooder. That's too funny!!

I can't imagine a 33 day separation, Ihave trouble with 14,but that's going to increase soon enough. I'm a big sap, allthe posts about separations are making me cry, it's a badday. I can't even imagine how hard it is for Jeremy, my dadwas gone a lot when I was little, but not for that long. Hecan spend a ton of quality time with mom now, though.

You are going to have a zoo like me. You just need a fewmore...hmmm...my bearded dragons should be laying eggs soon...I couldadd to your zoo... LOL

Jen

I'm sorry. I didn't want anyone to cry. It's just that we'venever been apart that long. This is a really bad time of year forus.

This is the month we picked up Apollo and Athrna. Sunday to beexact. So this is an especially hard and emotional time. Fullof ups and downs and Dale leaving was just icing on the cake.

Between Jeremy, Apollo, chicks, fishand frogs, Chirpy and thedog, well there's always something needs cleaning lol. I can see I'mgoing to have to keep Jeremy away from you lmbo. He's going to want twoof every reptile you have.

Thank you so much really.

Tina

 

[lyndsy]

WELL,

if your taking in animals....

LMBO!!!!

 

[cirrustwi]

Ahh, I'm just sappy. Talk aboutcleaning...I just did complete cleanings on all 6 rabbit cages, theferret cage and both rats. Wow, it took forever.Tomorrow the lizards get done and the fish.

So, Jeremy likes his reptiles huh? The ones I have are prettyeasy to take care of. Their lower maintenance then any otheranimal I have except the fish.

Jen

 

[dajeti2]

All is well here in the Acres.

Jeremy has his first Baseball game tomorrow. He is so excited.What better Good Luck Charmthan a rabbits' footbut4 rabbit feet still attached to the bunny

Apollo is being such a stinker tonight:X:X:X. I let him out andbecause I had a chick in my hand he Refused to come out.:XIput the chick in her home and I got the bunny butt.:X:X

So I let his Royal Crankiness stay in his ole cage:?Iplayed with chicks. At least 2 of them are happy to see me.

Here are some new Chick Pics

Amber

Penny

Sassy

Precious

Mystery

Ebony

Blackie

Pepper

Patches

Checkers

Peepers

Yapper

I will be posting more pictures of Jeremy, Chirpy and of course Apollo tomorrow. I hope you like these.

Tina

 

[dajeti2]

Here is a chick pile up at the food bowl.

Here comes Mystery the second I knelt down.

Two pics that are just cute.

Tina

 

[ayglnu13]

dajeti2 wrote:

All is well here in the Acres.

Apollo is being such a stinker tonight:X:X:X. I lethim out and because I had a chick in my hand he Refused to come out.:XI put the chick in her home and I got the bunny butt.:X:X

So I let his Royal Crankiness stay in his ole cage:? I playedwith chicks. At least 2 of them are happy to see me.


Tina

Oh my goodness, I have been having the same problem with Nimue!!! I washolding a baby bunny and he bolted over to the cage door like normal tobe let out, and then saw the bunny and looked at me like I was amurderer or something and went and faced the back of his cage! BunnyButt! I tried to coax him out "Nimmy come here baby, its only a babybunny" and ya know what he did, he turn around and shot me the dirtiestlook I have ever seen a rabbit give!

"So I let his Royal Crankiness stay in his ole cage"

EXACTLY!!!

~Amy

 

[lyndsy]

Tina,

Yappers, and Patches are soooo sweet!

I LOVE the names, they're great! LMBO!

So I let his Royal Crankiness stay in his ole cage:?

LMBO!That's hallarious!

I can't wait to see the pics today!!!!!

Monkeys!

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

Oh No!:shock:You two are making the Royaltyangry!!! How dare you give their love to someone else???

Boy are you gonna be in trouble! :?

Raspberry

 

[Jenniblu]

Tina, is going to really be in trouble when the rabbit babies get there, LOL.

Lyndsy, you give the monkeys a big hug for me, will ya'?

 

[Stephanie]

Tina, those pictures are sooo cute!

I'm sorry that you and your hubby will be seperated for so long. It'sreally tough, I know from when I was living in the States and Dave uphere before I moved. (Obviously it was a long distance relationship).So I know it can be tough.

Just think of how great it will be when you see each other again. Thatfirst hug and kiss is the best in the world! We'll all be here for you.

 

[dajeti2]

Today was our first "unofficial" baseballgame. I am happy to announce that Jeremy's team won Yeah. We broughtApollo with us. Apollo has had a bit of a bad attitude ever since hebumped his head. They said it could take like a month for him to behimself again. I can't wait for this 'Ttude to fade away, I miss mylovebug.

Jeremy is very sick right now. Poor guy is running a 102.4*Ffever. This for Jeremy is considered a low grade fever but I stilladmire his strength. He played the whole game and never let on he feltbad. I was a bit mad he didn't say anything but water under the bridgeand all that. Oh I dread another hospital visit ugh. I am reallypraying we can nip this one in the bud.

Here are Jeremy's game pictures.

Taking the field

Waiting to bat

At bat

Walked yeah

getting ready to steal second and did lol.

Here he is stealing third, Jer's first slide-very cool

Safe at home for the Point

The kids all played an awesome game.

This a picture of Jeremy standing in front of a man made dam that I just thought was so cool lol.

By the river too.

Apollo, well he had a few moments that were sweet. The rest ofthe time he was like an antsy toddler:Xsnacks helped and sodid a time out.

Here is the Wollo

I got him shaking his head lol

Looking for Jeremy and watching Jeremy

Here he is actually looking at mom.

Apollo trying the helicopter ear look

Hope ya'll like them.

Tina

 

[lyndsy]

Tina what GREAT pics!!!

Jer looks great concidering how sick he is!

I love this picture! What a GREAT shot!

Poor Wollo,

he looks like he saying ' ok ladies I know i'm hot stuff, but could you move outa my way, my Jer is out there!'

LMBO! I just LOVE those pics!

Monkeys!