My Heart's on Fire for Elvira

[holtzchick]

That is so weird... yeah, I feel alot better about myself now

 

[whitelop]

Correct me if I'm misunderstanding, are you not covering the top of the coop? Only with Ivy that you're going to grow over it? If not, I would definitely recommend doing so or you might get foxes/cats climbing in.

The top of the coop is covered in horse grade fencing and chicken wire. The part of the run with their house in it has a tarp that covers the whole area of the run. The other part of the run that I wanted to put ivy on, has horse grade fencing too. So the whole run is covered. The stuff we add onto it will be covered too.
I have to make some minor adjustments to the fence, so everything will fixed today.
Everything of ours has to be covered anyway, we have a pair of hawks that fly around, only a few foxes, but my adult chickens are too big for a fox to try to walk away with. The babies are small enough though, but I've never seen a fox on our property. PLUS, my rooster can jump/fly over 10 feet up and over. Hen isn't such a good flier or jumper, she's only got about 6 feet in her. haha.

 

[whitelop]

I saw one strange addiction where this woman was eating her husbands ashes. She got 6 lbs from the mortuary and ATE 1 POUND! OMG!
That show and hoarders make me feel totally normal and like my house isn't a mess! BEST. SHOWS. EVER.

Have you ever wondered how to make you rabbit gain weight? You put them in a cage for 2 days and feed them pellets and oat hay! haha. I think Ellie has put on almost a pound since she's been in the cabinet! I let her out for a little bit yesterday and I'll let her out for a bit today, but she isn't getting out like normal because shes making a mess! I need to put the shelf in there for her.
I did notice that she HAS been doing really well with going to the litter box while in her cage. So I wonder, if I put an x-pen in the kitchen in a corner, she'll choose the box over the floor because she won't have free roam of the kitchen? I might try it. I need to go get a metal x-pen, not this bulky plastic one. I MIGHT actually put a tarp down on the floor, I have an extra unused tarp that she could use so she doesn't ruin my floor. There are several things I could do, but I need to think about it a little more. Until I get her spayed at least!

I don't have any batteries! haha. I HAD a whole pack of AA batteries and now I can't find them! I'm so mad. The ones in my camera died and now I can't find the new pack. Ugh AND I think the camera is in the car with my husband! I'm like epically failing today! So I'm going to say pictures of the coop will be tomorrow. Hopefully, lets all keep our fingers crossed now, that the sun will come out tomorrow and dry my freaking yard out! Its a total mess.
Now to finish my cup of "before its done brewing" coffee and mop my gross floors. BUT I don't even want to do that, because its still wet and muddy out and my husband is a child and can't take his shoes off at the door! haha. MEN!

 

[agnesthelion]

I've seen that one too Morgan....where she eats her husbands ashes. ~~~~shudders~~~~ yeah. That show makes me feel awesome. It's the same concept when I people watch at the Iowa State fair. Mullets, 500 lb women in cutoff Jean shorts and bikini tops and barefoot walking around the gross fair, their feet are like black....I feel fabulous!!

We go through batteries like crazy too. If it's not my camera is my sons toys. I feel like I buy them all the time. I tried to use the dollar store batteries to save money...they blast like 6 seconds and they are dead again.

 

[whitelop]

Oh yeah, I've tried to cheap out several times with the batteries but you just spend more money because they don't last. So I've just started buying good ones and they last longer. I should probably get rechargable ones, but that stuff is SO expensive. I don't want to spend the money on it! I've take most of the toys away that make noise, so my son has lots of wooden ones now! hahah. My mind can't take the loud ones.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Batteries, yeah I buy loads and then can´t find where I´ve hidden them.

I saw that one where she drank her pee....absolutely gross and she thought it was really good for her. People are really strange and it does make me feel really normal.

How funny Ellie doing nothing but eating while she´s in her cabinet...with the xpen she might behave herself if you put her box in there. I´ve got a metal xpen, I want another one but will have to wait until the store have them in stock again.

The coop sounds great, can´t wait to see the photos, hope you find the batteries.

 

[JBun]

Ok, I can't even read about this addiction show stuff you guys are talking about. It's grossing me out! I'm a very visual person, so I can't read it without imagining it too. Ugh!

I'm glad you got the chicken coop done. It sounds like it sucked big time, doing it in the rain and mud. That's one thing I didn't like much when I had a horse. Spring and fall always meant lots of mud. Mud boots are an absolute must, when you have outdoor animals

It sounds like your xpen idea, for Ellie might work well. Then you'll just be expanding her area slowly(and giving her a chance to behave herself, haha). Bunnies are just little rascals sometimes.

 

[whitelop]

I love my mud boots. I got some because they're super easy to clean and I have to clean them all the time, biosecurity. They have this really awesome tread on the bottom, so I stick in the wet grass and in the mud without slipping around. They were a total life save the other day!

I think I am going to looking to a metal xpen, hopefully that will help because I hate leaving her in the cage like that.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Sounds like a good idea, she´ll have some space but not as much as she had and gives you more control over that smaller space. Hope she´s a good girl and appreciates what mommy is doing for her. And yes, bunnies are often little rascals lol.

 

[whitelop]

As I was writing on another thread, I heard Ellie escape from her cage! I heard her scratch the hardware cloth and then I heard the door slam and then heard her scamper off. LMAO. I JUST MOPPED MY FLOOR! OMG. Sorry, I really did just mop today. I should probably put a litter box down for her. haha.

Okay so my husband and I were talking in the car earlier and he got this new flavor of gatorade. I tried it and it kind of tasted like cotton candy. I like cotton candy as much as the next guy, but I don't like the way it smells and here's why: it reminds me of trailer parks. Okay, so this is how it works in my head: cotton candy=carnival=carnie=trailer park=cotton candy smell. Yes, thats where my head goes! It goes to the crazy place!

 

[lyndym]

Wait, there's a Strange Addiction where someone drinks their pee?? Even weirder is that whoever posted about it said she also put it in her eyes?? What?? Yeah, I definitely feel normal watching these shows. My mom was just giving me a hard time the other day because my room at home is still full of stuff. I should tell her to watch Hoarders and be happy I'm not like that!

I just got a battery recharger and rechargeable batteries. I go through batteries a lot with my tuner/metronome, so it helps to re-use them.

 

[Katielovesleo3]

Hahahahaha! I have NEVER thought of cotton candy that way. Here's cotton candy in my head.
Cotton candy=rodeo time=little kids sitting next me with cotton candy=sticky fingers=ewwwwwww don't touch meeee!!! Lmao!

I have a weird thing about sticky fingers. I don't know how kids can deal with sticky stuff on their hands. Lol.

 

[holtzchick]

Wait, there's a Strange Addiction where someone drinks their pee?? Even weirder is that whoever posted about it said she also put it in her eyes?? What?? Yeah, I definitely feel normal watching these shows. My mom was just giving me a hard time the other day because my room at home is still full of stuff. I should tell her to watch Hoarders and be happy I'm not like that!

I just got a battery recharger and rechargeable batteries. I go through batteries a lot with my tuner/metronome, so it helps to re-use them.

LOL... my sister used to hoard everything! When she was moving out, we gathered 11 garbage bags and 8 boxes of stuff to THROW OUT and then like another double that to donate!!!

 

[holtzchick]

As I was writing on another thread, I heard Ellie escape from her cage! I heard her scratch the hardware cloth and then I heard the door slam and then heard her scamper off. LMAO. I JUST MOPPED MY FLOOR! OMG. Sorry, I really did just mop today. I should probably put a litter box down for her. haha.

Okay so my husband and I were talking in the car earlier and he got this new flavor of gatorade. I tried it and it kind of tasted like cotton candy. I like cotton candy as much as the next guy, but I don't like the way it smells and here's why: it reminds me of trailer parks. Okay, so this is how it works in my head: cotton candy=carnival=carnie=trailer park=cotton candy smell. Yes, thats where my head goes! It goes to the crazy place!

That's so funny that you're talking about cotton candy. I was watching the simpsons last night and it was the episode homer gets marge a carnival candy machine for the house (I can't remember what it was called, it had a funny name though) and then he makes a giant ball of cotton candy covered in caramel and gets attacked by a bear while he's throwing it out.

Ah, gotta love the Simpsons... used to be one of the best shows! Now the new writers suck

 

[whitelop]

Michelle, doesn't your sister have like unbelievably large amount of clothes? I never really liked the Simpsons. I like Futurama but I didn't like the Simpsons. I don't know why.

So just now, a Jehovah's Witness stopped at my door! AHHH! She was really nice, but I think its a little forward for people to stop at other peoples houses and ask them if they're heard of Jesus. Who HASN'T heard of Jesus? You would have had to have lived under a rock for the last 2000 years to have not heard of Jesus. I'm not going to to into religion or missionaries because I don't want to offend anyone. I will share that like 3 weeks ago, I was pumping gas one afternoon and it was just me and my son. There was a really loud truck that went by and I was looking at it, then I turned back around and there was a woman standing in front of me. Her jesus loving-pamphlet holding ass- almost made me pee my pants! I literally screamed when I saw her. Then she handed me a pamphlet and walked away. I just sort of stood there like WTH just happened? I don't think people handing out jesus pamphlets should walk around like ninja's, thats how people get cut.

When Ellie was out of her cabinet last night, she didn't pee on the floor, she only pooped! Thats pretty good I think. Thankfully I can just sweep up the poop and I don't get calcium deposits on my freshly mopped floor! LOL. Then my husband put her back in her cage and almost didn't put the litter box back in with her. I was like you gotta put it back in there, she needs somewhere to poop! haha.
She is eating SO much hay lately! I feel like I've been putting more hay in her cage lately than I have since she was a tiny baby. She's been eating a ton of hay. Which is such a great thing and her poops show the hay. Her poop is perfectly sized and all uniform and perfectly round.

OHH! We got a new bed last night. We haven't put it in our room yet. But we were talking about making a "super" bed. The super bed would be, two full sized beds put together. So we would both have a bed and the bed would be HUGE! haha. It would be amazing, but we're not going to do it. That would be totally ridiculous. But anyway, with the new bed. I was talking to my husband and I was like, "what happens if I get a full night sleep and I'm a different person in the morning? Since we've been together, I've never gotten a full night sleep. So what happens if we wake up and you have no idea who I am because I'm actually rested?! AND possibly PLEASANT to be around?!" He was like, "don't joke like that. I don't want to be scared. I just want to let it happen and we'll go from there. Oh and you'll never be pleasant to be around." Because I'm not pleasant to be around. It sounds like fun and games in black and white, but could you imagine being near me all the time? Its good for some laughs, but what you guys get is like the radio edit of my rages. Imagine being there live, and hearing ALL of it. Sometimes its hard to be in my own head, much less next to me. I'm not always like this, but sometimes I get locked on and there is a whole day worth of freaking out and being totally ranty and a little mental. I think being in the car with me, is probably the worst thing. haha. You're trapped and I have THE WORST ROAD RAGE EVER. Its real bad, then you add LOTS of caffeine into that and its like a bomb driving down the road!

 

[agnesthelion]

Jehovah's Witnesses annoy and offend me. I don't think anyone needs to solicit religion of any kind. I respect everyone's right to believe whatever they want however don't ring my door and push your beliefs down my throat.

We got a new mattress about a year ago and I researched and it was a huge decision and we got a high rated kind...a stearns and foster...and we still hate it I think when you get older what you sleep on matters even more. We can't find what we like! We checked out temperpedic which were like $4000-$5000 but we didnt like those.

I used to have road rage but I realized how ridculous it is. Ever heard of the saying "Everyone who drives slower than you is a prude and everyone who drives faster than you is a maniac". I read that one time and it struck a chord. Why do I think I'm perfect on the road and never make mistakes? Or that my schedule and where I'm going is more important? haha. It's not! We share the road and humans are imperfect creatures so people will drive bad sometimes. Such is life. Deep breaths while driving Morgan. Don't give yourself an ulcer!!!!!

 

[HolyHandGrenade]

I saw the egg-washing thing on Thumper's blog and figured my egg rant should be over here on your blog, since you're the egg-maker Since when does anyone wash eggs? I'd never heard of that. I just crack them into the cookie dough or frying pan, wash my hands, and go about my merry way. Never been sick, and I use regular grocery store eggs. *shrug* I HATE antibacterial hand goo, I do eat food that drops on *my* floor, and I seem to have a pretty strong immune system. I believe not being a germophobe helps keep the immune system strong, because it only makes antibodies when it's presented with the germs. There's some science behind that, somewhere that I read. anyway, not trying to start a debate, just sharing.

Oh, and I lick my bunny's nose. So there. It makes her make funny faces mwahaha.

 

[whitelop]

My road rage isn't as bad as it used to be. I think what really screws me, is living in the country. I never encounter traffic, only when I go into town do I get the terrible traffic and I lose my mind. God forbid I go into Charlotte, then I'm definitely losing control and probably going to take a crow bar to someones window. JK.
Its not the going slow, because I got too many speeding tickets when I was a teenager, so I don't speed. I don't like to pass people, I don't drive like a maniac. Most of the time I have my son with me, so I can't drive like that.
Its the little things that I can't stand. I'll take you guys through what its like to be in the car with me:
-Are you turning? Oh really? I couldn't tell because you didn't use your blinker. Its the stick on the left.

-Oh, you're not going to stop at that stop sign. Yes, the stop sign, its the octagon shaped sign that is red and says STOP on it. You're not supposed to just look both ways and continue going, there are more cars that just you.

-Oh your passing me? Thats cool, you'll get to the stop light like 2.5 seconds faster than I will. Glad you're in a hurry.

-NO, THERE'S NO LEFT ON RED!

-Yes, there is right on red. RIGHT ON RED!

-OMG PLEASE USE YOUR BLINKER!

-Why are you swerving so much? Are you facebooking while driving?! Guess what, no one cares that you're "driving like a boss" right now.

-Oh you're driving the Lamborghini but you can't actually do 55mph? I'm going to say that someone bought the wrong car! Its not meant to do 38 in a 55, its meant to do 164 in a 55. Make it happen!

-Oh you're coming to a complete stop in the middle of the road and now you're turning. I didn't know that because you just randomly stopped and didn't use a blinker to let us know what was going on. Thanks for that.

-Okay, I get it, you just got new speakers. But guess what, while I'm listening to Darius Rucker tell tales about the Carolina's; you're listening to something totally offensive and rude and obscene and you've none just ruined my beautiful spring day with your terrible music. Jesus please, just turn it off. We get it, you're a "gangsta" STFU! Thanks for making me roll my window up.

-OMG motorcycle, please don't go between the cars like that! Its not safe, I'm going to cry! Great, now I'm crying because I'm scare that you, a stranger, will get hit by a car at night, and I'll have to see you die in front of me. OMG will I be able to stop in time if you get hit? Will I be the one to hit you? OMG I'm going to kill someone. *keeps crying* OH thank you god, he got between the cars!

Most of that stuff happens in my head, I normally don't say anything out loud anymore, UNLESS I'm alone. Its an interesting life I live, its no wonder I don't go anywhere anymore.

 

[whitelop]

I saw the egg-washing thing on Thumper's blog and figured my egg rant should be over here on your blog, since you're the egg-maker Since when does anyone wash eggs? I'd never heard of that. I just crack them into the cookie dough or frying pan, wash my hands, and go about my merry way. Never been sick, and I use regular grocery store eggs. *shrug* I HATE antibacterial hand goo, I do eat food that drops on *my* floor, and I seem to have a pretty strong immune system. I believe not being a germophobe helps keep the immune system strong, because it only makes antibodies when it's presented with the germs. There's some science behind that, somewhere that I read. anyway, not trying to start a debate, just sharing.

Oh, and I lick my bunny's nose. So there. It makes her make funny faces mwahaha.

The store bought eggs you get are already washed. The way they have the chickens laying the eggs, the eggs never get dirty or stepped on or anything. But they do run them through a rinse before they package them. So they're clean when you get them.
BUT when you have chickens who make the eggs at home like mine, my birds aren't production birds and don't sit in tiny cages. So sometimes there is poop on the eggs and they walk on them and stuff. Most of the time there isn't anything on the egg though, since my hen lays in sand. But I don't wash them right away. If there is poop on the egg, I knock it off with a paper towel and I put the egg in the carton in the fridge. Hell, half the time I don't even refrigerate them. They stay good on the counter for several months. Like I said on the other blog, there is a "bloom" on the egg, its to keep the egg pores closed so little bacteria gets into the egg and harms the chick, because thats what eggs are originally for, procreation not consumption.
Anyway, when you wash the egg you take away the bloom and make the egg pores more open for bacteria to come into. But once you cook them, the bacteria is gone. To wash the eggs, the water should be 20 degrees WARMER than the egg temperature, if the water is cooler it sometimes pushes the bacteria into the egg.

And there is your egg lesson for the day!

 

[JBun]

My worst *blinker* moment, or I guess I should say *non blinker* moment, was when I was driving between two rural towns, and you know how you get those people driving REALLY slow. Well the traffic in the opposite lane was clear, so I go to pass this truck, and I'm going like 70, and this guy suddenly slows and makes a left hand turn right in front of me without turning his blinker on, as I'm going to pass. I slam on my brakes and luckily don't plow into him, but man, I was on the verge of a heart attack. I'm usually hauling my horse trailer when I'm out in this area, and I'm sooo glad I wasn't hauling my horse at the time.