Rustling Thoughts

Dad finally decided that it would be ok to get an incubator and try hatching out some chicks this spring. Well, actually, Mom wanted it to be a project for the younger three because they were studying birds for science. However, somehow along the way it morphed into my project. Which I am just fine with, I've been wanting to rebuild my flock since that ill-fated morning of the dog massacre. I say the flock is mine, because I've been the one taking care of them. Dad just provides the finances and facility. I take care of them morning and night. I go and retrieve the food. I collect the eggs. I clean everything out. I make the decisions about how I take care of them. The only real requirement is that they all stay in the pasture. But anyways. I've got fourteen chicken eggs and one duck egg in the incubator, and when I candled them a couple days ago, they all seemed to be thriving. Of course, if they all end up hatching and surviving the first few weeks or month, we w...

Ah, January. The first month of the year. *totally did not almost write '2014' on one of my assignments, shhh* *is proud of self for having a header pic for every recent blogpost* Stats: Entry Pageviews United States 796 Russia 449 Singapore 79 Ukraine 47 Germany 18 France 14 Canada 5 Indonesia 5 Italy 4 Poland 4 Happenings: *opens blogger to write about the month* *brain instantly forgets everything I wanted to write* 1. College classes started back up again. I have two online and one on campus, but I only have to go in one day each week, so that's nice. Lydia has a class as well, but the class times are off just enough so that we can't go together (though, she has to go in again on Wednesdays). 2. We hosted two families after Church on New Year's Eve. We stayed up late playing taboo (all the quieter people against the louder people ends up with a very clea...

Stats and other bloggy news: 134 posts 830 comments 31 followers through Google Post with the most pageviews: again,  The Tag Masterpost  at 164. Post with the most pageviews from this month:  Apparently my sunglasses can fly  at 99. 23,042 pageviews all time Pageviews this month: Entry Pageviews United States 1590 Latvia 94 Germany 86 Russia 39 France 33 Ukraine 32 Poland 31 Canada 24 China 12 Ireland 10 July happenings: 1. Camp NaNoWriMo happened. I did not complete my goal, unfortunately. 2. Independance day. I made apple pie. 3. Christian and I finished our first college class and promptly started the next one the following Monday. 4. We went to go see "The Secret Life of Pets" after Church. It was in 3D, and I don't think any of us can pull off 3D glasses. 5. Mom's birthday landed on a small group night, so we had a bunch of people over f...

Posted from Starbucks, because our internet hates us. BTW, thanks for going with me Lydia! Stats and other news from the blog: First of all, I'd like to apologise for the finicky behaviour of my Google Friend Connect button. I have no idea what's up with it, but if anyone has any ideas about how to fix it, I'd be most appreciative. 1. 30 followers through Google connect, and at least two others through either email or Google+. 2. 20,971 total pageviews. 3. 763 comments published. 4. 126 published posts. 5. Post with the most pageviews:  The Tag Masterpost  at 169. Entry Pageviews United States 1598 Germany 40 Ukraine 27 Canada 25 Ireland 19 France 18 Taiwan 13 Philippines 10 Australia 9 United Kingdom 6 Happenings of June: 1. I started Algebra 2 for the second time (I had been failing last year, so I did Geometry instead. Hopefully since we changed...