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I am a 42 year old woman that is about as happy and content as one person can be. My husband of 21 years and our 15 year old daughter live on five and a half acres out in the country. We moved from the city four years ago and never looked back. I homeschool our daughter. We also love our animals. Our daughter has a miniature horse and two rabbits. We also have a border collie, two cats (again), two pot belly pigs, four peafowl, three emus, 2 llamas and an undetermined number of chickens, lets just say ohhh about 200. I have many breeds, from layers to fancy chickens. I love poultry shows, I love fowl in general as I have come to find out through having more than just chickens. Chickens will always be my first love though. I do show some of my birds occasionally.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Saturday's Visit

Here it is Wednesday and I am finally able to make an entry about our visit to Ians dads and Christis house!

Monday the computer was not being very cooperative. Tuesday Photobucket was doing maintenance off and on all day. Rather than keep pushing it and trying to make things work I just walked away those two days. Today, everything seems to be working great, knock on wood.

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Ian, Shelby and I left out early Saturday morning and got us a big breakfast at Ryans in Hiram before hitting the road to Sharpsburg.

Thankfully, we had filled up the night before at Walmart in Rome. Get this. Now I have to get premium in the truck. We had a stroke of luck. Once we got out from buying groceries and getting a gas card to get three cents off the price it was discovered they were out of everything BUT premium. So, because thats all they had, they had to give it at the price of Regular! So, I got premium gas for regular price, which ended up being $3.76 a gallon. That is bargain today. Got to make that tank last a while, its like liquid gold isnt it?

Anyway, back to our visit. We pulled up with plenty of time for a full day ahead of visiting. After we got in and got relaxed I decided to pitch myself over a board they have in the doorway between the breakfast room and the kitchen. Yes yes, I am the worlds best at being a clutz. I knew it was there. I had been told it was there before. Darby can't get his feet up very well, he has trouble. This keeps him out of the rest of the house easily as its not hard for anyone else to step over, but it is for him. I went sprawling out on the kitchen floor. I did my shins up real good. Had to get both of them you know. It is a step up, and then also step over the board. I just stepped up for the step, not even paying attention to the board, so my foot caught on the board and over I went.

When you get older, and you fall, you dont get right back up. You just kind of lay there for a bit, contemplating how you got down there on the floor and observing how much pain your in at that moment. After a few minutes you finally get up, but you don't just spring back anymore.

Christi got two bags of ice and I sat there with my legs up on a stool with those bags on my bruised and battered shins. I really need to look where I am going better.

When asked in a joking manner why I did that...I just said,

"Well, I just wanted to go ahead and get that out of the way so I could get on with the rest of the day!" ;)

The dinner they cooked was wonderful. Fresh corn on the cob, fresh baked rolls (Christi bakes bread from scratch), potatoes all rotten, lol, thats augratin, but we like to say all rotton. They were cheesy too. Yum! Then there was the brisquet, which they were so worried it would not be as good as it caught fire, but it was fine. It didnt taste burned at all and it was so nice and crisp on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside. Christi made this blueberry cake that was so moist and delicious for dessert.

Before we ate we went out to visit the dogs and see all the fencing that John had put up in the woods. The dogs have lots of room to run and spread out. It is a really nice set up.

We sat around and talked and just had a really good time. Christi has a lot of experience with giving animals shots and stuff and she is a nurse, so she and John are going to come over in about a month and she is going to show me how to give Derby his 5 way shot for the Fall season. We also left with a plastic baby pool for the emus. They had bought it for the dogs, but they just never seemed interested in using it to cool off in.

We left and got home just before dark. I fed te animals in the dark and kept the lights on around the outside since the chickens were all waking back up and coming out to eat. After I thought everyone had about finished I turned out the lights for the night. We hit the hay ourselves not too long afterward. It had been a full and fun day.

Here are some pictures from our visit. Tabasco is a beautiful scarlet maccaw, but he is not too keen on being held or petted. I did manage to hand feed him a few goldfish crackers. He is such a beautiful bird.

If I misplaced names of the dogs on the pictures I apologize right now. I tried to get it right though. If I didnt, Christi, just let me know and I can change the headers of the pictures. These dogs are so sweet and gentle. My favorite is Rebbie. He was just magnificent looking, and so sweet too.

Enjoy the pictures. :)

Unbelievable. While I was typing this out I was waiting on the pictures I had loaded onto photobucket to load into a slideshow so I could put it as a slideshow on here...but it is still loading...and you know why? I minimized that page, and went to photobucket on a new page, and it says they are doing maintenance AGAIN! GRRRRR! Well, I am sorry. As soon as they are done fiddling around I will post the slideshow. I will do it on a seperate entry so it will show up as a new entry.

In the meantime, we are going to start school. I will hopefully get those pictures up soon.

 

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Poor You falling on that board. I can feel your pain. That was nice getting you gas at that price. Her meal sounds delicious. Glad that you enjoyed the visit. Looking forward to seeing your pictures. Have a nice afternoon. Hugs, Helen

Anonymous said...

Oh man!  I scrolled all the way down to see the pics and NONE!   LOL...will come back when you get to post them.

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry to hear you took such a tumble...I wouldn't have thought you to be a clutzy person with all the things you build.  I hope you aren't like Tim on ToolTime...LOL.  Glad you had a nice visit, the food sounds yummy!!  I am looking forward to the pics, hope you can get PB to work soon.
xxx
Lisa

Anonymous said...

cant wait to see the pics....hope your shins are feeling better
cindi

Anonymous said...

that fall sounds just like something I would do.  next time, I will remember your response and use it.  
take care and have a wonderful, fall-free, day.
hugs
tina

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a great day, except for the falling part! I can relate...I'm constantly walking around here saying "ow" "ouch" "darn it!" as I bump into stuff. ;)

Thanks for stopping by my journal, and I know Sheria will appreciate all the kind words people want to give her.

All my best,
Beth

Anonymous said...

Somehow I missed that you had emus!
:D

Anonymous said...

Kelly sounds like you had a good visit with Ian's Dad and Christis house ~ and the meal sounded delicious ~ that was a bit of Luck getting Premium at the price of Regular ~ you are right it is like liquid gold :o) ~  Sorry about your fall hope those shins of yours are feeling better ~ can't wait to see the Emu's in that plastic baby pool ~ look forward to seeing your pictures once you can get them on :o) ~ Ally x

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a nice visit, except the fall.  Hate that about the pictures!
Traci

Anonymous said...

It sounds like you all had a great visit ~ excpet for your mishap.  That sounds just like me.  I'm so clumsy!  If I'm ever going to fall I'm going to do a BANG UP Job of it In front of a whole lot of people!!!!!  LOL  I hope you're doing okay now.  Your Dinner sounded delicious!!!!  I can't wait to see the pictures!

Hugs,
Hollie

Anonymous said...

We have a Ryans here and I always eat too much!! Can't believe the price of gas!! I have fallen for years... don't know what is wrong with me!! Glad you all had a great time. Janie

Anonymous said...

I had to LOL at the...."when you get older and fall, you just lay there, thinking....how did I get here..." So true, so true....

That blueberry cake sounds sooooooo GOOD! And homemade rolls! I'm not a baker.....can cook everything else, except breads and cakes...unless Bety Crocker has a hand in it.

Angel

Anonymous said...

Hope your boo boos are getting all better. Hon you aren't old believe me. Paula

Anonymous said...

Great pictures.  What kind of dogs are those?  They look like wolfhounds or something similar.  Linda

Anonymous said...

I love the pictures. Whay kind of dogs are they?

Jimmy

Anonymous said...

Hi Kelly~
The pictures are wonderful! I LOVE those dogs. You can tell by the pictures that they are all so happy and very well cared for. Love that :) I am going to have to look into the "5 way shot". My sis does all of her animal's shots and has for years.
I hope your ok from your fall. It' so true, when you get older (like me..lol) you don't get back up so fast. Hope your well.

Huggers,
Gayla

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