After a long, hard week of work, many of us bloggers look forward to Friday- for several reasons!

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The Great Goose Mystery

There's always some kind of mystery going on here. This time it involves geese- baby ones at that!

Ron had acquired 3 goslings from a friend the other day. We put them in with the ducks and chickens.

They were a little scared and hid in a corner. We left them alone to get settled.

About an hour later, I went out to take a pic for my blog. They were all gone!

That was 2 days ago and we haven't seen them since. They didn't know how to fly (as far as we know) so they must have gotten out between the fencing.

More Escapees...

We also have baby chicks! They keep getting out of the fencing.........have to rectify that!

Never a relaxing moment....

This weekend we have a LEAH (homeschool) picnic Saturday, then Sunday we have a graduation party for one of the LEAH students who graduated.

Busy, busy!

Puppy Fashions....

Puppy shakes horribly when he's outside. He gets cold so easily.

Now I will admit to thinking some pups are adorable in clothes, BUT some people take it a bit far. And to be honest, I have to snicker at some of them.

But I had to give in:

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Please collect your award....

Last night we went to Golden childs award ceremoney at school. He only had a few classes, but he got several awards. His GF took the most as usual. She is a dynamo student- I think she made high honors every quarter.

Feeling old........

It was kind of funny, but a girl and boy I babysat for about 13 yrs ago was there with their mom. They moved back from Florida this school year. The girl is beautiful and got tons of awards, too. Her brother is HUGE! He was only around 4 when I babysat them. The oldest is in the NAVY!

Gosh, I feel old........

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Duh.....

Ok, so I'm sitting here yesterday working on a blog, when suddenly I hear a "twack!"

A bird had flown into the window!

Dumb birds! Don't they know I keep the windows dirty on purpose just so they won't fly into them...........really!

Jack-a who?

I'm going to look at some Jack-a-Poo (Jack Russell/Poodle) puppies tonight. Based on the pics I've seen online, I think I like this one best:




One day after school (and before the folks were home...) my friend and I were in my bedroom smoking cigarets and blowing smoke out the little hole in the window screen listening to albums........when my brother knocked on the door.


The Princess and I are in charge of the party. The princess was supposed to call around about cakes today, but she was called away.....

Had to go help a homeschooling friend with their kids today!

Anywho.....

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Worlds are colliding....


Have you ever felt like your worlds were colliding? Sometimes I feel like that, but not for THIS reason...



I know, another Seinfeld clip- but it's a good show for a laugh before retiring- better than murder and mayhem!

Don't really know what I did this week....

I just don't understand how another week has gone by. And why it went by so fast. Again!

The only thing I had going on at night this week was Girl Scout Bridging. I had one girl (out of a whole four!) bridge from cadettes to senior. She is going into 9th grade and has been in scouts since kindergarten.

The woman coordinating the bridging says she remembers bridging the girls MOTHER years ago! The mother is a lifetime Girl Scout.........

I can't believe how much I don't know....

I recently met (online :-) Cindy Haskins-Popp the author of The Health and Food Forum blog. She has had a couple of posts lately about food labels........I was shocked at how much I didn't know. There are even different organic labels! I just assumed they were all the same grade. You know what happens when we assume...........don't know what we consume!

So if you're into healthy eating and such, check it out.

Nothing ever goes as planned...

I wanted to get in a field trip today, but it's been pretty gloomy out so anything outside is out - does that even make sense?

I thought maybe a movie if the weather stunk.

But then.......last night at bridging, Princess Der had to go chasing and punching a boy she kind of "likes". He is homeschooled and in the same co-op and youth group, etc....

Anyway, he grabbed her hand and twisted. She just woke up and said it still hurts..........

Poo!

So we may take a field trip to the docs....that's what you get for punching boys!

Don't forget about Friday Follow and Virtual Girls night out and I'll see you all around the blogoshere sometime over the weekend!



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Thanks for visiting my blog. I have been having SOOOOO much fun visiting new blogs during The Ultimate Blog Party. It ends today, and I've barely begun. I love all the unique designs, the funny things people's kids say and do, and all the cool give-aways. I HAVE NOT had time to even check them all out, so I guess I won't be winning any  :- (

Today is also Friday, which means Friday Fragments and Virtual Girls Night Out!

So let's get started!


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We've been doing a lot of walking with iPod, the puppy we are raising for Canine Companions. It amazes me how people will stay in their OWN lane, quite close to the shoulder, rather than down the MIDDLE of the road, like true country folk! Someone came dang close to hitting Rocky the other day.

I yelled, "Drive in the middle of the road like everyone else does!"

If you are a follower, you may remember my previous post about this subject.

You may have also noticed the title mentioned something about missing poop. You can find out about that HERE

If you think missing poop is mysterious............how come I can never find my Christmas socks at Christmastime, yet when looking for socks in July, all I can find is Christmas socks!

Gotta be the kids........

Speaking of being off season, the other night in journal writing class we were doing a particular journaling exercise.......I was sharing with the class that the first time I did it, I realized I still had a scarecrow from Halloween on my mailbox post and it was Springtime!

If you want to know what the journal writing exercise was...well you have to take my class. Ask me how you can................

Another Strange but True family story........

You'all may remember the story I told a few weeks ago about my great-great (great?) uncle, the bus driver.....Read that funny story HERE.

Here's another one....

This one involves my Grandpa G.(my paternal Grandpa) and Uncle B. (Married to Grandpa's sister).

They both liked their drink.....

One day when my dad was little, Grandpa G. and Uncle B. decided to build some new steps for the house.

They obviously liked their drink a little too much....

....and made the stairs backwards! The were SKINNY and TALL, instead of long across with only a few inches between steps. You needed to have legs 3 feet long just to climb the stairs!

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Did you complete and send in your census? Believe it or not, I did! Haven't done my taxes yet, but.................

How's your weather? Ours was gorgeous for a few days, now it's back to brrrrrrrrrrrrr........

Guess that rules out the barbecue I had planned for tomorrow- guess I'll be making that ham dinner I've been hankering for.

Can you believe the year is almost 1/3 of the way over? It seems like I JUST put the Christmas Stuff away!

I think I need a drink!

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Little Man is here for his visit. He is such a goof-ball! Right now he is running around like he's a crazy man and then suddenly he falls and rolls around.

Can't wait to take him camping- he loves the outdoors, and last year he loved to swim as well.

Ron may have a new job- the guy is on vacation but is calling Ron on the 22nd to set up a meeting.

What happened is a break down service for tractor trailers called Ron to fix a rig. Ron told them sorry, that the place he had worked for had shut the doors.

A few minutes later, the break down service called Ron again- they had refered him to a fellow in Rochester, NY (about 2 hrs away) who is looking to expand his truck repair to Syracuse. As Ron was talking to them, the guy from Rochester was beeping in on the other line.

Ron called him back and they chatted a little. The guy was thrilled that Ron has an air compressor and welder, amongst his thousands of other tools. The guy has a service vehicle for Ron to fill, and Ron has the stuff to fill it.

Wish us luck!

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Friday Fragments!

Friday Fragments are a time when you can get those little thoughts out- you know....

...the ones that aren't quite a blog post, but they are aching to get out............

So, here goes.............


The other night as we were snacking in bed, in front of the TV (don't tell the kids!) Ron and I got to wondering ...............if package sizes are getting smaller, why are Americans getting bigger?

Just wondering.....

Did you ever notice there are some words you love to say? The other day I said the word "sufficient" and thought "I like the sound of that word...."

How about those words you write and for some reason they don't look right- you wonder if you spelled it right...

Like the word. "has" or "the" - I mean did you ever look at a small word and something doesn't look right about it?

I know, I need to get a life....

Strange...but true!

This is one of my favorite stories about one of my ancestors. My mothers great-uncle was a school bus driver. Above the windshield of the bus he had his rifle mounted.

One afternoon, while bringing the kids home, he spotted a large buck with a perfect rack.


Stopping the bus, he quickly grabbed his rifle. He proceeded to open the bus door and aiming carefully, shot the buck in it's tracks.

He brought the rest of the children home, then returned for his prize.

Could you imagine a bus driver having a gun these days? Bet his students behaved pretty well!

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Last weekend, I made Chili. Adding the ingredients, I got to wondering why it's called Chili when it's hot. I mean I know it's because of the Chili pepper, but why call a hot pepper chili?

Inquiring minds want to know...


I was taking the puppy outside freezing my butt off in the 40 degree SUPER- windy weather. I was observing a tree with a squirrels nest. As it swayed to and fro, I got to wondering if squirrels ever get dizzy. Are they like drunken sailors, stumbling around in a stuper, possibly even falling out of the nest?

Never saw a dead squirrel in my woods, but hey ya never know!

Anyone out there ever studied the effects of swaying trees on the neurolgical system in squirrels?

Just wondered....

Water-logged eggs a la mode, anyone?

Sometimes I get so busy with my home business, home schooling and animals (4- legged and human!) that time flies right by and I didn't even realize it!

Yesterday, Princess Der and I were trying to remember what we did Sunday. We could not for the life of us remember.

Have you ever had a day like that?

It's crazy, and what's even crazier is that as I wrote this, I remember some of what we did!

The power of writing!

So what did we do?

Right now I remember 2 things. Princess Der and I went grocery shopping. BUT, before we went to the grocery store, we stopped by another trailer dealer. I saw a brand new light weight model that our truck could pull (or our new/old van).

I was looking for a cheap used trailer, but most in my opinion are overpriced and have no guarantee. Or are real dumps. I can get a brand new one with less than $2,000 down and about $150- $250/mo.

I may do it, I may not. Have a few things to get paid off first. If I got rid of my car payment, that would free up money for a trailer w/o more debt. I am also getting rid of my goats this spring. I really want to travel. It is also getting to be a pain feeding EVERY morning and EVERY night now matter WHAT the weather. And if you can't be home, you need to hire someone....

...and their feed and hay keeps going up, up, up in cost. Freeing up that money alone would be a trailer payment!

Ok, I mentioned a new/old van. As some of you know, Ron's boss owes him quite a bit of money. The place closed down. Well, the other day the boss called. Supposedly he's going to give Ron one of the vans and something ( a welder???) for partial payment. I hope it's one of the decent vans. Ron said it could haul a trailer.

We are into our second week of classes at our homeschool co-op. Read about that and our other homeschooling adventures HERE.

iPod the puppy is doing great! I forgot the camera to take pics at puppy class (again!)

Water Update:

We ended up needing a new pump- around $300.00! Can we say "Ouch" ? Ron fixed it himself, then gave us a lesson on how a water pump works. Check it out on the homeschooling page HERE.

As far as the biz, I've been concentrating on my new marketing program. I made some new contacts at the homeschooling co-op. May have some new customers there.

I am also putting together some classes- they will probably be by teleconference.

One is Journal Writing - this is not just writing in a diary. There are actual exercises one can do to solve problems, build confidence and possibly discover the writer within. Because journal writing provides both emotional and mental clarity, it can reduce stress and lead to better physical and mental health.

I have taught this class several times at our local library and at BOCES.

The other is Blogging for Beginners- This is for BEGINNING bloggers - those who have never had a blog and need help, or who have started a blog, but never done anything with it.........

If you would possibly be interested in either one, let me know. There will be a cost associated with it, the amount depends on the length of the course. I can let you know details when you inquire.

Yesterday, the Princess and I went on a Field Trip. We returned home to discover that we had no water!


Not exactly unusual here- we have issues occasionally. We have a doo-hickey under the house that you can use to reset the water if necessary. It has always restarted eventually, usually with one hit of the reset switch, sometimes a couple. Last night, it would not reset.

Ron tested the reset box and it has power going to it. Apparently so does the pump. Poor Golden Child had to dig through all the snow to find the pump this morning. Ron thinks the pump is going- it did kick on today, and we got full water. But that was it.

Ron needed some kind of pipe to pull the pump up and check it out- and see if there is even water in the well. Golden Child called his buddy's dad and got one. It was too small. So Ron is at Home Depot right now getting on, or the stuff to make one. We priced pumps, and it looks to be about $240.00. Cheaper than I thought, but sucks with Ron not working right now.


When I took Golden Child to school this morning, I went to the convenience store next door and got a cup of coffee, 2 gallons of water and 6 stale donuts. Yum-yum....stale donuts and over-heated coffee. Came home, made some coffee and got to work.

The Princess and I started putting clean snow in buckets and putting it in front of the coal stove.

I started "cooking" some on the stove, and soon had enough to flush the 2 toilets.

There are dishes everywhere, the kitchen floor is filthy from the dogs running through after being outside and us walking in with boots on hauling snow and water.

The Princess and I decided to also make a solar oven, something we've been talking about. I know, do a project when you have a minor "crisis" going on....Check it out on our homeschooling page on this blog.



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For the last couple of days, Princess Der has been sick as a dog. Ironically, the puppy has had a little soupy-poopy. What I want to know is, why don't we say a dog is "as sick as a human?"

I started a new marketing system that has just tons of educational video's and articles. I have been learning soooo much! I wish I had found this about 3 years ago! It would have cut my learning curve in half and launched my biz forward that much faster.

If we are supposedly experiencing global warming, why is it snowing here, there and everywhere? Since when did it snow when it was warm out. In NY, it only snows when it's cold! And ewwwww baby.........it is cold outside!

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It is also Field trip Friday. I think the only field trip we'll take today is to the vets for puppy! But you can check the other blogs out by clicking the button below.


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Wow, it's been a whole week since I blogged. Don't worry, I got a couple more of my writing pieces on my new blog. Check them out! I just posted "Christmas Chaos" the other day. Check it out.

It's been a cold, blustery and busy week. Between the Internet being down (maybe the weather?) I've been trying to post articles to my column at the Examiner.



Boy am I ready for Friday! That's because that means it's time for Friday Fragments and Virtual Girls Night Out.

We are still decorating for Christmas. Today we decided to switch the tree and the TV around. It was a real stretch to plug the Christmas Tree lights in. Now it reaches fine.


I have been so busy with my Internet and decorating, it was hard to remember to write down my fragments. And you know if you don't write them down, they are gone.

As if that weren't enough distraction, but Little Man decided to come for a couple of days. Now how is grandma supposed to work with such a cutie around?

He helped us clean the house. Unfortunately, he wasn't paying attention all those times that we told his father you CANNOT vacuum laying down!

If the fact that the grandkid was working was shocking, check out Princess Der in action:

It's Friday again and I have been so danged busy with my Examiner articles, my new position as coordinator for the Central New York Network Marketing Group, my business and doctors visits.  It's crazy.

If I thought of any Friday Fragments, they drifted out of my head faster than I could write them down.

I have taken some pics, though. They are all in the last week or so.

 Disregard the dates - I never set the date on my camera. And I have to keep resting the thing, the way I go through batteries.

The pics start out with the woods behind my house- there is a hill that goes down to a BIG pond- about 1 1/2 miles long.

The Woods & Pond

Some of our "rides"

The Animals

And Great Food!

Hope to see you all there!