Yes, I do realize that it's been about a month since I last checked in... but you know how crazy things can get for me.
We did pick up Lucy from the butcher, and I must say that it's the sweetest beef that I've ever tasted! I'm thinking that the whole "you are what you eat" phrase might be on to something... with the amount of donuts, eclairs, breads, pineapple, and pumpkins that Lucy ate, those could be a contributing factor to how sweet her meat is. We're hoping to head to the auction barn tomorrow and pick up a new calf or two. I know Brittani would definitely like for us to - she's been harassing us to get her a new baby... she's naming this one Chuckie - like chuck roast, ground chuck, or that horrible evil doll that no one will mind if we kill LOL
We managed to rehome 5 ducks that were rescued from a small backyard in Sugarland and taken to Fortuna's Garden & Sanctuary - but the current ducks/geese at Fortune's weren't giving the new ducks much pond time. We took those ducks over to Teen Challenge, where there's a HUGE pond with NO ducks - so now there are HAPPY ducks there!
We've also been plucking perch & turtles out of the Teen Challenge pond - we've been putting the turtles in our pond, and the perch in Fortuna's pond... we've moved at least 200 perch so far. It's totally nifty!
We picked up a HUGE quantity (2 pick up load fulls) of workbooks & textbooks from the english department at one of the junior high schools in the area - and we'll be taking the majority of them to a homeschool curriculum sale next week - I figure if I sell most of it for $1 each, it'll make up for some of the gas that we use in our Resourceful Recycling adventures, and still be a huge blessing to the homeschool families in need of the books. It's a win-win situation - they save money, and we have money to continue on our endeavors. (Of course, I actually had my living room cleaned until we brought the books home, and now you're hard pressed to find a place to sit - I definitely can't WAIT for the sale!)
Brittani & Zachary have both had their birthdays since the last time I posted - and I came to the realization that for 7 months of next year I'll have a total of FIVE teenagers. They'll be 13 to 19 years old. Can you believe? I'm totally floored. Holy smokes!
Trae's still job hunting - not very successfully... I still find that the marine recruiter is a dimwitted buffoon - trying to catch up with him has been a pain in my rear, and I have GOT to get Trae's birth certificate back from him. It irritates the fire out of me that this whole "single testicle" thing is sufficient to keep the military from even considering you for recruitment. Seriously? Like a person can't shoot straight if their sack is lopsided? Absolutely & completely stupid. I'd love to know what ladder to climb to get him considered... he'd make a good grunt. Follow orders well and doesn't deviate - we've trained him well :-)
We're winding down this school year, but I'll be doing summer school with the two youngest this year. A friend of mine teaches 7th grade, and her school is adopting a new curriculum next year, so we're going to give the curriculum a "dry run" this summer with actual students - she'll teach language arts, and I'll teach math (which she wants to re-learn so that she can help her students when they ask for it). We already completed our Texas History curriculum, so that's done, which leaves only 7th grade science to do. Zach & Britt will be able to start 8th grade together next year - pretty nifty!
I need to get some pictures loaded on here - everything from fishing to delivering a port-a-potty to knitting a dishcloth (new for me pattern) has gone on over the last few weeks - and some of it's definitely worth seeing :-)
Hope everyone is doing fabulous!!
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