Robin's Nest

 Packing has been slow at best. It is time to kick it up a notch. As well as paying bills today, I have to pick up packing materials for the move. The initial plan is to self-move, but as we declutter and travel to see what is at the new place we may find we don't need a lot from here to go there. I am going to start by decreasing the dishes and clothing here and the outside "toys". Well, first I am walking to the fence line and helping DH off the ground. A lot has happened since this post was first started. We have had the travelers return and start helping us and they have done so much work that the fence is almost done. Less than a quarter of it remains to be finished. We have traveled to the new home and while we do like it, there is much to be done there also. We are still struggling to decide on where the winter will be spent. We thought here at first, but as the nights get cooler and the morning chill greets my skin when releasing the yardbirds each morning, I begi...

 July came in with the promise of a closing, then the first delay, then the second, then the notary missed our designated time. She was 45 minutes late, but she did show up. To say the air went of the ballon would be an understatement. The kids went with us, and they were less than impressed and cranky on top of it. I should have left them at home. If it could go a miss, it did. Even I felt let down. It was as if she had no idea what she was doing. On the way home we dealt with feelings of disappointment from the teen and who cares from the new teen. The only one excited was DH. I was somewhere between them all. Once home I called the utilities to change the accounts, the electric is still not done. Perhaps by Monday all will be settled. Chicken round up went smoothly tonight; the usual holdout is the yellow hen. She will be around about 7pm and I will pick her up and put her in the enclosure.  Here it is 9pm and my hen has not shown up. She is not going to be coming in anymor...

 One week left and still so many things on the schedule. Today we picked up the items that DH purchased at the auction. The kids really enjoyed the gator-type vehicle that he purchased. They each got to drive it around the yard. They both did a surprisingly good job for the first time on such a vehicle. The weather today was especially nice, not too hot and not too cold. The baby goose is getting her feathers in quite nicely and will soon be ready to release to a group of her own kind. In the wild she would remain with her parents for more than a year. She may be able to find a flock and fit right in if she can fly and join them sooner rather than later.  I had to cancel two appointments for, today to accommodate the vehicle pick up and the new teen's mission to adopt a reptile. Mission accomplished after four choice changes in the store. Instead of a Pac-Man frog, or an Anole, or a Bahama Anole, she came home with a Leopard Gecko. Hoping I got the reptile names correct, pleas...

 Hello June, it promised to be a busy month, and it has been. It started with court on the 3rd of the month. We haven't heard anything in regard to that. The 6th of the month brought the teen and I to Arlington Texas for a concert of her choosing. We had a good time and a rapid round trip.  getting ready for concert waiting for the rest of the crowd the young mom that we hung out with on the bus one of the posters she made that we had to toss she planned to take her favorite water cup in but didn't The 11th was another trip with a party on the 14th. A great time was had by all. The return trip was better travel time than the get to the party trip. It was sprinkled with not so good things. In Iowa we witnessed and stopped the car fast enough to at least not become part of a semi-truck versus pickup truck accident. People were not very considerate behind us. I barely got over to the shoulder on the right with the collision in the left lane, and the traffic shot up through the mi...

 It is Monday and it shows. I took today to run an errand and pay a couple of bills. There are more than a couple to pay but I'll get there. I resigned myself to what DH really feels he needs. A change of venue. I have not completely agreed to which venue, but I have agreed to a change. As I did the animal care today and watched the ducklings as they go in and out of the duck door to the henhouse, I smile. They are cutey patooties for sure! The rhubarb and the irises and the day lillies are all coming into bloom. So, they need the water. So do the animals. The ducklings are getting big enough that they can have a bigger water source, but they still need it changed out at least twice a day. Of course, at night they all have to be closed in for the night, especially the turkeys as their door allow access for predators to get into the henhouse. The rest of the openings are not as crucial. Owls and stray hungry cats are the biggest threats. The neighbor feeds all the stray cats but sev...

 Last weekend we finally were able to trim 90% of the matting off of the one dog. He looks good with the amount of fur we took off. There is more to do. We have thought it should be every two weeks until it is done completely. Let's see how that works out. In the title of the previous post, I mentioned a "break-up". I had been informed by a reliable source that the tweens had parted ways. However, I'm not sure my source was informed on any "special" circumstances. The next day the mom asked if the boy could come visit after school. So, I asked the girls if that was okay. They were fine with it. So, I am thinking it isn't a real break up just a special one. That is all I know. It is the weekend not just any weekend. It is Mother's Day weekend, and it is not a holiday that I have ever made a big deal about. I do not know why, it just isn't. In fact, I avoid church on this weekend as they make the mothers stand and get attention. I do not like that....