Robin's Nest

 It has been a minute since I have posted anything to the blog. No, I did not die, I did travel to our winter home and the longer we are here, the more concerned I am that it will be more than a winter home. It is by far the noisiest place I have ever lived, or at least it seems that way. We have been here 10 days, and my newest great grandchild is also 10 days old. She was not due until the end of January 2026, but here she is none-the-less. She is 4lbs 2oz as of Monday and holding her own in the breathing department. It is now Christmas eve and as in years past we opened our gifts so that tomorrow can be devoted to actually remembering the Savior. There was also a trip to the ER as DH felt that would be better than an urgent care. I personally wasn't real sure which would be better being new to this area. But I went with it. What a long day. Up early to buy a refrigerator, finish wrapping gifts, Let the gifts be opened, off to the ER, rush home to kill a wasp, race back out for p...

Good morning blog it is the end of the week and homeschooling is in full swing. Both girls are now doing it full time. The older teen is definitely more invested in finishing the work. The younger is still resistive for the most part. However, she is a lot less resistive to this than PS. So, onward we go. Keeping up with the four hours is the hardest part, I forget to write down what we did or maybe I procrastinate and then forget. Either way I have to find the book that was my "tool" to keep track of things, but I have buried it under something. I got up early to pack coolers for the trip to Oklahoma and have been running in circles since. DH had planned to head out by himself and with some of the forgetfulness that has occurred this week it was not what I wanted to happen. In the end he left with the boys following him in the Audi.  I will take care of the animals and kids and try to get done what needs to be done in the meantime. There was a lot more room in the horse trai...

 Today started out with little fuss until it was time for lessons. Then it was head-to-head for an hour or two. Not the spouse and I, the youngest and I. It was computer lesson time. After the first five minutes of sheer torturous whining and crying, (her not I) she weaseled a break in her task out of me. This was proving to be a long morning, and it was only 0805. I started the duck pond water and set about paying the bills that were due and calling the oldest in sick from school. I started a load of laundry and stacked the morning dishes with full intent to actually do them. That did not happen. We worked more on lessons and reading out loud. Health was on the schedule today too and they both hate that subject. Even though the oldest is still attending public school at this time, I have her participate in this program when she is home so that she is familiar with it when the time comes to switch to home lessons. At this time, we are thinking October is the magic month. Time will ...

 I woke up at 0430 today ready to take on the tasks that need attention the most. Re-enrolling the kiddos into the district, calling in an extension to the permit on the house, purging and sorting school supplies. So far, I have managed to extend the permit and leave a message for the code person... and chase the hawk away from my ducks.  The goose is on the lam again.  No telling for sure which way she went or if she will return for that matter. Yesterday she visited the neighbor directly behind us, he was a bit frightened by her arrival in his yard. He has a small patch of real grass! What was he thinking?! Grass is for the park and the park is for the geese!!! Here is a picture of Odessa as a baby with her duck friends a rear view makes identification easy She is a fully feathered out Canadian goose these days and because my phone crashed, I have no pictures of how pretty she has become. If she does return, I will try to remember to get a photo. I also attempted to re-...

 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...