I'm doing 40 things
Lucy was the second chick to start laying and her 4th egg was huge… larger than the large eggs we bought from Kroger. Anyway when I cracked it into the skillet for my breakfast there was not one but two yolks. Pretty cool…
ambler's Life List
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1. Help protect our national parks.
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2. gobbledegook
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3. Do 43 things i've never done before!
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4. identify 100 things that make me happy.
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5. surround myself with kind, happy, positive, genuine people
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6. take 43 photos of 43 places within 43 minutes of where I live
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7. document kindness, life's selfless acts, beautiful moments and gentle amusements and encourage others to do the same
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8. Never stop learning
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9. swim under a waterfall
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10. become a better photographer
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11. travel more
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12. drink 43 types of tea
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13. Make my home warm and inviting, a haven for all who enter it
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14. exercise regularly
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15. ride my bike more
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16. run a 5k
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17. write a song
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18. Learn to play the guitar
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19. enter and win a photography contest
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20. Go Kayaking
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21. Hug my guinea pigs everyday
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22. Go skydiving
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23. Design a T-shirt
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24. go on a sleigh ride
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25. go to Alaska
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26. restore an old car
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27. Through hike the Appalachain Trail!!
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28. Visit Hawaii
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29. Drive across the country in a convertible
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30. Climb and then sit on top of a mountain
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31. take a real vacation
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32. grow a bonsai tree
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33. Crochet an afghan with my mom
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34. learn to raise bees and make honey
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35. spend a week in the wilderness
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36. grow and nurture a Butterfly Garden
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37. Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's movies
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38. Run a marathon
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39. Visit Australia
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40. Give 9000 cheers
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Recent entries
In another couple weeks and the girls should start laying. Here is one of my two Rhode Island Reds (this one is Ruby). I guess the biggest news was that Lilly ended being a Willy and was sent to a farm in Paradise, Texas where she is free ranging with about a hundred other chickens. I will try to add more about the girls especially when they start laying. If you were wondering, the snowman cup is filled with oatmeal (raw) that I feed the girls as a treat. It has been very hot 108 yesterday and I have been spending more time with the girls making sure they are ok. I bought them a swimming pool and a mister (yeah I know, they’re not ducks) lol but I have been trying to keep them healthy and happy.
The chicks have grown a lot probably quadrupled in size. And have lost their cute fuzzy little chickiness lol (invented word)... I have never been around chickens very much but find them very interesting little creatures.. They have an amazing amount of curiosity and wonderful personalities. I have to fight the urge to intervene when they start to quarrel with each other but the “pecking order” is actually a useful and fair tool in deciding the social order.. None of the chicks take it personally and seem to accept their lot in life.. And the squabbling is very brief.
I have purchased the supplies to make a little run for them so they can enjoy the outdoors more and we can get them out of the living room. Hopefully, that project will get done in the next couple of days….here is an updated picture of Ruby at 4 weeks. She is a Rhode Island Red.
