I have good intentions to blog everyday, but somehow the time slips away................

We have a new addition to our yard, two beautiful roosters  under a year old.  They are lovely with glossy red feathers with some dark green tail feathers.   My friend gave them to me as she has too many roosters and said these being young will be good for dinner.  I had to seperate them from El Conquistador, our rooster,  who had a fit when he saw them late yesterday evening.  I think he counted the hours to sunrise so he could start to stalk them around the yard chasing them into the woods.  He finally gave them a little peace around noon allowing them to come our of the forest into the yard down by the pond.  I would love to keep one of these young roosters to replace El Conquistador, but he has survived against the odds so many times from the red fox, that I hate to end his life on the block.  Besides we named him and you can't name your food.  That is the rule I have, no naming the livestock, it is a food product not a pet.   

Gosh!  How about the price of gasoline?  I really didn't complain until it hit $3.00 a gallon and that was quite awhile ago.   Now I don't want to drive anywhere, so I group all the errands together and put it off as long as I can.

Bun has her banquet for swimming this coming Saturday.   I will enjoy the time off from practice for the summer.  There is a summer  team also but we are waiting until the fall to join the regular team again.

I started packing for the cruise at the end of April.  Bathing suits and shorts and sandles--things we aren't  using here now.  I am loking forward to it so much, I can't wait.

Bun received a beautiful blue beatta fish from the Easter Rabbit.  He is in the tank with her guppies.  I also bought alot of plants of different sizes and leaf textures.  The tank looks really great now.  I love a tropical aquarium.  My parents had them when I was little and I can remember going out to the living room at night in the dark and laying on the floor watching the fish.  It is so relaxing as they are so gracefull as they swim thru the water. 

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Posted by bethanyrae

Funny to think about the naming of food. We're thinking about getting some chickens this spring.....knowing my kids, they'll name them and get attached. We basically want eggs. And taking them through a long cold winter doesn't sound fun. Maybe we'll eat them then.
bethanyrae

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Posted by deedeeuk

But glad things are going OK. Thanks for your comment and your prayers. We did have another trip to hospital, just to check but he seems much better this morning now! We have a tropical tank and I must confess that I still love to sit and stare at it in the dark before I go up to bed. It is soooo relaxing to sit and watch the fish - LOL! Much more relaxing than watching the children anyway!

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Posted by chris36

Sorry about the cost of gas. That's outrageous!!!

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Posted by 2girlsand2boys

I hear you about the cost of gas. It was $3.44 here in our town this week and I hear it will be over $4 a gallon by the summer. My Hubby and I were just reminiscing about the year that gas was 99 cents a gallon. Man that makes me feel old!

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