Livestock

Yup that's right, yesterday I bought 4 little chickies :}I have them in a box with a light keeping them warm out in my laundry room. My sister got 6 chickies and last night we went to Home Depot with my dad and got all the supplies we needed for chicken coops. The coops don't need to be done for a few more weeks, but we got most of Amy's done and then we'll make mine. I'll post some pictures soon. :}

FYI

My rose bush, plant thingy died...very sad indeed. She was unceremoniously tossed into the nearby rubbish bin at work.

Thoughts of Wonder...

If you have never read 'The Women in Our Lives' this post is inspired by it. A single line from that talk has been on my mind for quite sometime now and it has just reached the point of action (when my subconscious meets my conscious mind and does something about it) so I finally sat down and read the whole thing again (not before searching for my one line first!;}).

In our old age my beloved companion said to me quietly one evening, “You have always given me wings to fly, and I have loved you for it.”

I remember listening to this talk back in 2004 and LOVING it, but now; re-reading it for the first time with 6 years more life experience since than, an emotion swells in my heart that is more powerful than the 'oh that's so sweet' thought I had, what seems like, so many years ago.

My peaceful thought, is more of a hope that when I'm in my old age, I can turn to my companion and say quietly, 'you have always given me wings to fly, and I have loved you for it.'

The Women in Our Lives: http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=f5b5a7b37c11c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD

Black Thumb

So for Mother's Day last year (2009) I bought my mom a little rose bush for her desk at work. I liked it so much I bought myself one too at the same time! I don't know how long hers lasted...but I know mine has had some close calls with death! Yet, she (my rose bush) is still with me and although she's green...she has lost all her leaves (see picture). I don't know what I did! I've been watering her and even put her up against the window I sit by during the day so she gets extra light for her leaves.

I am desperately trying to keep her alive, so I have handed over responsibility today to this lady at work who, in times past, has brought my little rose bush back from certain death. Every time I get my plant back in full health, it always lives longer than the time before, so I'm definitely getting better, but I also feel like a helpless child saying "fix it" to her mom, after seeing she's played too hard with her favorite toy!

Any ways, I am giving this lady my broken plant (again) hoping she can reverse whatever damage I may have caused it, so I can keep my beautiful plant alive on my desk and maybe, just maybe, I'll learn how to keep it alive even longer next time!!