Chick Preschool

Once again it was preschool day for our chicks.  We currently have 18 two week old meat chicks in one of our two coops.  Four of those little ones got to make the trip to two preschools this year.  The kids thought that it was cool to watch how they drink and there were lots of ews as the chickies pooped a lot because they were nervous.  They weren't used to this much commotion and tried to all climb in my lap and up my arms to be safe.  By the second stop, the chicks were old pros and didn't seem to mind the noise.  They were even checking out the ants running around on the sidewalk and trying to be big kids.  All the way home I didn't hear one peep.  All 4 of them were sound asleep in the carrier.

Surgery Rehab

This has been a LONG spring and start to summer.  To start it all off, spring was really poky this year and than I discovered that I had a herniated disc and ended up having surgery 3 weeks ago.  My poor garden is very green because of it.  Green because it is covered in weeds. Taking it slow is really hard for me to do.  I feel great, but have to remind myself that I still have restrictions.  Restrictions are not good for a Northwoods girl.  Don't bend at the waist or twist and turn wrong.  Don't shoot the bow, because that is twisting and turning.  Don't lift more than 20 lbs. (at least I am finally up to 20.)  Don't mow the lawn (because with our lawn - lots of hills equals lots of twisting and leaning.)  As you can tell, I am not one to sit still.  It is even hard to sit still long enough to right on this blog.  Well, off I go to do some rehab for my foot/back.

Tidbits #2

Today is a tidbit day, nothing big, just tidbit thoughts.

1. Starting to wonder if we will need tip-ups or a boat for fishing opener in a week and a half.  Who knows?  This is by far the latest that there has been ice on Lake 26 in a really LONG time.

2.  Chickens with spring fever is not a good thing.  They are crabby, don't like the snow, and scold me whenever I try and take the few eggs that they are laying.  Thank goodness we have Lucy, or ever faithful Leghorn.

3.  You know that spring needs to get here when you tell your kids to go out and play and they look at you and say "Mom we are so over snow!"  Ouch!  Bring on the bike riding weather.

4.  I have been dealing with a sprained ankle and nerve damage/pain and no dorsal flexion in my right foot for over a month now.  Found out I have a herniated right L5 disk and may need surgery after I finish my spring semester finals.  Yuck!  What a way to start summer.

Well, have a great snow melting day.

I Hate April Snow

Ok.... What is up with this Wisconsin weather?  It is the end of April and we still have tons of snow.  Hopefully that will be ending this weekend as it is "predicted" to reach 70 degrees.  We'll see.

Sugaring has been going well the last few weeks.  We are over our 70 gallons of sap collected (we lost count) but we have 12 pints of syrup canned already and 24+ gallons yet to boil down.  That should be enough to last us another 2 years.  :)

I am so glad that I have not started my seeds yet.  By the time that the ground gets to a place were I can actually plant out the seedlings they would be too long and gangly.  I will be starting my seeds this weekend I believe.  I can't wait to get my hand dirty in the garden and my chickies can wait to get outside without snow.   They are all a bit crabby.

Well off to school I go - I have less than one month left of this semester.  I have loved it.  Wishing you all a bright and sunny snow melting day.