This Day Really Shot By

I can't believe it's already 3 pm. That morning softball practice really kills a Saturday. It was worth it, though. Kenzie's softball club had some high school coaches and players come and do a two hour clinic. In future weeks, they're going have guest coaches from other leagues and colleges (Salisbury and U of MD, I think) to do the same thing. Plus, next month they're having a professional coach fly in from California to spend a day with the girls. Kenzie is having the time of her life. She is just eating all this stuff up. She told me that during a bunting drill, her coach had her demonstrate to her whole group how to do it. She's the youngest one out there! She also told me that her coach started to teach all the girls to bunt the way Kenzie does. Not to pat myself on the back, or anything (*pat pat*), but I taught her how to do it that way, and she is one of the best bunters on her team. It probably helps that the ball is twice as big as what she's to, too.

I had a 1000 crickets delivered today. I was really mad because they all looked dead because it got really cold last night. I had ordered them to be shipped overnight, but the cricket people sent them 2nd-day. I wrote them a nasty email about killing my crickets. I should have waited, though. I told Vicki that cold crickets sometimes revive after some warming up. I should have listened to my own words. Te darned things revived and now I feel bad about complaining to the cricket company. I did pay for overnight shipping, though, so I want the extra money I spent on shipping, back. Oh, and the crickets are for Betty and Wilma, our bearded dragons. Here's an old picture. They're much bigger, now. Betty is facing left. Wilma is facing right. (Like you really care about which is which, eh?)

Ok, off to check on showers. We're going to church at five tonight, instead of 7. Alex and Connor had altar serving duties at 7, but switched with a friend because he had something to do at 5. Showers around here sometimes take a bit of prodding to get done in time for church.

We Have a New Due Date

The old EDD was October 25, 2006, but that's just for when we expect one more kid. Been there, done that. The new EDD is now October 2, when we could potentially add up to 24 new members to our household, albeit temporary members; at least until they encounter the dinner table. They arrived last night by express egg carton, direct from the nice lady who's been collecting them from her flock of chickens for the past week. Twenty one days to go until hopefully a bunch of these will hatch. They say the hatch-rate is low this time of year so I don't have any idea how many chickens to expect on Oct. 2; let's keep our fingers crossed! Julie, the generous lady with the chickens, also said she liked my coop. I appreciate that, since she has the chicken experience, and this is my first coop. She also said we may have some foster hens -- not all roosters like we thought at first. I can't tell the difference yet. It doesn't really matter since all the foster fowl will be heading back home by November 13, when these new chicks will take over the coop. We won't have home-grown chicken (rooster) for Christmas dinner, but Easter is looking pretty good. We might even start getting a few eggs by Easter, too.

On a another note, I just happened to find some pics of my other babies while I was downsizing the egg incubator picture. Meet Betty and Wilma. They're my Beardies (Bearded Dragons) who will be celebrating their one year anniversary with us soon. You all can have the dogs and cats. These critters are the best. I don't even pretend these are the kids' pets. They're mine, and the kids can't have them.

Oh, and don't tell Vicki, but if these chickens work out, I think a couple goats might be in our future. I say a 'couple' because I hear they get lonely if you only get one. We can't have lonely goats on our hands, can we? I'll need to fence the yard in, but that's something the kids and I can work on next Summer. The kids fell in love with some goats our friends have, and I've been looking for way to cut back on using gasoline. No need for a lawn mower if we have goats, right?