I'm so proud!

Did you know there's a way to get college credits without having to use up four months of your life and several hundred dollars? There is! It's called CLEP testing. For several subjects (mostly stuff you'd take in the first two years of college) you can pay a small fee, take a test, and, if you pass, get college credit! Joshua took the biology CLEP test this week and passed it. Now he's got 6 college credits. Way to go Joshua!!

WWYD?

There comes a time in a mom's life when she has to let her kid do something not too bright and let the cards fall where they may. My oldest son, Joshua, and his dad love their spicy food. I often jokingly say I'm going to start making the exact same thing for meals everyday because they always put Tobasco sauce on everything anyway. All their food tastes the same!

Joshua came across a pepper called the Ghost Pepper. He's watched some rib cracking videos on You Tube about fools who ate this pepper. He wanted to try it. I hesitated in letting him. The people in the videos were in PAIN! Should a mom allow her flesh and blood child to do something like that? On purpose?

Well, I did and I laughed just as hysterically at him as I did at the videos. You want to know how smart he is? He's going to do it again with some friends tomorrow. Where did he get these brains from anyhow?

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A true chick magnet

I thought getting chickens would be a family affair, but I guess the chickens had other plans. There really is only one person in the family who has any sway with the silly birds. We call him the "Chick Magnet".  hehe!!



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Ah, the joys of country living

This post is kinda gross. Don't say I didn't warn you! This morning my son, Joshua, came to me and said "Mom, you need to come look at this chicken."  Gosh, I hate it when they say things like that. It never means something good! Sure enough, that chicken has a problem. Now this is Rocky we're talking about here. So far, she's been our best layer. We have to keep this chicken healthy!  Ends up she has an "impacted crop".  A what you say?  She's not digesting her food properly because the silly thing isn't drinking enough water. Doesn't she know it's hot outside??

We asked Dr. Google what to do about her and he said to gently turn her upside down and massage the crop. This would help some of the undigested food come back up.  Well, since it's Joshua's job to take care of the chickens, he gets the responsibility of doing the good and the bad. (Thank goodness for kids!!)  So he does what Dr. Google says and let me tell you, chickens throw up about as gracefully as toddlers! Which is to say, they don't.  He had to change his clothes after it was all over. The good news is.....he'll probably have to do it again later this afternoon.  Pray for him.

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