Ideas......

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Yesterday I had a crappy day. I slept a lot. Enough that Don got worried and made me get up and move around...Then I started feeling better and by then it was bedtime...he was the tired one now...He went to sleep and my mind went into overdrive...Not an unusual chain of events by the way. I started thinking of all the positive things that I could do starting tomorrow without the kids...I could take a bath by myself without kids pounding on the door. I could go to a Zumba class which I have been wanting to do...I could go to a movie with my sister and do the girl thing.....You get the idea. Then I started thinking that last year at this time when the kids left I got a kitten "to make me feel better"....Yeah, it was a great idea.....When I got him, he looked like this...














He was so cute and little and such a little snuggler and he still is! Except now, he looks like this....




















Joe Bobbins is one of my best friends...and he really did help me last year...Animals always know when someone is sick or upset and they are right there...Of course I also have Thomas,











And Cooper the giant yellow lab....shown here with a bunny in his mouth because he is feeling left out.....





















And my latest pet aquisition, Donalds, the little bunny who I love to cuddle and love.....and he loves me back....

















So I am lying there, the wheels spining, and I am thinking and thinking....What I have been lobbying for, is a nice little chicken or two and now there are no kids in the backyard....and we have a garden and chickens eat bugs and it would cheer me up soooooo much to go pick out a couple of nice chickens......Don is right next to me snoring away....But I have to play this one out right....Finesse you know.

"snore"
"honey, are you awake?'
"mumble, bumgle"
"honey?'
"yeah I'm awake......whats wrong?"
"I know what will make me feel better..."

He is totally quiet...I think he is scared......

"Do you want to know what it is?'

I get a very hesitant ok...

"Well remember how last year when the kids left I got a kitten and it made me so happy and now Joe Bobbin's isnt a kitten anymore so I think I should get another kitten...." ( all in one breath)

"We're not getting another kitten honey"

"please, please please...."

"no kitten, now go to sleep"...

"what kind of pet can I get?"

"no pets, we have enough pets, go to sleep."

he immediately lets out a big snore......


(moving in for the kill...)


"Chickens arent pets...."

"mumble, mumble....

"chickens eat earwigs and you know I have an earwig phobia....and then we wouldnt have to treat the yard and they make little chickens you know, it doesnt have to be the big giant chickens and I have had them beofre and they arent a lot of work and I know you will get a kick out of them too...

"We are not going to have a bunch of chickens in the yard..."

"how about two chickens....?"

"ok, honey, we will talk about this in the morning, now go to sleep!"

I am thinking SCORE! I am getting chickens...woohoo....I finally went to sleep dreaming of happy little chickens pecking in the garden and the hours I would spend watching them and the names I would give them.....you know, all that stuff.....


So I am finally sleeping away and I hear Don talking at me.....
What I hear is the teacher in Charlie Brown saying "wah, wah,wah wah wah wah". I try to focus with crossed eyes....
Ok, I can see him now...I am trying to hear and read lips...something about watching something....

I slide out of bed, I dont have bones yet and stumble towards him...He grabs my arm and steadies me as I mumble "diet coke"....(my caffeine of choice)....He steers me into the living room, plops my butt on the couch and gets me a diet coke....

"now I know you are half asleep, but I want you to pay as much attention to this show as you can...It's important....
I nod and try to look alert...this must be really important if he is waking me up....
He turns on the tv and goes to the recordings on the dvr.....now I am a little more awake and getting alarmed....what is going on? did someone bomb someone? was there a tidal wave?
The show comes on, Don smiles, I do a slow burn....
There is a new show on Animal planet...its called "animal hoarders"....grrrrr

I have never heard of anyone hoarding chickens !!!!...We might have to have a talk about this one.....I am thinking about three in the morning.....enough said......