tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post5449418897233958079..comments2024-03-22T14:46:37.849-04:00Comments on A Fly on Our (Chicken Coop) Wall: Plans. Sometimes They Work Perfectly, Sometimes They Really, Really Don't, TToT Week 69Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-80042997681281914762014-10-18T12:38:51.219-04:002014-10-18T12:38:51.219-04:00He will go home with WAY more candy than the rest ...He will go home with WAY more candy than the rest of the coop collects!<br />can't wait!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-67613211664014548002014-10-14T18:00:12.397-04:002014-10-14T18:00:12.397-04:00I hope you really DO read a book in a day! That w...I hope you really DO read a book in a day! That would be soooo nice. :) Enjoy your fall break!! We are going camping. Maybe I'll even post about it, lol! I'm really going to try to get back on the proverbial horse. We shall see.Raise Them Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131235222116977410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-45115984932839209372014-10-14T04:18:31.645-04:002014-10-14T04:18:31.645-04:00It seems you never have a dull moment. Is that ev...It seems you never have a dull moment. Is that ever possible with all your bundles of joy? Seems really exciting. :) That's wonderful you were able to make both of the events for the kids that were in the same...and how nice that you were able to get some help when you got that flat tire!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-2156438627452789902014-10-13T08:52:28.248-04:002014-10-13T08:52:28.248-04:00That leg... I would hope it would have kept you fr...That leg... I would hope it would have kept you from changing it even on a minicoup at this point... be smart! I used to have a huge van and would have never even attempted to change that sucker!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864898827831713032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-90820873188489999052014-10-12T15:54:35.812-04:002014-10-12T15:54:35.812-04:00Lily has her first fall break in two weeks. Can...Lily has her first fall break in two weeks. Can't believe that it's almost time for Lily's first school break! You definitely should find a few minutes to sit down with a good book. Hint: bathrooms and locks :-)Stephanie @ Life, Unexpectedlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787379336749043051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-20193313843580852032014-10-12T13:30:12.245-04:002014-10-12T13:30:12.245-04:00YEA for all the season ending wins and good times!...YEA for all the season ending wins and good times! Your road trips with your children sound fantastic. I would have loved that as a kid. My daughter has enjoyed the time she & I spent making tomato sauce and at the end of the season I felt some satisfaction my self. That being said, I bet that you feel super accomplished when you look at the stores that you have made for your family to enjoy during the winter. And bacon. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00362723915166391260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-71501972712070118452014-10-12T13:16:32.999-04:002014-10-12T13:16:32.999-04:001-4 Yay for excellent seasons and post-seasons and...1-4 Yay for excellent seasons and post-seasons and for Turken, who finally gets to play instead of watch.<br />6. How fun! Going to Disney while you're there (not like there aren't a million other activities in the area)?<br />7. You know you love those pigs, love chasing them and getting bitten and giving them shots and such. <br />9. Cars never break down just as you're pulling INTO the driveway, do they?<br />Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-75245321362907614002014-10-12T08:19:10.383-04:002014-10-12T08:19:10.383-04:00Aw, thanks, Clark.
Hogs are the source of all bac...Aw, thanks, Clark.<br /><br />Hogs are the source of all bacon (except for that nasty turkey bacon, which we shouldn't even call bacon), but there isn't much of it on a pig. With our 2 pigs, we probably only got about 20 pounds of it.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-1911665343414369312014-10-12T08:17:38.166-04:002014-10-12T08:17:38.166-04:00I hope we can make it happen. Somehow I forgot th...I hope we can make it happen. Somehow I forgot that she lived in the Orlando area.<br /><br />It will be fun.<br /><br />The sports have been going well. Not smoothly, but well. :)<br /><br />Yay pork! For a while there, I was worried we weren't going to have any pigs by the end of the summer. I am very happy to have some in the freezer.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-39688818186354930652014-10-12T08:13:48.026-04:002014-10-12T08:13:48.026-04:00Thanks, for both the well wishes and the encourage...Thanks, for both the well wishes and the encouragement to take photos. :)<br /><br />Flat tires are a huge, immediate stop to all plans, for sure. Me, too!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-77042898863486409522014-10-12T08:12:31.235-04:002014-10-12T08:12:31.235-04:00It will be easier for a little while. And then it...It will be easier for a little while. And then it will get busy again when basketball and volleyball start. Ah well.<br />We will next school year. And then 4 the year after that.<br />Me, too. He played with a team that had kids ranging in age from 6-8. He was one of the younger kids, but he did well. Probably had something to do with his 4 older siblings and his birth practically being on a soccer field. :)<br />Ah, I wish we could simply hunt for a pig. It would certainly be cheaper! That is a big, big help for your grocery bill, I have no doubt.<br /><br />I didn't realize (or I forgot, because I forget lots of things) you lived that close to Orlando! While I can't turn his trip into a blog friend tour, it would be great if we could meet up somewhere that was on our list of things to do. That would be wonderful!<br /><br />I can't tell you how happy I am to get my shorts back out.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-53649791794242261142014-10-12T08:02:52.119-04:002014-10-12T08:02:52.119-04:00I smile every time I walk past my stores of food. ...I smile every time I walk past my stores of food. I hate to use them, which sounds ridiculous, but I can't help it.<br /><br />Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-26533465614645110762014-10-12T08:01:42.522-04:002014-10-12T08:01:42.522-04:00Ha! I'm only speaking the truth. :)
Hahaha! ...Ha! I'm only speaking the truth. :)<br />Hahaha! There aren't that many bugs in a garden! Especially if you do a few plants in planters! Start small, but thank you for supporting your local farmers.<br /><br />If I got bent out of shape with every derailment of my plans, I'd be a very bitter, angry person. Can't have that!<br /><br />Yeah, it ain't gonna happen any time soon. :)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-91086848230404926412014-10-12T07:59:18.606-04:002014-10-12T07:59:18.606-04:00You are welcome. I almost double-dog dared you to...You are welcome. I almost double-dog dared you to do it for all 10 of yours. :)<br />Ha! I have thought about that. What do clarks do with a schedule like ours? <br />Star's been having a good week. Makes me so happy for him.<br />I know. The pig thing disturbs plenty of people. I'm on the side of "if we're going to eat it, we can't wimp out on the raising of it". I can't justify "the I'll eat a pork chop, but don't give me a pork chop of a pig I saw running in it's pen" mentality. <br />I can dream. One day, I'll have the time and be sad that I do. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-71381528760328616202014-10-12T07:52:58.205-04:002014-10-12T07:52:58.205-04:00A flat tire is a big, fat monkey wrench, especiall...A flat tire is a big, fat monkey wrench, especially when one drives a 12-passenger van.<br /><br />Ha! Thanks. :)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-24109338347334120972014-10-12T07:52:14.900-04:002014-10-12T07:52:14.900-04:00Sometimes I get mighty annoyed with a change in th...Sometimes I get mighty annoyed with a change in the plans, especially when it could have been avoided. <br /><br />Me, too!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-1906596053027290742014-10-12T07:51:25.809-04:002014-10-12T07:51:25.809-04:00Shoot, those performance activities take up as muc...Shoot, those performance activities take up as much if not more time than sports! <br />As for me keeping up, I do my best. It doesn't always work out, and not all kids have a parent at a game every week (impossible when 4 have games at the same time), but they are having fun and we enjoy watching them as much as we can.<br /><br />Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-17523123037813085452014-10-12T07:48:48.074-04:002014-10-12T07:48:48.074-04:00Glad the dogs got to the vet. Our dogs' vet t...Glad the dogs got to the vet. Our dogs' vet trip has been put off for a while (thanks to the knee, what else!"), but will be going soon.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-14026475895136822672014-10-12T07:45:41.977-04:002014-10-12T07:45:41.977-04:00Wow. You made it to 30 without pumping your own g...Wow. You made it to 30 without pumping your own gas?! That's impressive. I normally hate to play damsel in distress, but this time I had no choice. Well, normally I hate it. Sometimes, I really, really don't want to do something and may beg the husband to do it. :)<br /><br />They are very complimentary sports, for sure.<br /><br />We limit our kids and what they do, but when there are so many kids, that's a whole mess of schedules to deal with. So, so much time is taken up by their sports!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-6064356114653785602014-10-12T07:42:37.705-04:002014-10-12T07:42:37.705-04:00On a regular car, I can change a tire, too. It...On a regular car, I can change a tire, too. It's the 12-passenger van/bum knee combo that prevented me from changing this one. It even took the pro an hour and much huffing and puffing to change this one.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-88943290569808147802014-10-12T07:41:30.367-04:002014-10-12T07:41:30.367-04:00I just have to tell myself that none of these thin...I just have to tell myself that none of these things are life or death. We do what we can and don't worry about the things that get derailed.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-78166002910692364632014-10-12T07:40:23.399-04:002014-10-12T07:40:23.399-04:00We will not go to Disney. We've made a pact t...We will not go to Disney. We've made a pact that we don't go to Disney on the one-on-one trips. I don't know why. Guess it's just too special.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Very nice that your husband has those holidays off, too. Will they do anything extra fun?<br /><br />Thank you!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-70629605231094113742014-10-12T07:37:48.098-04:002014-10-12T07:37:48.098-04:00Sorry to hear your week didn't go as planned, ...Sorry to hear your week didn't go as planned, either.<br /><br />Thanks. I'm pretty sure we will. :)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-13786477141469481662014-10-11T17:38:51.570-04:002014-10-11T17:38:51.570-04:00"The day before Halloween, he and I will boar..."The day before Halloween, he and I will board a plane for Orlando." these road trips are, in my admittedly limited experience with such matters, about as cool a thing that I've ever heard of a parent doing with their children.<br /><br />#7… wait a minute! that's (they/that species) source of all bacon! no? clarkhttp://wakefielddoctrine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-58819802857099535092014-10-11T17:36:14.091-04:002014-10-11T17:36:14.091-04:00Was gonna say (but Sandy got there first) ARE YOU ...Was gonna say (but Sandy got there first) ARE YOU GONNA SEE SANDY?!?!? You totally definitely should :D<br /><br />Your trick or treating sounds like it's going to be great fun. Enjoy meeting another bloggy friend. :)<br /><br />I'm so glad that all the sporting events have been going so well, and that you've made it around to all of them. That's fab :D You're such a lovely supporter of all the activities they do. It's great. Good for you.<br /><br />YAY PORK! Glad you got some, after all the disasters with the piggies this year! Home safe and sound now :)Lizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480448062269641320noreply@blogger.com