First came the Monster... Then came the chicken...

... Meet my beloved father's new found obsession...

You see, my dad likes "projects" and just like his other new interests as of late... 

He has become obsessed.

i.e. his addiction to Monster energy drinks ( I blame this new endeavor on them) AND his refusal to eat almost anything other than sushi when we go out to dinner, sometimes even when we stay in for dinner!

Anywhoo... CHICKENS.

They can be fun... you know, cute little fuzzy things they are. Plus the little chirping noises we found to be just so darn CUTE!

But... after awhile? 

They make you wanna bang your head against a wall!!!

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE OVER 50+ MEMBERS OF THE POULTRY FAMILY LIVING IN YOUR BACK YARD AND SHED.

It begins to get quite ridiculous to say the least... To show you how ridiculous I will elaborate:

We now have a bright red chicken coop (which we built ourselves and which took three tries and three complete coops to get right) fully equipped with a full chicken run and water system, a chicken house equipped with three different runs for different sorts of poultry, three or so tubs of baby chicks, approx 15 almost fully grown chicken hens and one rooster, four turkey hens and one tom, approx 30+ chicks of chickens and turkeys alike, and who knows how many chicken, turkey, and peacock eggs in the incubator... 

It's a fun life.

As for my father, the thing which I have begun to call Project Poultry entertains him for now and I'm happy for the kid. But...

I FEAR WHAT COMES NEXT

Chickens and turkeys can only tide him over for so long... I wonder what our yard will look like as a petting zoo?? 

O.o

GRR.

Dang pictures WON'T SHOW UP. I've been so darn upset about it I haven't really made effort to make another post. Poopy. Well.. maybe tomorrow will be a better day? There's always hope right?!

IN OTHER NEWS: I had a meeting with the branch president and I am officially going to be in the singles ward on Sunday... Hope I survive ;)

In my world...

In my world EVERYONE'S a pony. Anddd... they all eat rainbows and poop BUTTERFLIES!

- Horton Hears A Who

I love my life. And most of that has to do with the people in it. I owe a lot of who I am today to the amazing influences all around me.

Kaitiepoo dearest, is my BEFRISTEND in the WHOLE WORLD. We're nuts. Completely. And we love every minute of it! We're gonna be besties forever.. you see.. we have a plan. The old, insane grandmas you see sitting on their twin porches in their rockers years and years from now? The ones with a million cats, matching houses, and pink and blue hair? Yeah. That's gonna be us :)

My one and only sister, Risa. I don't know what I'd do without that child. PROBABLY live sanely for ONCE in my life ;) I love her dearly. She's always there for me, even when no one else will listen. And though she still has a lot to learn... I will always look up to her.

My most FAVORITEST people are my family ...[most days anyways]... They're dorks, and they have their quirks, but we stick it out through thick and thin. No matter what. I love them forever.. <3

Akio, my favorite everything. <3 I love that boy, I do.

And last but not least all of my friends! They're amazing in and of themselves :)

Aside from these amazing people my support system consists of everyone, from my wonderful Grandparents to my parent's "hard-core" biker friends ;) You can't always choose the people in your life, but if I had the choice... I'd choose the same people every time. <3

Joe Joe

Joe