The Great Chicken hunt of 2012

Chickens... I'm not really fond of them.  When I was a tiny girl, like 2 years old, we had chickens.  Mean Chickens.  All I remember about them is that I had to go in everyday and get their eggs.  Everyday I got pecked on my tiny little 2 year old hands.  So I'm not really fond of chickens.

This morning after breakfast, Joe looked out and said, um Honey the chickens are in the backyard. And the chicken round up began.  Before I could get the camera, Joe was leading most of the chickens back to their pen like the chicken pied piper.   I'm almost tempted to let them out again just so I can get that picture... but then I would have to round them up again.  So the lone chicken below will have to do.

White chicken in the middle.

I'm ready to get the darn thing... too bad they can fly.

We tried everything to get the last two chickens back into the pen.  We poured a heap of food on the ground and waited for them.  They were far too smart for that old trick.  They would swoop in for a bite and then run away flapping and squawking.  So Joe reached for his go to animal wrangling tool... the broom. 

 Joe is ready for them.

 Do you see the sneaky little red out the back?



 There he is!  On the move!!

 ACK!!!!  I caught it!!!Now what do I do with it!!!!!

 Bitty Rat was quite disappointed to not be included in the Great Chicken hunt of 2012.

My handsome man.

Joe had an interview on Thursday and it went really well! YAYS!!! He has a second interview this Thursday! Also yay.  But look at him... who wouldn't hire this handsome man!

 Responsible, reliable Jospeh. 

My Crazy Monkey! :)

And the rain keeps falling down down down.

 It's the coldest, wettest summer on record here in Australia.  Seattle weather abounds.  And I keep saying, "If I wanted this weather I could have stayed in Seattle where my friends are!".  Anyways, the result of all this rain has been the degradation of the "creek" that runs down the back of the property here.  Joe and his uncle Cam have been working on getting it back in shape.  But when it rains, emergency measures have to be taken.  Poor guys! They are soaked! 

 Propping up the slabs with wooden reinforcements.

Hit it harder Joe, but don't fall in! 

The rushing creek. 

 Joe standing in the pond, which used to be the backyard.  And yes, that is a dog wearing socks.  She had surgery and won't stop scratching her stitches.  So she gets stuck wearing socks. Poor Gauge. 

A very wet monkey.  Nice tools Babe!! 

The good news, the creek stayed in its bed and none of the concrete slabs drifted downstream. It was a good day and a good effort by the guys!  And yes, it's STILL raining!  >.<

For Melody...

Before we moved to Australia I was in a fabric store and found some awesome lobster fabric that I just knew my friend Melody would swoon over.  She's lobster mad, just loves them.  Not as something to eat, but as a cute thing to look at.  I think if she had a lobster door... she'd get a lobster as a pet. 

Anyways, I stumbled across this amazing sewing blog and have been itching to try some of the projects there. So I found a bag pattern, altered it to suit my needs and here is what I made.  Just for Melody.

It's a LOBSTER book bag!!!

It even has a lobstery goodness pocket on the inside! :)

And just in case you want to sew yourself an awesome book bag.  Go check out this site.

http://sew4home.com/projects/storage-solutions/863-happy-mothers-day-market-tote-with-ruffly-ribbon-handles-a-ties

Happy Sewing?  Yes I am! :)

PS... am I the only one who thinks its funny that a blog spell checker does not recognise "blog" as a word? LOLS.