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Weekly iPhone Roundup {3.4 - 3.10}

This has been a very, very eventful week. From adding new additions to receiving long awaited items - even a surgery mixed in the middle of it all. Monday night was the most eventful of all, but that's only due to the fact that my uncle got home from the hospital after having knee surgery early Monday morning. We had to help a lot after his surgery, but Monday was just surreal. 

He was highly overstimulated and couldn't sleep because he was non-stop worrying about how to lay his leg/knee, so he was just freaking out non-stop. Needless to say vodka came in to play to help settle our nerves, lol. He's doing miles better now and decided to sleep in the recliner instead of the bed, which helped him get to sleep. 

Aside from that excitement, we also added 7 new additions to the flock. There were SO many different breeds at Buchheits, I couldn't hardly contain myself. I ended up leaving with 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhode Island Reds and 3 Silver Laced Wyandottes. I missed out on the Silver Wyandottes last week, so I was stoked when they had them this week. The only downside... they only had 3 left and there was no way I could leave just one behind. It sucks cause I've been trying to keep it to two of each breed, but it is what it is.

We also got our new stove delivered this week. Our old one when kaput last week, so it was time to get a new one. First thing that went south was the main burner, then the oven stopped working. Yay. Luckily we were able to get one from Hefners, which they delivered yesterday. 

I think that's all I'm going to write about. The rest will be told through the pictures and the caption I add. 

All the baby ducks at Buchheits.

Me running out with my new additions.

Here are the little beauties! Three Silver Laced Wyandottes, two Rhode Island Reds and Two Buff Orpingtons!

I love them so much.

Late night McDonald's Americano order.

I took my moms dog, Layla, with me.

She's a very bug-eyed little chihuahua. And authentic one, my step dad says. She was over-stimulated to say the least, but it was probably because she knew she was gonna get a treat.

The line of traffic was INSANE Saturday night.

Here's my full moon night photography setup.

Love my remote shutter as well.

All my little lemon trees got some actual UV light for the first time this week.

They loved it.

I don't normally post pictures of the house, but I cleaned like crazy Thursday before the furniture people came.

It was just so organized and clean.

I had to share.

Here's a picture of my uncle that my aunt sent me after his knee replacement.

They put this weird wound suction thing on his leg that is normally only used for amputees. We all thought this was kinda strange.

Some packages we have been anxiously wanting for a long, long time.

My Chapin water bottle that I used to water my seedlings. This was an amazing gift from my aunt.

Night photography with an iPhone.

Not the best in a large scale, but very impressive.

You need a smidge of lighting to make it not so grainy.

My little lemon beauties.

All the chicks fast asleep while we cleaned their bedding.

All fresh and clean!

I'm now growing green onions that I've ingested.

Putting in the new stove.

I long for the days that we had a screen door.

This is one of the two dudes, super nice.

Beautiful blossoming tree at my bank in Piedmont.

The loading dock at the feed store in town. Had to get some more chick starter.

Taking my boy for a walk.

Country roads, take me home...


Full Moon State Of Mind

 The moon was so bright last night. With it being 100% illumination, it's pretty obvious as to why. I love full moons on clear nights, especially in the wintertime. The sky always looks so much more crisp and clear. It's really too bad the Milky Way isn't visible in the winter months, it would make for some amazing photos.

Last night was the perfect opportunity for me to test out my new tripod on my telephoto lens. I can usually get hand held shots of the moon, but only with a high ISO. I prefer a slower shutter speeds when taking pictures of the sky, but shooting with a shutter of around 400 and an ISO around 1200 works just as well.

Of course, I took a couple dozen photos, but narrowed it down to just 4 clear shots. I also cropped them all as my tele only going to 300mm. Hope you enjoy!

PS... My uncles knee surgery was today and everything went great!


Here's the gorgeous full moon on March 5th, 2023.

I need a longer telephoto.

I should just get a mount for my telescope - way cheaper.

That stupid logo of mine is all over the place. I forgot that I cropped these pictures, so the resolution is different in each one. Classy.

2016 Holiday Rewind...

We kicked off the holiday season Thursday by making all kinds of holiday sweets. We made sugar cookies, Oreo balls, fudge and then some. I had to work Friday, so not much took place then. We did gift swap at work -- really it was just LaVaughn and I giving Shawna her gifts, but still.

Since we had two people bail on the Christmas festivities this year, it was just me, LaVaughn, my aunt and uncle. Talk about a small gathering, but it was most definitely a merry one. 

We spent the first half of Christmas Eve drinking coffee and making food for the following day. We then watched Rudolph -- yes, the ancient one that scares me more than the scariest of horror movies. My aunt loves it and she loves frosty too, but luckily we only had to endure Rudolph. Sorry auntie, I love you. It was so painful to watch, I'm not even joking. I had such a hard time composing myself while we watched, but I was good and made it through the entire movie without cracking up.

After that was over, so began to open presents. Everyone had a great time and (hopefully) got everything they wanted. I know I did -- some of my favorite gifts were a Jessica Simpson bag, Bobs by Sketchers and my new Deadpool jacket. It was a blessed Christmas Eve to say the least.

Christmas Day my aunt, uncle and LaVaughn all went to church. This was my first Sunday off in months, so I stayed home. I still got up right at 11, but it's whatever. LaVaughn went to bed as soon as they got home, so I helped my aunt make Christmas dinner. LaVaughn and I didn't eat until after communion that night, so it was a late Christmas dinner for us.

I honestly can't believe I'm blogging this late, but we have a busy week coming up. We're meeting up with Doug and Kyan tomorrow in Festus so they can ship our girls Wednesday, then Tuesday we have to drive my aunt and uncle to Farmington so she can see her lawyer, then we're all going to AT&T to hopefully (fingers crossed) get new phones. Then Wednesday we're supposed to meet up with Angie and her kids for dinner in Ironton. Looks like Thursday is my only free day this week, because I'm back to work after that. Sigh... I'm already exhausted just thinking of all of that.

I hope you all had very Merry Christmas! Until next time...


Christmas cookie prep:





Christmas Eve:









Christmas Day:














Holiday recap from my Instagram feed: