Ducks and stuff...

Omg, we finally got our baby ducks today and they are BEYOND adorable! I seriously want to scream right now because they're so cute and so fucking awesome! Pardon my french, but holy shit they're cute! It's been years since we've had ducklings! Serafina and her siblings were over a month old when we got them and did NOT want anything to do with us. So yeah, you can understand my excitement.

Two of the little duckies hatched yesterday, so they're really little! The other little duck is about 4 or 5 days old, not 100% on that, though. I'll have to double check with the girl we got them from.

The girl that we got them from is seriously so awesome. You can tell that she loves her animals so much. She's messaged me a few different times asking how they're doing and stuff. She messaged me yesterday and let me know when the little ones hatched even. She's awesome. I definitely want to keep her updated on how they're doing.

I know I didn't mention it yesterday, but I had an interview today. Not going to say where, as I don't want to jinx myself. The interview went fairly well. The lady really seemed to listen to me. At the end of the interview, she said that she would be in touch with me in a week and if she didn't call me by late next week, to call her. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

On the way home from my interview, LaVaughn and I decided to stop at Save-A-Lot to do a little shopping. That place is seriously so sketchy. We only ever stop there when we want to check out produce for the gliders. Unfortunately, they didn't have anything good, but we did get an awesome deal on soda. $6.50 for a case! We loaded up on that awesomeness.

We got our mealworms in the mail today. We ordered 1000 more from this one guy on Ebay. He actually has really awesome worms for a really great price! We've been out for about a week, so we really needed them. My lovely auntie surprised us a couple days ago by dropping 100 mealies off that she picked up at the feed store. She HATES worms, so it was really brave of her to do that for us. I love her.

We have a pretty large cage set order coming our way. A girl is wanting 7 different cage sets in 7 different colors with 5 different items in each. Her theme is actually pretty cool. She's wanting all solid sets with one dark and one light. For example, dark pink and light pink, lol. I just think they'll all look neat!

Speaking of fleece, we also ordered 4 new yards of fleece from Joann.com. They're very, very pretty. Lets just hope that we get them all and none are out of stock! I hate when that happens.

Well, overall, today was a pretty good day. We got a massive discount at the store, our baby ducks arrived safe and sound, we got a rather large cage set order (new cage, here we come) and my interview went well! Definitely one for the books. For some reason, I like to think that some of this good fortune has to do with today being my gram's birthday. She would have been 92 today. I know that makes absolutely no sense, but I definitely think she played a small part in our happiness today. Love you, Gran!

Love & Peace

-Megan

Welsh Harlequin Duckling #1:

Welsh Harlequin Duckling #2:

The younger duckies, #1 and #2:

Welsh Harlequin Duck #3:

Pre-Interview, Check... 1st Interview, Check... 2nd Interview...

Well believe it or not, I got called in for my first official interview today. I was pretty shocked when I listened to the answering machine yesterday and heard a familiar voice ask me if I could make it in today. I called back to confirm my interview and had to anticipate the entire thing the rest of the night.

It honestly wasn't that bad, it's only the 3rd time I've been interviewed there!

I made it to my interview on time and ended up having to wait on the manager. I stood there for 5 minutes or so waiting on her to come back out. She came out, mutter the words, "Sit over there." and sat down. She went through my application, asked me a few basic questions and told me what she expected from a worker. She said a lot of the people she has working for her want to goof off and worry about what's going on outside the work place. I told her I have no social life, so that shouldn't be a problem for me.

The rest of the time was spent by what seemed like her trying to detour me from working there. She started naming off all the cons and practically no pros. She just wasn't the friendliest person in the world. I don't know if she was having an off day - I know it couldn't have been me, I'm awesome - or if she normally just doesn't like life. I'm hoping she was just having an off day and doesn't completely hate my guts.

Sigh...

If I'm lucky, I'll get a call from someone later this week or next and get to go in for yet another interview! More fun. I just know I really need a damn job. If I lived in a big enough city, I'd probably hook. Not really, of course, but I do hear the money's good. ;)

Okay, enough job talk.

I'm really starting to get excited about little Castiel coming to live with us. I got a little discouraged when someone else wanted him - I know, I'm horrible - but I also wanted Tracy to have the money for him. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy when she said, "He's yours." They only downside... she doesn't take enough photos! I know she has a lot going on, but I rely on photos to get through my day. Shannon and I are so on the same level when it comes to taking pictures of the gliders.

I just think he and Violet will be SO cute together! I'm just hoping she proves out (to be 100% leu het) so that we can get plats from them. If not, oh well. All their babies will be gorgeous, regardless. They wont have leus unless they BOTH prove out. He has a 50% shot, she has twice that. If anyone proves out, it'll probably be her. It would just be too lucky if they both did, but you never know!

We're still not sure what to do as far as a mate for Chloe. We don't know if we want to separate her and Violet so that they can each have their own mates, or keep them together as a trio with Cas. I've talked with a good friend about doing a trio with the two and she thinks it'll work out. They've been together since Chloe was a baby, so they're really bonded. And adding a joey to them would be the best way to go.

Now we just need to get little Cas shipped to us.

Speaking of shipping... I want to get the girls shipped to Tracy SO bad! We've had to cancel their flight 3 times now. I know Tracy is really wanting the girls and I want them out of here because I'm getting too attached to them. They're just so cute and sweet, it's going to be really hard to part with them. If they're here any longer, they're not getting shipped, lol.

I'm hoping I can still get my uncle to drive us to STL for their flight. I'm so not looking forward to driving in STL by myself. I mean, I know LaVaughn will be with me, but she's actually worse in the city than I am! If he isn't in long enough for a drive to the city, I'm going to have to swallow my pride and drive it myself.

Oh, while I'm thinking of it, we got our fleece that we ordered from Joann.com. We originally ordered two prints and two solids. Well, like 2 days after our order supposedly shipped, we got an email saying that one of the prints were out of stock!! With that being said, we had to go back to Joann.com and order another yard of fleece and pay even more for shipping.

That's what I hate about Joann's. They should give you the option to pick out a different yard of fleece BEFORE they ship your order so that you don't have to pay additional shipping. Unfortunately, this isn't the first time this has happened to us.

On the bright side, the new print that we ordered ended up being cuter than the original. I guess that was the bright side for having to reorder. No matter how much I disagree with it sometimes, everything happens for a reason.

Oh wow, I really need to contain my writing! I didn't notice I had a novel going on. And to think, I didn't even give you guys an introduction or mini bio. Time to go feed the gliders some treats.

I'm going to leave you with some pictures of Castiel.

Love & Peace

-Megan

The following photos were photographed by and belong to: Tracy L. of Acres Of Sugar

Newly OOP

9 Days OOP

17 Days OOP

6 1/2 Weeks OOP

I've got to get out of this place...

Our baby chicks aren't so much babies anymore, they're getting huge! They're starting to loose all their baby feathers and develop their adult ones. This has actually been happening for some time now, so I really don't know why I brought it up. Sigh...

We got all the little meeps out last night and let them run around, all the while eating lettuce and noodles. They loved being out of their cage and stretching their legs. We tried to do just two at a time, but that wasn't even remotely working, so we get the entire flock out. It still amazes me how simple chickens can be. Every time one of them would poop, here would come someone else trying to race the others to eat it first. 

I got I believe 3 or 4 different videos, but only uploaded 2 I believe. Those, of course, will be below.

I have some slightly exciting, slightly depressing news... Sadie has another joey IP. I noticed it Thurs. evening when we were feeding treats. It's very, very small so I'm guessing she had it earlier that day or the day before. I told her, "This is your last shot at being a mom." She just looked at me like, "Eh, whatever. Just give me another treat." I'm really hoping she keeps this baby. I don't want to have to get Pip neutered - he and Sadie have such sweet joeys - but if we have to, we will.

I'm still partially recovering the electricity being off. I still remember how creepy everything and how much I wanted to murder someone. The day after the electricity came back on, the lights would flicker every little bit. Like little heart stopping reminders. I think there were still some people that didn't have electricity. All together, there were 6500 people in the dark. 

The day the electricity did come back on, we went to town to stock up on a few things. And considering ice was still everywhere, I knew the drive to town would be beautiful! Well, I was absolutely right about that part and so happy that I decided to bring the camera. I started driving very slow so that LaVaughn could take pictures. Just as she pulled the camera out and started to snap one of what looked to be a winter wonder land, the damn batteries died. The entire time, I'm screaming, "Nooooo, why must the batteries be dead today!? Of all days!" The rest of the drive to town was beautiful, as expected. And no, I didn't get one picture. I'll be so glad when our new batteries get here...

I completely forgot to mention, I have an interview to go to tonight. I have to be there at 8PM, which is really creepy, but whatever. I'm not going into details, because I don't want to jinx myself, so I'll leave the details out until I know more. Wish me luck!

I suppose that's all for now. I need to go shower and prepare my interview speech. Don't forget to check out the photos AND videos below...

Love & Peace

-Megan

 The only picture I got the day after the storm.

 And here's my awesome little candle wax horn thing that I constructed.

The following pictures are of my neighbor's dog, Fletcher. She was out of town, so we decided to let him in for a while so that he could stay warm. 

And now for the picture of the meeps:

So many adorable little chicks!

Now it's VIDEO time!