Take me, to the magic of the moment...

Today was one of the first days that we didn't actually have visitors, or family, or neighbors or anyone stopping by. It was a nice few hours of peace and quiet. Aside from the noise of animals, of course. And how did we treat ourselves in this moment of solitude? By eating pizza, of course! Nothing says peace and quite like a frozen box of Italian delight!

Still, it was nice.

Renovations are still underway with the garage. We've almost hit our $1500 mark for the electrical (fingers crossed), then we should be good to go, aside from actually clearing everything out of the garage, of course. That will be the most expensive part of the renovation. As a whole, anyways. I'm sure material and others things will well exceed that mark, but that should (at least I hope) be the most we spend at one time.

I don't believe I've stated this or not, but I feel like I need to clear the air, get it off my chest, as some may say. LaVaughn and I have decided to keep Declan and Fiona. We both feel that they haven't found homes for a reason, and that reason is do that they can stay here with us. No, we don't need anymore gliders, but does that alter the fact that they're meant to stay here with us? Absolutely not! More than likely, both will be non-breeders. Fiona for sure will, she's going to be moving in with Neal and Violet if all goes well. There's a good chance Declan will too, but we're not 100% sure about that yet. Only time will tell.

Man, the ducklings are growing like weeds! I kid you not! Every day that we bring them in for their bath, they're nearly double the size they were the day before! They're so devilishly handsome, though. I love all their stupid little faces to pieces!

Well, I suppose I will end it there. I'm going to enjoy the remainder of my night before work tomorrow, which I'm totally stoked about -- I get off at 9!!

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here are some adorable pictures of Declan, sleeping in my hand:

Is he not the most precious thing?

Random pictures from today:

The ducklings bath time:

Queen of light took her bow, then she turned to go...

We finally finished the cage sets today... finally! I didn't think they were ever going to get done! We've been trying to get everything finished, considering we have one order that needs to be finished tomorrow or the next day, then two orders that need to be done once we receive the fabric. I'm also talking to a lady that's wanting to order a custom cage set with loads of items.

Not to mention Taylor's stuff that she brought to us at the beginning of December! Her stuff is being done for free, so it's not like it has to be done ASAP, but I would still like to get it done sooner, rather than later.

We just have to get on the ball.

Random subject, but I so desperately want to get the garage remodeled. I'm just so looking forward to a new glider room that's bigger -- well, maybe not bigger -- and something that's their own. It will make it so much easier for glider people to come out and see it. Especially if we get to add on what we're wanting to add on. Then, if we're able to do a mini-kitchen in the garage, we can just leave all the glider supplies out there. It'll just be awesome (I hope).

I just wish the cold weather would cease for a little wile so that we could start moving stuff out.

I would also like to add that LaVaughn and I are planing on going to the Battle of Pilot Knob remake in September of this year. They reenact it every year, but they put on a full reenactment every 3 years. And 2014 just so happens to be the 150th anniversary of the epic Civil War battle. It's a weekend long festival, so I'm most definitely going to have to take off work to be able to go. I honestly don't think I would want to work that weekend to begin with. I can't imagine how busy we would be!

LaVaughn and I are also considering staying at the Fort Davidson hotel for the night while we're there. Then we can just get a jump start on all the festivities without having to get up early to make it there on time. Now we just have to hope that nothing comes up between now and then.

As you can tell, I'm painfully bored at the moment and continue to ramble about things are wont be taking place more months and months! Oh well, better than talking about boring shit. But... I believe I'm going to leave it at that. It's time to feed the crew, I think I can hear them barking. Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Some random pictures of Una sitting on me early this morning:

Such a dreary day...

And lastly, the finished product!

New beginnings...

You remember how I said I would post another blog yesterday evening if we managed to cut and/or sew? Well long story short, it didn't happen. We even had intentions of cutting out cage sets around 10:00 last night, but didn't even manage to do that. We're terrible, procrastinating people.

Today, however, was a completely different story. Not only did we manage to cut out 7 piece cage sets, but we also managed to cut out some extra pouches! Not for us, unfortunately, they're for someone else. Now all we have to do tomorrow is muster up the gallantry (did I use that right?) to get them done.

Cutting out cage sets wasn't the only thing I managed to accomplish... I also managed to take pictures of Taylor's boys, Pax and Xander. They're so damn adorable. Seriously, Taylor doesn't know how lucky she is. If these boys were going to anyone else, they would probably just stay here. Now we just have to tell Chloe and Boone to produce female duplicates of these two.

Speaking of, Chloe and Boone should have babies IP within the next few day! O.o

LaVaughn and I are starting a 'Renovate the garage!' fund. We're hoarding as much money back as possible for it. We're going to redo EVERYthing! The room in the back of the garage will become our new glider room with access through the current glider room. We're also going to add a small bathroom out there, as well as a living room and possibly a small kitchen. We're mainly focusing on the glider room, the bathroom, and the living room.

SO much has to be done, it's insane. We have to start by getting an electrician to come out and rewire everything, then, more than likely, but in a 220 breaker box. That's the main thing. After that, we're going to redo the ceiling, then start worrying about the pluming.

We're not sure if we want to run pipes from the water heater in the house, or just buy an entirely separate water heater for the garage. So much has to be thought about an planned. Hopefully by this time next year, it'll all be done! We have some massively awesome ideas for the glider room, I just hope we're able to work everything in! :O)

Obviously, I have nothing better to talk about -- hence why I brought up the garage renovation. I suppose I needed to bring that up anyways. And on that note, I'm out! Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Picture time!

I'm guessing this is a comfortable position?

She's so weird.

Gotta love that curvy silhouette.

Puppy dog head tilt!

Just check out the German Shepherd figure!

A little coaster photography.

Now some bifocal photography.

Gremlin cat!

Pax, the adorable Leucistic sugar glider:

Xander, the adorable True Platinum Mosaic sugar glider:

And last, but not least, the Chloe and Boone tribe: