May News

The rash is definitely better today! I have been feeling a little worn down the last few days and I think that my body is fighting off this rash like it was some kind of foreign invader. I finally have more energy today! Weird!

Our garden is finally fenced in! None too soon either..... tonight there were three rabbits poking their noses around the fence looking for a way in! The cucumbers are coming up like crazy! And of course there is tons of rhubarb. I have already made strawberry rhubarb pie and rhubarb cake. Next I am going to try rhubarb relish and cook it with some pork chops! Yummy! I am most excited about the beans but so far only two of them have made their way through the ground! Those suckers better come up...Wyatt was the one who put the beans in! I don't know how we would tell him that they didn't work out!

We had a baby bird disaster today. It was so sad. There is a nest of finches in our front porch light and the babies were finally grown up and ready to leave the nest. But one of the babies got his foot caught in the light on his way out and had been flopping around upside down. I am not sure how long he had been there by the time I saw him, but he was exhausted. I got a ladder out and tried to get him out without hurting him, but when I finally freed him it was obvious that he was dying!

The boys were watching the whole thing so I told them that I was going to put the bird in a tree to get him off the ground until he felt better and could fly away. Then after he died I put him in the garbage when the kids weren't looking and told them that he was gone and must have flown away. I felt so bad! I was like his surrogate mother. I watched him grown up forever right in front of my eyes. I really wished that I had seen him sooner and could have freed him before it was too late!

We are going to Michigan for Memorial Day weekend and staying with Grandma Kathie and Grandpa Bill. The kids are sooooo excited! "Is it Thursday yet?" "Is tomorrow Thursday?" "When is Thursday?" "Can I take this with me to Grandma and Grandpa's?" Wow we can't wait!