What a crazy month

I haven't blogged in over a month. Things have been so busy. We have been building a new chiken pen and trying to get our garden planted. Both have been tie consuming. We started taking the old chicken pen apart and letting the chickens free range during the day. First a raccoon came along and got some of them and then the dogs (trying to get them back I'm sure) ended up breaking a few necks. All in all when all was said and done we only have 11 chickens left. It was quite traumatizng. The pen is pretty much finished. The only thing that can still get in is a raccoon, and we'll just have to del with that. We have 4 chickens from last year, 3 bard rocks, 3 black sex links, and on Aurcana (?). The goats have been fine through all this. Teir little horns are getting bigger and pointier. A unicorn would have nothing over them. The turkeys are fine, but we are missing one. He wandered too far away and Maggie and Sam broke his neck also. If they weren't sch good dogs. The scotch broom bloomed and it wasn't so bad until a few days ago. The wind started blowing and blew lots of jnk around. I have been pretty miserable the last few days. The puppies are fine. 2 of them are gone andwe still have 4. Clyde is still on his chain and doing fine. It got really hot here this last week. We have been tryinlg to get gardens planted, but it has been really hot and we couldn't get back out. It's cooled down now, nd so we can. Our tomatoes, radishes, onions, pole beans, cabbages, cauliflower and a few various things are doing fine. The cucumbers have survived, but something ate my yellow squash and pumpkins to the ground. They haven't bugged anything else. We are working outside today, hopefully we will get a lot done. We have 2 more boxes to set up and we are going to plant corn and a few other things. I'll be glas when we see some tomatoes. That iswhat I want the most, tomatoes and green beans. Wayne has really been in bad shape. He applied for diaability about 8 or 9 months ago. He got a phone all on Monday and found outthat he got accepted. It will be a good thing. His knees and feet are pretty trashed. His breathing is horrible. He can't do much any more. This will also put him on medicare, so maybe a steady doctor will help some. We are getting a new bishop tomorrow. That is a good thing. Our poor bishop is pretty old and tired. Wayne calls him a lame duck. He's known for onths that he is going out, an he just kind of quit. Change is always nice. Rich's cousin Ia and his wife Pam and 2 kids, Christian and Priscilla (baby girl) are visiting. They will be here for another couple of days. We are teaching them about years supply and coupon shopping. The kids are almost out of school. I'm not sure how much longer they have, but maybe next week or possibly the next. We are trying to get Cody here for the summer. Maybe it will be good for him. Dusty and russ's garden is doing really well. I'm glad they decided to do that. I missed blogging about Penny and Dusty's birthdays. I owe them a blog. The kids are all fine. Addie is getting big. She is almost walking. Ginger's new job is about the same she says. She can wear normal clothes now, instead of a uniform. She goes to work early, and so she definately doesn't get enough sleep. Rich is getting ready to start school. He picked up his books yesterday. He will still work part time. Penny's job is still going fine. They ahve ct her back to about 24-25 hours a week. She can survive though. I wish the gas prices would go down again. They are just slowly creeping up. Things in general are getting pretty scary. We just need more food. I don't hink e will ever have enough. Prices of everything are going up. The president is a disaster. He is trying o hard to make us a third world country. I don't want to be a third work country. Dad though bush was bad, I won't what he would think of Obama. He is definately not an American, and not there for our best interest. I'll get back into pictures my next blog. Couponing has also been taking up lots of time in my life. We have been saving lots and also building up our food storage. That is a good thing, but it does take lots of time. I almost forgot. Mark and Michelle got all moedout into their new place. They are loving it, and we are loving the extra room. We moved Conol and Kael upstairs to their room. We have finally got most of it put together now. Penny moved intoMark and Michelle's room. We still have lots to do, but because f outside stuff it is taking us a while. We are also going to try and get Debbie up here for a while this summer also. Busy Busy