Saturday, March 22, 2008

Happy Easter !!

Happy Easter everyone :)
a quick update for everyone, Helga's babies have been weaned and now live in their own cage. All 3 have adjusted well and kept on eating well and explored their new cage. This weekend they will be groomed for the first time, will take more pictures of each baby. So far both boys are still available.

AA's Cinnamon, my red French A. Doe is due with babies in 5 days. I bred her to her red son, AA's Aries. Both buns where judged at a double open show a few weeks ago and both received very good remarks on type and wool from both judges.While not in coat shape to receive first place in rather tough classes with very nice animals to compete against, both received nice placements to let me know that my " red project " is coming along nice when it comes to trying to produce competitive, red French Angoras. Below pictures of both parents of this litter due, litter color should be predominantly red.

AA's Aries, buck above
AA's Cinnamon, doe below

personal items include that I have applied for graduation from college, I have finished my 26 credit hours for my certificate for Phlebotomy Technician and my last class / final was 3 days ago. This last semester was tough with school plus clinical, but, I managed to get a 4.0 GPA again. Grades where posted on Bannerweb last night. Now I am studying for national certification exam on the 4th, the testing will happen on campus in Macon at 9 am.

Besides studying for the exam, I am making good use of the free time by fixing up my home inside and out and making much needed repairs. I am spending at least one hour each day cutting down wild blackberry brambles that are trying to take over my yard again, I am currently painting my wooden ( dark, old looking ) front porch white ( with dark green floor boards eventually to match my shutters ) , I am building a pavilion for a sitting area in the yard to overlook the woods, and I am painting all of my wooden outdoor furniture to look nice again for the upcoming summer. The veggie garden is being weeded and replenished with sifted bunny compost, ready to take summer vegetables after 3-31. For now the veggie bed holds kale, butter crunch lettuce and a huge amount of fast growing parsley and dandelion, only the lettuce is grown for human consumption LOL
Happy Easter egg hunt to everyone with small children, my own daughter is 19 years old now, no more having to hide easter eggs and gifts in the yard in this family, kinda miss it sometimes.
Angie K:)

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