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The Watermelon Chickens

June 30, 2010

It’s Hot! Really, Really, hot. So much so that, my poor chickens, walk around with their beaks open and wings spread out, just hoping for a cool breeze. That never comes. So as a treat I cut the ends off of a watermelon and stuck them in the freezer for about an hour. Then I [...]

The Chicken Wrangler

April 20, 2010

New skills are developing on “the farm”. The art of Chicken Wrangling has taken hold in Little H’s heart. His victim, Sally. While she doesn’t seem to mind being held for long periods of time I can’t help but laugh (and be proud) at his enthusiasm. My love of animals has passed down to my [...]

Summer Garden week 2

April 16, 2010

We had two little helpers in the garden this week. DT was busy taking the planter covers off the tomatoes and Little H and Little W had decided to remove all the lady bugs from our potato plants. I tried to explain they were good bugs, but they just wanted to play with them. The [...]

Tales from the Coop

April 13, 2010

Last week I did a tales from the crib post so I thought I would do one from the chicken coop. Cribs and Coops that about sums up my life lately. I spend lots of time cleaning each. As I’ve might have mentioned before chickens are such curious, funny, little personalities, they like to be [...]

Just call me the Chicken Lady

March 6, 2010

Well it looks like I have a bit of a problem. DT and I went to the local farmer’s co-op yesterday. To get chicken and dog feed, only. Well they had a bin full of new little chickies!!! And not just plain on Ameracauna’s (like we got last week) they had buff orpington’s and silver [...]

Playing with Camera Settings

February 10, 2010

I was playing around with my setting’s on my camera the other day and skeeter was my perfect subject. See Pioneer Woman gave a great tutorial about what the different setting on your camera do like the A & S. I had no clue, but I am loving the results. I mostly shot my pictures [...]

Winter Garden week 16

February 5, 2010

This unusually cold winter of ours has not done the best for our garden, and it shows. I admit by the first glance at our garden it looks pretty pitiful. Small and overgrown with weeds. But when you look closer there are some wonderful veggies growing in there, for instance this cauliflower, its about the [...]

Winter Vegetable Garden – week 2

October 30, 2009

Week 2 of the garden and we’ve had lots of rain and lots of growth. Though sadly enough the pictures are still not all that exciting. I so will give a brief run through. Front view of the garden and we have some carrot sprouts Lots of little green sprouting up, it always makes me [...]

Guard Dog

September 30, 2009

When DT parks his truck in the back yard Precious our 12 year on Rottweiler loves to jump up on it and sit on the fender, as if claiming guard over her truck. She likes the view from up high, and can easily spot any intruders And when she does she just licks them to [...]

I want brown eggs and beige eggs and blue eggs and green eggs

August 31, 2009

This week has been a surprise and a half. First things first it was my first official full week as a stay at home mom, then we got a flat screen tv, then we went to the zoo. We also purchased a dell desktop (thanks for all the suggestions) and it came in yesterday, then [...]

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Howdy, y’all! Welcome to my blog world. I am Sweet Pea, a 20-something Texas native and a newlywed…well, almost. We wed May 2006. Shortly after we were blessed with identical twins boys born November 2007.

My husband, whom I lovingly call Double Trouble (DT), owns and operates a trucking company, and we use our CB handles as our names here.

I however recently converted from a working mom to a stay-at-home mom. I love the new challenges that it brings and enjoy sharing my triumphs, messes, and adventures with you. I hope you enjoy reading about our busy lives with babies, cooking, gardening, trucking, and bargain shopping.