Disgusted with the Universe

Last night Donovan saw a person throw out a python at the corner of 11th and cache, before he could switch lane the paniced animal got into traffic and was hit.......why is it if something doesnt have fur people assume it doesnt have feelings? I wish I had been there to get a plate or better yet follow them home and insure they be dealt with like any other scum.

We are starting to re-publish the Red river reptile rescue info again on craigslist as a result to try to prevent this from happening.(I hate spring) If anyone has space and ability to take in reptiles please let me know and we will add you to our network list

Suprises, stress and stupid people

Well the psyco cinnie snake suprised us with a clutch of 8 eggs, it made for a mad rush around but thankfully I had the incubator already and just had to set everything up and wet some vermiculite. I am fairly confident about the 5 she was coiled around but the other 3 we will just have to wait and see. Come july 11th we should know for sure.


As of this coming week the house next door becomes our lock stock and barrel. On one hand I am excited at the prospect of the project, on the other I am terrified at what we may have gotten into. The elderly gentleman we are buying from and his son who passed away in the house a couple of months ago were alchoholic hoarders. Needless to say the clean out and bug issues are a monumental task alone. So now there are 2 possible courses of action;

1) The various issues are to much and we knock it down and haul it away. This means I have a fabulous large yard and am happy still

2) The most likely scenario is while GROSS the house is saveable and we have our work cut our for us (Please let there be 1000's of dollars in hidden cash and treasures in that crap pile) Then we have a rental or flip for proffit house. Thankfully we have friends who are looking for a cheap place who can do the work in exchange for ubber cheap rent(like paying my home improvement loan payment) Which in that case means hazmat suits to go through everything because I am NOT getting another roach dive bombing my hair!(Yes I had a complete girly momment with screaming freak out included)I know the bug guy is coming first and foremost. This will require a pro.

My List of stuff for the new house overhaul includes:

Insurence
Pest control
dumpster service
pest control
applience removal
new heat and ac units(at the least heater, they may have to do with window units for AC)


   The final corkers on my last week have been the weather causing my head to want to explode and stupid people! Prime example..... We do reptile rescue, its not a huge thing like dogs and cats but it was a need we could fill. We spotted an add on craigslist where a woman was giving away a ball python to an experienced handler because it had become aggressive. This can happen for various reasons, so I emailed her and introduced myself. We ended up going to Duncan of course. The woman flat out LIED to us. First off the snake is not 3-4 years old, she is maybe 2. Then she had her on cedar shavings which had her skin irritated(gee no wonder she was pissy)and then the woman has the bomb shell of mentioning she works in a pet store. WTF??? I have worked in a crappy pet store and know better than to put a reptile on cedar so why doesnt she. On top of all of it she was scared of the snake so when Rhiannon just reached in and picked it up her eyes got rather large.

    She is just a pretty young normal, my guess is the lasy bought her of craigslist and had zero clue what she was doing and did no research. Why she felt the urge to try to justify anything to us is beyond me. Like Rhiannon said thats what rescue is for, we know when we come out that you got in over your head, we know you messed up, we know why we do what we do so these people arent doing anything to make themselves look better in our eyes. Needless to say after a bath and being placed in an isolation tank on proper substrate she is a perfectly happy animal with no signs of aggression.

What a craptacular last 2 weeks

What can I say about the last couple of weeks other than BLAH!  I dont know if its the fact Donovan had AT(annual training) or what but it seems like so much stuff went wrong. First off I couldnt seem to get the ulcer to stop giving me fits, so I either felt like puking or was doing so about 75% of the time. Then add to that the weather flip flopping so I have had a massive headache and top that off with the fridge futzing up then the car having a major malfunction not once but twice. I was about to the point of meltdown by the time Donovan got home.(Oh yeah and dont forget 2 weeks with the kids no break) Needless to say by Saturday I was more than happy to send Rhiannon on her babysitting job and leave Gareth with his Father so I could go to Chris's Birthday BBQ.

We did get out to the KLAW yard sale last friday. Thats always pretty fun. I got Rhiannon a taser gun which I know seems a tad weird for a 13yr old but she does ride her bike to babysitting jobs and such and its less for people than the stray pit bull the idiots around here wont take care of and allow to get out. She has already had one friend get to watch her weinie dog get mauled while out for a walk, I dont want my kids to be on the recieving end of an attack like that.

On a good note the garden is taking off nicely. We planted tomatoes, 3 different kinds of peppers, okra, cuccumbers, yellow squash, watermelon, rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano, and spicey globe basil. So far its all looking really good. I cant wait til we start getting produce out of it! I missed having a garden last year so bad. Even our grapes are looking like they are about to explode with fruit! I stopped counting at 48 bunches that have set on. I may have enough to make grape jam this year!!! I would love to be able to make jam and salsa again this year to can!!

I am trying to get out of a cooking rut. I need to get some of the stock of home cooked convience foods made again. I think its time to make up hot pockets, beirocks and a few other things. I made soft tacos tonight with kidney beans and loads of onions, pablano peppers and tomatoes in the meat. I think I will freeze half of whats left for later in the month and use the rest to make a mexican style spoon bread later this week. I have been playing with the idea and if it turns out I will post pictures and the recipe later this week.
    I recently was given a huge box of bisquick so I have been playing around with various recipes from their web site. My kids love the sausage balls appitizers so I expanded on that idea for a sausage, cheese and herb biscuit. I added 2 cups grated cheese, a cup of cooked crumbled sausage, 1/2 cup chopped spring onion, 1tsp dried rosemary, 1/2 tsp dried oregano and a tsp of granulated garlic to the standard drop biscuit recipe. I used a small ice cream scoop(about a 1/4 cup)to measure the dough and baked it on parchament paper at 325 til browned. They turned out fabulous to go with eggs and just by themselves. It makes for a nice quick breakfast.

Rhiannon and I nearly had all the laundry caught up, then Donovan came home after not doing laundry at all during AT so we are now at defcon 4 again. If we are home, we have a load in the washer and dryer at pretty much all times. Tomorrow I have to take down the mountain of clean clothes and beat it into submission so we can get stuff cleaned up again.