In case you aren’t uber-geeky-Presbyterian and don’t know it already, there is this little thing going on called General Assembly.  So I’m hanging out in San Jose this week watching the goings on and connecting up with everyone I’ve ever known who is Presbyterian.  You can read about it here.

The coolest thing to happen so far is this. YEAH PCUSA!

So there I am.  It’s a little after 7 am, my beautiful girls are curled up on the couch watching a little public television, and I head outside to do the “chores.”  The chicken coop is not yet attached to the chicken run, thus the birds must be placed in a box and taken to the run where they are released for their day of frolicking.  This has gone very well until today.  I got 4 of the 10 into the box while the other six decided to detour the box and go straight for freedom.  Awww nuts!  There they go.  Now exactly what am I going to do?  I try to catch on at a time, but they are too fast and they keep herding away from me as i approach them, so then I think I can just get them to walk to the run.  No such luck.  Eventually I get a little nervous that they will slip through the fence into the neighbor’s yard, so I run to the door and ask Meg to come out.  So, the two of us herd the chicks back and forth around the yard and eventually pick up one or two at a time and get them into the box.  Safe!  Enough adventure for me - I need to get a cup of coffee.

Well, in order of how things happened yesterday, here goes the important and big news.

First: the bunk beds showed up and were assembled for the girls. Both girls really like them - however, Ella was found this morning on the floor. She will happily tell you that she fell out of the bunk bed.

Second: After school Meg, Ella my parents and I all drove out to a local farm and picked up 11 little chicks to raise in our backyard. I am pleased to report that all 11 have made it through the night.

And then finally for those of you that know us - we have been pulling for Obama to get through this brutal primary. Looks like he pulled through just fine. I’m proud to be a supporter of his. The energy and poise he shows are just flat out amazing to me - each and every time I see him.

I think that is all the news I have to pass along for now. I am sure there will be more about all of these exciting events in the near future.

when i was at school it was field trip day and we went to the barn one thing

i saw is chickens i caught 5 but ! one did not run away that chicken was

called the blue silkee i was surprised so i bent down and picked her up.

The Fox Cities Marathon and all the fun stuff that goes with it is at the end of September… September 21st to be exact. Kirk, Judith and I will be running. Training update number 1. 5.85 miles on Monday morning. 1 hour ten minutes. A loonnnnng way to go.