Christmas

ok, what comes to your mind when you think of the Christmas season?
I think we all think of the worldly reasons for the Season. Presents,Mistletoe, Caroling, Smow Men, Stockings, Trees that are decorated, lights, Santa Claus, Shopping (BLAK, Reindeer and sleigh Bells, and MANY other things.
But what most of us don't think of is IN THE NAME of the Holiday. CHRISTmas. Ring a bell?
Jesus Christ was born to the Virgin Mary. He was born in a Stable. (Side Note: I wonder if Joseph said "Were you born in a barn?" meaning 'You left the door open' and then kinda taking a step back, going, 'you really were, hahaha' and that was passed on through the generations? I don't know! hehe)
ANYWAY!
Christ grew up and then died for us? WAIT?!?!?! Why would the Son of God die for my sins? I am not even close to being worthy of this AMAZING gift from above!
it amazes me that Jesus Christ died for all of our sins! does that not take your breath away?
IDK where I am going with this, just letting my thoughts flow from my brain down through my arms, and hitting the keys...
if you can't figure this out already I can tell you!
We are NOT worthy, none of us are. not even the richest person IN THIS WORLD. that doesn't matter to God. that is worldly. I read a quote today by Demophilus (no idea)
here it is:

"Your only treasures are those that you carry in your heart"

that is so true. treasures you take care of, you save them. We are Christ Jesus' treausre. I don't know why he has given us mercy, why he loves us UNCONDITIONALLY- defined as this 'Without conditions or limitations; absolute'
No limitations to his love for us?? ok, He died for us. and we still continue to sin. and he loves us even though everyday we betray him, everyday we deny his name. why would God love someone with 'annoying habits' like this??
if you had a friend that denied that they knew you, wouldn't you be upset, mad, and hold a grudge. Jesus Christ hasn't! and he won't!!!
ya, I still get into the Worldly things, a tree, lights. presents.
SNOW! :) Snow is probally the best thing about this time of year! Truly a gift from God! Making Snow Angels, Ice Skating,Snow Balls.
where did the Christmas lights come from. there are MANY different versions. but what I think is that someone wanted to captivate the brightness of the Star that was over the Stable that Jesus was born in, they wanted to capture all that beauty into little lights. reminding us of stars. thats what I think, not saying it's right.
What about Presents? maybe coming from the Three Wise men who brought Jesus Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh.
gifts! everything can be led back to Christ in one way or another!

I don't know if anyone is reading this, or if my blogs make any sense.
PLease comment so I know people are reading my posts, and not just wasting time typing away...
I hope you all have a wonderful and Blessed CHRISTmas this year.
focus on the true reason for the season!
Ciao

Have you ever had that feeling that you are in the way. or that you have friends that YOU like to hang out with but you don't knoq if they want to hang with you... like you are an intruder... so you go off and hang by yourself? I keep getting this feeling, I don't know why... but I hate it. I know I am loved by God. but sometimes I just don't feel like I fit in here... am I the only one feeling this way?
Why do I feel this way? I have thought that it is God's way of keeping me away from any temptations? IDK! I widh I knew.
Maybe I just want to know that I am not "an invader" but why would I feel this when I know it makes no sense, when I know I am loved by my friends and Family, and especially Christ.
I guess I want someone to come up to me and invite me to do something, or say that they enjoy hanging with me... I am not saying all this ot get a pity party, Believe me, that is not the point of my Blog.
the point is, even when we tear ourselves down, even though we have our days where we just want it to end, and just give into what the World wants, and wanting to be like everybody else, thinking there is nothing left. THERE IS! there is Hope, and Joy, and Peace in Knowing that God is always there, we are not the intruders, we don't have to go hang all alone, we have to truly put our lives in his hands, truly trust in him, know that no matter what happens know and trust that it is for the better. Sometimes, we have to suffer, when do we usually call out to God? When life is purely amazing? when everything is going great, we have the grades we wants, our friends are amazing, nothing bad seems to be happening? No, we call out when we need help, when the world seems to be turning upside down, and nothing seems to be going right.
but, alot of us, me included don't always realize that what God is doing in for the better. this isn't God trying to make out lives miserable. have you ever though how mad we would be, and how upset we would all be if God did to us for what we do to him? We act as if we don't know him, I can't imagine what that would feel like. God denying me. can you?
I truly don't know if this is making any sense... please let me know, give me some feed back.
I am sort of leaving it unfinished, I know. but I have spent plenty time on the computer.
please comment, I would love inputs, questions. anything really.
God Bless
Psalm 62:2

Flowers

honestly, I love flowers. not in the girly way when I would love to recieve flowers on Valentines day or something... don't get me wrong that would be very flattering.
But I realize today That I really like flowers. They are Gods creation, everyone thinks a flower is pretty... if you don't stop readin now or else you won't get the message in this Blog.
in a way, flowers relate to people.
even if you don't believe it, you are beautiful/handsome. but we all are different, in some way or another, looks, Strenghts, Gifts from the Lord.
and flowers, there are many differnt kinds, there are big, small, fat stem, thin stem, look at the daisy (my favorite) and then look at the rose... how different could they be...
but, the flowers serve a purpose, (not getting into that here) even though they are all so different, they all have one thing in common... what they do!
like us, we are all different in many ways, but we all have on purpose, and that is to serve our personal, amazing, wonderful, Lord! We should make our priority to Bring God glory in everything we do. not to please people with our worldly actions, possesions, and looks. We shouldn't care about what people think... I know that is hard, but it can be done! I am working on doing the same thing, it isn't easy. But I realize that with every step I take away from the world, I take a step closer to Christ! :) what an amazing reward!!
Flowers.... people, gorgeous creations of Christ (with no mistakes) all different but We serve the Lord for what ever purpose he has in mind for us!

Trust in him! he is the only one that will not let you down!

Guard your heart

I admit... I haven't been reading my Bible nearly as much as I should be!
But, I have been coming across some Bible Verses that keep standing out to me.
One of them is

"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."
Proverbs 4:23

God is telling all of us, not just us females, but everybody to Guard our hearts!
I look around and almost everybody is looking for "Mr/Mrs. Right"
but NOT waiting on Christ. I am not pointing the finger to us all, but to me as well... We all get so wrapped up in Being loved by Others, Humans... and not focusing on what God has planned, and who he has planned for us.
but we also have to realize that Singleness is a GIFT! and time to focus on God and to Serve him, and Worship him with all that you do and say.
the time of Singleness is not a time to "find the right person" or to be the most popular person, with the most friends. it is about getting a better, and closer relationship with Christ! and we shouldn't care about what PEOPLE think of us, we should want to Please Christ, and not please humans... in the end Christ is the one that is our true love!
I also think that People rush into things to quickly. saying "i love you" I realize is a big step! when I say I love you, I am going to mean it!
Love is a word that is always used, for everyday things, like "I love Cheeseburgers" (I don't LOVE cheeseburgers, I REALLY like them) there is a difference!
I could go into many different things.

another Bible verse, talking about the same thing

:And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus"

Philippians 4:6-8

To me this means, that is we trust in God, our hearts will have full "shields" up. We will be focused on him!
I know this isn't easy... but i know all us 'single' people can focus on our relaitonship with God!

well, I hope you all read this with an open heart!
God Bless!

Alrighty then!

first, I apologize I haven't posted in a while! I will use this excuse "Life Happened"

Bear with me please, I don't know what to write recently... the real reason I haven't posted.
So, I guess I will start with What I have been doing lately! Which sadly isn't much. but, that just means more time to Study the amazing lords Word, and his promises.
I am realizing more and more that God is the only one that will keep all his promises. and I keep thinking the Song Lean on, has a part in it that says


"Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on"

This Part always stands out to me, along with many other small things. I know it is talking about a friendship. and how that we can call on our Best Friend. But Shouldn't the one we lean on be Christ? God says that he gives Strength to the Weary! and that is just amazing. all through out the Bible God used people that weren't Kings,or high up on the 'popularity scale' he used everyday people. who had everyday struggles! and he didn't care if they had money, or anything like that! God doesn't want us to get attached to Worldly things!
(this might be all jibberish to ya'll.. but I did say bear with me in the beginning, cause all this makes sense to me!"

it seems that people are just so involved in their own world, that they don't care about their actions. and how much certain actions can hurt so many around them! they just think...."how will this help me"

I have come to know many "Me Monsters"
But I also know a great deal of Amazing people that have a great influence on me, and my family.
one of my favorite songs is called "you find out Who your friends are" By: Tracy Lawrence.
Even if you can't stand country, you can still look up the lyrics at least, OR! Look it up on Youtube! there are many versions I am sure. but, just click on one that has the lyrics in the video, or discription.
it is amazing. I am a big fan of Country. but I understand why some people just don't listen to it!
ANYWAY! back on track.
God is always there, and I am learning a little more everyday to depend on him. even if we think it is a little thing! God does Care! I could go al night about just how amazing God is... I just don't know how to put those thoughts on Paper... or a computer screen!

Have you ever had those days where you just can't focus? no matter what you try... Chemistry for example, these past 2 days I can't seem to focus on it... it was pretty pathetic today. I was having a stare down with MY CHEM. BOOK! ya, you heard me... a stare down with a school book... picture this.... a girl, not the brightest bulb in the box, sitting there with a pencil in hand, he Chemistry book sitting inches away, and she is just staring at it. then looking away for a second, just to Snap her head back, like the book was gonna do something!

it was that moment that I realized, that I probally looked like an air-head. I swear my turtle, fish and cat were looking at me and laughing! I had to laugh myself!

Everntually I opened it, and got some done... ya, some. not all.... I would do one section.... lose my focus and so I went and cleaned something, this process repeats itself until I finish all but one section! YA! ONE!
ok... well, i will finish this later. Mom says it's time for bed...

God Bless!!
1 Cor. 7:32

Pictures!

Day 5 ^

and the day I had the idea for my Blog Title "Ducks and Devotions"

(they are on my Bible, just in case ya'll can't tell! :D )

I will post more later!

Roses

They say girls/women are like roses....

why? well, I started thinking about it more and more when I stumbled upon a picture I had taken a while back. A pink rose. the picture itself wasn't the best, but the rose was gorgeous!

that is one way women are like roses, you may not capture the best photo of the world, but the person in that photo is gorgeous in her own way. even if she doesn't see it, everyone else knows it.

another way. women (most) like attention, they need "water" they love that feeling of being loved. by a family member, a best friend or maybe someone she is courting whatever it may be. she needs TLC, tender loving care. time spent with the family. a good chat with her best friend wherever that may be. or maybe that special person. a hand written letter/note, always makes a gal feel special.

what happens when a rose gets picked and no water is available, or there is a little water, for a while, but then no one realizes that the rose needs water... that rose will wilt, there is no doubt about it.

same with a girl... she begins to fade. no confidence, a hermit.

this may all be jibberish... IDK! just something that I was thinking about. there is so much more to it, but I am exhausted!

God Bless!!!!

God's Grace

Ok, sorry I haven't posted in a while. I was on a camping trip. here is what happened on the way Home from Lake Tahoe. (this is an article in the Newspaper. I replaced names with the CAPS, I don't feel comfortable publishing any names on the Internet.)


"Penn Valley resident DADDY said he's been to war in Afghanistan, but never seen anything so scary as watching his two daughters get in a car crash.

The FAMILY were driving westbound on Highway 20 Saturday around 2 p.m., making their way home from a family camping trip. The parents drove the lead car, and the daughters followed behind in a second car.

Reno resident Mr. UNKNOWN, 19, was driving a 1998 Chevy Suburban when he pulled to the shoulder, letting the parents pass. He then pulled back into the road, trying to make a U-turn just west of Nevada Street, said California Highway Patrol Sgt. Dee Lavrador.

SISTER, broadsided the Suburban as it turned in front of her. Her BLANK-year-old sister, ME, was in the passenger seat beside her and was airlifted to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with pain to the stomach.

SISTER was taken to Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and released. Her sister BLANK was treated and released from Sutter; she had bumps and bruises but no internal injuries.

Neither UNKNOWN nor his four adult passengers were injured, although UNKNOWN “was shook up and felt terrible,” DADDY said.

While the car was totaled, DADDY said his family was doing “reasonably well” after the accident. He heaped praise on rescuers, who were “beyond gracious” to his family and helped calm down the worried parents."

Day 40

40 days... wow! and they are huge!!!
well, not much to report on the ducks... again! :) sorry! but, they are doing great. they don't look much bigger than yesterday!
I am still wondering... what do we do with them when they are "all grown up"??
I should stick to the saying "we'll cross that bridge when we get there" it helps... we always worry about the future WAY to much! why don't we just put it into God's hands?? it's easy saying that, but to really do that. it SOUNDS easy, but we (people) want to control everything! even though we know that we can't!!!


Kitten:

he ran around my room for about 30 minutes, which came to a quick hault when he decided to get on the bottom shelf of my book shelf in my room and go to the bathroom.
:( UGH! I thought he was doing so great too!!! oh well.. he is still a kitten. I picked him up, put him in the litter box and then into his carrier. he wasn't to happy with me about that one! but... oh well!

alrighty, this HAS to be short. I need to find a place to sleep.... my bed is covered with clothes I am taking with me.... now.... where to put those clothes, I have NO CLUE... or.... the question is Where to put me! :)

please pray for my dad, he was sick all last night and most of the day. and also, please pray that the rest of my family and I don't get it! not cool.
OH! one more prayer request: please pray that everyone will have safe travels. PLEASE and a safe trip, all around. and that they have fun!

God Bless!

Day 39

ok! so today was interesting!

Awesome church service though!! talking about treating people right. I can't do it justice!

Ducks: they survived the first night in their new coop! :) they seem to be loving it! YAY! it got pretty hot today so I kinda sprinkled them with water while filling their "bowl" thing!
then they were fine! I can't wait til they have a gender!!! (or til I can tell what gender they are!)

not much to report. I still need to post pictures, I am gonna try to do that tomorrow.
I will be offline for about a week! so I will not be posting anything, starting.... tuesday!

Kitten:

ran around the bathroom all day! he will hopefully have a vet appointment soon, just a follow up, see how he is doing. which I am sure he is fine! very active, he has a little kitty belly!! :)
almost done with the oral medication. I should write down what he is taking.... ask the vet about it.
alrighty... well. Kitty is now sleeping, after a long hard day of playing!

Good Night ya'll!
God Bless!!!

Day 38

Awesome day! pretty hot though. thank goodness for good friends and a river! :)

ok, have to cut this short.

Ducks: they are in their new duck coop! they absoloutly love it out there! I am a bit nervous about the first night out there. but... I pray they will be fine!
they are getting bigger and bigger and I am growing more anxious to find out if they are make or female.... they are 45 days old.

One thing I know about the ducks... they are either REALLY stupid, or brave. we were letting all our dogs sniff them, through the coop. and through the chicken wire the ducks pecked the dog's snout! it was pretty funny!!! the dog's looked at them with their heads cocked to the side! :)

Kitten: Still has no name! :) but hopefully he will have a name soon!
he is all hyper right now. I went to go lock him up in his little kitty carrier for the night and I set him in there and when I pulled my hand out he grabbed it and wouldn't let go. and then I put him back, and this time he ran out before I had time to pull my hand out. and ran into my room again!
pretty dang cute!

alrighty!
Good night. I hope ya'll are having a wonderful weekend!
God Bless!

Day 37

today was pretty good!
I got up, around 8:00 a.m and realized that hiccups are annoying!
long story short... i cleaned up the house for the potluck.
and did some algebra.... YUCK! but, oh well it will defiently help with Chemistry.
the ducks.... they are doing great! I took them out of the bathtub because I was tired of the stench! :P and tore up a paper bag and put the shavings that were left over.
and again I don't have much to say.
but Kitten is doing great, more playful everyday. still unnamed, so for now, Baby Boy is what everyone seems to be calling him!
B.B. is REALLY fast, I found that out the hard way, I was getting a towel for the bathroom that he is in, and I leave the door cracked, and when I opened it fully he ran in between my legs, into my room and tried going out my sliding door, soon finding out that the screen on said door was closed! and it wasn't going anywhere! so he shook his head and looked at me like "ok... ready to go back!"


alrighty... I am gonna go.
I should go to bed I am going to "my little sisters" birthday party!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
(I won't say you name, but you know who you are!) You are such an amazing young lady!!!!!!

God Bless!

Day 36

Well.... not much to report, I was gone all day!
what an amazing day though! my mom and I went up to Lake Tahoe and watched some Shakespeare and then after that we went down to the lake with our amazing friends!
but, I am TIRED! so I think I am gonna go to bed.
-probally my shortest entry yet! :P I will try not to make a habbit of that!

God Bless!!

Day 35

Well, I am a bit late posting for day 35... but here it is!

ok, so you gotta love Summer, you go to bed REALLY late, or early the next day and then you get to sleep into the afternoon! :)
the ducks are now outta shavings. :P UGH! hate that! we need to go buy more, but I doubt the Feed Store is open this early in the morning. so they spent the night in the bathtub! but, not in the water! so, the tub will need a REALLY good scrub down today!
Dad and I are working on the Duck coop, it literally looks like a giant Bird house. my dad is amazing! if you could see all the things he has built, WOW!
not much happened with the ducks yesterday,
because B.C. (Barnabas Charlie, temporary name. Charlie because of the video "Charlie Bit Me)
Back on track, B.C. had a Vet appointment. his tail does need amputated, his ears are looking much better. but, the vet said that he might, big might have ring worm! :P so we have some medicine for that. he lost a couple claws on his back paws, the vet said they were dying so they were bound to come out. and then his front paw is looking good. it will still take a while to heal totally, but it's healing nicely! so thats good news!
Poor guy, he has to have ear drops, oral medicine, "lotion" and then blue stuff that help his wounds heal!
he could use some more prayer!
and I will try to post about today as well... but later tonight seeing as it's only 6am

God Bless!!

Day 34

ok, so I need to post more!!!
I hope ya'll are having an amazing Summer!! mine has been pretty amazing!
let's see.... 4th of July!!! such a great day, We spent the day with amazing friends, playing games, and laughing until we fall out of chairs! ;)
then I got to go down to Monterey CA. and spent a week with my Amazing friend Aurora, and her amazing family!!! Such great people! if you don't know them, you are missing out! :)

well... the ducks... are HUGE! when I left they barely had any feathers, or brown! well, all that changed! they now have brown and white feathers, it's like they can't decide what color they are going to be, I still have alot more research to do!
I keep going to look something up, and then forget what it was I was going to look up! I hate it, I need to write all them down!
anywho! the ducks are now 41 days old! dang!!! I have only had them 34 days!
if ya think of a question for me to look up I would love to look it up and then post about it! I am defiently curious! I think it's time to go to the library! :) gotta love it!

ok, update on kitten,
he is doing great, running around the bathroom, and occasionally in our back room. he loves the toilet paper roll... and the thing inside the roll... what is that called anyways?!?!? you know, the cardboard roll, beats me! :)
anyways, he took ALL the toilet paper off of the cardboard and was sitting in the middle of the mound of white when I walked in, and he gave me that look, you know the one where "nobody did it" or it was "that other guy, he was here a minute ago"
so, naturally I snapped a picture! haha!
ok, well.. here is something you don't hear everyday, as I think I told you, the cats tail was broken... well, now it is broken off!!! :P BLAK!
I picked him up and realized I had a spot of blood on my arm so I thought I hurt myself... again. but then another was on my shirt, it was like a horror film (in my head anyways!) and I look down and his tail, about 2 inches had fallen off! ya, OFF! and I was kinda surprised, I was wondering where the other piece was, and among many other thoughts that video clip "blood" popped into my head the little boy is saying "not funny!" and that was in my head! (ya... I know... kinda wrong!)
so mom and I look around the floor and see this little piece of tail! again BLAH!!!!!
then there was the process of wrapping this tiny tail in gauze and put some anti-pain, infection cream on it, and now he is asleep in the bathroom, with this little wrapped tail! poor guy!!!

anywho... now the ducks are technically 42 days old...

there is so much more to say... but I am exhausted!!!
God Bless!!
Good Morning!

"Good Mornin' to you
Good Mornin', Good Mornin'
It's great to stay Up late
Good Mornin', good mornin' to you!"
-Sinigng in the rain!

Day 23

Today started out at 8:00. not the best time to start your summer Fridays... but oh well!
first, at 9:00 a.m. dad and I headed out to the ranch. giving our horse 100 pills!!
such an annoyin' process! gotta grind the pills, mix with molasses! BLAK! it smells horrid! but, Boomer is worth it!

then, from 10-12:30 I cleaned my neighbors house.
ok... then from 12:30 my parents and I did yard work. we have to big gardens, that ever since we moved in have been, well.. ugly, and just a plain pain to take care of!
we finally got it all spiffied up! I will take pictures sometime! and post them!

Ducks:
they had their first 'swim' today! they still don't have all their feathers yet, so they can still drown. but I think since Mother ducks take their ducks in ponds for a small swim, I should let them try it. (mother ducks time their ducklings, so they won't drown)
so I only filled the tub with a little water, enough to get their bellies, but not enough to drown them! they loved it!
I could see God's amazing design, they immedietly tried swimming, but failing because of how shallow the water was! then when I took them out, I swear they looked at me like how I looked at my mom when we were at the pool and she said "let's go" and I always wanted One more time on the slide that I thought was os scary at the time! :)
but I towel dried them! they are no longer 'real' ducks! they are pampered! hehe!

well. I need to go to bed!
Night!
God Bless!

Day 22

Today started off, slow....

we have small group on Thursday nights, so we have to get the house clean! but anywho!

while I clean house, I ususally turn on music (only when people are gone!) and dance! and sing... which honestly I am Horrible at, but I love singing and dancing, especially when it is just me, God, and some Christian music. it always makes me happy!

but, today seemed different, I broke a glass vase, I kept hitting my head (not because of the bad dancing.. or singing) but just random PAINFUL things would happen, and then sad songs would come on, and it was that kind of day where I couldn't listen to the radio, sad songs kept coming on, romantic songs... which they never make me sad... but today they were REALLY sad! I am such a girl... hehe!

Ducks:
well, after bible study. I got to bring the ducks down, and they are still hesitant about the stairs, after the tumble they took because they got WAY to excited! haha!
but they were so calm, of they got freaked out they would waddle towards me, but then they would toughen up and go baxk out into the crowd of amazing people! they are like family now!
but then I grabbed one of the ducks to see if they were ok on their backs, and he was laying in my lap, on his back, just relaxed! it was awesome! and pretty cute. and then the other one was laying on my upper lap... and when I put my hands over the one on his back, my hands were cupped over him, and the other one climbed up on my hand! it looked like a reflection! it was sweet! they are so hot! it is insane!


Kitten:

doing awesome! (gotta cut this short, it is 11:30!)
he is playing... we are pretty sure he has an infection in his ear! :(
then his paws.. all of them are burned.. trying to heal, but one looks like he stepped on a hot rock or something, because there is.. like a hole, a dent in his pad. and the dent is the part that is burnt! it's really sad!!! then I changed his bandage today, I think we need to take him to see a vet tomorrow, I think it's too late for stitched but idk what to do about the torn paw, it is still sorta kinda bleeding! :(
but thankfully he is recovering!

night! I am EXHAUSTED!!!!! must of been all that dancing!!!
isn't God SO amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

God Bless!!!!



DUCKS: (keep getting off subject! :) )

Day 21

another day comes to an end... like a book it does not always have a happy ending. it can be sad, a cliff hanger for what happens next, or maybe, it could be a happy ending! "when the prince rescues the princess from her tower"
that song "someday my prince will come... why? IDK! why I bring it up? I thought I had a point, and at some time I did, but now, just a cliff hanger! maybe you can finish my blog for me! :)

Random thought:

you know how we all have certain things that bug us.. like the chewing of ice, or the sound of a nail filer.... or maybe even a happy person. we ALL have them.
maybe one of those days where the next crunch of ice you wanna just hit the bottom of the glass next time they go to get the ice, and make the glass hit their face. as funny as that may be! :)
do you think Jesus had one of those "pet peeves" when he was on earth... and he couldn't "smack the glass"
again, IDK where this is going!! hehe! this is how my brain works! I start thinking of something, and then when I have a really cool point, my brain switches gears.. so I have all these "cliff Hangers!" in my head!
ANYWHO! my train keeps de-railing... DUCKS! how are the ducks!
(you probally think I am crazy right about now!)


Ducks:
they are great! in little areas they are turning black... so IDK what will happen with that! maybe they will be black... maybe they will be white... maybe they will be both!
that would be awesome! I was thinking about naming one "Duck Duck" (everytime my sister comes home she says "come here duck duck!" and maybe the other one... "Goose" IDK... just a thought!


Kitty:

Doing GREAT! I am so excited about that! :)
he was sitting on my lap, and I would blow on his face when he would look at me. and he wouls give me that "concentrated" look. (like when a cat is about to pounce) and then he would pounce @ my face!
it was really funny. and he would grab the collar of my shirt when he would pounce, but he would miss occasionally! and would fall and then do it again! hehe...

I need to go to bed... long day of cleaning tomorrow!!
God Bless!!!!!!!

Day 20

wow.. 20 days already! they are so big!
I am needing to build a cage soon! they are almost to big to fit through the cage door. and like I said, about to hit their heads!!!
I tried putting them in a small shallow tub of water. they didn't like that to much! they freaked and jumped out of the container! hehe! it was prety funny to watch! then the looked at me like I had betrayed our trust! hehe! I never knew this, but ducks do have facial expressions! some pretty good ones to! :)

Kitten:

Juevel Vox! (J.V.) hehe! might end up being his name! pretty... strange! but different!
he is doing great! he was playing more today. I should buy him some toys! because right now he is just playing with his towel.. tail, and little carrier! haha! and then fingers!! which someday will end up being painful!
he still has tons of goop in his eyes! :( still not sure how to fix that.
his paw pads are still really sensitive! we think he burned them on the pavement. cause the day dad found him, it was about 90 degrees I think!

I will post more later!!
God Bless!

Day 19

I just got back from the beach. what a gorgeous day! VERY HOT! about 99 degrees... but the water felt great. The one thing I hate about first getting into the water, is when you are gettign your belly button wet for the first time! It just feels sooooo cold. and :P BLAK!

this blog is gonna be very short, I think!

Ducks:
they defiently need a new cage!!! one is about to start hitting it's head on the top. so my dad and I are hopefully gonna build one this week. a big priority on my "To-Do" list!
they are getting more feathers! not as soft anymore! which is very sad!!! :'( I like the way they use to feel! everyday they seem to be getting more and more skittish! they use to come right up to me... but now they walk around first, and when I go to hold one they run away. I should try and spend even mroe time with them! so hard to do lately!

ok... Kitten:

he is doing GREAT! he got to come in my room today, he sat on my lap while I did my homework! (WHOOO!!!! MATH DURING SUMMER BREAK!!!!!!) *note the sarcasm!!!!
hehe!

but he is walking around, eating. not sure how to put it... but just the little things that matter most.
one thing worries me though. his paw is still bleeding! not sure what to do. i say take him to the Vet and see what they say. I know he is to young for shots or whatever. but we need to do something with that paw of his!

alrighty! well, Goo' Night!

God Bless!

Day 18

Ok! so not much with the duck today... I wa basically gone all day! one thing for sure.. they sure are smelly! :P I changed the duck cage... lets see Thursday, and WHEW! by today I was about to die when I got home! hehe!
But I did find out that ducks don't like Pink! hehe! I can understand, I don't either. but I needed a new sheet to cover them with, and I found an old pink one. well, with the old one I could just cover them and they could care less. with the pink they would start running around, freaking out and quacking every other second, just absoloutly going nuts!!!!
thought that was pretty interesting!

Kitten:

He is doing great! I sat outside with him for about 45 minutes while my family and I were talking. and I was also eating a popsicle, and when I put the wrapper (white plastic) he went nuts! he was playing with it, what he would do was, he would tap it, and then run away, and do the same thing over and over again! it was hysterical!!!

Sadly... Kitty peed on me today, but when I put him in his cat box he went potty again. which is nice! hopefully he will start going in there to go potty!

well. I should log out now.. lots to get done tomorrow!!!
did I mention I hate doing math during the Summer?!?!

Day 17

Today the ducks are even more white than before! how this can happen.. IDK! hehe!
just the way God made them, I guess in the wild they have to adapt quickly so they can swim and fly and get away from predators!

Ok! where was I.... ducks! As always! :) they are very LOUD! they are getting... well... I don't know what else to call it... but they are getting their adult chirp. their quack! HA! got it! they are getting the deeper quack! which is kinda funny because they will have the deep then the squeaky chirp again! like they are going through puberty! which makes me want to do more research... do they call it puberty for ducks, or what?!?! hehe!

Kitten:
He is doing Great!! he is meowing and purring. walking around and he is even playing with us now! he is eating by himself, still drinking a little bit of the mother's milk substitute! We think he has been away from mam'ma to long, when we pick him up by the scruff of the neck he doesn't do the typical kitten, curling up. he just looks at us like "hey, ya... down here... don't like this! let go!" or something along those lines.
he won't take the bottle anymore, he tries chewing on it instead of trying to suckle on it.... really sad if you think about it!
so glad he is doing this well... the only thing I am worried about... is his eyes, they are constantly getting closed by all the goop! so about every time I check on him I have to clean it out, but hopefully that will go away.... soon!!!!
and his paw... which I mentioned in a previous post, I think! it is defiently gonna take a while to heal! Poor baby!

Ciao
God Bless!!!

Day 16

Today wasn’t that productive with the ducks.

I let them out… only for them to dart around my room chasing one another. even more white than the day before. but, they are getting their feathers!!!! Yay! finally… their wings are almost covered with feathers… they are mostly bald right now.

as for the kitten. We think he is 3 weeks old… at the least. his eyer are still blue… BRIGHT blue… he is barely walking and when he does he is very wobbly! and I don’t blame the poor guy. he is pretty dinged up! he has a band-aid on a paw… the other paw has a piece of skin hanging off of his paw pad.

gtg for now!

God Bless!

Day 15

Today was pretty nice! the ducks are even more white today! and bigger! I swear!!! hehe! they DO grow alot in a day! it is insane! their wings are still bald, but the tail feathers are defiently there! trying to take over but not quite there!

well, my dad brought home a kitten today, only a couple weeks old! poor thing, looks like he was thrown out of a moving car, or fell out or something! because he has a toe that is basically gone, hanging on by ‘a thread’ and then the pad on one of his back paws is almost gone, and he is just tiny, and dehydrated and literally skin and bones (with the fur of course!) He really needs prayer. my dad says he will be surprised if he makes it through the night. which is really sad.

things like this keep happening, an animal gets hurt and I learn to take care of them, and I am just wondering if God wants me to be a Vet… it was my dream as a little girl, like most little girls though! so I use to think it was nothing important… just a dream almost every girl has at some point in her life. but now, my horse, a kitten. when I was younger a baby bird that had fallen out if it’s nest… 2 other kittens that had a disease that should of killed them, I had to bottle feed them. ya’ll probally don’t want to read this… if anyone is reading my blog at all…

Good Night!

God Bless!!!

Day 14

Today was pretty nice! first I went to the beach and got to hang out with some friends of mine! it is a gorgeous day, even if it is Hot out!! the sun is shining, I have a smile on my face, God provided the perfect amount of sunshine and shade, the water felt great!!!

The ducks are chirping even more, I forgot to cover them last night, so the day started @ 6:35 on the dot! every single time I forget to cover them! oh well, more time to enjoy God’s creations!

I found out what kind of ducks I got! (I think, and hope) they are called Pekin ducks. I did some research on them to see what they look like as ducklings, and what they should look like in the future. well, they match the duckling picture. and then if they turn out to look like the other pictures, I have some gorgeous ducks in my room! hehe! I took them “for a walk” around the house, I want to carry either feed, or maybe duck treats, if they have duckling treats!

they still don’t like going down the stairs… and they aren’t fully sure about going ALL the way up. they get to the 10th step of the 14 stairs, and they stop. I assume to catch their breath or what not! but then they don’t want to get up and go up the next 4 steps! they are loosing their down feathers and getting little feathers. this sounds weird. but did you know that you can look through a ducks nostri and see the other side of the room. it was really cool! I found that out cause I was looking @ pictures of them on the internet and I had to look @ their beaks, so I’m not THAT nuts!! hehe!

ciao for now!

God Bless!!!

( I hope to post pictures soon)

Day 13

just another day in “the duck world” they are even more white today then yesterday. they are pecking @ everything still. and right now they are running around in my room, one chasing the other on a little circles!

Pretty cute actually! everyday their beaks are getting longer and wider! the one still has a HUGE fascination with buttons on my shirts! but I am curious… can you train ducks… you know, go potty in their cage, don’t peck the mamma… hehe! and all the manners! or the key board, because some how that must be fun!!

Ciao! and God Bless!

Day 12

Well, I woke up this morning… and that saying “things won’t dramatically change overnight” well…. for ducks that is false!!! i woke up and they were almost completely white! they have white splotches all over them! it is kinda funny looking. I won’t be able to tell if they are Female of Male until they are 2 months… and who knows… that might happen overnight, or might not, I could wake up and “BOOM” they have a tail feather pointing down (meaning they are male)

I took them for a walk, down the stairs, out the door, onto the front porch and then back inside up the stairs (which took almost as long as getting them to go down the stairs!) then back to the cage…. I think they are worn out!!! YAY! which hopefully means less chirping! doubtfull… but I’m hopefull, I need sleep tonight!

Good night!!! God bless!

Day 11

Can’t believe I haven’t posted in a while! I went out of town!

Happy Fathers Day to all those dads out there!!!! you are such an influence to all of us!!!!

the ducks are HUGE! well.. compared to the size they were when I first got them! not sure what to do when they get big… give them away… build an outside cage that a mountain lion can’t get into… hehe! that would REALLY suck!!!!!!

this has to be short.. I have to unpack and all that ‘good’ stuff!

I will try to post again tomorrow!!

God Bless!!

Day 7

today was pretty hectic! I was glad to come home and hear the Very cheerful chirp coming from “the kids” my ducks! they always seem happy, not troubled, I think I already wrote that in a previous post, but if you think about it, us humans are some what lazy when we have a bad day, or when something bad happens, no matter if it is something like stubbing a toe, or finding out you are losing your house…. they seem to get us down, sure I understand the losing the house and BIG troublesome things like that. but, we need to Trust in God, that he will provide, he promised he would! so why do the little things get us down. the answer is… we are humans, that is the way God made us! we can’t be perfect, and if you think you are…. newsflash, your not, nobody is! I guess my weird way of getting to my point, is that we should be more like ducks! always “smiling” they are in a new place, they were happy with all their friends in the store, but I took them, away from what they are use to… but they don’t care, they sniffed around, took caution about almost every little thing, but then they just get use to it!!!!

well, back to the ducks! right?!?! haha! it is called “ducks and Devotions”

I was doing my devotions today and my Bible is the one where it has a devotion to do everyday, Monday-Sunday. and today was “building a nest” for our young ones, and the Bible verse was

Psalm 84:3

look it up. but the author of this particular devotion was talking about how she read this and how she thought of 3 points. here they are

1. a nest is a place of security, rest and provision

2. It is a place to lay my children on God’s altar daily

3. it will take a sacrifice of time to seek knowledge and wisdom for my young.

just wanted to share that! I really liked it. well Good night. tomorrow is another day of VBS! God Bless!!

Day 6

I was able to take the ducks outside today. only on our front porch with my VERY close supervision! they were very very skittish and curious at the same time. they were use to the carpet in my room, so they were slipping all over my deck! it was so cute. then after words I walked part way up my steps and put them down and tried letting them climb the steps. they aren’t quite there yet. but they are getting there really fast! I had to give them a little boost. but it was really funny, cause when they climbed up by them selves they would both laid down on the step(mountain) they had just overcome they would lay down and take a rest and catch their breath, and then they would overcome the next step!

alright! Good night for now!

Day 5

not much to say today. except when I got home from VBS, and the ranch I volunteer at, I walked in my room and the Ducks seemed to be so much bigger than when I left them!!! it’s amazing!! they are becoming either VERY brave, or just very stupid. I open the cage doors, and they went up right in front of my Labrador dog, (a bird dog.) ya.. I think they are nuts! hehe! and then, after that, they went and pecked at my cats tail.. CAT!! you know… the animal that meows, eats birds! they must not realize they are birds… or they think they are invincible! perry stupid right?!?! but then when the cat meows, get this! they came running to me, like I had to save them from this “Gynormous” thing they swats at the “innoncent” fluffy creatures pecking at it’s tail! hehe!

Good night. I have another big day ahead of me tomorrow!

God Bless!

Day 4

the ducks are now 11 days old. and keep growing more and more everyday.

they still have their egg tooth and their fuzz! one is getting a little darker each day and I think the other is getting lighter! might have a white & black duck on my future! and possible more chicks! UGH OH! mom and I are thinking we got a female and Male!

not a good thing… I don’t think! hehe! but I think it would be an amazing experience to watch the chicks develop from the day they were born to well… old age unless we sell them of course! God is giving me so many oppertunities lately! it is so amazing! first.. sorta a bad thing but my horse gets hurt, but i learn how to take care of him. then I get ducks! and then other random things!

My pastor hit the nail on the head today. (totally off subject!) but I wanted to share it! he said that we are all EGR’s! even if we all think that we can’t bug someone that much! (EGR= Extra Grace Required) meaning they annoy you and you want to get out of having a conversation with them. but we should be nice to them because we are an EGR. so we should try to understand Our egr’s better, so we know what other people may be thinking about us!

I will try to post more later. but for now I should go to bed, don’t want to… but I start working at VBS in the morning! Wish me luck!

Day 3

today started out at 7:30. I figured if i want to sleep in at least a little on the weekend… I should cover them with a sheet/blanket/Towel. or anything that you don’t mind getting nibbled at, pecked, or possibly used as their toilet! hehe!

I want to teach them some things… maybe train them so they go in the cage to go to the bathroom… or when I say go to bed they go in… or when I name them… which who knows when that will be I can call them and they will come waddling… like a dog. probally sounds silly. but it’s worth a try… right?

off to the ranch! it’s 9:00 a.m so I better start working!

Hope ya’ll are having a great and blessed day!

Day 2

today began at 6:00 a.m

I realized this morning when the sun comes up, so do ducks! so I did my devotions with them on my lap. they were pecking at my Bible almost the entire time, looked like they were trying to read it. and turn the pages.

now I am sitting down stairs listening to the wind blowing through my open windows, and my ducks chirping. still not sure what to name them… or how to tell if they are male or female. they still surprise me with how loud ducklings can be. who would of guessed that ducks chirp through their nostrils.

God Bless!

Day 1

the first day was interesting. I got all the supplies i needed… I hope. food,food dish, water dish, shavings and a cage, and of course the ducks.

got home and got them all situated.

as I watched them wandering around in their cage, running back and forth from the water to the food. I just stared at them, they were so amazing. Gods creation. little yellow fluff balls.

Later last night my family and I had a Bible study. great message we are reading the book of acts. I love it. it can be somewhat confusing at times, with the wording. but while in the study I could heard the duck start chirping, like they were talking back and forth. it made me smile everytime. and when Bible study was over I brought them down and everyone saw them and they all smiled. it was the typical “awwww” moment. everyone in the room was smiling like all their cares were gone!