We all got the Swine Flu shot

Me and the kids all got Swine Flu shots this morning. We havn't had any bad side effects yet and haven't grown any tails. I think we are ok. I was pretty nervous getting the shot because of all the crazy stuff I was hearing but I figured that I would rather get the shot than get the flu with pneumonia later. I was becoming an agoraphobic and I was affraid to leave the house and catch the flu. Hopefully we don't have any thing crazy happen later! Tara got her shot before us and she is still alive too. :)

Oliver is finally singing.

I have been teaching Oliver how to sing. He doesn't have one of those beautiful parrot voices. He sounds more like an old man who smoked a little too much but he has been trying.

He has actually started to dance with me and try to sing along. It has taken over 3 years to get him to finally start opening up.

We have been working on some new words too. He won't say them yet in front of me but I did catch him practicing his new words while I was in a different room. I wonder when he will think he is good enough to say them in front of me...

Foster ferrets found a home!

I finally found my two foster ferrets a good home. I miss them though. :(
My kids got a little attached too.
We are adjusting to life again without them and are able to focus more on our sugar gliders.

Pretty has stopped biting

After carrying her around with me almost all day long. Pretty has finally stopped trying to kill me. Isn't she CUTE!!!

My new vampire bats!!!

The whole family playing in the shower curtain.


Hanging out in the shower curtain.


Up close and personal pic. LOL

These are way cool. They actually aren't Vampire Bats but that is what we have nicknamed them since they have bitten hard enough to draw blood. These are actually my new COOL pets they are Sugar Gliders. They are so AWESOME!!! The only problem with them is that they don't feel too comfortable with us yet so they have been a bit "nippy".
I have the a mother who is 5 years old and her two baby girls, who are 2 years old.
Their names are Pretty, Cutie, and Butterfly. I am not sure what one the mother is. I can't even tell them apart. I painted the front nails on one of them, the back nails on the other, and no nails on the last one.
My older son is scared to death of them and has been having nightmares of them ever since one jumped out of the cage and into his shirt. We couldn't get it out of his shirt because it was growling at us and trying to attack. About two hours later we coaxed it back into it's cage by at meal worm treat. Now my son is traumatized and doesn't want to go near them. LOL

Gracie's new "patio home"

I finally got my husband to make a house for Gracie. We are still trying to figure out what to do with her over the winter but at least now she has some cover from the rain and snow.

If she has another goose or someone to cuddle up to it wouldn't be such a big deal but she is all alone and I am afraid she will freeze to death. I think I am going to try to find another goose for her to cuddle up next to or try to find someone that already has geese so she could cuddle up with theirs.

I still have another option: I am trying to figure out a way to keep her warm in the garage or something. I am not sure how it can be done but I am thinking...

Her "patio home" is still not completely finished yet. I am going to put in laminate flooring or something so her poo isn't absorbed into the wood. I am also going to put some type of waterproof roof on it too.

If you have any suggestions on what I should do I would really appreciate it!

Rescued ferrets

I haven't had much time to play around with my knitting machines lately, thanks to homeschooling. I have taken on a few other things, like rescuing ferrets. I actually rescued 2 ferrets and right now.

They are brother and sister and are about a year and a half old. They are very cute and nice. They play with the dogs and follow everyone around the house. The lady that I got them from had them stuck out in her backyard. She had a very nice custom made cage but it was OUTSIDE. The poor things were shaking, wet, and cold when I saw them. I asked her if she knew that they were freezing and she said they were shaking because they were happy even though they were soaking wet with rain and about 40 degrees outside. I ended up buying them because I just couldn't leave them with that "Utard". They were a little underweight and seemed to not be feeling too well -- I wonder why?

I have nursed them back to health and now they are looking very healthy and are very playful!

Now I am on a mission to find them a good home.