"Too chicken or not too chicken?" that is the question. Or rather, the raging debate around our house these days.
I'm too chicken. Devin's not. Too chicken for what you ask? Well, that'd be... wait for it... chickens.
Reasons I think I can't do chickens? A) I'd kill them. B) They're scary. C) Chickens? Who does that?
Devin's reasons he thinks we should do chickens? A) Eggs B) Fertilizer C) Pest and weed control.
Okay, I'll admit that his reasons sound practical. BUT, geez, I'm scared, and I'm convinced that I'd kill them whilst he is working. Then he said something about a guinea fowl, and I completely tuned out and now I'm just plain scared that by purchasing him a subscription to Urban Farm, and just telling him about it ('cause we haven't gotten any issues in the mail yet), I've contributed to him going nuts and thinking that we have fifteen acres in the midwest somewhere, when in reality we live in suburbia in the Sonoran Desert.
So we were debating the merits of having chickens and fowl and whatnot yesterday when he said this, and I quote, verbatim (and realize that "and I quote, verbatim" is redundant, but felt that I needed to emphasize that he actually said this) "Chickens will not ruin your urban fantasy." To which I replied, "Chickens will ruin anyone's urban fantasy." And I was speaking both figuratively and literally, I mean, when's the last time you read an urban fantasy in which there were chickens? Point and case.
Anyway, since we're on the subject of urban fantasies, I contributed to mine this week by chroming my garage sale wire mesh chair for outside of my front door. My inspiration? Well, it was *giant breath suck-in-age* Grey's Anatomy.
And I was totally boneheaded and didn't take a before picture. I don't know why I am so dumb, but sufficeth to say, I am. Let me describe it for you. The legs were rusty. Everywhere there was metal exposed was rusted. The yellowing white enamel was ugly and peeling up everywhere. This chair was marked three bucks at a garage sale. Tawnya spotted it. I'm so glad she saw the potential in it. I totally didn't at first. So I snatched it up.
So I asked the lady if she'd take a dollar, and she said "buck fifty." Total steal. And the can of chrome paint cost me $5.54 with tax. So, the cost of this fantastic chair? $7.04. So exciting. It's eerily similar to this $954 chair at Smart Furniture. (not that I'd ever pay that) I'm totally happy! And the pillow was made by Tawnya (bless her) with the super cheap fabric I bought a few weeks ago when I was out with her. So anyway, here are the after pictures:
Now let's switch gears and talk about our not-so-urban-fantasy backyard. We are up to fourteen trees back there. Yeah, you heard me, fourteen. Since the last post about trees, we've added a mandarin of the Tango variety and two dwarf Bonanza peach trees. Devin can't help himself. But the fantastic news is that the almond, the fig, and the peach that weren't budding out (and were feared dead) have started to bud out because of Devin's awesome (and also top-secret) coaxing methods. That, and it started getting awfully warm 'round here.
Though it may be warm around here, Devin is experiencing crazy-arse weather in Wyoming. Yesterday, it was 60° and last night, it snowed six inches. He sent me this picture this morning:
That's all for now. Hope your week is fantastic!
What We're Reading: Devin is still on that forever-long audiobook.
I'm reading... well, I don't really know. I'm in between books, and having a hard time focusing on them, so I guess the answer is... nothing. *gasp* I know.
Website of the Week: MyPetChicken.com They have a tool to help you determine what chicken breed is right for you. There's also an iPhone app that does the same thing and it's called Pickin' Chicken, but they haven't made it for Android, so it's useless to me. If we get chickens, we'll probably end up with Easter Eggers.
I'm too chicken. Devin's not. Too chicken for what you ask? Well, that'd be... wait for it... chickens.
Reasons I think I can't do chickens? A) I'd kill them. B) They're scary. C) Chickens? Who does that?
Devin's reasons he thinks we should do chickens? A) Eggs B) Fertilizer C) Pest and weed control.
Okay, I'll admit that his reasons sound practical. BUT, geez, I'm scared, and I'm convinced that I'd kill them whilst he is working. Then he said something about a guinea fowl, and I completely tuned out and now I'm just plain scared that by purchasing him a subscription to Urban Farm, and just telling him about it ('cause we haven't gotten any issues in the mail yet), I've contributed to him going nuts and thinking that we have fifteen acres in the midwest somewhere, when in reality we live in suburbia in the Sonoran Desert.
So we were debating the merits of having chickens and fowl and whatnot yesterday when he said this, and I quote, verbatim (and realize that "and I quote, verbatim" is redundant, but felt that I needed to emphasize that he actually said this) "Chickens will not ruin your urban fantasy." To which I replied, "Chickens will ruin anyone's urban fantasy." And I was speaking both figuratively and literally, I mean, when's the last time you read an urban fantasy in which there were chickens? Point and case.
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| I actually snipped this out of a streaming episode of Grey's. It's from Christina and Owen's apartment. |
And I was totally boneheaded and didn't take a before picture. I don't know why I am so dumb, but sufficeth to say, I am. Let me describe it for you. The legs were rusty. Everywhere there was metal exposed was rusted. The yellowing white enamel was ugly and peeling up everywhere. This chair was marked three bucks at a garage sale. Tawnya spotted it. I'm so glad she saw the potential in it. I totally didn't at first. So I snatched it up.
So I asked the lady if she'd take a dollar, and she said "buck fifty." Total steal. And the can of chrome paint cost me $5.54 with tax. So, the cost of this fantastic chair? $7.04. So exciting. It's eerily similar to this $954 chair at Smart Furniture. (not that I'd ever pay that) I'm totally happy! And the pillow was made by Tawnya (bless her) with the super cheap fabric I bought a few weeks ago when I was out with her. So anyway, here are the after pictures:
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| Six inches of snow on April 2nd. Luh. Ame. |
What We're Reading: Devin is still on that forever-long audiobook.
I'm reading... well, I don't really know. I'm in between books, and having a hard time focusing on them, so I guess the answer is... nothing. *gasp* I know.
Website of the Week: MyPetChicken.com They have a tool to help you determine what chicken breed is right for you. There's also an iPhone app that does the same thing and it's called Pickin' Chicken, but they haven't made it for Android, so it's useless to me. If we get chickens, we'll probably end up with Easter Eggers.
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