Kaylin is on Spring Break this week so she was home with me today. Logan had his Kindergarten physical at 10:30am and desperately needed a haircut so I kept him home as well. When I checked in at the doctor's office, they unexpectedly handed me a cup. I had NO IDEA he was gonna need to give a urine sample. Wow. I expected things to get ugly fast.
Logan was happily playing in the play area when I broke the news. He looked at me like I was completely out of my mind. I told him I was serious. "Yeah, but... NO!!! That's disgusting!!!!" We walked slowly to the bathroom. He did the deed and peed in the cup, but he looked at me the whole time like I was playing a terrible joke. The rest of the physical went well other than he still has fluid in both ears and is back on 10 days of antibiotics. This doctor was convinced that with his age and the fact winter is over, he will NOT end up needing tubes. Yippee, I hope! He has a recheck in 6 weeks (rolling eyes.)
We had another Google moment in WalMart this morning. Kaylin saw an in-store hanging advertisement and wanted to know why pin cushions are shaped like tomatoes? One of the explanations involved an old superstition about placing a ripe tomato on your mantel the first time you entered a new house for luck and prosperity. During the seasons ripe tomatoes were unavailable, a cloth tomato was substituted and then used as a pin cushion. There ya go! Free information you never knew you wanted to know.
Ugh. Six screaming kids just ran in the front door. Spring Break... Sigh.
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Birds 2013
- 201. Field sparrow
- 200. Palm warbler
- 199. American bittern
- 198. Semipalmated sandpiper
- 197. Bank swallow
- 196. Common tern
- 195. Caspian tern
- 194. Bobolink
- 193. Virginia waterthrush
- 192. Whooping crane
- 191. Yellow-throated vireo
- 190. Swamp sparrow
- 189. Olive-sided flycatcher
- 188. Blue grosbeak
- 187. Common nighthawk
- 186. Acadian flycatcher
- 185. Brown pelican
- 184. Black-bellied whistling duck
- 183. Purple gallinule
- 182. Least bittern
- 181. Common moorhen
- 180. Anhinga
- 179. Boat-tailed grackle
- 178. Reddish egret
- 177. Tricolored heron
- 176. Least tern
- 175. Cattle egret
- 174. Chimney swift
- 173. Monk parakeet
- 172. Yellow-crowned night heron
- 171. Scissor-tailed flycatcher
- 170. White ibis
- 169. Red-cockaded woodpecker
- 168. Fish crow
- 167. Black-crowned night heron
- 166. Snowy egret
- 165. Mississippi kite
- 164. Black vulture
- 163. Bell's vireo
- 162. Loggerhead shrike
- 161. Cliff swallow
- 160. Prothonotary warbler
- 159. Yellow-breasted chat
- 158. Laughing gull
- 157. Carolina chickadee
- 156. Mottled duck
- 155. Forster's tern
- 154. Dickcissel
- 153. Great crested flycatcher
- 152. Yellow-headed blackbird
- 151. Orchard oriole
- 150. Cedar waxwing
- 149. Little blue heron
- 148. Green heron
- 147. Black and white warbler
- 146. Solitary sandpiper
- 145. Yellow warbler
- 144. Common yellowthroat
- 143. Ovenbird
- 142. Indigo bunting
- 141. Carolina wren
- 140. Chestnut-sided warbler
- 139. Ruby-throated hummingbird
- 138. Gray catbird
- 137. Tennessee warbler
- 136. Golden-winged warbler
- 135. Scarlet tanager
- 134. Nashville warbler
- 133. Blue-gray gnatcatcher
- 132. American redstart
- 131. Veery
- 130. Northern waterthrush
- 129. Kentucky warbler
- 128. Lesser yellowlegs
- 127. Ruby-crowned kinglet
- 126. Brown thrasher
- 125. Spotted sandpiper
- 124. Great egret
- 123. Eastern wood pewee
- 122. Purple martin
- 121.Baltimore oriole
- 120. Orange-crowned warbler
- 119. Yellow-bellied flycatchr
- 118. Blackburnian warbler
- 117. Rose-breasted grosbeak
- 116.House wren
- 115. Red-breasted nuthatch
- 114. Northern rough-winged swallow
- 113. Wilson's phalarope
- 112. Long-billed dowitcher
- 111. Greater yellowlegs
- 110. Black-necked stilt
- 109. Peregrine falcon
- 108. Eastern kingbird
- 107. Palm warbler
- 106. Vesper sparrow
- 105. Barn Swallow
- 104. White-crowned sparrow
- 103. Swainson's thrush
- 102. Hermit thrush
- 101. Golden-crowned kinglet
- 100. Yellow-bellied sapsucker
- 99. Eastern towhee
- 98. Yellow-rumped warbler
- 97. Brown creeper
- 96. Fox sparrow
- 95. Rough-legged hawk
- 94. Double-crested cormorant
- 93. Rusty blackbird
- 92. Tree swallow
- 91. Osprey
- 90. Chipping sparrow
- 89. White-winged scoter
- 88. Brown-headed cowbird
- 87. Common raven
- 86. Golden eagle
- 85. Red-shouldered hawk
- 84. Brewer's blackbird
- 83. Common loon
- 82. Sandhill crane
- 81. Horned grebe
- 80. Blue-winged teal
- 79. Red-breasted merganser
- 78. Eastern phoebe
- 77. Red-headed woodpecker
- 76. Eastern meadowlark
- 75. Wood duck
- 74. Greater scaup
- 73. American white pelican
- 72. Killdeer
- 71. American black duck
- 70. Song sparrow
- 69. Northern shoveler
- 68. American wigeon
- 67. Redhead
- 66. Lesser scaup
- 65. Ring-neck duck
- 64. Northern mockingbird
- 63. Horned lark
- 62. Common grackle
- 61. Pied-billed grebe
- 60. Ross goose
- 59. Eurasian tree sparrow
- 58. Ruddy duck
- 57. Eurasian collared dove
- 56. Pintail
- 55. Bufflehead
- 54. Trumpeter swan
- 53. Gadwall
- 52. Belted kingfisher
- 51. Ring-necked pheasant
- 50. Snow bunting
- 49. White-throated sparrow
- 48. Turkey vulture
- 47. Great blue heron
- 46. Common goldeneye
- 45. Sharp-shinned hawk
- 44. Eastern screech owl
- 43. Rough-legged hawk
- 42. Pileated woodpecker
- 41. Hairy woodpecker
- 40. House finch
- 39. Northern flicker
- 38. Herring gull
- 37. Cackling goose
- 36. Great horned owl
- 35. Red-winged blackbird
- 34. Barred owl
- 33. Wild turkey
- 32. Cooper's hawk
- 31. Greater white-fronted goose
- 30. American robin
- 29. Mourning dove
- 28. Blue jay
- 27. Tundra swan
- 26. Hooded merganser
- 25. Canada goose
- 24. Snow goose
- 23. Canvasback
- 22. American coot
- 21. Common merganser
- 20. Northern harrier
- 19. Mallard
- 18. Mute swan
- 17. American tree sparrow
- 16. Bald eagle
- 15. Ring-billed gull
- 14. Rock dove
- 13. Crow
- 12. Red-tailed hawk
- 11. American kestrel
- 10. House sparrow
- 9. Northern cardinal
- 8. Downy woodpecker
- 7. White-breasted nuthatch
- 6. Red-bellied woodpecker
- 5. Tufted titmouse
- 4. European starling
- 3. American goldfinch
- 2. Dark-eyed junco
- 1. Black-capped chickadee
About Me
- ZuDuSu
- Hi, I'm Susy, wife to Gene, mom to Kaylin and Logan. I love working fulltime as a zookeeper and am slowly coming to terms with the fact I will never be able to perfectly balance home, work, school, activities and obligations. Instead I will laugh a lot and enjoy the ride!
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Suzy, I love your blog! I've included a link to it on mine.
Gun safety, in case someone taunts the tigers out of their enclosure?
Hair: coloring your hair at home isn't that bad, but if you can find someone good to do it for you it's worth it. And if you tell them you have a limited amount of time, you can be in and out in less than an hour. I get my hair cut and colored every six weeks: first she bleaches my hair and while it's setting she cuts Arthur's hair! Then she shampoos me and cuts my hair. (I've been bringing Arthur there since he was an infant and everyone knows him and doesn't mind him running around.) So ask around and find a good colorist :-)
Funerals: I remember my uncle making me laugh at my grandma's funeral when I was 12. My aunt (his wife) was not pleased.
Personal training: If you ever have any random questions about working out, you can email me. I'm teaching an exercise class for new moms right now, so I'm all certified and stuff :-)
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