>13-14 days old
19 Apr 2011 1 Comment
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They are still growing and strong. 7-8 more days and they will be totally weened. Not sure of their age they are either born on the night of the 5th or the early morning of the 6th.
It is getting much easier to feed them as some can drink from the water bottle which is full of 50/50 water and unflavored pedialite. They are also still being feed 50/50 water and evaporated milk. We are calling them all “little chubbers” ( this is said in an endearing way ) as they are all so round now. When they sit it looks like a little fuzzy round ball not an animal they are so round. Which is pretty cute I have to say. Some have asked what we are feeding them so that is why I am posting this. As I have already mentioned some above, but they also are eating small seeds and grains ( from normal hamster food we have removed all the large items) that we have added some rolled oats to and wheat germ, and wheat bran, and powdered milk and cooked egg yokes mashed with powdered milk on them. Every now and again a frozen split pea to give added moister and it is just fun to watch them try and hoard the frozen item from each other as they all want them and of course do not want to share.
>The fun of being mom
16 Apr 2011 1 Comment
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You know when you tell a child they can have pet you always know in the back of your mind it somehow is your pet too even if you didn’t want it. The children all made promises to take care of their hamsters and they have done a great job. The mother hamster died and we truly do not know why something to do with the birth is all we can figure. The babies are so small it is too great a responsibility for my girls to take care of and be at school all day , also because they are scared they will hurt them. So the job has fallen to me I remember vaguely doing this as a kid with my cousins hamsters and I hand-fed many a baby bird growing up (my mother use to raise birds to sell so it happened often I would have to feed some from the incubators). But you know I just had not planned on this and the lack of sleep. At the same time they are cute and have done nothing wrong. Yesterday we figured that they truly had not had a good meal in a few days from mom as they were so so weak, sleepy, skinny and starving. This morning after around the clock feedings they are active running and eat not near as much at one setting as they did yesterday, I would guess their little tummies are staying full.
My girls made a little pink coffin for the hamster and buried her in the yard yesterday and carved (scratched) into a little stone the name Midnight and said good bye to their hamster. Children are so sweet and tender hearted I feel bad that they have to go through this but at the same time it is part of the life cycle birth and death. They learn so much in a matter of hours having pets. I know most of my readers of this blog probably wonder why I am talking about the kids pets well. This has been such a growing experience for them to learn where babies come from in detail trust me they understand it all, we have had in depth discussions as to exactly how babies arrive from start to finish, to why parents die when their children still need them and how to help those who can not help themselves. It touched me and I wanted to share. Plus hamsters are cute at this age you won’t get me to say that when they are grown and cranky but for now they are cute. Three of the hamsters love this pumpkin to sleep in their mama did for a little while too so it probably smells like her. Every thing else in the cage is new and clean so they will not get sick. But she wasn’t in the pumpkin when she was sick so figured it was ok.
>Spring Break
15 Apr 2011 2 Comments
>I have been busy with my family with spring break the last little bit. Many things have happened from sick kids rupturing ear drums to the kids hamster having baby hamsters oh too many baby hamsters to say the least that poor little mama hamster sleep walks she is so tired from them all.
Update: 9:45 pm
Well she (the mom) was so ill from giving birth she passed away today. I am now hand feeding 7 pups that are 10 days old. They have to get to 21 to 24 days old before they are not hand fed any more wish us luck as these belong to the daughter who ruptured her ear and guess whose job it is to take care of them yep mine. I am now the mama of 7 hamsters. Wish me luck and sleep as they have to be fed every hour. This is going to be harder than having a new born baby it is 7 newborns who eat more often.
To me and the girls plus 1 friend going to the Carl block art exhibit at the MOA at BYU. For those who have seen it wow it is amazing such detail and such beauty. For those who have not I am sorry to say it is almost over and I think all the time slots are filled you have missed a wonderful spiritual event.
To the kids and husband seeing The “Real Salt Lake City Soccer Team“in competition.
Saw my book at a major chain craft store (hobby lobby) a first for that for me.
>Hands….
02 Sep 2010 2 Comments
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Definition of hands
hands hands n.
1. a person’s power or discretionary action; as, my fate is in your hands. Syn: custody.[WordNet 1.5]
2. The force of workers available; as, all hands on deck. Syn: work force, manpower, men. [WordNet 1.5]
A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever tobe hoped for. –Locke. ; — From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hands
n 1: (with `in’) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; “my fate is in your hands”; “too much power in the president’s hands”; “your guests are now in my custody”; “the mother was awarded custody of the children” [syn: custody]
2: the force of workers available [syn: work force, manpower, men] — From WordNet (r) 2.0
41 Moby Thesaurus words for “hands”:
administration, authority, claws, clutches, command, control, disposition, domination, dominion, empery, empire, fighting force, firepower, forces, governance, government, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, helm, hold, iron hand, jurisdiction, mastership, mastery,men, personnel, power, raj, regnancy, reign, reins of government, rule, sovereignty, sway, talons, the big battalions, troops, units,work force — From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Now that you have read all this you are probably wondering why I have looked up the meaning for hands. For me the word means in general the plural of hand which equals hand made or made by hand. Well as of late I have had some issues with doing the hand made it has been coming on for about 1 1/2 to 2 years. But when the season started to go cold the last little bit it went crazy so I went to the doctor and my concerns have been confirmed Osteoarthritis. Not sure what this means will happen in the future and I am working on strengthening my muscles and such in the hopes of staying this back a little but we will see how that goes. I know lots of people have this but that doesn’t make it any easier mentally or physically for me. I was told this was an old woman’s disease that woman don’t usually get it till after 55. Well I am not even 40 and I have it. There are very specific reasons for this in my life to many to go into in detail in short past sports injuries, Von Willenbrands Disease and some modern medicine induced medical reasons that have happened in the last year that I prefer not to go into detail on. All of which contributed to this. I plan on doing handwork till I return to my maker I hope I get the chance too.
>Battle Creek Falls
21 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
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I am a leader in my church for the 8 year old girls. We had a field trip today. Two adults 5 eight year olds and 5 teenagers/pre-teens. I think fun was had by all here are a few photos of the day.
Afterward we (me and my kids) went to quilt fair but sadly no quilt show this year so I didn’t take many pictures in fact only one of a piece of a very old quilt but I liked the pattern a lot and want to make it someday.
Also this was the sign on the gas pump on my way up the canyon to the waterfall. I know I have a lot of typing errors and grammar issues on my blog and as such this just made me laugh and I had to get a snap shot of it. As my family says if mom can find the mistake in the spelling and grammar it must be bad.
My day in a nut shell.
>The Wendy Tapes
13 Mar 2010 3 Comments
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- This isn’t a new release just something I thought I would share about me.
- Music by my good friend David Houston
- Photos by another good friend Christopher Michael Paul
- and yes that is my face on the cover
I was in my late teens when the photos were taken and in my early twenties when this album was written.
This is a taste of some of the sound on (v2.4 second release2004) sound on (first release1994) where to buy. There are two versions of this Cd as it was re-released remixed a few years after the first release with a new song added. There is some video footage if you follow the links back then click home. It isn’t of this music just other music he has done very nice all the same.
>Help for Becca my Sister-in-law
13 Mar 2010 1 Comment
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>I know I already posted about this once but I still want to help her more if I can with the help of my readers.
She is still looking for people who want to help her get a good grade in in photography class at the university. If you like something she has done please leave comments on the photos and constructive criticism is always good helps an artist to see their work in a different light.
I want to help her as much as I can not only because she is my sister-in-law but I really like her images and she is an all around nice person with a great eye.
If you would like to help her too follow this link to her blog and click on her “follower” link in the upper right hand corner of her blog.
In this post all the photos and images have been created by Becca. She let me borrow some so you can see a sample of her work.
Thanks in advance for any help you give her.
>Help for Sister-in-law
01 Mar 2010 1 Comment
>A letter from My sister- in-law Becca:
Also, for those of you who don’t know,
have a great day!
“I have artists pages on facebook and a old and new blog the new blog is the one I need followers to.
>Olympics and Family
12 Jan 2010 1 Comment
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My father is a big collector of Olympic memorabilia. For his birthday this year he got to be an Olympic torch bearer how cool is that . Happy Birthday I know the day was great.
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