Fun Filled Friday, Chicken Style!!

Today is Friday, do you know what that means?  It's time for another super edition of Fun Filled Friday! 

                                                                                                                                                                              As you may or may not know, about a month ago I got some baby chickens.  I would like to introduce to the world Daffodil, Daisy and Petunia.  Why didn't anyone tell me that chickens grow so fast? 

A few short weeks ago, these cute little babies fit in the palm of my hand. Let me just take a moment to weep a few tears at how quickly my babies have grown up.  *Sob sniff sniff cry snot*...OK, Im done now. 

This is Petunia, she is different than the other 2 chickens.  I am not aware of chicken varieties, but I think she is a Cornish Hen.  A miniature chicken if you will.  Today while I was taking a shower, Petunia decided to break out of the aquarium I have been keeping the little sweeties in while they grow.  Petunia landed on the toilet seat...and then she pooped in the toilet.  Yes that IS chicken poop in my toilet.  Has anyone else ever had a potty trained chicken?  If so, I would love to hear about it. 

My dad has spent the better part of three days working on this Chicken Coop.  I have been helping him with it and I even got a few injuries today.  Injuries on fun filled friday, how silly.  I managed to smash not one, but two of my fingers while nailing the roof on this place  This is not just a regular old chicken coop either, it is the Hilton of chicken coops.  I think the girls will be very happy in here.  They spent a few hours inside this afternoon and enjoyed it thoroughly.  The coop should be completely finished tomorrow and ready for move in day.  I believe we will have a small party for the chickens complete with refreshments like crickets and cracked corn.  I might even make some cupcakes for the humans!  Come to the party!  It will be fun. 

That is all I have for this week's edition of Fun Filled Friday!  It was a whole day of chicken coop building but it will definitely pay off when my little cuties start laying those yummy eggs. 

Stay tuned for more infomation!

~Mary

FUN FILLED FRIDAY!!! Party Edition

Happy Friday Friends!  This week is the Party Edition of Fun Filled Friday!!!

This week we are partying like rock stars at the Ultimate Blog Party 2010 sponsored by http://www.5minutesformom.com/!!  Make sure you stop by and add your blog to the list so that you can get lots of partygoers to visit you.  This is sure to be a fun filled week of blogginess.

This Weeks Recap
This was the very first week of Mary's Country Life and I think I will call it a success.  The blog had over 150 views in the first week!  A big thanks goes out to each and every one of you who stopped by to give me some words of encouragement and read my crazy musings into this country life.

This week we made some fantastic food including:
Yummy Yummy Sticky Buns for breakfast on Easter Sunday, Sizzlin Salsa sure to please those spicy taste buds and Easy Fiesta Potatoes, the perfect quick and easy side dish to go with any meal.

I spent some time talking about my first ever herb garden, and wrote a very silly letter to my poor neglected kitchen.  This week was all about getting to know the blog and figuring out how things work.  I am super excited to see what the weekend holds and how next week's blogging will go.  It is sure to be full of fun, especially with the Ultimate Blog Party 2010 going on!

My Fun Filled Friday
This evening my parents came out and we had a nice little bonfire here on my property. 

My dad tending the fire.

We had a lot of fun sitting around talking and playing with the silly cats.  My cats do the funniest things sometimes, like walking down the runway for a big cat fashion show.

The cats sure are silly, but I love them to pieces! 

This weekend my husband is coming home from another long week on the road (did I mention he is a trucker?), and we are going to the swap meet here in my town.  The swap meet is a HUGE flea market and is held in the fairgrounds each spring and fall.  I plan on buying some hens that lay eggs, I had a chicken when I was a little girl and I loved it.  If anyone has any good chicken raising tips please do let me know. 

That is all there is to report on this Fun Filled Friday!  Please enjoy your weekend and dont forget to laugh and have fun!  Laughter really does make the world a better place.

~Mary

Fun Filled Friday is coming to Mary's Country Life!!

I have seen a lot of blogs that dedicate each day of the week to a theme.  I am a busy working woman and am not always able to blog every day.  But I did want to try to dedicate at least one day a week to something, so I came up with FUN FILLED FRIDAY. This will be a place where we can share all things fun for the week.  It will be a kind of summary of what I blogged about for the week and what is coming up for the weekend.  We could all use a little more fun in our lives so lets feel free to let loose, put on our silly glasses and funny hats and fill our day with  FUN!!!