2010-Mar.20 Making Rounds or "Crazy 8s"

WOW! What a major rain that blew threw this morning! We sat on our porch (coffee in hand,of course), blankets, and binoculars. All the little creatures that were out - the cardinals, other small birds, ducks on our lake, and a white crane trying to eat the small fish. Reading the paper, Johnny cut out a coupon for Dairy Treet and I was up and getting dressed in a flash. YUM! I love those Dairy Treet hanburgers. We picked Joseph up from his friends where he spent the night after baseball practice, went straight to Dairy Treet, ate thos yummy burgers, got a few Thank you Gifts for the donors and put them together with a card, and off we went to those companies. We did a figure eight in town driving in crazy eight fashion here, and then there. Back & forth. Dairy Treet, $ General, then to Best Buy (at the Mall), then to Chick-Fil-A, then back by the mall to Petsmart (for Kiwi Bird), then Walgreens, and to NorthSide Ranch, Pet & Garden Center, and the oops back up Main Street to Golden Crescent, driving home, then oops, got to go to the Auto Parts store over on Navarro and then back to Lowe's. Wow! I'm dizzy. Dropping Joseph back to his friends house and HOME. I think a nap is in order! Don't YOU agree?

THANK YOU TO THESE DONORS TO JOSEPH'S

4-H CHICKEN PROJECT

CHICK-FIL-A
(Joseph also received a CFA t-shirt,and when he wears it to CFA, he will get a free fresh squeezed Lemonade-yum!yum!)

NORTHSIDE RANCH,PET & GARDEN CENTER

GOLDEN CRESCENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

2010-Mar.15 Add-On's to the Auction for Chickens

IN ADDITION TO THE BUYER AT THE AUCTION MARCH 1st :

LEITA FARMS

WHAT A SURPRISE when we went to the PO Box today

WOW! Joseph received 3 more checks from the following Companies :
(in alphabetical order)

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES:

1) Chick-Fil-A
2) Golden Crescent Construction Company
3) Northside Ranch Pet & Garden Center

Golden Crescent Construction

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR GREAT GENEROSITY

TO JOSEPH AND HIS 4-H CHICKEN PROJECT

2010-Mar.01 AUCTION DAY

Well, Auction Day is here! We are all excited too!
Joseph is dressed and ready to show his chickens.
It's 4 p.m. now. We are at the Community Center Dome.
But first, we wait and wait and wait some more.
We get the papers with the . . . . . .
"Disposition of Animals Sold at auction"
There are 13 pages and we are on . . . . . .
page 1 and Joseph is # 212. And did I mention it's about 4 p.m.

Okay, it has started now 5 p.m.
It's now 5:35 p.m. and we are on # 14 - 1/2 down the page.
Page 2 - # 42 6:15 p.m.
Page 7 -almost at the bottom # 150 - 8:10 p.m. and 3 pages to go.
WooHoo! page 9 8:50 p.m. # 191 - we are getting closer and
Johnny has gone to the back with Joseph to get ready. (I just hope
that chicken is still breathing...)
OMG! 9:15 p.m. and they announce
# 212 Joseph Richardson with his 13th place broiler. OMG!
I can't stand it. . . hurry up people, start hollering those $$$.

Yeah! Joseph got $ 600, then 650, then 700, anybody for 750.

Rats!! no other takers. But we will take it.

SOLD to Leita Farms for $ 700. THANK YOU !!! THANK YOU!!

That will go in a savings account for Joseph - for college. - RIght !?!? Joseph!!
We're done. We stuck around for about 20 more. Johnny went to
get the information that we need to get in touch with our buyers.
But not tonight!!
It's 10:00 p.m. and we are headed home.

CONGRATULATIONS to you, JOSEPH !!

Now, go home, go to bed and start thinking about next years animals.

You know what's Next Don't You!?! Fried chicken. . . .

watch for the next post.....we're gonna do this ourselves-FUN!!!