Why Racing Bees?

Well, I had to come up with something fast and that popped into my head. A friend's been bugging me to blog and I had to create an account to make comments on his so now I have a blog page.

A word of warning, I type dylexically and don't always catch it. I usually get all the right letters in a word just not in the right order and my spacing is frequently off.

If I do get this blog going it won't be a daily thing and it will mostly be about trying to get two projects up and running. The first is ducks and chickens for eggs. I have the coop built and hope to populate it in March. I have the order form ready to email to the hatchery on the last Friday in November cuz that's the earliest I can order chicks for March delivery. Hopefully by July of next year we'll be getting eggs.

The second project is Bees! I want bees. Probably one hive to start then two. So far the bee project has been mostly research and joining a couple bee keeping groups. It's not a cheap hobby to get into and I still have $3,000 in vet bills to pay off. :-( There's still plenty I can do and learn. I can get the critter proofed apiary set up with old fencing wire and build a couple hive tables out of scrap wood. If the husband has to work tomorrow I might just get started on that.

I'm going to the Bee keepers conference in November. The first real vacation I've had in well over a year. My dad said, "Vacation is two days camping at the beach in November with people who spend most of their free time sticky?" Hey, to me it's glorious freedom!

The racing part of Racing Bees is my love of Greyhound dogs. I have two right now and have in the past dedicated most of my life to rescuing ex-racers. More than a thousand dogs went from kennels through my house to adoptive homes. At this point in my life I am not involved in any of the organizations. I don't have the time fostering dogs requires. The 3 grand in vet bills comes form one of my dogs shattering a leg. After 6+ months, 4 surgeries, 2 trips to the ER and nearly dieing she has 4 solid legs again, hurrah! My VISA balance should be paid off by the end of 2008!

For not wanting to blog I wrote a lot. Blame it on the chocolate chip cookies I had for dinner.