[Tanktimus the Encourager]

I'm so sorry you had such a rough time.

[Rinna]

7 hours ago, spezzy said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The mess is the worst part, yes. 

 

 

Okay so I decided to make a video  

 

This is their temporary enclosure (the 32" of snow has me scrambling here a bit), I'm hoping to get them taking day trips outside in the next few days and then have them in a bigger place by the weekend. The cardboard is to try to help with the mess but it is not really working because chickens are DIRTY.  I love them but am ready to have my office back 😂 

 

 

 

I had to cut it in the middle because the blue one pooped on me. 

 

 

Have you looked into Hemp bedding for chickens? I’ve heard it’s super absorbent,  minimal dust, etc.  And lasts a long time.

[shaar]

Oh jeez, that sounds like a stressful and exhausting experience for sure. 😞 I’m glad you got through it and are home safe and sound now!!

[darkfoxx]

Following for general awesomeness 

[RES]

32 inches of snow??

 

 

12 hours ago, spezzy said:

I've got some additional resources I didn't have before and have kind of figured some stuff out in the process that's helpful so there's at least that.

 

Very glad to hear this 👍🏻

[spezzy]

On 3/22/2023 at 12:12 PM, Snarkyfishguts said:

Blue pooper! Omg they would NOT be yoga friendly 😂 but what a delight to see them and hear the chirping. I hope the snow sotuation simmers the heck down so the chickens can go outside for you. 💜🐔

 

On 3/22/2023 at 12:24 PM, Chris-Tien Jinn said:

Chickens are cool, but definitely an outdoor animal.  

 

On 3/22/2023 at 4:37 PM, MaeradCase said:

Good call 😆

Fingers crossed! 😃

😅 sounds right

The audacity! 😰

 

 

 

9 hours ago, RES said:

32 inches of snow??

 

 

 

 

 

Thankfully it all melted enough so some of the yard is opening up and I was able to get everyone out for a bit! It was too cold to keep them out for too long, but they seemed to really enjoy it:

 

 

 

[spezzy]

22 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

I'm so sorry you had such a rough time.

 

 

22 hours ago, shaar said:

Oh jeez, that sounds like a stressful and exhausting experience for sure. 😞 I’m glad you got through it and are home safe and sound now!!

 

 

12 hours ago, darkfoxx said:

Following for general awesomeness 

 

 

22 hours ago, Rinna said:

Have you looked into Hemp bedding for chickens? I’ve heard it’s super absorbent,  minimal dust, etc.  And lasts a long time.

Great idea! I haven't ever tried it, I'm always too cheap, and they seem to really like rolling around in the pine shavings. I figure with the food and hay anyway, they're gonna just be dusty like crazy until I can get them out. 🤷‍♀️ 

 

 

[spezzy]

W0/D4

 

 

 

Terrain Mastery/Woodland Stride:

Morning Walk ✅ 

Spent 30 minutes cutting some dead branches around where fence will go while waiting for gym to warm up ✅ 

 

Spellstrike: 

Realized gym didn't warm up because out of propane. Did bench presses anyway. 

 

Spellbooks: P

8:45 Nightly✅ 

 

Arcane Pool: 

Nightly Yoga, after spellbooks ❌

 

With everything else going on, haven't done this, but have started to figure out a spot. 

[TimovieMan]

18 hours ago, spezzy said:

W0/D4

Read that as WD/40 somehow. Was confused, did a double take. 🤣

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Well done benching in the cold.

[KB Girl]

You’re posting here and benching and stuff after that emotional roller coaster, that’s impressive  

 

[spezzy]

W0D7

 

Busy busy weekend, but got lots done and feeling great.

 

Exercise wise, weekends are for projects, so didn’t do a workout itself outside of walks, but did clear the space where my chicken coop is going to go, which was covered in fallen branches and that took a lot of work:

 

<

 

outside of that, I slept in both days and felt refreshed, and:

-ordered flooring for the entire house

-split the chickens up into 2 enclosures and cleaned them

-cleaned the office (DEEP CLEAN because chimkins are gross)

-set up my new under desk treadmill

 

 

-cleaned a ton of the house

-did a layer of drywall mud in the bathroom so Rurik could install the vanity today (which he did and it looks amazing)

-put on a new shower head with a hose to wash Felix with that makes life so much better

-worked a bit

-figured out a kitchen layout and picked out cabinets/counters (need to go in store to order still),

-folded and put away laundry

-brushed Felix (full brush, he gets 15 min/day regardless)

-prepped schedule for this week and set our clothes to start tomorrow a success

 

so what does that mean for actual goals this last week?

 

Terrain Mastery/Woodland Stride:

Morning Walk ✅ ✅✅✅✅✅✅

Worked on outside stuff I think 6 days and only missed the day I was in the hospital so a big success ✅✅✅✅✅✅

 

Spellstrike: 

Hit 2x last week for gym workouts, so that is a success! Goal is 3x this week. ✅✅

 

Spellbooks: P

8:45 Nightly✅ ✅✅✅✅✅✅

 

Arcane Pool: this starts this week

Nightly Yoga, after spellbooks ❌❌❌❌❌❌❌

 

[Rurik Harrgath]

12 hours ago, spezzy said:

Exercise wise, weekends are for projects, so didn’t do a workout itself outside of walks, but did clear the space where my chicken coop is going to go, which was covered in fallen branches and that took a lot of work:

 

Well, as we know, the entire sport of strongman is basically the farm life dialed up to 11

 

 

12 hours ago, spezzy said:

-did a layer of drywall mud in the bathroom so Rurik could install the vanity today (which he did and it looks amazing)

-put on a new shower head with a hose to wash Felix with that makes life so much better

 

Our bathroom is basically an at-home spa treatment now

 

[MaeradCase]

On 3/26/2023 at 10:28 PM, spezzy said:

W0D7

 

Busy busy weekend, but got lots done and feeling great.

 

Exercise wise, weekends are for projects, so didn’t do a workout itself outside of walks, but did clear the space where my chicken coop is going to go, which was covered in fallen branches and that took a lot of work:

 

<

 

outside of that, I slept in both days and felt refreshed, and:

-ordered flooring for the entire house

-split the chickens up into 2 enclosures and cleaned them

-cleaned the office (DEEP CLEAN because chimkins are gross)

-set up my new under desk treadmill

 

 

-cleaned a ton of the house

-did a layer of drywall mud in the bathroom so Rurik could install the vanity today (which he did and it looks amazing)

-put on a new shower head with a hose to wash Felix with that makes life so much better

-worked a bit

-figured out a kitchen layout and picked out cabinets/counters (need to go in store to order still),

-folded and put away laundry

-brushed Felix (full brush, he gets 15 min/day regardless)

-prepped schedule for this week and set our clothes to start tomorrow a success

 

so what does that mean for actual goals this last week?

 

Terrain Mastery/Woodland Stride:

Morning Walk ✅ ✅✅✅✅✅✅

Worked on outside stuff I think 6 days and only missed the day I was in the hospital so a big success ✅✅✅✅✅✅

 

Spellstrike: 

Hit 2x last week for gym workouts, so that is a success! Goal is 3x this week. ✅✅

 

Spellbooks: P

8:45 Nightly✅ ✅✅✅✅✅✅

 

Arcane Pool: this starts this week

Nightly Yoga, after spellbooks ❌❌❌❌❌❌❌

 

You put in a lot of hard work! Great job, Spezzy! 😃

[KB Girl]

That's an incredible amount of work

How did this week go after all that?

[spezzy]

W2D1

 

"I'm going to update my challenge every day" --> spezzy's famous last words.

 

We've had a tough week, didn't feel well the first half of the week but made it through and feeling super optimistic and we started this week off with a win:

The electrician finally came and upgraded our electrical panel/service so we now have enough electricity to flush the toilet without the lights flickering.

 

 

And we got updated pictures of our newest goodest boy:

 

So it's already been a great week. 

 

 

Terrain Mastery/Woodland Stride:

Morning Walk ✅ ✅✅✅✅✅✅

Outside stuff - I did do a lot this week, but landing in the second half of the week, the first half I didn't feel well and it was rainy. Thursday/Fri/Sat/Sun were all back up to normal activity levels though. 

✅✅✅✅

 

Spellstrike: 

I made the decision to not work out Saturday after hauling a big ass tree out of the river and through the wetlands in my waders and pushing so hard that by the end, I was falling over because my quads didn't work anymore (they are fine, just felt like a really difficult sled pull, but I obviously worked at a very high intensity there) + a bunch of other outside activity. Sunday I just wanted to be outside in the sun with my time, so that's where I was. 

 

Spellbooks: P

8:45 Nightly✅ ✅✅✅✅✅✅

 

Arcane Pool: 

Nightly Yoga, after spellbooks ❌❌❌❌❌❌❌

 

Struggling to make this happen, but  last week we got the chickens out of my office and I pulled the yoga mat from the gym in the garage and put it in the office, so now I just have to deep clean my office and I can use that space, so I'll work on that today. 

 

 

 

 

Row 1000m/day every day in April: 

✅✅

 

As you can see, there's a new goal. Now you're probably going "oh, silly spezzy, new goals are for people who are currently doing their first goals". 

 

And this is true. However, this was a special challenge that @Knightwatch came to me with and it sounded like fun so why not. 1km a day for every day in April

 

 

For this upcoming week, we have a bigger chainsaw and an auger coming Wednesday and then I have Fri-Mon off work so am planning on doing a ton of work outside over the weekend. The next few days will be prep for that and get everything ready for the fence/electric fence and the chicken coop build, so my plan for my breaks this week are just finalizing plans, making sure I have everything I need. Did a ton of research last week when I wasn't feeling great, so now just need to compile it into action steps.

 

That's it for now really! 

 

 

[spezzy]

On 3/27/2023 at 11:39 AM, Rurik Harrgath said:

 

Well, as we know, the entire sport of strongman is basically the farm life dialed up to 11

 

Our bathroom is basically an at-home spa treatment now

 

 

I can't tell you how much I love and appreciate having a functioningsink in the bathroom ❤️ 

 

On 3/28/2023 at 12:45 PM, MaeradCase said:

You put in a lot of hard work! Great job, Spezzy! 😃

 

On 4/2/2023 at 4:32 PM, KB Girl said:

That's an incredible amount of work

How did this week go after all that?

 

Thank you!!!

 

I was under the weather the first half of the week but I don't think from the activity at least! 

[MaeradCase]

23 minutes ago, spezzy said:

 

Spellstrike: 

I made the decision to not work out Saturday after hauling a big ass tree out of the river and through the wetlands in my waders and pushing so hard that by the end, I was falling over because my quads didn't work anymore (they are fine, just felt like a really difficult sled pull, but I obviously worked at a very high intensity there) + a bunch of other outside activity. Sunday I just wanted to be outside in the sun with my time, so that's where I was. 

That sounds like the hard work that feels satisfying and exhausting at the same time. 😅 Good work! I'm so happy you didn't get a long-term hurt from it, and I'm super proud of you for being able to accomplish that task. 🏆

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Yeah for feeling better and electrical not-blow-up-the-house-ness

[MaeradCase]

10 minutes ago, MaeradCase said:

36 minutes ago, spezzy said:

Spellstrike: 

I made the decision to not work out Saturday after hauling a big ass tree out of the river and through the wetlands in my waders and pushing so hard that by the end, I was falling over because my quads didn't work anymore (they are fine, just felt like a really difficult sled pull, but I obviously worked at a very high intensity there) + a bunch of other outside activity. Sunday I just wanted to be outside in the sun with my time, so that's where I was. 

That sounds like the hard work that feels satisfying and exhausting at the same time. 😅 Good work! I'm so happy you didn't get a long-term hurt from it, and I'm super proud of you for being able to accomplish that task. 🏆

Also, does this count as picking up a really big stick? 😂

[Everstorm]

1 hour ago, spezzy said:

And we got updated pictures of our newest goodest boy:

 

So it's already been a great week. 

😍😍😍

[KB Girl]

Glad you're feeling better!

And well, any challenge that makes your heart beat a little faster is worth adding to the roster, it may even help! 

[Jarric]

Good luck on the rowing challenge. It sounds like fun - luckily I don't own a rower or I might be tempted to join you

 

[shaar]

Rowing is awesome! I used to do it fairly frequently, it’s a good form of cardio for someone like me that hates high intensity stuff.

 

Youre doing great!! Don’t forget to breathe and rest in there too 💜

[RES]

On 4/3/2023 at 5:40 PM, spezzy said:

The electrician finally came and upgraded our electrical panel/service so we now have enough electricity to flush the toilet without the lights flickering.

 

This is always a good thing....

 

On 4/3/2023 at 5:40 PM, spezzy said:

And we got updated pictures of our newest goodest boy:

 

I tend to be a cat person...but omg that is probably the cutest thing I've seen this week!!