Renamed Holiday . . .

I have officially renamed Mothers & Fathers Day, for those who do not have offspring or their offspring have gone and you have an empty nest. It is truly depressing waiting around to get a phone call from your offspring on those two holidays. Therefore I have renamed them "Wife Day" and "Husband Day". When you have your mind set to the new names you don't wait around waiting for the phone to ring and getting more and more bummed out by the hour. I was pleasantly surprised when I received PHONE CALLS (not text messages)from my daughter and son wishing me a Happy Mother's Day! They have both moved out and have new lives that do not include me any more. I haven't seen either one of them in months and they live a town away from me. It was nice hearing their voices, it made my day so much better. I do miss them terribly when our calls end but I'll manage my sadness just to hear their voices. Holidays are trying to many people for different reasons and when I don't hear from my children it makes it even worse for me. I hope most people can be strong enough to be the "bigger person" and give their parents a five minute phone call to tell them they are thinking about them and will always love them no matter what. I've had a few personal falling outs with family members but I always suck it up and give them a call. I have to do it for ME, so I won't feel like a miserable, ungrateful person. If you happen to read this and you haven't spoken to a loved one for one reason or another, be the bigger person and give them a call and let them know they are on your mind and you will always love them. Happy Wife Day, and soon to be Happy Husband Day! :)

Screeching Halt

My personal "To-Do list" changes daily depending on how I'm feeling, what plans have been made, whether I'm home, whether I have my vehicle, what the weather is like and last but not least whether an emergency happens. We all must prioritize things so they will get done but that also changes daily, sometimes hourly depending on what is going on in my life. I have a list that grows every day of things I'd like to do and for the most part they are completed but not always when I have planned to accomplish them. The one thing that bothers me is when other people bust in on my day without contacting me and expect me to drop everything to cater to them! That happened today to me... I wasted almost 2 hours running around catering to them (4 uninvited people,1 being an acquaintance) just so I could get them out of here. Then once they were gone I was backed up 2 hours on my schedule and routines for the day. It is also sometimes difficult to get motivated once again and continue on. Today the motivation disappeared for me, now the things I wanted to do will be moved over to tomorrow and may be, just may be I can get them accomplished. ARGH!!!!! I sometimes honestly do NOT like people! Oh well, at least they are gone and hopefully will not be back again. Any way... today was a wash out as far as my accomplishing what I wanted to. Hope your day is more successful than mine was!

Ball Pythons

I have a new addiction! It's not illegal so it's ok LOL. I am building my collection of Ball Pythons and hopefully in a couple years (or less) I will be breeding Ball Pythons! They are so docile and the the variety of morphs... all I can say is WOW!


LEFT: Fiona, 0.1 Normal Ball Python and Pandora, 0.1 Dinker Ball Python


Eros, 1.0 Yellowbelly Ball Python


Casanova, 1.0 100% Het Pied Ball Python

I'm not finished adding to the collection. I am constantly window shopping to see what is out there and if I come across anything and have the funds available I will most definitely by adding it to my collection! I want a 0.1 100% Het Pied or a 0.1 Pied. Then from there who knows. Enchi, Clown, Albino, Pastel, so many catch my eye now that it's crazy!

At the moment my goal is to breed my own Pied. Once I have a female 100% Het Pied I can with Casanova as the sire. Woohooooooo Then from the offspring... who knows the possibilities will be endless! I would love to someday with my breeding to create a new morph! That would be amazing!

I'm going to have to build a rack at some point... right now I have them in tanks but that takes up a lot of space. Although it is nice for display it won't be feasible space wise once I'm breeding. Once I begin breeding I'll have to build/get an incubator too. I'll be keeping an eye out meanwhile for one, don't want to wait for the last minute. Have been looking at DIY plans to build my own... but the rack comes first.

Any ways Ball Pythons is what trips my trigger right now! Stay tuned...