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I got my seramas! They were expensive for chickens, but they're really cute and sweet and friendly! They have such great personalities, and they're beautiful, too. Unfortunately, my taking photos of them was interrupted by a certain silly little corgi trying to stick her nose in their butts constantly (>___>;) so these pictures are nothing special, but for now they will have to suffice! As a note, my three are not as small as serama can get (though Charming weighs only 10 oz, so she's quite small), and they also don't have the crazy show-type position that you'll see if you look up the breed. I'm actually quite happy with this, because if they're too small they're infertile and I doubt they live as long, and the show position, while it is flashy, looked a bit too unnatural for my tastes.

Prince, the rooster! He crows a lot and, erm, likes to mate. He's very friendly and pretty. He's actually pretty large for a serama rooster. The other two I could have chosen were smaller than him, but I liked his personality and coloring, and I figured I'd leave the more show-type ones to show-type people. So far he seems pretty active and fun. He may end up being the rooster for my whole flock, depending on if I can integrate them into the flock without problems and figure out a way to keep the seramas warm enough.

Charming, the tiny girl! She weighs only 10 oz, so she's super light and quite small. She's really cute and sweet and I love her dark head! I may rename her, so if you think of a good name for her, let me know!

Honey lurks. XD

HI THERE HONEY

Anyway, that's Splash! She's a tiny bit bigger than Charming, and very mellow and sweet! (They're all totally sweet, haha.) I really love her coloring, which is actually called a splash coloring. She actually has an official leg band with the Serama Club of North America, which is pretty cool. :3

Pretty birch trees in Tahoe a few weeks ago!

Hooch is thrilled with his new toys.

Today was nice! I spent part of the day at the AnimalSave thrift store with Bosco, the puppy we're trying to find a home for (he is such a wonderful little guy! I grow more attached to him every time I see him), and then I spent this evening at the AnimalSave Santa Paws Auction, which was a lot of fun. I bought a nice basket of dog grooming supplies, a book, and some other miscellaneous stuff, and then won a whole basket of dog toys, too. I spread the dog toys everywhere, but Hana is in her "BORDER COLLIE FRUSTRATION" mode and keeps trying to tear the toys up, so I removed most of them and put them on the fridge.

Just a bit of advice for everyone to take or leave. If you're ever in a crummy mood, feeling sorry for yourself, or stuck feeling sad for no apparent reason, I think one of the best ways to get out of that is to go volunteer for charity. Anything you'd like to do--go walk dogs or cuddle cats at your local shelter, go talk to or perform for the elderly at a convalescent home, donate a bunch of stuff to a thrift store supporting your favorite cause, serve soup to the homeless, etc. I've been in a great mood lately so it doesn't really apply at the moment, but I've noticed if I'm in a bad mood and go out and spend a day or more helping someone else, human or animal, I never feel it was a waste of time and I always feel much better after. Just something to think about. It really does feel good to spend your time in such a way that makes someone else's life better or easier.

On another note, LOL, my dogs are being so high maintenance at the moment! Hana keeps barking for some unknown reason, Honey keeps putting her nose on my keyboard and looking at me pitifully, and Hooch...well, he's just off chewing his bone and being good. I guess the female dogs are being high maintenance right now, anyway. I'll go take them out again soon, hopefully that will solve the problem. Maybe.

Probably going to do that "getting to know each other better" meme that's been going around lately, but a bit later. Tomorrow, we're having early Thanksgiving with my mom's side of the family, so that'll be nice! On actual Thanksgiving, we're going to the bay area to visit my dad's side of the family probably.

Oh, and finished my 50k! I'm too lazy to keep going, though, at least for now. .___.;