....and then there was one.

We had a death in the family yesterday

One of our hens went to the pearly white gates of chicken heaven*

RIP Kim

She had a good life. Plenty of fresh scraps, gardens to destroy scratch in and an abundance of wild mice to chase away from her food.

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Kim now leaves Kath (the chooky neck one) all by herself.

Now we ask ourselves "buy another one or send Kath off to a retirement village** and reclaim that part of our yard?"

Kath is our oldest chook. We "rescued" her from an egg farm. The egg farm man laughed at me and told me she would only lay for another few weeks. That was over 4 years ago and she still lays! She laid 2 yesterday after Kim died.

She has her off seasons when it's too cold or too hot. Problem is that she doesn't lay enough to feed a family of 6 so on top of buying chook food I still need to buy eggs.

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Do you own chooks?

Should I ship her off and reclaim my garden (I'm thinking a veggie patch) or buy another hen or two??

*No we didn't kill her. She died of unkown causes. Old age maybe? We didn't eat her either.
**Retirement Village = friends who own a property and a huge big chicken coop

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The winds of change are blowing! (Alternative title - Mr Hausfrau is now a blogger)

I smell change in the air....

Remember Mr Hausfrau's addiction?? Remember how I thought it wouldn't last but I was proven wrong?? Remember how he  sucked Random Boy into the cult that is Battle Pirates???

Well it finally happened.

It's been replaced.

With a blog.

Yep.

This morning after our Sunday bike ride, and after his earlier than usual "nanna nap", I fielded a few unusual (unusual for him) questions from him.

"Where did you get your font from for your blog?"
"Do you remember my gmail email password?"
"What do you use to access google+? Your real name of your blogs name?"

Huh????

Then a little light bulb switched on over my head!

"Um honey? Are you starting your own blog??"

"Maybe" he says, with a silly little grin on his face...

Lord help me!

So without further adieu I give you

     Der Scharfschütze

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Mr Hausfrau (who will remain Mr Hausfrau for the time being on my blog) is now...

 Der Scharfschütze - Aka "The Sharp Shooter"

This is Mr Hausfrau's take on a German living in Australia and everything in between!

So not exactly a German Aussie "Daddy Blogger", not quite defined yet. He is still finding his way.

I'm just hoping that this is the end of the other addiction! Best not pop that champagne just yet me thinks......But pass me a wine anyway, I'm going to need it!

At breakfast this morning after our bike ride

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If you've been following me on facebook you may or may not know that I have registered for a 220km bike ride  for the Perth Ride to Conquer Cancer in 2013. This is a cause close to my heart as I have lost some very special people to this horrible disease. As part of my entry I need to fund raise a minimum of $2500 to take part in the actual ride. I really hate asking for donations but I've been told that it's the only way! Do you have a spare $2? Every little bit helps. All money raised will go directly to support cancer patients and their families and all donations $2 and over are tax deductible. Thank you!!