Are we living our dream?

[Medicine Woman]

If I give HG her way I will be surviving on credit cards and eating out every single day of the month. That gets real old fast.
We have now been gifted with our entire flock of chickens in one way or the other (except for the 8 roosters we bought from the young couple a few weeks ago. We seriously need to have a slaughter day. I honestly don’t know what to choose for my primary rooster.
I need to motivate myself and get busy cuz I’m behind on all my chores since the diverticulitis, arthritis etc.. but being sick isn’t cleaning the house for me. I will just put my shoes on and clean up wearing my nightgown. It won’t be the first time.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I will just put my shoes on and clean up wearing my nightgown. It won’t be the first time.

If you gotta do it you might as well be comfortable.

 

[Medicine Woman]

I’m not sure if comfort was the number one priority so much as desperation and necessity but I managed to pick up the dry clothes, hang up the two batches DH had cleaned and put two more to wash. At least the old freezer is slowly getting emptied.

 

[Mini Horses]

Every little bit helps -- at least here it does! . The frozen into house freezer should help. Accessible! Makes it see & useable.

 

[Medicine Woman]

Omg!! DH has some really awesome friends!! He gets a call this morning from his trawler friend who was sick of selling and he had some small size shrimp perfect for ettoufette and fricassee. I think he gave him about 40 pounds and DH bought the next size over for $1/pound. He bought $60 worth. DH wanted to boil and dry the small shrimp but I started peeling it cuz I like that size. I’m so tired now. And then another friend wants to repair the roof on his barn and carport but DH wasn’t ready. Why I can’t have friends like that?!?! But I know for sure I have lots of shrimp. I don’t even have the the last few months of shrimp used up and here is more!! I’m pooped though. Well I guess I know what I’m doing tomorrow.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's fantastic! Whoop!

 

[Medicine Woman]

Working a bit through my pain. Fortunately it’s just in my left knee. But I feel like I accomplished something major because I finally got the trash freezer emptied. I needed to use a big knife to free some of the stuff and I tore a few bags which dictated what I am now cooking. Ordinarily when I cook a corn soup, it’s with ham and in a red sauce but today I used the smallest pack of shrimp I could find, corn, some milk I really think needs to go, the smallest amount of angel hair pasta that was left in a box…basically just making use of stuff before they are trash. I think it’s just about done but I felt like a little cheddar might give me an A+ so I’m about to eat. There!! Very tasty. Needed a little salt but better than too much salt. I can’t believe I was totally out of onions!! I had to pick a handful of shallots off the front porch planters.
DH has been busy in the backyard but I didn’t know with what but he has created a frame around the rabbits that I assume he now plans on covering to make a mini barn just for them. Anytime he suspects a predator is in the backyard he pops fireworks off the back porch. We have a few rabbits that are loose that we need to outsmart.
Last night I was working on picking up the laundry and I clearly heard water running and I told DH. Something came apart for the rabbits. He said he is glad I have good hearing.
HG had been at her mom’s home since Thursday. Didn’t mention anything about leaving her dog behind. I just got her back this morning. The baby screamed almost the whole way coming home and I was told she cried a lot last night. I had to give her this ‘infant suppository’ which really is just a tiny enema bulb but I insisted on doing it myself because the insertion part is too big for a newborn and HG has no medical training so I showed her left side position and proceeded very slowly and gently and immediate results. So apparently that was her last moment!!! OMG!!! So HG was talking about switching to formula to see if better movements. I told her she could expect worse. I’m just gonna do what I would do if she was mine. I’m going to buy some white grape juice to give her 2 ounces every other day and see what happens. Gotta get her regular and stop messing with her bootie. But just like before…instant results. It’s her birthday today and her godmother picked her up to go to the birthday party of younger cousin in the city 2 hours away. I am so angry with her and I told her a lot of things about her today but she needs me and I guess I’m not 100% done with her. They both need me. The baby for sure needs a live in nurse.