Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
ROTFLMBO!!!!!!!!!! FF that was great!!!!!
Poor kid, though, just learning and had to shell out $200 wow...
Poor kid, though, just learning and had to shell out $200 wow...
Bee~ Journal of then...
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Farmfresh
City Biddy
Ya know it may have been a little harsh, but she has learned the "I am responsible for my actions and may have to pay a price for my mistakes" lesson VERY well.
Anyway her mother in law always compliments both she AND I about how well she manages her money. She is very kind and responsible. I could have done worse.
Anyway her mother in law always compliments both she AND I about how well she manages her money. She is very kind and responsible. I could have done worse.
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Beekissed
Mountain Sage
FF, you are way tougher than I!!! 
The car is actually a 1984 Toyota Supra Celica that we got for $500 a couple of years ago when Eli needed one for a job. He has had a summer job in the next town over (27 mi.) for the past two summers with a fellow in our church.
I won't let Joel touch the $600 he has saved from his oil field adventures. I confiscated his ATM card when he stepped foot in my home and only dole out enough for their gas for job searches. So, in fact, its really his money. I will put money in it for anything pertaining to my errands and such, but nothing else.
I'm already known as the meanest mom around here and everyone feels sorry for my boys because they have to do chores and they don't have cable TV or a choice of junk foods to eat! They don't get to drink, get a tattoo or piercing , be disrespectful to their elders, have a cell phone, or any of the other things that make kids so very cool nowadays. I can't imagine what they would say about me if I was as tough as you, FF!! Probably burn me in effigy!!!
The car is actually a 1984 Toyota Supra Celica that we got for $500 a couple of years ago when Eli needed one for a job. He has had a summer job in the next town over (27 mi.) for the past two summers with a fellow in our church.
I won't let Joel touch the $600 he has saved from his oil field adventures. I confiscated his ATM card when he stepped foot in my home and only dole out enough for their gas for job searches. So, in fact, its really his money. I will put money in it for anything pertaining to my errands and such, but nothing else.
I'm already known as the meanest mom around here and everyone feels sorry for my boys because they have to do chores and they don't have cable TV or a choice of junk foods to eat! They don't get to drink, get a tattoo or piercing , be disrespectful to their elders, have a cell phone, or any of the other things that make kids so very cool nowadays. I can't imagine what they would say about me if I was as tough as you, FF!! Probably burn me in effigy!!!
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Beekissed
Mountain Sage
Saturday I will be picking up some free tin roofing, concrete blocks, a big galvanized tray of some sort for sprouting my grains in and whatever else I can scavenge at the same place!
The roofing will be placed on my little mini hay shed/sheep barn and the concrete blocks(the half kind) will be incorporated into the areas in front of my coop door as a stoop, into the ground as a "sidewalk" leading to my front porch and anywhere else they come in handy.
In keeping with my new regime:
The attic was organized and cleaned out today.
The lumber was restacked(twice) neatly and protected with tin roofing sheets.
The entire house was cleaned, laundry all done, bread made, porch swept and washed down, and dinner made by the time I came home.
Everyone was in bed by 10 pm. Everyone seemed very calm and happy....no insurrection yet, although some mild grumbling and dirty looks when the lumber had to be re-stacked due to sloppy work!
The roofing will be placed on my little mini hay shed/sheep barn and the concrete blocks(the half kind) will be incorporated into the areas in front of my coop door as a stoop, into the ground as a "sidewalk" leading to my front porch and anywhere else they come in handy.
In keeping with my new regime:
The attic was organized and cleaned out today.
The lumber was restacked(twice) neatly and protected with tin roofing sheets.
The entire house was cleaned, laundry all done, bread made, porch swept and washed down, and dinner made by the time I came home.
Everyone was in bed by 10 pm. Everyone seemed very calm and happy....no insurrection yet, although some mild grumbling and dirty looks when the lumber had to be re-stacked due to sloppy work!
Farmfresh
City Biddy
I forgive you Bee. You are still running a nice tight labor camp. The place I always had trouble was getting those EXTRA chores done. I usually just did it myself and saved the fuss.
I did learn my evil ways from the best - my mother in law! When I was I shock when I first met my husband. He was 18. He had been paying ROOM AND BOARD to his EVIL mother for the last two years (started at 16) in addition to buying any car, insurance, or gas needed. He also bought all of his own clothes!
Coming from my house where old car was free (I paid for gas only) and a barn full of animals at my disposal (show bantams and horses), I couldn't believe how horrible she was.
Later when we were married and she presented us with ALL of the room and board money which she had saved in a special account just for him - I changed my mind.
I didn't charge the room and board - or give the big "move out gift" that MIL did, but I tried to be Evil in my own special way.
I did learn my evil ways from the best - my mother in law! When I was I shock when I first met my husband. He was 18. He had been paying ROOM AND BOARD to his EVIL mother for the last two years (started at 16) in addition to buying any car, insurance, or gas needed. He also bought all of his own clothes!
Coming from my house where old car was free (I paid for gas only) and a barn full of animals at my disposal (show bantams and horses), I couldn't believe how horrible she was.
Later when we were married and she presented us with ALL of the room and board money which she had saved in a special account just for him - I changed my mind.
I didn't charge the room and board - or give the big "move out gift" that MIL did, but I tried to be Evil in my own special way.
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Beekissed
Mountain Sage
WOW!!! Kudos to the Monster-in-law!!! That was a nice moving out gift, ya gotta admit!
Yeah, I started working at 14 and bought all my own stuff from there on, car, clothing, insurance....didn't have to pay rent, though, as we still lived off-grid and weren't incuring much debt those days!
Kids definitely have it too soft now, that is for darn sure!
BTW, all the house is clean, top to bottom and inside and out....just in time for my company this weekend! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
OH! And egg orders keep pouring in....I might have to beef up my flock!
Folks are now placing big orders for Easter!
AND.....I just found out that I'm getting $2000 more back on my income taxes! Filed an ammended return!
Yeah, I started working at 14 and bought all my own stuff from there on, car, clothing, insurance....didn't have to pay rent, though, as we still lived off-grid and weren't incuring much debt those days!
Kids definitely have it too soft now, that is for darn sure!
BTW, all the house is clean, top to bottom and inside and out....just in time for my company this weekend! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
OH! And egg orders keep pouring in....I might have to beef up my flock!
Folks are now placing big orders for Easter! AND.....I just found out that I'm getting $2000 more back on my income taxes! Filed an ammended return!
Farmfresh
City Biddy
Now I am so jealous .... I think I'll CRY!Beekissed said:
I have been off on Spring Break for the last 3 days. Each day I have cleaned ... something ... somewhere... and I feel like you can hardly tell!!!
I also have worked in the garden 3 or 4 hours each day and STILL don't have peas, or onions planted! WHAT A MESS!
Geek son helped me for about a hour in the garden yesterday - pulling out old T-posts that used to be a trellis for my black raspberries that I am moving.
Also hauled out 2 wheelbarrow loads of old carpet strips. The old man that used to garden here used carpet as mulch. Works great except it is heavy, soggy and when the backing starts to go you end up with horrible piles of nylon cording that get caught in the tiller! I have been hauling out this stuff for the last 5+ years! He had enough carpet strips to literally carpet the whole garden! He also had a GREAT affection for braided nylon cord - he tied that stuff everywhere!!!
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Beekissed
Mountain Sage
I had a friend who used old carpeting for her mulching needs but I always had reservations about it.....all the chemicals in that fiber and backing always gave me pause. Will it leach into my soil? So, I never tried it, though it seems like it would work. :/
I scavenged a decent old wheel barrow today, which was great because mine is rusted out and the tire is shot. I picked up some great concrete blocks, tin, stainless steel mesh(don't know what I will do with this?) some wooden benches, a wooden ladder, and a whole bunch of miscellaneous items. I never used to collect or hoard items such as this, but feel compelled to do so right now.
I hope I find out why eventually!
I scavenged a decent old wheel barrow today, which was great because mine is rusted out and the tire is shot. I picked up some great concrete blocks, tin, stainless steel mesh(don't know what I will do with this?) some wooden benches, a wooden ladder, and a whole bunch of miscellaneous items. I never used to collect or hoard items such as this, but feel compelled to do so right now.
I hope I find out why eventually!
freemotion
Food Guru
Is the stainless steel mesh small enough to use for sprouting trays, or to line trays? My biggest issue with the sprouting is when they sit in any water. I haven't yet come up with a good solution that will not grow mold but will allow water to drain completely after the daily rinsing, and that can be disinfected occasionally. Plastic or stainless would be my two preferences. I use buckets right now with holes drilled in them. Not the best for greening up the older sprouts, so I haven't been taking them quite that far....although lately, I've gotten some 1" grass on them. They have that fresh smell, but not quite "new-mown hay" smell. Needs chlorophyll! Mya gobbles them up, without the problems of eating grain. No "dog poops" anymore.
Garden plant season is getting closer here, and I am hoping to snag a few of the trays that the 6-packs are held in at the plant center. They give you the trays to carry your six-packs home, and I will be sure to get the right kind. The holes are too big, (I have one from last year) but I am thinking I can line them with that cheap plastic needlepoint mesh or window screening.
I will still do the soak and rinses for 4-5 days in the buckets for the sake of space, but I hope to sprout to the point of green grass next winter for the health of my dairy goat and laying hens, and maybe even a few treats for the pet goats and any remaining not-in-the-freezer or in-the-canning-jar turkeys, if I can sprout enough.
Garden plant season is getting closer here, and I am hoping to snag a few of the trays that the 6-packs are held in at the plant center. They give you the trays to carry your six-packs home, and I will be sure to get the right kind. The holes are too big, (I have one from last year) but I am thinking I can line them with that cheap plastic needlepoint mesh or window screening.
I will still do the soak and rinses for 4-5 days in the buckets for the sake of space, but I hope to sprout to the point of green grass next winter for the health of my dairy goat and laying hens, and maybe even a few treats for the pet goats and any remaining not-in-the-freezer or in-the-canning-jar turkeys, if I can sprout enough.
justusnak
Almost Self-Reliant
Wow Bee, sounds like you came across some great finds. Way to go. I am sure you will find something to do with all of it. I am a scrounger too...if someone says free.. I am "johny on the spot!" LOL
