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frustratedearthmother
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WOW - your DH is lucky! I woulda needed more than a new cup of coffee - I would probably have needed a change of clothes, lol.
I really should have been more of a witch a few years back when we got a direct hit from Hurricane Ike. I could have used a new roof then, but the insurance compay only paid for some roof repairs. They wouldn't spring for a whole new roof - ugh. Cheapskates! My neighbors tree went through the roof of my feed room, but my portable building flew over the fence and took out their portable building..then it disappeared forever. At least we think that's what happened... we never found one piece of that building and it was a commercial steel buildig that was staked down. Hers was a rubbermaid building just sitting on the ground. Her's stayed, and mine flew away forever, lol. Technically, her insurance shoulda paid for my barn roof, but we just called it even. Mine paid for mine and hers paid for hers....
I spent most of today inside. I cleaned a couple days worth of eggs and boiled some of the older ones. I took figs out of the dehydrator and put a new batch in. Then I cleaned and put about 10 more lbs of figs in the freezer. After I got done with all that I seasoned up some spare ribs and a small pork roast and put 'em in the pit smoker. They'll be ready about midight, lol. I shoulda started earlier, but it's been a crazy busy day.
DH painted the old antique ice box and we're gonna do a crackle technique on it. Hope it turns out, cuz neither one of us has ever tried it before. I had a serious talk with him about doing this because it will totally negate any value it had as an antique. He said he would never part with it anyway so he doesn't care what it's 'worth'. He just wants us to get some use out of it instead of it just taking up room in the garage.
My poor baby bird was attacked last night. His cage was knocked off the trunk where it was sitting on the back porch and the gate came open. When I went out this morning all I found was an empty cage. A couple hours later the baby bird found me. He was hiding n a shrub in the back yard and when I walked by he practically scared me to death. He hopped up on a branch and did his 'hungry' cry. But, he's injured. I don't know what's wrong with him. I can't really find any wounds, but there's a spot on his chest where the feathers are askew... no external wound but I don't know whats going on inside of him. He ate when I first found him, but he hasn't eaten the rest of the day. I've been giving him some sugar water to try and keep his energy up. He's holding his own, but I'm worried about him... he needs to eat!
I really should have been more of a witch a few years back when we got a direct hit from Hurricane Ike. I could have used a new roof then, but the insurance compay only paid for some roof repairs. They wouldn't spring for a whole new roof - ugh. Cheapskates! My neighbors tree went through the roof of my feed room, but my portable building flew over the fence and took out their portable building..then it disappeared forever. At least we think that's what happened... we never found one piece of that building and it was a commercial steel buildig that was staked down. Hers was a rubbermaid building just sitting on the ground. Her's stayed, and mine flew away forever, lol. Technically, her insurance shoulda paid for my barn roof, but we just called it even. Mine paid for mine and hers paid for hers....
I spent most of today inside. I cleaned a couple days worth of eggs and boiled some of the older ones. I took figs out of the dehydrator and put a new batch in. Then I cleaned and put about 10 more lbs of figs in the freezer. After I got done with all that I seasoned up some spare ribs and a small pork roast and put 'em in the pit smoker. They'll be ready about midight, lol. I shoulda started earlier, but it's been a crazy busy day.
DH painted the old antique ice box and we're gonna do a crackle technique on it. Hope it turns out, cuz neither one of us has ever tried it before. I had a serious talk with him about doing this because it will totally negate any value it had as an antique. He said he would never part with it anyway so he doesn't care what it's 'worth'. He just wants us to get some use out of it instead of it just taking up room in the garage.
My poor baby bird was attacked last night. His cage was knocked off the trunk where it was sitting on the back porch and the gate came open. When I went out this morning all I found was an empty cage. A couple hours later the baby bird found me. He was hiding n a shrub in the back yard and when I walked by he practically scared me to death. He hopped up on a branch and did his 'hungry' cry. But, he's injured. I don't know what's wrong with him. I can't really find any wounds, but there's a spot on his chest where the feathers are askew... no external wound but I don't know whats going on inside of him. He ate when I first found him, but he hasn't eaten the rest of the day. I've been giving him some sugar water to try and keep his energy up. He's holding his own, but I'm worried about him... he needs to eat!
Hope you get the rain you need as well.
