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Ditto what Wifey said....you have a lot on your plate this week!
Good luck!
Good luck!
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Henrietta23
Yard Farmer
LOL, I'm so exhausted after working on the lasagna all day yesteday then the meeting at church that I'm blowing off the garden meeting. If I go I will start my work week exhausted and I really don't want to do that. I forgot to take a picture of the lasagna, grrrr!
The meeting went fine, no big surprises. But I've got a Cub Scout meeting to plan, a mountain of laundry to do and bread to bake.
DS (7) received a plaque from the Mission and Outreach Committee for his donation to Haiti over the past year. He's been selling our extra eggs at church and donating $1 per dozen to a program there that our church has been directly involved with through two college age parishioners. After the earthquake he doubled his donation to $2 per dozen. The vicar called him to the front of the church at the end of announcements and the committee chair presented him with a beautiful plaque. He just stood there beaming. Then he came home and whined about having to collect eggs when he just wanted to play. Sigh.....
The meeting went fine, no big surprises. But I've got a Cub Scout meeting to plan, a mountain of laundry to do and bread to bake.
DS (7) received a plaque from the Mission and Outreach Committee for his donation to Haiti over the past year. He's been selling our extra eggs at church and donating $1 per dozen to a program there that our church has been directly involved with through two college age parishioners. After the earthquake he doubled his donation to $2 per dozen. The vicar called him to the front of the church at the end of announcements and the committee chair presented him with a beautiful plaque. He just stood there beaming. Then he came home and whined about having to collect eggs when he just wanted to play. Sigh.....
homesteadmomma
Almost Self-Reliant
Oh I had to laugh, I have a 9 year old dd who sounds just like this one. She received a medal last year through her virtual school for 50 hours of community service and then whined after receiving it that she didn't want to help the 4-H group do some project - she wanted to play on her trampoline. SIGH!!!Henrietta23 said:
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Henrietta23
Yard Farmer
I guess it's good to know they are real kids...homesteadmomma said:
Mine gets upset when he doesn't get patches or belt loops at Cub Scout pack meetings but when I suggest to him that we spend some of his free time doing the requirements to EARN them he "politely declines". That connection between the earning and the receiving isn't fully developed yet I guess.
homesteadmomma
Almost Self-Reliant
Oh Oh yes, dd is in the AWANA program and whines that she didn't get any points for her team and I am like well you could have studied when I asked you. In her defense, she is the farthest in her book in her class, but it cracks me up. No work, No glory!Henrietta23 said:I guess it's good to know they are real kids...homesteadmomma said:
Mine gets upset when he doesn't get patches or belt loops at Cub Scout pack meetings but when I suggest to him that we spend some of his free time doing the requirements to EARN them he "politely declines". That connection between the earning and the receiving isn't fully developed yet I guess.
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Henrietta23
Yard Farmer
Life lessons I guess, huh?
Oh I am happy today! Traded a dozen eggs and a jar of fig jam for a half gallon of raw milk from a coworker. My kind of grocery shopping! Of course by trading the eggs DS is out $2 for his Haiti fund as he pointed out to me, but I assured him I will put in the $2 myself. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Oh I am happy today! Traded a dozen eggs and a jar of fig jam for a half gallon of raw milk from a coworker. My kind of grocery shopping! Of course by trading the eggs DS is out $2 for his Haiti fund as he pointed out to me, but I assured him I will put in the $2 myself. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
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Henrietta23
Yard Farmer
I can't hear you all talking about your chick orders and hatching and expansion plans. Lalalalalala!!!!
I don't neeeeeeeeed to add Columbian Wyandottes and silkies to our already too big flock. lalalalalalala can't hear you!!!!
they're so pretty though.................
It's not working. The only thing saving me is knowing that we really don't need any more birds. That and the fact that the lady I could order with is ordering from McMurray and they don't do sexed silkies. I also worry about hawks with more light colored birds. Never had a hawk attack here until I had
a. a light colored chicken
b. a rooster
c. ducks
Don't know if it was a visual or audio deal but we've got a hawk that shows up every few days and just watches the birds. They're fenced in now because of it.
Got exciting news through the village civic association, a loosely organized group around the neighborhood our church is in. They did a community garden last year and are looking to do it again this year. I could potentially rent a large sunny plot of garden about 3 miles from here. I don't work in the summer so DS and I could work it easily. I missed the organizational meeting last Sunday so I haven't heard the particulars yet. I may not have to fight with the shade this year! Very exciting. Seed order might explode!
I don't neeeeeeeeed to add Columbian Wyandottes and silkies to our already too big flock. lalalalalalala can't hear you!!!!
they're so pretty though.................
It's not working. The only thing saving me is knowing that we really don't need any more birds. That and the fact that the lady I could order with is ordering from McMurray and they don't do sexed silkies. I also worry about hawks with more light colored birds. Never had a hawk attack here until I had
a. a light colored chicken
b. a rooster
c. ducks
Don't know if it was a visual or audio deal but we've got a hawk that shows up every few days and just watches the birds. They're fenced in now because of it.
Got exciting news through the village civic association, a loosely organized group around the neighborhood our church is in. They did a community garden last year and are looking to do it again this year. I could potentially rent a large sunny plot of garden about 3 miles from here. I don't work in the summer so DS and I could work it easily. I missed the organizational meeting last Sunday so I haven't heard the particulars yet. I may not have to fight with the shade this year! Very exciting. Seed order might explode!
Farmfresh
City Biddy
You should do it if the price is reasonable! It is great having more space. I don't know WHAT I would do without my extra lot. It sure is a lot of work, but I can grow SO much more.
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Henrietta23
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That's what I'm hoping! I've been stymied for so long surrounded by neighbors' trees. I could get carried away!Farmfresh said:
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