framing fowl
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Hope you get a good weather day today. Ducks and a gosling? Sounds like you have some cuteness going on over there!
JUSTUSNAK...Summer coming to an end!?
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justusnak
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Oh, we have lots of cuteness! I have 20 little ducklings of my own....now the 4 new ones, and the gosling. Some time this week I will be getting 2 new PB pigs...from the rescue. They are "supposed" to be small...around 20 pounds. Yeah, we will see about that! LOL
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So, my daughter and her hubby came up for the funeral..I havent
had a chance to really visit with them for a while. The morning they were going to leave, we had a storm blow in and they had to stay about an hour longer than they had planned. We were talking about politics...the way the economy is tanking...SHTF scenarios...etc.
My daughter is deep down inside wanting to be more suffecient..but I think she just doesn't know where to start. We talked about growing a garden, canning, and makeing laundry soaps, etc.
When she got home...she called to tell me she was at the lumber yard, buying the stuff she needed to buiold a raised bed, to put in some green beans, tomatos, and a few others.
She also asked about where to get the ingredients for makeing laundry soap. I am so proud of her for wanting to learn, and take care of herself more. Maybe I will be able to teach her to preserve her foods this summer. 
had a chance to really visit with them for a while. The morning they were going to leave, we had a storm blow in and they had to stay about an hour longer than they had planned. We were talking about politics...the way the economy is tanking...SHTF scenarios...etc.
My daughter is deep down inside wanting to be more suffecient..but I think she just doesn't know where to start. We talked about growing a garden, canning, and makeing laundry soaps, etc.
When she got home...she called to tell me she was at the lumber yard, buying the stuff she needed to buiold a raised bed, to put in some green beans, tomatos, and a few others.
She also asked about where to get the ingredients for makeing laundry soap. I am so proud of her for wanting to learn, and take care of herself more. Maybe I will be able to teach her to preserve her foods this summer. 
Kala
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:justusnak said:So, my daughter and her hubby came up for the funeral..I havent
had a chance to really visit with them for a while. The morning they were going to leave, we had a storm blow in and they had to stay about an hour longer than they had planned. We were talking about politics...the way the economy is tanking...SHTF scenarios...etc.
My daughter is deep down inside wanting to be more suffecient..but I think she just doesn't know where to start. We talked about growing a garden, canning, and makeing laundry soaps, etc.
When she got home...she called to tell me she was at the lumber yard, buying the stuff she needed to buiold a raised bed, to put in some green beans, tomatos, and a few others.
framing fowl
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Hurray! It must be very satisfying to have someone willing to learn and you have the ability to share that with her. Laundry soap and green beans... next thing she knows it will be chickens & goats .
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Farmfresh
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My D1 seems to be going about this in the opposite way. She has the sheep and chickens ... now to get her to make her own laundry soap or grow a green bean!framing fowl said:Hurray! It must be very satisfying to have someone willing to learn and you have the ability to share that with her. Laundry soap and green beans... next thing she knows it will be chickens & goats
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justusnak
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I just dont get it! I mean...for real!??? ALL THIS RAIN!!! Even the ducks are staying inside. 
I can't get a darned thing done outside....and there are so many things to do!
Sunday went well. My son and his family came over for Easter dinner. Even tho my son is 28...I make him and his wife an Easter basket...as well as the kids. Our family tradition for Easter baskets is...I hide them in the house...and give them riddles to look for them. This is always a lot of fun...running them up and down the stairs with each riddle. I started this tradition years ago...when we couldn't do easter egg hunts outside because of the weather...and the kids would wake us at 6 or 7 am wanting to eat candy. So, They get a card..with the first riddle...and the rest of the morning they spend looking for thier baskets, while hubby and I drink our coffee and wake up. To this day...we still do this with the kids and grandkids.
Sunday evening it rained...of course...and today, more rain...I woke with a splitting head ache at 6 am. It actually made me sick to my stomach...so while I was " calling ralph" it was thundering...which scared the dogs...and they were trying to hide under my feet while I was bent over the comode!
I get a washcloth, and make it to the sofa in the family room in the basement. Nice and cool down here....so I layed back down for a bit. My son gets up, and heads out to take care of the animals. I was thinking to myself...ahhh, sweet rest...when he comes running in the door..." Mom, one of the pot belly pigs is out, and the sheep are attacking it!" FOR REAL!??? DAM! So, I get up, throw on a pair of sweats and my boots, grab my coat...and head out into the rain.
I was able to get the pig back in her stall...and hopefully fixed the way she was able to get out. Everyone fed, and watered....I head towards the house when my son informs me he has NOT taken care of the poultry yet. My spirit broken, I head to the poultry, and proceeded to get them taken care of...my son complaining all the way about the rain..and how his feet are wet...once back to the house..I explode!!! If you need laundry done...DO IT!!! If your socks and shoes are wet...wear the DAM water boots I told you to wear, but you dont WANT to wear because they are ugly. So, he started laundry....I guess I will finish it..
I need to get the kitchen cleaned...and make it to town sometime this morning to get my bloodwork done and an EKG. I just want to get this over with..so I can get back outside ASAP!
Maybe by the time I get healed....the rain will end.
I can't get a darned thing done outside....and there are so many things to do! Sunday went well. My son and his family came over for Easter dinner. Even tho my son is 28...I make him and his wife an Easter basket...as well as the kids. Our family tradition for Easter baskets is...I hide them in the house...and give them riddles to look for them. This is always a lot of fun...running them up and down the stairs with each riddle. I started this tradition years ago...when we couldn't do easter egg hunts outside because of the weather...and the kids would wake us at 6 or 7 am wanting to eat candy. So, They get a card..with the first riddle...and the rest of the morning they spend looking for thier baskets, while hubby and I drink our coffee and wake up. To this day...we still do this with the kids and grandkids.
Sunday evening it rained...of course...and today, more rain...I woke with a splitting head ache at 6 am. It actually made me sick to my stomach...so while I was " calling ralph" it was thundering...which scared the dogs...and they were trying to hide under my feet while I was bent over the comode!
I get a washcloth, and make it to the sofa in the family room in the basement. Nice and cool down here....so I layed back down for a bit. My son gets up, and heads out to take care of the animals. I was thinking to myself...ahhh, sweet rest...when he comes running in the door..." Mom, one of the pot belly pigs is out, and the sheep are attacking it!" FOR REAL!??? DAM! So, I get up, throw on a pair of sweats and my boots, grab my coat...and head out into the rain.
I was able to get the pig back in her stall...and hopefully fixed the way she was able to get out. Everyone fed, and watered....I head towards the house when my son informs me he has NOT taken care of the poultry yet. My spirit broken, I head to the poultry, and proceeded to get them taken care of...my son complaining all the way about the rain..and how his feet are wet...once back to the house..I explode!!! If you need laundry done...DO IT!!! If your socks and shoes are wet...wear the DAM water boots I told you to wear, but you dont WANT to wear because they are ugly. So, he started laundry....I guess I will finish it..
I need to get the kitchen cleaned...and make it to town sometime this morning to get my bloodwork done and an EKG. I just want to get this over with..so I can get back outside ASAP! Maybe by the time I get healed....the rain will end.
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