Lorihadams-- hi guys...been busy!

[Bubblingbrooks]

Really??? We'll price out the tempered glass...I hope my children decide never to do another WWE move through it again

Chad called a little while ago and told me that he didn't know when he was going to be home that he picked up another job today from the CL ad I placed.

My children are driving me nuts and after they got into a fight I told them that if they got into a fight again they would both spend the rest of the night in their rooms. 30 seconds later they're hitting each other. So now they are only allowed to come out to go to the bathroom and take a bath later after I milk the goat and to be honest they haven't really gotten that dirty today so I may just skip the bath altogether, send them to bed early and make a cup of tea. I have a book to finish before we go to the library tomorrow.

Today is my BF's birthday and she has orientation tonight for her students at the school. She told hubby to cook a lasagna and thaw out a key lime pie and have it ready when she walked in the door I got her a cute card when I went out today and put a bag of skittles in it and left it by the back door for her.

I had to run some errands and now I just want to relax but I have to milk the goat and get the critters put up in a little bit. I also apparantly forgot to cut the frost free outdoor spigot off this morning at 7:30am....I discovered it on at 4pm today. I'm so aggrivated with myself. At least there is a nozzle on the end of the hose and water wasn't pouring all over all day long. Would have made my ducks really happy...wonder if it will do anything to my electric bill? What happens when you leave a spigot running but the water doesn't leave the hose?

Nothing whatsoever, unless it drips and the pump has to run off and on.

 

[lorihadams]

Good to know!

Well, I got my package of wormer and treatment from Molly's Herbals and it's official....everyone hates it. I did manage to get Tally and Bethoron to take it over the course of 2 feedings yesterday and they did okay with it this morning but Aliana is not having anything to do with it. She HATES mollasses so she is taking her sweet F-ing time with the mollasses mixture I put on her feed from YESTERDAY. I even tried mixing it up with peanut butter and spreading a thin layer on her favorite cookies and she SPIT THEM AT ME.

I have to see what I can do to get her to take it this evening. She's the one that needs it the most....I want to worm them before I breed them at the end of this month or next month. Killing me.

Hubby made $500 yesterday and got a phone call from a lady that he did a job for last weekend. See, he kept seeing other people trying to stuff debris in plastic bags with less than wonderful results and he told several people in her neighborhood to just put a pile on the curb and they would throw it on the trailer and haul it away for them....free of charge. Well, she called to tell him that several of the neighbors had had a get together and they couldn't stop talking about how nice he was to all of them and what a wonderful job he did on her yard and she called to ask if she could pass on his number to several other families that were having a hard time finding anyone to get rid of debris. She also told him that it was refreshing to find someone that was hardworking and honest and wouldn't try to take advantage of people during a crisis. She said, "I don't know who raised you and your friend but whoever it was they did a fabulous job."

Looks like hubby is about to get busier.


Went to my bee meeting last night and talked to a gentleman that was having some similar issues as my hive but he suspects he has laying workers in his hive. I talked to one of the old timers about my hive's problems and he said to keep feeding the pollen patties and increase the concentration of sugar water to a 2:1 ratio. So that means 4lbs of sugar per quart of water. Geesh.

I'm gonna check out the hives tomorrow by myself again and feed with a higher concentration....I may add the jar feeder just to give them even more feed during the week. I will probably need to add another pollen patty as well. I will probably feed pollen patties for the next month to get them prepared for the winter. We usually get our first frost mid October so it's getting close. Hopefully it will be okay over the winter and maybe I will requeen it next spring if all is well. I am also thinking that if my strong hive still looks really good next spring I may try to split it early in the spring since I have two nuc boxes to use and that would keep them from swarming in the spring (hopefully).

I'm thinking I may go to Sam's Club and buy a 25lb bag of sugar.

 

[modern_pioneer]

When am I gonna get some honey? Trade you some sketti sauce, ask Chad if he would like some.

 

[lorihadams]

When WE get some honey you'll get some honey!!! Not till next year, I'm afraid. I gotta leave all of it on there for the winter...we've gotten to taste a bit of it and it is really good, though!

I'm glad you got lots of goodies from your garden this year, we are not having a good garden year at all....I think I got like 6 tomatoes that were the size of a golf ball. I didn't even get a single cucumber....how do you screw up cucumbers???

Chad says we'll definitely trade when we get some from the hives...I'm just hoping both make it through the winter alright. Good to hear from you again, everyone doing okay???

 

[lorihadams]

Today hubby is cutting up a massive pine tree and trying to see if he can pick up any more work from the neighborhood they are in....waiting on 3 other estimates to see if they got the job. He wants to go buy a new chainsaw cause his old one is giving him a fit and it is a cheapy one anyway.

The good news is that I think we have sold the exercise equipment I'm waiting to hear back from the guy, I told him I wanted a $200 deposit cause he wants us to hold it for 2 weeks. If I'm gonna pull the ad I want a deposit and that $200 will pay for the gas to get it to him cause we charged him extra to deliver it.

I worked the bee hives by myself today and I am pretty pleased with them both. They are finally starting to make and cap honey. I guess the pollen patty and higher concentration sugar water worked!

Now I am off to get things ready for the pool, I think. I renewed our YMCA membership and got the paperwork to sign both kids up for their gymnastics class. Got to get the paperwork filled out and classes paid for though.

They are also offering yoga classes so I may start going but it is right in the middle of milking time so we'll see if it will work out with hubby.

Oh, and anyone want to send me a buck rag so I can figure out when my darn goats are in heat??? I'll pay for it!!!

 

[lorihadams]

so it looks like we sold the exercise equipment!!! The guy is gonna send me a $200 deposit to hold it with the rest due at delivery in 2-3 weeks. We were able to make a nice profit on it so I am pleased as punch as soon as I see some actual money.

Hubby got a job for $1500 tomorrow and another for $500 so that's a nice chunk of change for him! He took $500 today and bought a new chainsaw with the 2 yr warranty and the supplies to go with it. Killing me....but he worked for it and he can spend it any way he wants. It is much nicer and bigger than the wimpy one he had that is trying to die on him so we'll get plenty of use out of it. We are hanging out watching Pirates of the Carribean and I just placed another ad for hubby for leaf removal in the fall and gutter cleaning as well as mulch services.

He loves the work...today he had a pine tree to cut up as big as our dining room table that the storm snapped in half. Took him all day but he made $800...split with his "brother", of course. His "brother" is a childhood friend that may as well be his blood brother, the one that got engaged the other week.

Oh, and I finally found a way to get the goats to take the stupid wormer. I mixed it with molasses until it made a paste and spread it in between animal crackers. I fed them at the same time so they all fought over who was gonna eat what and the competition created a feeding frenzy and they all ate their doses...much easier. I should have figured that cookies would work. Just like children, I swear.

 

[LovinLife]

Sounds like DH is doing really well! Good job, I'm so happy for you!

 

[lorihadams]

Yeah, his "brother" is pissed...he's tired Chad told him to "suck it up, brother!" He said he wanted to work....

 

[LovinLife]

Yeah, his "brother" is pissed...he's tired Chad told him to "suck it up, brother!" He said he wanted to work....

Yeah he's got to roll with the punches! Tell him to "suck it up buttercup" !

 

[lorihadams]

Yeah, really...be careful what you wish for cause you just might get it!!!!