Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin

[lorihadams]

Yeah, I think I knew I had arrived when my husband gave me muck boots and a $50 gift card to TSC and I was excited about it! My mom thought I had lost my everlovin mind.

I have been wanting a pistol for a while now, years in fact. I want a 357. I have a daringer (sp?) that shoots 22 caliber bullets. It has a mother of pearl handle and is the cutest little thing. We used it to train the dog for bird hunting when he was a puppy. Sounds just like a starter pistol.

Problem is that it is so small I have a hard time finding it. :/ I never keep it loaded....I figure if anyone tries to get in my house a shotgun in the face is more intimidating than what looks like a pea shooter.

Glad you could help your neighbor out. That's gotta be tough.

 

[Henrietta23]

Really enjoying this thread this morning!
I remember the birthday when DH got me my Muck boots. I was thrilled. I was asked at church what I had gotten. I think the person who asked was expecting something sparkly. I told the honest truth, with enthusiasm, and was met with a blank stare. Then our priest's wife heard and said, "Whoooohooo! Which style?" That sums up my life. Those who get it and those who don't.
As for Bassett Hounds moving fast, this one particular dog could move. He was terrifying. When his owners went on vacation they boarded him with us because no kennel in the state would take him. Our cages where set up in a long hall, opposite the runs where doggies would be placed to do their business. To get "Hunter" from his cage to his run we had to have a meatball of canned dog food ready to toss. We'd open both doors so that they provided a barrier between him and us. Then we'd toss the meatball into which ever area we needed him to go and slam the door behind him. We hated when he came to stay. He would stand there, close to the floor, wiggling his tail at us. If you didn't move fast enough he'd lunge. <shiver>

 

[TanksHill]

Yeah,
Problem is that it is so small I have a hard time finding it. :/ I never keep it loaded....I figure if anyone tries to get in my house a shotgun in the face is more intimidating than what looks like a pea shooter.

My DH says the same thing. :/

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

Really enjoying this thread this morning!

yep! me too! but i'm headed outside as i'm finished up in here....

everyone fed - check!
bread rising - check!
cheese started - check!
butter shaken - check!
dishwasher going - check!
laundry going - check!

so enough of this foolishness... i'm finishing up my non-salmonella egg over pork/tater hash and headed out!

finally - FINALLY after a month of this stupid sickness i'm almost up to working a full day. as long as its cool i'l be outside trying to make the most of what is left of my poor garden

javamama - i saw that you pulled your 'maters already - i'm about to do the same. can you believe it??? at this rate we'll have the firewood done by the end of sept! i hope we arent covered in snow by then! yikes!

H23: still laughing myself sick over the killer Bassett ....my golly! (ps sorry your family is having such a rough go of it... dealing with elderly parents if very difficult.)

 

[emilosevich]

Really enjoying this thread this morning!
I remember the birthday when DH got me my Muck boots. I was thrilled. I was asked at church what I had gotten. I think the person who asked was expecting something sparkly. I told the honest truth, with enthusiasm, and was met with a blank stare. Then our priest's wife heard and said, "Whoooohooo! Which style?" That sums up my life. Those who get it and those who don't.
<shiver>

I got about the same stares the year I got a pressure canner and canning jars for christmas. Some people just didn't get how I could be so excited by such things, but at least DH gets it and he got that stuff for me.

 

[Farmfresh]

My first experience with folks thinking I was nuts while I was thrilled was when I got a brand new wheelbarrow for my 15th birthday. I also remember the crap I got when I was thrilled over a new vacuum cleaner for Christmas as a new married. Now days I get fence posts, lumber and things like a garden scooter seat and NO ONE that knows me ever bats an eye!

My D1, the vet tech, says her most often biting dogs are Chihuahua's and Cocker Spaniels. The big dogs usually get some training while those little dogs are allowed to rule the roost and are often spoiled.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

how did you get them to actually GIVE you lumber?!?!?!?

when asked i always say the same thing:

i need a pallet of 2x4's

and they always just laugh laugh laugh...

wow what a day! i know its gonna be hot tomorrow but today was fabulous. i'm getting things cleaned out of the gardens and using the last of my seeds trying to get one last round in.

now that we've moved the 'inside Meeps' to their new day pen i've got my Front Garden back...finally getting it shoveled out, organized and ready for mulch mulch mulch. i'm going to put in a couple more raised beds, straight lines, and right angles to the previously curvy-roundy bed. i think i've got rid of just about all the invasive crap the previous owners planted. what were they thinking?

and my pears are about ready - some have started to fall so i'll go pick a bunch and let them ripen... then its caramel-y upside down pear cake for all my friends!

of course i never did set anything out for supper.. yikes! oh well, the bread is baking and i have that new batch of butter. hum.. what else would we need?

 

[Wifezilla]

A conversation hubby and I had very early in our marriage....

Hubby: What do you want for Christmas?
Me: A circular saw
Hubby: A WHAT?!?!
Me: A circular saw! I am tired of not having one and trying to cut things with a crappy hacksaw
Hubby: Ummm....are you serious?
Me: Completely. Look...the Black & Decker's are on sale this week. Get me one.
Hubby: It looks dangerous. You'll cut your finger off!
Me: I have been using one since I was 7. I never cut myself. I HAVE hurt myself with that crappy hack saw. See? (shows jagged gash on finger)
Hubby: You want...a...saw....for....Christmas....
Me: You asked me what I wanted and I told you. Now go buy me a damn circular saw!
Hubby: Is this a trap?



P.S. I got the damn saw

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

thats what i'm talking about!

the loading guy at the local Sears just never will get over that the 12" compound mitre saw was for ME. he just kept lookin at my husband and shakin' his head. hee hee hee
;-)

my man figured out a while ago that i dont want jewelry or shoes. if he wants me to be happy he'll bring me tools.

say that reminds me - i'd better go and remind him how lucky he is to have me......

* runs off yelling "hey honey......" in the background "yes yes i know i'm lucky to have you"*
;-)

 

[FarmerDenise]

My ex never did 'get it' that I really wanted tools, including power tools. When we got divorced a wealthy friend asked me what I wanted for christmas and I said power tools. he asked "what kind" I said any, I need them all. I was in for a big surprise that christmas, because he got me one of each.

SO is still afraid that I'll hurt myself using power tools
I've been using them longer than he has, I am older

But SO does know not to go too crazy getting me girly stuff. My best christmas present this past year was the pressure canner mom got me. Mom knows me

Lets see, where would we all live, if we all lived next to each other. I really like it here in sonoma county, california, but it seems a LOT of you live in ohio. But you guys get snow I don't mind visiting snow, but I really don't like shoveling it on a regular basis. We rarely get snow and it doesn't stick, when we do.

OK gotta get back to those chores