SSDreamin Blessings and curses

[Wannabefree]

Wow, sounds like fun times sis! The dog/cow thing, is cute Sorry you have to waste time in court :/

 

[SSDreamin]

Yesterday was busy. Not 'I got a lot done' busy, more like 'too much stress and it kept piling on' busy :/

Went for the cell collection procedure. Really didn't want to take the meds the doc gave me to help me relax, but DH insisted, and I am glad he did! Would've jumped right off that table without them!! On a 'good' note, it was determined that I had to have my biopsy performed BEFORE they could do the collection, so the doc did it right then and there! Now, I don't have to go back for that

Got home, checked the mail, and received our notice for trial. May 30th. Don't show up, and they swear out a warrant for your arrest. It was scheduled for the same day as my doc's appointment, to get all my results and do my pre-op, so I had to call and get that rescheduled and it is now pushed back into June :/

As icing on my crap cake, my brother called last night, drunk, and ridiculed me for my lifestyle. Lets see, the only animal I have on my 'farm' that is even close to logical are my chickens. My cow is an overpriced, useless lawn ornament and, if I get pigs, I'm a total moron. Why raise your own pork/beef when it can be purchased for $1.85/lb hanging weight right now? When I pointed out that I will know everything that went into the animals I eat, he called me a 'hippy freak' and said that, while he would have to trust that the meat he gets is what they say it is, I'm a fool who will be paying 3 times as much for my meat, in the form of feed. Oh, he didn't quit there. He asked me, after I told him we haven't bought bread from the store for several months now, if I was 'goin Amish'. Finally, his REAL problem showed itself. He showed his cards by saying that he and his wife both work their a***s off and don't have a dime to spare, so they HAVE to buy store bought bread and can't 'go around making cheese and canning up a bunch of crap' because they *just can't afford those kinds of luxuries*. At that point, I stopped getting angry and offended by what he was saying. I adore my brother. I would do anything for him. I know, if I asked, he would move heaven and earth to help me. It dawned on me that his drunken rant was a way to cover his frustration at spinning his wheels, while he see's DH and I moving forward with our attempts. Before he hung up, he said he'd been thinking a lot about our Christmas present, and the letter that went with it, lately. So we talked about that for a bit, and I tried to help him understand that it ISN'T about how much money you can throw at a problem, but how you can creatively solve your problems with the means you have. **Please note: My brother lives on 40 acres, 35 of which he inherited/owns outright, AND he and his wife also inherited 1/3 of her mother's 80 acre farm, 1 mile from their home. He grew up on the same farm I did. I just think his ability to see the big picture has gotten a little cloudy.

After that phone call, I thought about DH's Mom, who had given me a ride to the doc today, because I wasn't supposed to drive. She spent a lot of the trip discussing her recent canning marathon, of some potatoes and grapefruit she'd gotten for free. At one point, she proudly said "Our larder is almost full!". It dawned on me that, despite our fear that all of our family are sticking their heads in the sand and not interested in self sufficiency, DH and my continued efforts ARE rubbing off! OK, all but DH's sister, who announced that she is pregnant with child number 8, that we will be helping to support just like the others :/

In Ice Cream news, the cow has turned into a Diva!! She will only eat her hay, if she must stay in her pen, if you A) hand feed it to her or B) take it out of the feeder and pile it on the ground beside the feeder or in her hutch (if it's raining) I'm drawing the line if she decide's I have to carry her out to the pasture and back!!

 

[Denim Deb]

What a spoiled brat!

 

[snapshot]

Sounds like a conspiracy with the court date and your results date. And your brother is icing on the cake! I hope he gets it soon!!!!!

 

[SSDreamin]

Deb - she absolutely is! My MIL says it's because of the full moon, and it will pass. I'm thinking it won't. I am in my livingroom right now, listening to her tell me says out of hay. She has a big pile in the feeder, mind you, but she'll keep crying until I go out and hand feed her

I hope you're right Snap, my brother is a good man, but sometimes he just makes me want to pull my hair out!!

Well, the area DH is working in made the National News yesterday. Flooding so bad they shut down major expressways and had to rescue people from their cars! One of the guys DH works with said water was up to his door handle coming into work! DH has no issues - he can almost see the job site from where he's staying, but it seems that getting home tonight is going to be a nightmare :/ His 3 1/2 hour trip could take up to 6 hours, depending on detours and traffic. He may have to just stay there until next weekend.

 

[snapshot]

Hope he stays there if it is safer for him!!!!!!!!

 

[Avalon1984]

So sorry about your brother. That is just terrible!

 

[Denim Deb]

Hope he stays there if it is safer for him!!!!!!!!

Ditto to that! It's not worth the risk.

 

[SSDreamin]

Well, DH made the trip anyway. He worked out the bypass in advance, and it only took him 4 hours. He said he had too much work to do here, and only one day a week to do it, plus he would be stuck there playing solitaire all day if he stayed

They allowed burn permits yesterday! We have been waiting for weeks. Even though it has been very wet here, the wind has been bad, so they wouldn't give out permits. We burned all the scrub trees the guys yanked out last month, plus a boatload of trimmed/fallen branches. The child and I drug several huge pine boughs over to the burn pit, which wore me right out! I also knocked out 3 loads of laundry (still have to use the dryer, until we get the clothesline in the ground- and, it was raining most of yesterday) and made DH's loaf of bread for work. After I rested a bit (and watched my guys keep working, which made me feel horribly guilty!) I dug up all the flowers the previous owners had planted all over the 'back field', soon to be the cow's pasture. Ended up with 2 big garbage bags full of bulbs and tubers! I know there are Irises and Daffodils. I also dug up a huge mound of bulbs that were the size of onions, with lots of long green leaves above ground that I have no clue about Now I need to decide where to put them! If it was just a handful, I'd stick them in among all the flowers out front. As it is, DH doesn't want any more 'difficult to mow around' flowerbeds out front, and I would like flowers out back, but can't decide where??? I tend to sit out on the back stoop after chores, so I need to figure out a spot in the immediate back yard, that won't get in my way as I walk from building to building, will be visible from the back stoop, AND is easy to mow around (right now, Ice Cream keeps things mowed, but she likes to eat flowers!).

I made 2 experiments for dinner: Sliced ham, slow cooked with enchilada sauce, and a simple version of Olive Garden's (old recipe, that they don't have anymore) ham and peas over noodles. I didn't like the ham with enchilada sauce, but DH said it was fantastic with noodles, so he stole half my noodles for that. The ham and peas dish ended up tasting like chicken noodle soup, without much juice, that had ham and peas in it :/ I ate some, and DH inhaled the rest. The man can eat! DS#2 just wanted noodles, minus any experiment added.

We finished our day yesterday watching movies. OK, the guys watched 'Hot Tub Time Machine' while I kept falling asleep in my chair!

 

[Avalon1984]

Yeah! A fire!!! I so crave one. We are drowing in rain up here. Somebody, make it stop please!!!!