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kristin sherrill
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kristin
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 Posted - May 31 2009 : 4:15:01 PM
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I don't have a milking machine. I milk by hand. They are too much trouble and time for me. I am done and all cleaned up in no time this way. With a machine I'd be cleaning still. I'd much rather hand milk. I can get each goat fed and milked in probably 5 minutes start to finish now. This morning I went out at 7 and I was done with everyting, incuding chickens, by 7:40. Not too bad.
I have a little holding pen right outside the goat yard that they come into before going into the milk room. So when I get them in there all the kids come in too. They get trampled and just keep going. None of them have been hurt yet. But they are getting annoying because then I have to herd them all back in again. And if one of the does gets out of line it gets all the others out of order and messes it all up. Do those does have an order too? Mine go oldest to youngest. They did that, not me. And they all have their certain stanchions, too. I have 3 of them. So I do 3 at a time which also saves time.
Kris
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Alee
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Posted - May 31 2009 : 5:15:01 PM
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We only have one milking stand and the does have an order- the pushiest goes to the front of the line! LOL. I used to be able to milk each doe out in about 5 minutes each, but now I think it takes me a little longer. I will watch the clock tomorrow and let you know. I decided to hold off on the double milking a little longer. My hands are still sore and I don't want to not be able to finish and give a doe mastitis.
Alee
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kristin sherrill
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kristin
chickamauga
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Posted - May 31 2009 : 6:10:06 PM
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Alee, it sounded like I was bragging on how little time it takes me to milk. I have been doing this now four years. But when I first started out it took a while and my hands did hurt. They do a little now fir a few days til I get used to doing it. But I do everyting as fast as I can to get it all done and over with. So I'm sorry the way I worded it. When people come over to look at the goats and to see the stanchions to make some for their goats, they all say I go too fast to see what's going on. I remember when I first watched someone milk. I was amazed at how fast she was. But it takes a lot of practice to get the hang of it and get the right hand position and squeeze just right.
Kris
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Alee
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Posted - May 31 2009 : 7:06:11 PM
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Oh Kris! You didn't sound like you were bragging! It's a great achievement to milk that fast! You should be proud! Jael- the girl that normally milks (the goats are hers) goes so fast it sounds like one solid stream of milk hitting the pail. It's amazing! I usually have to give them about a pound of grain to keep them there long enough, but when my hands hurt it sometimes takes two. :D I still am re-learning the trick to aiming some of the udders. My pants usually have some wet spots form randomly squirted milk! LOL
Alee
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CherryMeDarlin
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Cherry
Odenville
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USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 05:50:51 AM
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Wow! Are there goat milking competitions out there? My money'd be on you, Kris! Practice does make perfect. And speed! Alee, if I tried to milk a goat, I'd be soaked from the knees down!
Well, girls, I have the daunting task of trying to find a job. Real estate just isn't cutting it right now. People are scared right now. They might be looking at buying a house, but they're taking longer to make that decision. Yesterday I had three people who didn't even get out of their cars, just slowly drove through. I had the thought of stepping out in front of their cars just so I could force them to talk to me, but first, I'm not pushy like that and refuse to be, and two, with my luck I'd just get run over! I'll keep my license, but after having a heart-to-heart with Brian, it's been decided that I have to go back to a 9-to-5. The company he works for has two more months of work and then nothing else on the schedule. Brian has the unfortunate task of having to lay-off some of his men. He's really in a difficult situation. He absolutely hates having to do this. The last time they had a round of lay-offs, his migraines kicked in and it seemed like he was having one every other day.
Anyway, we're looking down the road and it's not out of the realm of possibilities that he might be having to look for another job by the end of the year, so we're trying to prepare for that just in case. And of course, my problem is that there are sooo many people out there looking for jobs right now and the job market is so small. I'd love to be able to bring in some income working from home because I want to spend as much time with La as I can with this being her last year of high school and then it's off to college (God willing)! That was one of Brian's points, too. As an agent, I have more flexibility during the week and none on the week-ends, the exact opposite of his schedule.
Please pray for us and this situation. I'm trying to be upbeat and optimistic. I'm very much an optimistic person and spend a large portion of my day in a spirit of gratitude. But I've had this feeling of oppression hanging over me this week-end. A feeling of failure. And I detest that.
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
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NikkiBeaumont
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Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 06:15:15 AM
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Oh, Cherry, you will never be a failure! You are gifted in so many areas! First of all you are extremely intelligent, well-spoken, kind, and friendly and I could go on and on and on about your good attributes. Any employer would be super blessed to have you in their corner or maybe you could figure out a way to be self-employed! I know that the odds seem insurmountable, but they are nothing to God and He has something great in store for you! I will be praying for you and for Brian. I know that you can't help that feeling of oppression hanging over you when so much of the future is up in the air, but hang tough and it will be sorted out!
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
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Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 12:25:59 PM
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Hey ya'll. Cherry, my brother had a thriving home building business in Colorado Springs for several years. He built very high dollar homes and was doing great til last year. He's in bad shape now. Had to go back to work for the government again. And has to stay in Calif. for months at a time now. So I know how the housing market is now. Not big at all. I sure hope something good comes along for you. Hey, I know! You could start a dairy goat operation. You'd be home all the time then. You can sell it for 8-10 a gallon. Not too bad. And you should not feel that way at all. You are a very smart creative person. You will surely come up with some way to make money at home. I will be praying something comes up for you.
And I usually take a milk bath every day. My pants are wet and my arms, too. Bubba loves it. I give him squirts while I milk.
It's hot ya'll! I am dreading going out to do the hay. But it's gotta get done.
Alee, I remember seeing a diagram in one of the MJF mags a few years ago about how to stack about 33 bales in a truck. Do you know where I could get a copy of that?
Kris
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Alee
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Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 1:22:56 PM
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Hi Kris!
It's in the Keeping in Touch section of the She's a Keeper (May, June, July 2008) issue - page 29.
Well today it took about 40 minutes to milk so I am getting faster- but oh boy do my hands ache. It would be nice to get a day off from milking- but that doesn't happen! :D I think tomorrow I am going to take some tylenol before I go out. I don't need to come down with a case of tendonitis while my friends are away!!
Cherry- I know what you mean- It's hard and disappointing to go back to the 9-5 world when you have been self employeed for so long. Hope something great turns up for you!!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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NikkiBeaumont
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Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 2:06:17 PM
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Oh, Kris, I hope that you don't have a bulging disk in your back! That sounds bad. Oh, I am not worrying about back pain today. I am hurting all over from skiing basically just for two minutes.
Kris, what a great idea for Cherry! A goat dairy!
Alee, wow! You are getting it done! Are you going to have your own farm soon?
Oops, I have to go right now. Oakley has money and must go to the thrift store.
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kristin sherrill
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Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 2:13:07 PM
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Alee, I am so thankful you are here. I looked through all my mags and never saw it. But now that you pointed out the exact issue and page # there it is. Isn't that just like all we do? Search and search and there it is right in front of us all the time? You are amazing. Thanks again. And your hands will be fine about the time you have to leave.
Nikki, you only skiid (?) for 2 minutes? I hope you didn't get hurt and have to stop.
Kris
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Alee
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CherryMeDarlin
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Cherry
Odenville
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Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 3:59:22 PM
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Ya'll are simply the absolute best! You've lifted my spirits like you wouldn't believe! Nikki, I'm so happy you got to ski and so sad you're still feeling the after-effects of your two minutes scooting across the water! And I would love, love, love to have a goat dairy! I might need to crunch some numbers for Brian. I never imagined you'd be able to get that much for goat milk. Hmmmmm.....
Kris, La got your card in the mail today. Thank you, thank you, thank you for being so sweet to my baby girl! Goodness, ya'll, I just tear up at how sweet all of you are! So kind and considerate! And we haven't even "met" one another! Kris, that you would reach out like this to her....she had a raging panic attack in her sleep last night. That's the only thing I can compare it to. She used to have night terrors when she was little and this was similar to that. But she woke-up from a nightmare and her hands and arms were numb and she was having chest pains and couldn't breathe and she was sweating and shaking. She was screaming for me at the top of her lungs. I got her focused on breathing, calmed down and wrapped my arms around her and she wouldn't let go. Took her awhile to fall back asleep. So I picked-up the mail today, saw your card and got a big ol' smile. I gave it to her and watched her while she read it. She looked at me and said, "Mama, that was so nice of her!" I said, "Yeah, she really is." She said, "Will you tell her 'thank you'?" And so, Kris, consider yourself thanked and hugged tightly by both of us!!!
Alee, you should find one of those foreign-run nail places and get you a $10 hand massage! I don't do the acrylic nails, but the massages are WONDERFUL!
Sooooo.....I'm prone to tell God that He must remember how hard-headed I am and not always so observant of His guidance so He needs to make His path for me really, really obvious! I'd been searching all week-end for a job on the internet and wracking my brain for something I could do from home that would bring in, if nothing else, spending money for myself, and I didn't see anything that suited my past experience or didn't give me pause about responding to. Then I remembered the Board of Education website and I checked it out. Right there was a posting for a secretarial position with the transportation department! Wow! Close to home, decent pay, and right in line with my skills! Plus, and this is a big plus, one of my very good friends is on the Board! So I applied then called her up to put a bug in her ear about what I'd done. I was feeling like God had truly made clear His plans for me. THIS must be the path I'm to take at this time!
Then.......I get a phone call from a lady who'd visited one of our subdivisions after I'd left yesterday. She wanted me to meet her at lunch and show her one of the houses. She loved it. Wants to buy it. I get back to the office and one of my team members tells me that he has a contract coming in today for another house in one of our subdivisions. AND I get a call from a gentleman looking for lake property.
Now.......I'm so confused! My very practical hubs can't understand my confusion. He said I could just do real estate part-time, but I'm afraid if I tell my broker that I've got a job, she'll take me off the subdivision team. That would really hurt in the pocketbook! And of course I am borrowing trouble and counting my chickens before they hatch. I don't understand why I'm so antsy about this because I'm usually the one letting things roll off my back. I truly don't believe in worrying about something I have no control over or can't change. I think I'm just nervous about making another decision that doesn't pan out. I have hate-to-disappoint-daddy-and-hubby issues. Not that my daddy has anything to do with this, just how I was growing up and it's carried over into my marriage. And trust me, that issue was talked to absolute death in counseling! Aaarrrggghhh!!!!!
Oh, my beans are blooming! 
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
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Alee
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kristin sherrill
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kristin
chickamauga
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Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 7:22:32 PM
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Oh Cherry. That's so sweet. She is so sweet. I sure hope she doen't have any more of those attacks. My Chloe does sometimes. She hates the dark and gets terrified and almost goes bazonkers she gets so scared.
And it always happens when you are looking for a job you get 5 different offers and it messes everything up. So you really have to go with your gut, girl. They both sound goos but the sec job would be more steady and better hours and more air conditioning! And is it just through the school year?
I got 40 bales of hay on my truck! And when I got there my friend already had her truck almost full. She had a diagram that showed how to get 56 bales on a truck. She had her 2 oldest kids plus a friends 2 oldest kids and another one. So I think I might have gotten 10 bales altogether. They loaded mine, too. So it was all done in about 30 minutes. My friend who owns the field lost her cell phone. So she said to keep a lookout for it in a bale.
I came home and milked then got the tiller out and tilled several rows before it got too dark. I need headlights on my tiller! I'll have to go back out in the morning and do the rest before it gets too hot.
And you have bean flowers already, Cherry? You better keep an eye on them. You'll have beans before you know it. My squash and zuc are growing like crazy!
Kris
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laurzgot
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Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 8:52:16 PM
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Cherry, Hang in there. Hopefully the job will come through for you. I do know that it could take awhile to find somthing that can match your talents. So just be patient. God does listen and everything will be fine for you and your family.
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NikkiBeaumont
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Posted - Jun 02 2009 : 05:02:37 AM
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Oh, Alee! I am excited that you have a REAL farm in your future! You have the skills, energy and gumption to make it all come together! And I am so impressed with how you are training Tala for future riding and showing. Nora is a really blessed girl to have you as her Momma to teach life skills of hard work, the satisfying and character building knowledge in one's own abilities.
Kris, I can't wait to see your place! I really can't. We need to come up with a day that Cherry, La, Oakley and I could come to visit you! - So glad that you got the hay. Now I am sure that you will rest a little more easy knowing that you have food for the goats! I hope that we will be able to come on a day that we can help you harvest something! Like beans! When will your beans be ready?
Cherry, wow! So many choices! I am so glad that you have options! You will just have to pray about. That's all I can say. Just that God will give that "Peace" when you make a decision.
I know about the people pleasing. I've been doing it for a long time, I hate to let anyone down. But I just up and thought to myself recently, "Is this me? Is this who I am? Who am I? What do I really like? Do I WANT to do this?" That's when I stopped folding the towels into perfect squares. LOL! It was a part of my rebellion. Of course, no one was making me do it that way. Just my OCD. In a way, I am rebelling against my own "rules" for my self. And boy, howdy, am I really mixing it up now. I'm breaking out of my rut and doing all kinds of things that I never would have done! I just want to go out in the front yard and scream, "Ta-Wanda!" right now. And sometimes, I just take a whole handful of towels and shove them into the cabinet without folding them at all. It gives me more time to do what I really want to do!
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NikkiBeaumont
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Posted - Jun 02 2009 : 05:16:36 AM
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Y'all, here is the set-up for the upside down tomato, right side up pepper pot.
Then, here are my succulent babies. They have been mauled by slugs lately and Oakley sprinkled some Epsom salts around for me. That's a sign that she has had in her dollhouse. Why? I don't know.
The reason I know that I only skied for 2 minutes is because Selena videoed it. It sure seemed a lot longer to me and exciting, too. But watching it on the computer it was so boring. I didn't even wipe out in a spectacular way. Bummer. Everyone got a chance to tube, kneeboard and ski for about an hour and then the boat started acting oddly, like it was out of gas but it wasn't. We ended up having to use the skis to paddle back to our friend's dock. It was funny! I wish someone on shore could have photographed that! I took pictures of the girls doing it, but Lovin' Man was hot and irritable and would not let me take a photo of him. He did not see the humor in any of it. But that is the way a boat is...more work than fun if you don't have a brand new one. That's okay though, I'll take whatever fun I can get.
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CherryMeDarlin
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Cherry
Odenville
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Posted - Jun 02 2009 : 06:55:42 AM
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Thank you, all, for your encouragement! You know how it is...your brain goes from total assurance to total confusion, forgetting all that assurance, in a split-second! Well, mine does anyway!
You know, Kris, I'm not unfamiliar with hay bales and I was scratching my head trying to figure out how you'd get just 33 bales on your truck and you went and got even more! I got a tickle over the lost cell phone. Can you imagine if the thing started ringing while stuck in a hay bale and you'd forgotten about her having lost it and that phone's just a ringing and you don't know if you're really hearing a cell phone or if it's all in your head?! Lawd, that would be funny!
La drove again last night. Well, she just went to a friend's house about 10 miles away, but still. I know she'll be okay, it's just getting through the time between now and then. Getting myself through that time, too! And, God forgive me, I am selfishly loving this needing me business. She'd become so independent, like all teenagers do, and I was truly mourning not being needed. The one thing she still lets me do for her is to brush her hair out after she's washed it. I'd thought that was it and was jealously guarding that little ritual. I think God's given me this opportunity to store up some more memories before my little bird leaves the nest!
Nikki, that people pleasing can be such a burden to carry! I totally relate to you. It's what led to mine and Brian's divorce. I started asking myself questions like that and decided that enough was enough. I'm the eldest and my parents relied on me heavily to be responsible, be a peace-keeper, and a good example. And I was a true daddy's girl. And granddaddy's girl, too, for that matter. It seems everything I did was to prevent them from being disappointed in me. And then when Brian and I married, it just transferred to him. I spent so much time alone because Brian was always off working or hunting and he expected me to be at home waiting on him and where he didn't have to worry about me. Can you imagine being told that you needed to stay at home because Lovin' Man didn't need the additional worry of where you might be or what you might be doing? And then one day I realized that I was 34 years old, made good money, and didn't want to waste my life away sitting at home while Brian was off doing his thing. You talk about a wake-up call!!! I asked myself what did "I" want. I wanted to feel better about the way I looked and feel better in general after a doctor told me I was headed for problems on down the road. So I joined a gym and felt better than I did as a teen-ager. I wanted to wear stylish clothes instead of wearing clothes that wouldn't "draw attention" to myself (another worry he just didn't want to deal with). So I went shopping. I wanted to meet my girlfriends for Mexican and margaritas instead of sitting at home. So we started making dates. I wanted to do more traveling, so my girlfriends and I took ourselves to the beach for a week-end just us with no kids or husbands. I quit keeping my thoughts in my head in the name of keeping the peace. If Brian said something I didn't agree with, I began telling him. I began voicing my opinion even when I knew it'd make him mad. I tried to explain to him why I was acting different, but I'd led him to believe that I was completely, totally happy with the way things were for so long, he couldn't understand. The only conclusion he could draw based on my new behavior was that I was having an affair. He finally believed me that I wasn't, but still didn't believe that he had anything to do with my unhappiness and the change in me, so he left. Just decided that this was a problem he couldn't fix and just left. Filed for divorce. Moved on.
It was the best thing to happen to me. I learned that I could stand on my own two feet. That I was strong enough to be on my own, when I never had been before. I learned who I was and what I could take. It was so powerful and affirming for me!
I still find myself slipping back into that old role of sacrificing myself just to please him, of keeping my mouth shut when I probably shouldn't, of not being more forthcoming. But then I remember that I matter in this marriage, too. That I have a brain that is fairly intelligent. That he does not know everything. That every day isn't always just about what he wants to do. And then I remind him of these things. It really keeps him on his toes, which I love! He says that I yanked the rug out from underneath him. I love that I was even able to do such a thing!
I love Oakley's sticker! And I love that she thought to put it on the flower pot plagued by slugs! Cutie-patootie!
Your trip to the lake sounds like so many we took as kids! My dad was a mechanic and it seems everything was always breaking down. Either the truck would break down on the way to the lake or the boat would right as we'd get out there and start having fun! It seems we always spent more time waiting for him to fix the boat while we floated out in the middle of the lake than we did playing! And Brian rarely sees the humor in things like that either! That's when I start calling him "Eeyore" just to tease him!
~~Cherry~~
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CherryMeDarlin
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Cherry
Odenville
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Posted - Jun 02 2009 : 07:16:12 AM
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Signs of Summer
Bean Blossoms
Why? Because he can!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
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Alee
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kristin sherrill
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chickamauga
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Posted - Jun 02 2009 : 2:44:00 PM
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I just had a big scare. Kansas went with me today to deliver milk and we got home awhile ago. She disappeared. Her momma was outside mowing. She just came screaming up to the house and I ran out to see what was wrong. She was pointing to her leg and I saw blood on the thigh of her pants. She's just screaming at the top of her lungs so I put her on my bed and start pulling her pants down. I just knew there would be a big ole gash and we'd have to take her to the hospital and get stitches. But I didn't see a thing. She kept saying "no it's not there it's here" and I said "where" and she finally got out that it was her finger. She had a little scratch on the tip of her right index finger. Boy was I relieved but good grief, all that screaming and crying for a little scratch. Lots of blood though. So she has a few bandaides wrapped around her finger and is on the couch watching cartoons and eating grapes and holding her right hand high up in the air. Poor kid just hates blood.
Oh ya'll, I love all the pictures. And I cannot believe you have squash, Cherry. I'm going to go look in a little while after I get the garden area mowed. Heather just finished the rest of the yard and that's all that's left. It's too hot already. 92 here. I think it's more than that myself. I was at my little almost 92 year old ladies house earlier. Took her to the store. Her house was up to 80 inside. She said she might need to turn on the air. I said, Ya think? Not really, but I sure thought that. Here I was with sweat dripping down my face and back. And she has on long sleeves and sweat pants. I wonder if I'll be that way when I'm that age. No! I kept telling my hubby when he was home on sick leave he and Mrs. Thomas would be great together. He was always cold and her heat is up to 80 all the time. He would have loved it there.
Kris
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NikkiBeaumont
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Posted - Jun 03 2009 : 05:53:11 AM
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Cherry, your pictures are great! I can't believe that you have squash, too and the tomatoes are so big! NOW you can tell your grandmother that planting by the almanac has worked out just dandy!
I am glad that La is being able to stick her toe back in the waters of driving. She's gotta get back on that horse and you do too. HA! Y'all are healing like champs! (Although, that night terror stuff sounds scary; I hope that y'all won't have anymore episodes of that!) And I wonder if there will ever come a day when I actually enjoy brushing Oakley's hair? We bought a natural boar's hair brush and it does seem to do the job more gently, but dang, that kid has a tender head and super-fine, easily tangled hair. Not a fun combo. It is usually the cause of much stomping around and yelling in the morning. I just threaten to get it all cut of and then back peddle when she takes me up on it. LOL!
Yeah, men with too many hobbies. I kind of came to the same epiphany, Cherry; although, I went the other way about working out and dressing up. I've stopped doing it. HA! I used to think, when Lovin' Man was going spearfishing over the weekend, "Great! Now I will have a chance to catch up on the housework!" What? Was I insane? But now since Lovin' Man has been planning on going spearfishing this weekend, I made plans to take my mom, brother, and kids to some Florida State Parks that I have been wanting to visit with my kayaks. I am doing things that I want to do, and that means seeing new places, having adventures, enjoying the outdoors, and taking tons of photos of it. HA!
Oh, Kris, I bet she about gave you a heart attack! It is amazing how quickly your imagination can supply you with a jillion horrible reasons for there to be blood on your baby's pants! Glad that it turned out to be "just a flesh wound" (if you have seen Monty Python's Holy Grail, you will get that). In fact, that is our term for any kind of boo-boo that we have around here.
LOL, about the temp. in your little, old lady's house. My great-aunt does the same thing, must have something to do with having thin skin and no insulation, but dang, she keeps it hot in there. She had the heat on when it was 80 degrees outside. I mean, I get so hot that I feel nauseous when I am at her house. I guess that must be what we all have to look forward to. At least, the power bill wouldn't be as high in the summer! Gotta look on the bright side!
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CherryMeDarlin
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Posted - Jun 03 2009 : 07:43:44 AM
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Goodness, Kris, I know that must have scared you! I'm glad it was just a flesh wound, too. How does Kansas feel about lizards? I'm sitting here on the back porch and can see 3 at different places, sunning themselves on the rail surrounding the porch and the rope surrounding the pool. La had a half-dozen of her friends here last night to play in the pool and the boys were finding tree frogs (they like to hang out around the pool, too) and lizards and chasing the girls with them. All except La, who just laughed. One of her friend-girls asked her wasn't she scared of them and La said, "I used to catch those and carry them around in my pockets!"
Grandmother keeps her house blistering hot, too! We always have to open doors when we're all there. Or someone will covertly adjust the air! Until she notices. Then we get yelled at. And no one will own up to it. And THAT makes her madder than an old wet hen! She'll be hollaring, "I know one of you touched this thermostat! I didn't change it and it didn't change it's self!" It's pretty funny.
It wasn't always fun brushing La's hair. I used to dread it horribly. When she was little, it was so long she could sit on it. And she has naturally curly, coarse hair intermingled with stick straight smooth hair. Like Grandmother used to say, it was like pulling a comb through molasses. But since La's gotten older, she loves the feel of having her hair brushed. Says it makes her sleepy.
I'm at the place you are now, Nikki, with wanting to get "out there". Brian and I both want to discover new things and places. One reason why he wants me to get that 9-to-5 job, so I'll have week-ends to do those things with him.
I'm proud of my little squash! La and I are going to eat lunch with Grandmother tomorrow, and I intend to take her some of those Almanac planted veggies! I gave a few of them away yesterday. That felt so good, to be able to tell someone to please enjoy something that came from my garden! Do you have a moment of pride, Kris, when you have all your veggies set out at the Farmer's Market? Nikki, did you read in the paper about the St. Clair Farmer's Market in Pell City? Yay! I'm so excited! I told Brian about it and he dryly asked me if I plan to take my veggies there to sell. I seriously told him that I would if he'd made me a bigger garden. He just laughed at me...
~~Cherry~~
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Alee
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Posted - Jun 03 2009 : 09:10:35 AM
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Good Morning Gals!
Kris- so glad that Kansas is okay! What a heart attack moment for sure! Oh and I got 2.5 gallons of milk this morning from the 6 does. Oiy! My hands felt really good for the first 3 and I felt like I was even doing better- having to use less motions to get the milk out. Then the last three about did me in with the last doe the worst! She has the tiniest teats and it seems like you can harldy get any milk out until you have gotten her about half done- then with a little more flexibility she milks out like a dream.
They were all a bit pushy today. Ungrateful beasts! LOL Gotta love them.
I have already done 2 loads of dishes (milking buckets take up a lot of room ;) ) and a load of clothes. Guess I should get back to work. It was nice taking a little break while the milk cooled.
Alee
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