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messybun

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Morning all laying around currently in bed with two toddlers and an infant. Been homeschooling and packing more. Almost got all the excess out. Still looks like it be a bit before we can move but that's life. Dh is working 7 days a week. His mother wants us to go in to land with them. We tend to be Leary on anything in that area for good reason. Looking at house in town for now and will possible be able to have a budget to lease some land for animals. I am getting all kinds of anxiety not having them, and here I might swing a raised garden so it can travel with us if we move anytime soon. Sooner the better and hopefully we be able to buy some land. First need a place for now and so got to do what needs to be done... personalmy hate the idea of in town but with all the prices near us for land there is no way we get there this year.

Can you farmsit in exchange for meat? It might give you some of the animal benefit and a little bit of change in your pocket.
 

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Messybunw that's something I 'll look into. I enjoy the work and it was kinda my mental relief from kids lol so I will be see if any farms around wouldn't mind. Right now I am stir crazy, dh might have some time to give me a 30 min break from them to get some exercise starting soon we shall see. Going to be baking today and things like that. Might thaw a deer roast and use it for stew sounds yummy.
 

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@Simpleterrier ... I get what you are saying. I had a plymouth duster when I got divorced and started milking on a 140 cow dairy 1/2 hour +, from me. Had it the first winter and we got a bunch of snow storms that year in Ct. Had to get a running start about 1/4 mile down the road to get up my driveway, even after it was plowed because it was rough and they couldn't scrape it good... and it was a hill that had a curve... oh what fun times. Hauled hay for the horses and feed and all when they couldn't deliver..... Then I bought an f-150 supercab, 2 wd.... had to keep plenty of stuff in the bed for weight... and drove it for work. I couldn't afford to miss a milking but the boss was a good guy and would tell me to stay home if the weather was bad because he lived right there, and knew I had my 5-6 yr old son to deal with.... babysitters and such.... and then he would "switch" milkings so I wouldn't lose much time.... he was so appreciative to have me when even back then, people didn't want to show up for work milking. 40 years ago... in an area where farms were disappearing for all the development back then.... I seldom used the weather for an excuse either... but there were times that it was better to call boss and not go to work than to risk an accident. We didn't get to use the weather for an excuse to stay home... but the towns and county workers also were equipped to get out and get the roads cleared off enough for people to continue about their normal business. You and I and most others raised in those environs also knew how to drive in it.

I took my driving test in a snow storm... my mom went with me in our old ford full size station wagon... a tank... and they were going to close the DMV early, and we got there about an hour before they were due to close. The guy who was giving the driving tests asked my mom if she was crazy having me take it in the snow... and I will never forget.... she looked right at him and said.... she is going to have to drive in it once she gets her license isn't she? She knows how to drive in it, so what difference does it make... I think he was scared to go out with me. But then once we got out on the road, and he saw I was careful but not overly intimidated, he got a little shi@@y about it, and made me do a 3 pt turn on an unplowed street with more than 3 inches of snow and it coming down... and I did it without spinning or sliding or anything... and then he just said to go back to the DMV and gave me the license.... If he had tried to make me do a parallel park I think I would have asked him if he was crazy.....you couldn't see the curbs with the snow....
Oh the memories....
 

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Also excuse to make them help.
:yesss:

I have Carhart overall and coat. They block the wind.
Carhartt makes good stuff. I just bought some "ripstop" pants to see if they hold up to "farm work" longer than my LL Bean jeans. Of course if I don't use the Bean jeans I'll lose my "farmer" moniker since they have always been my "hand me downs" from "clothes in decent enough shape to go to town". Might not be a fair comparison using brand new "work clothes".

His mother wants us to go in to land with them. We tend to be Leary on anything in that area for good reason.
That would be nuts ... IMO. His family is far too whacked to consider doing anything in concert with them financially.

Phooey on winter!
There MAY be a reason house sales are a lot lower in the winter in certain parts of the country.

start again in morning downstairs stay around 76 with it goin
76°?? Far too hot in the winter!!!
Tolerable in the summer.

And the BIGGEST thing is.... these SUV's are touted to go anywhere, in anything
But Jan, they have All Season Tires!! Of course they can go anywhere, in anything :lol: :gig

If he had tried to make me do a parallel park I think I would have asked him if he was crazy.....you couldn't see the curbs with the snow....
That would be DW's test, he didn't ask her to parallel park for that very reason.
 

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@Jesusfreak101 ; so glad to see you post. Sorry that you are feeling the lack of animal therapy... believe me I get it too. Maybe not today... with 15 degrees and blowing frigid snow....

I have to fully agree with @Bruce ... going in with anyone in his family is just going to be another headache and a heartache, for you down the road from all that you have shared with us over the past couple of years. Getting out of the whole scope of influence is probably going to be the only sane sensible thing you could do. You have to think of your own mental health, and of the kids as they grow up. They deserve you to be the best person you can be, and you are not going to be able to achieve that if you are still tied to the insane shenanigans they have inflicted upon you in the past.
I lived in an apt in town for about a year with my dog that had never been inside a fenced yard, and rented a small pasture for the animals I could not bear to part with... just to get things to where I could go to a better place.... we both survived it and were better for it in the long run... I realize that you have several kids as opposed to me being by myself... but still..... you do what you have to if you want it to be better down the road.
Hoping that your DH's 7 day weeks and long hours is helping to build up a "start again fund".....is there someone that you can trade babysitting with for a few hours so each of you could get just a little "me time" to collect your thoughts and "collapse" for a little bit???? I belonged to a babysitting co-op when my son was small, just to be able to have a little time to myself once a week or two....with not having much money for anything except barely paying the bills so trade off's were doable....
 

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@Bruce ... yep, those all season tires will take you anywhere, through anything, over hill and dale through 2 feet of snow.... with a totally clueless person at the wheel who has no idea of what driving in snow is all about..... you have them up there too I am sure... but they have to learn up there, or have to stay in because snow is alot more common there...... here we just get the stupid ones that don't seem to learn from the few times they see it....
 

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Good Morning All!
It's raining/sleeting/snowing here too, so everything is all shut down. The animals are all fed and taken care of and we're all stuck in the house...


Dan blood pressure cuff heaad.jpg

...after a long night of a kid up and down from a nightmare. Time to clean out the freezer and make some bone soup.

(not the child with the nightmare, btw, just another illustration of my genetics hard at work)
 

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A few flakes blew around for about half hour....then sprinkles off and on. Heavy rain with winds later. 🤷 Stayed busy by making a pan of lasagna....made a chocolate loaf cake which smells great but, haven't tried because I've been testing each pan of coconut macaroons as they came from oven. 😂😱 Trying to be productive. Dishwasher going now. Taking a break then I'll do something. Boring.
 

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A few flakes blew around for about half hour....then sprinkles off and on. Heavy rain with winds later. 🤷 Stayed busy by making a pan of lasagna....made a chocolate loaf cake which smells great but, haven't tried because I've been testing each pan of coconut macaroons as they came from oven. 😂😱 Trying to be productive. Dishwasher going now. Taking a break then I'll do something. Boring.
It just started raining here. Crazy weather cold all day Saturday high was maybe 28 near 40 now and gonna get warmer.
Rains better than shoveling.
Mini your lucky I get in trouble testing cookies:rantDW catches me everytime.
 

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Been colder than ......put in whatever you can think of that is in the negative column. It is staying between 14 and 15 on the outside thermometer... started flurries before 10 and snowing like all get out by noon. Wind blowing... colder than cold... not blizzard but bad. Hope the calves are all on the leeward side of the round bales. It is really miserable out there. I went out and put cardboard on the windshield so not so much ice to scrape when I finally do have to go somewhere.
Put a big bowl of baked beans in the oven.... took some stuff out of the freezer for a few meals and did a load of delicate laundry to hang inside for the humidity as it dries.
Next plan to fold clothes from off the line the other day and maybe watch a movie.... Got a million other things I can do.....got a few things into the "spice cupboard" too....
 
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