frustratedearthmother
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ARGH! Why did you have to say it?????? I'm not ready to think about it yet!
Coffee anyone ?
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canesisters
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Yep, 29° here this AM.Coffee -- oh, yes!! Back to "norm" for this time of yr. 32 at start, up to 52.. I'll miss the past week of warmer but, not the previous week of record lows! A lot of us are riding these roller coaster events.
To bed late...so, slept late. Now starting everything later
messes with your day! Rains rolling in tomorrow late day. Not needed. Coming anyway
Worked up taxes last night with figs from last check. W2 will be avail online next week, so can review and finalize to file then. Glad it's done. Then added due dates to breeding charts. First due at end of month. See why I was up late? Leftover pasta for breakfast....I'm ready for it.
Cup refill time. Things to do...while it's sunny and dry.
Pouting over the reminder that winter is more than 2weeks long.
Baymule
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TAXES! I need a cold rainy day to force me inside! Had granddaughters during the week long freeze before Christmas, so not thinking about taxes then! It’s been beautiful weather and I’ve gone outside to PLAY!
Alaskan
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Scream that louder!!!
Blahhhhh!!!!!!
i have to start soon... but then my first deadline is January 15.
Mini Horses
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Sunday morning and it's winter, again. 
. 28 and all white out there. Only 61 inside
so put heat on for a while. Meantime I've had breakfast, now some coffee.....then BRRRR chores.
Hay dealer got a load of orchard/young alfalfa (40/60) a couple days ago so I went to get some. Wow! Cost but beautiful...they ate every speck of it..stems and all. Tiny stems, so palatable. Goes well with the 80/20 orchard I have. They'll start kidding in 3 short weeks. So unloaded that 833# yesterday - 70# bales. Tomorrow I hope to take trailer for more.
And there's a stack of big blue barrels near me, for trash...those water collection type. Going for them today! Yep, trash pickup. Some will be cut up .... feeders, water tubs and container gardens.
. I know @Baymule is drooling over this one. 
. I think 8 of them.
Better get the day moving. Going to low 40s pretty fast but, rain comes with it...2ish. reporters say light, maybe 2/10", so just an inconvenience thing.
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. 28 and all white out there. Only 61 inside so put heat on for a while. Meantime I've had breakfast, now some coffee.....then BRRRR chores.Hay dealer got a load of orchard/young alfalfa (40/60) a couple days ago so I went to get some. Wow! Cost but beautiful...they ate every speck of it..stems and all. Tiny stems, so palatable. Goes well with the 80/20 orchard I have. They'll start kidding in 3 short weeks. So unloaded that 833# yesterday - 70# bales
. Tomorrow I hope to take trailer for more.And there's a stack of big blue barrels near me, for trash...those water collection type. Going for them today! Yep, trash pickup. Some will be cut up .... feeders, water tubs and container gardens.
. I know @Baymule is drooling over this one. . I think 8 of them.Better get the day moving. Going to low 40s pretty fast but, rain comes with it...2ish. reporters say light, maybe 2/10", so just an inconvenience thing.
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Baymule
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You got snow? That stuff needs to go away!
Texas winter here, low of 46F and high of 65F. And it rained last night. That’s my kind of winter.
That’s a deal on the hay! Small stems and they eat all of it! Stock up on it. 70# bales, kudos to you on unloading them. I’ve never met you in person, but according to the pictures of you and @farmerjan st the chicken meet, you ain’t no bigger than a popcorn fart! Hauling those heavy bales! I tip my Texas hat to you, man’.
Blue barrels! Those are awesome for so many things. I have 2 of them with all the garden type long handled things sticking out. Still in shipping containers at done house, but I’ll get them here soon. Get a bunch of them, they are useful for so many things.
Texas winter here, low of 46F and high of 65F. And it rained last night. That’s my kind of winter.
That’s a deal on the hay! Small stems and they eat all of it! Stock up on it. 70# bales, kudos to you on unloading them. I’ve never met you in person, but according to the pictures of you and @farmerjan st the chicken meet, you ain’t no bigger than a popcorn fart! Hauling those heavy bales! I tip my Texas hat to you, man’.
Blue barrels! Those are awesome for so many things. I have 2 of them with all the garden type long handled things sticking out. Still in shipping containers at done house, but I’ll get them here soon. Get a bunch of them, they are useful for so many things.
Baymule
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The sun just peeked out from the clouds, putting a streak of light across the pasture. Sure is pretty.
Mini Horses
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. Just frost. Whew....Yeah, 70# bales are a load to move...I'm 110. But with a hay hook, end to end flip and hand cart, I unload, load & stack 3 high. Leverage, determination, have to -- you know how it goes!
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farmerjan
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Yeah, 70# bales are a load to move...I'm 110. But with a hay hook, end to end flip and hand cart, I unload, load & stack 3 high. Leverage, determination, have to -- you know how it goes!
. With my shoulders getting worse, it is a pain... but yep... us, IN OUR PRIME, independent women, get it done. And yes, @Mini Horses is a slender built very strong capable person.... Half my heft.... but she still has 2 good knees to her credit....
. Our sq bales are 50# average, and I have trouble getting them up more than 3 high due to the lack of lift strength.... but you learn to use that leverage...Good deal on that real nice hay though. It can be worth it's weight in gold if they eat it all good like that.
Baymule
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Heck yeah! We leverage, lift, pull, roll or walk stuff where we want it. Ain’t nobody else around to do it.
@Mini Horses i thought about you. Sat down to eat late lunch/early supper. Turned on Dirty Jobs and a goat was going to get acupuncture. Owner was a Vet Tech, Acupuncturist was a vet. Both said the goat was a Nubian. Now I’m no goat expert, but this “Nubian “ had upright short ears. If that’s a Nubian, I’m an idiot. Brown/ black color, I think it’s called Chamois.
For Mike Rowe to do the acupuncture , he had to be the owner. According to Virginia law, only a licensed veterinarian could stick the goat, or the owner. So Mike Rowe bought the goat for 5 dollars. After treatment, he sold the goat back to previous owner.
@Mini Horses i thought about you. Sat down to eat late lunch/early supper. Turned on Dirty Jobs and a goat was going to get acupuncture. Owner was a Vet Tech, Acupuncturist was a vet. Both said the goat was a Nubian. Now I’m no goat expert, but this “Nubian “ had upright short ears. If that’s a Nubian, I’m an idiot. Brown/ black color, I think it’s called Chamois.
For Mike Rowe to do the acupuncture , he had to be the owner. According to Virginia law, only a licensed veterinarian could stick the goat, or the owner. So Mike Rowe bought the goat for 5 dollars. After treatment, he sold the goat back to previous owner.
