Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Devonviolet]

Yes, we had a great time as well! We got to break in our new island, with counter height bar stools. So that was kinda fun.

We went out to see the animals & the dogs treated @Latestarter like he was family. Smart dogs!!!

 

[animalmom]

@Devonviolet, What? Wait, new island? You have done delight to your kitchen and not posted pictures? Am I so far behind the curve that I missed this? How are we suppose to enjoy the bounty of others without pictures? I ask you, is this fair, is this right, is this the BYH way of doing things?

 

[Devonviolet]

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Oh My Gosh!!! I can't stop laughing! YOU CRACK ME UP @animalmom!

I thought I posted photos, when we first put the IKEA cabinets together & did a test placement. I admit I have been remiss and haven't posted pics of recent work. But, we have been a bit busy getting ready for our DD & her family to come, for a visit, before they flew to PA, to spend Christmas with her husband's family.

The island is about 75% complete. I will go to Devonviolet Acres now & post pics of what we have finished so far.

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[Baymule]

That is some water highway you have there. We had a dry ravine on our old property in Livingston that turned into a raging river in hard rains. It took a 7' steel culvert and LOTS of dirt to make a crossing. How fortunate that yours is on the side of the property and you don't have to cross it. It sure would be easy to divert some of that for a pond....... jes sayin'

Glad you and @Devonviolet and her DH got together on Christmas. We went to my sisters in Conroe (a Houston satellite town) and had a good time. It was a nut house, sis has 7 little yappy dogs, her half sister came with her 2 yappy dogs, our daughter brought her one dog and their DDIL brought over hers. 10 barking dogs and 2 babies sounds like a 12 Days of Christmas skewered version.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

@Baymule ----OMG...

 

[Baymule]

Let's see.....

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me.....
A chicken in a cedar tree
Two little babies
Three milking goats
Four drunk cousins
Five sleeping cats
Six overnight guests
Seven text messages
Eight voice mails
Nine cups of eggnog
Ten yappy little dogs
Eleven broken ornaments
Twelve dog pee puddles

 

[Latestarter]

@Baymule Those pictures were taken at the center of the back pasture... That stream does run down along the side of the property, and then bisects my property at the back of the back field... I will have to bridge it to access my back 9 acres of woods, which are predominantly on the other side of that stream. Sounds like you had a very ummm hectic? Christmas visit...

 

[Bruce]

@Latestarter thought you might like this. There is an interview with Gordon Lightfoot on Q that just ended here. Don't know what time (or if) that show is on your local public radio station. At the end they talked about his new single. At 78 his voice is clearly weakened but there are parts that "say" Lightfoot

 

[Baymule]

Ahhh...... I thought it was the ravine that runs alongside your property to drain off the water--which it did, right into the creek! Yeah, you need a bridge!

 

[babsbag]

@Bruce I am not a concert going kind of person but my brother gave us tickets to use at our local theater and we chose to use them on Gordon Lightfoot. BIGGEST waste of time and money ever. Half of the audience left in disgust at intermission and the half that stayed was either deaf or drunk. He couldn't sing to save his life. You couldn't understand any lyrics, even on songs we knew. It was a perfect example of someone that should have quit years ago.

@NH homesteader if you figure out how to get the loan holders to give a refund let me know. I didn't get my BA degree (Mgmt. of Information Systems) until I was in my late 40's. While it probably did help me land my last job it certainly has not a thing in the world to do with a dairy. I sure could use that refund.