rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

@Bruce and @Senile_Texas_Aggie , that's what I do too. Forums tab, menu triangle arrow down to "watched threads", then there's the list of all the new happenings. I actually turn my notifications off for everything but my journal and private conversations unless it's a thread I'm very interested in. It does tend to randomly not notify me though, so going to the watched threads page once a day is the default.

 

[Baymule]

I go to forums and click on new posts.

I’m really excited for this move for you. You will be much happier.

 

[farmerjan]

I go to forums and click on new posts.

I’m really excited for this move for you. You will be much happier.

I do the new posts thing too. Then occasionally I will find something new to read and possibly answer.

 

[Bruce]

I don't often go to "new posts", I have enough trouble keeping up with the ones I watch!

 

[Bruce]

Bummer, Henri is psyco. Now sitting on the NY/MA/CT border, will be around Springfield at 8 PM then run straight to Boston and out to sea overnight. Stay dry!!!

 

[rachels.haven]

Well, Henri just looks like another little storm up here. More south of us got the wind. Soggy.

 

[rachels.haven]

After being strung along by the fence guy that they were going to come and fix the fence (and not believing him), we let him know that this is unacceptable and unless he pulls through they will get a negative review on the local pages and get someone else to do it (normally we'd be a little more quiet than that, but he took pictures to use to advertise...of the fence that lasted 3 weeks before pulling out under it's own tension). Rather than saying "that's not necessary, I'll be there this day at this time" he informed us that our 3.5 acre field has too many bugs, too many ticks, too much grass, is too huge, it's too hot, too rainy and got rather nasty. We told him, that's all fine and we hope he will make it NEXT week as he had stated before that text and that's that. The funny thing is that my kids now run barefoot in that field (which they shouldn't do, but I'll be darned if they listen) and the ticks are gone. It's also dry, because we mowed the perimeter for him yesterday (because dh offered as he was supposedly coming this week "100%" so we asked him last night if he was coming friday or saturday and conveniently he has a friend's wedding this week so "100%" = 0% as we suspected, lol). And none of this was an issue when he as doing it for $10k. If our review means he can't run his own side business for the next few years and has to go work under someone else to learn what professionalism and integrity is again, that's fine. Or he'll just keep massholing along, and I don't care.

I have a semi local farmer's number who does fencing. I also have someone that we can pay that can teach us, although with baby I don't really have time. We really want this fixed before we move. (come to think of it...no, this is not the time to learn)

Getting anyone to do anything in New England has been impossible. We may as well be completely isolated and rural or in an island in the middle of the sea except we're 5 minutes from the grocerystore, library, police station, school....

I'm glad we're not building that barn.

 

[rachels.haven]

As for the new place, I've found an Amish Mennonite company that makes and delivers row barns and delivers in the Nashville area and is only backed up by two months. So we're probably getting a doe barn, a buck shed, and a hay shed once we have a place. I'll need to find a chicken coop because I love my birds and my mother wants to give me muscovy...or maybe see if I can afford another 10x10 or 8x10 building for a coop. So I have options.
Our other house is closing right now. I'm afraid that selling our current place is going to be awful. We're going to need a lot of prayers because we are tired, but we can't rest here.I don't even think we could get a contractor to put in AC unless they were going to scam us (not that we want it anymore, (why we have window units)).

Time to start getting OUT of here.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Hopefully he told you all that whining about why he couldn't make it out in a text so you have a nice screenshot to add to your review. Did the contract for the fencing include any type of warranty or guarantee on how long it would last?

 

[rachels.haven]

I'll need to check with my husband on the contract, but yes, you learn fast here that email or text is king because it is in WRITING. I let my other half set up and handle this fence fiasco because I set up and handle the last one and it went bad. We had a contract and warranty that time but the guy pulled a fast one and somehow it would up "forgotten". I know the contract we had this time has no mention of tension rods and the holders and yet there they are. Technically we could probably take them to court require them to remove the rods and fix the fence, but that would be more time, money, and getting to know more awful people here and I just want out while dealing with as few people as possible.
I do know that when we put in the fence we asked what would happen if it had defects and they said they would fix it, but that was in person. Not good enough. Needs to be in writing.