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rachels.haven
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Yes. They should be. I hope future policy and laws shape up in a way that better protects children.
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rachels.haven
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Hmm, now I'm starting to wonder if my buckling isn't turning black again, just dark, dark brown. This is a fun guessing game. Not sure how much it actually matters.
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rachels.haven
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Well, now we know where we're going.
When the Nashville people failed to respond to inquiry, the husband decided to look and see if there were any rural offices anywhere within the company and see if there were any job openings that he could transfer over to fill. He found only one office that was originally a startup that Amazon bought and it had one opening. The manager was eager for him to apply.
Today he got the job.
I guess we're moving to rural Massachusetts. Which by the numbers is apparently just as cold as here. *excuse me, I must go
in private*
The DH is excited to work on their side project. The schools will be better than here. Workplace is bikable supposedly and only a few miles from good properties for sale (very $$$,$$$ properties
). Houses are bigger and properties often include barns.
The biggest upside is that the office is only an hour's drive from Rosasharn farm and I still need a second buckling so I can separate my guy before kidding. I think I might be able to find a buckling with a good milking pedigree there.
Unfortunately, I believe we're are supposed to be there in February, not June, but I'll know more about that later after the details get worked out and become official.
So I guess we have big changes ahead in the very near future.
Life doesn't go on hold while we're waiting on details though, and now one of my does, Angel, is acting a little off. She tends to reject her grain just as part of her character, but lately she's been rejecting it, seeming a little sluggish, and has lost just a little condition-she's less fat now (still fat with no feelable ribs, but less cushion). She never bounced back activity and eyelid color-wise after the last worming like the others did, so I ordered some safeguard to use instead of ivermectin, which is what we have been using, and I wormed her today and started her on some red cell, pro-bios, and fortified vitamin B complex gel because I caught her staring into the sky watching after nothing briefly while I was trying to grain her (I also have the injectable form and will probably use that tomorrow). And I have a vet's number if that starts up again or if I don't see improvement soon or if anything else concerning pops up. The funny thing was, I've been watching her color every day, and it seemed to be improving. It's like she faded and lost progress over night. But I guess that's the way it goes. I'm checking her. I can get in touch with a vet when I need to. She's still eating and going to the restroom, just not grain and her behavior is not quite pronounced enough I could actually show it to anyone. She's just anemic with no grain appetite at this point. But I'm watching. I'll be keeping her on the red cell for the next week, I think and maybe the vitamin B too and I'll reworm her in 10 days.
It shouldn't surprise me though. Our pen is small, it's been raining constantly and things are WET, and Angel always seems to need a little extra help and pampering to recover (I did get all the supplies to cattle panel off the rest of the overgrown portion and give them a huge pen and a buck pen, but now we're moving apparently and the panels and posts will be needed elsewhere soon).
Ooo. My time's up. While I've been distracted the 3 year old has helped himself to the big bag of chocolate chips in the freezer and drawn himself a new pair or two of eyebrows. And it's almost time to get his brother off the bus. Gotta go! No more writing.
When the Nashville people failed to respond to inquiry, the husband decided to look and see if there were any rural offices anywhere within the company and see if there were any job openings that he could transfer over to fill. He found only one office that was originally a startup that Amazon bought and it had one opening. The manager was eager for him to apply.
Today he got the job.
I guess we're moving to rural Massachusetts. Which by the numbers is apparently just as cold as here. *excuse me, I must go
in private*The DH is excited to work on their side project. The schools will be better than here. Workplace is bikable supposedly and only a few miles from good properties for sale (very $$$,$$$ properties
). Houses are bigger and properties often include barns.The biggest upside is that the office is only an hour's drive from Rosasharn farm and I still need a second buckling so I can separate my guy before kidding. I think I might be able to find a buckling with a good milking pedigree there.
Unfortunately, I believe we're are supposed to be there in February, not June, but I'll know more about that later after the details get worked out and become official.
So I guess we have big changes ahead in the very near future.
Life doesn't go on hold while we're waiting on details though, and now one of my does, Angel, is acting a little off. She tends to reject her grain just as part of her character, but lately she's been rejecting it, seeming a little sluggish, and has lost just a little condition-she's less fat now (still fat with no feelable ribs, but less cushion). She never bounced back activity and eyelid color-wise after the last worming like the others did, so I ordered some safeguard to use instead of ivermectin, which is what we have been using, and I wormed her today and started her on some red cell, pro-bios, and fortified vitamin B complex gel because I caught her staring into the sky watching after nothing briefly while I was trying to grain her (I also have the injectable form and will probably use that tomorrow). And I have a vet's number if that starts up again or if I don't see improvement soon or if anything else concerning pops up. The funny thing was, I've been watching her color every day, and it seemed to be improving. It's like she faded and lost progress over night. But I guess that's the way it goes. I'm checking her. I can get in touch with a vet when I need to. She's still eating and going to the restroom, just not grain and her behavior is not quite pronounced enough I could actually show it to anyone. She's just anemic with no grain appetite at this point. But I'm watching. I'll be keeping her on the red cell for the next week, I think and maybe the vitamin B too and I'll reworm her in 10 days.
It shouldn't surprise me though. Our pen is small, it's been raining constantly and things are WET, and Angel always seems to need a little extra help and pampering to recover (I did get all the supplies to cattle panel off the rest of the overgrown portion and give them a huge pen and a buck pen, but now we're moving apparently and the panels and posts will be needed elsewhere soon).
Ooo. My time's up. While I've been distracted the 3 year old has helped himself to the big bag of chocolate chips in the freezer and drawn himself a new pair or two of eyebrows. And it's almost time to get his brother off the bus. Gotta go! No more writing.
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RollingAcres
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Congrats to your DH for getting the new job! MA is just as cold as Michigan!
Senile_Texas_Aggie
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Miss Rachel,
Congratulations on your DH getting the job in Massachusetts! You won't be too awfully far from Miss @RollingAcres and Mr. @Bruce.
Senile Texas Aggie
Congratulations on your DH getting the job in Massachusetts! You won't be too awfully far from Miss @RollingAcres and Mr. @Bruce.
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RollingAcres
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STA you're right! We'll all be cold together.
She'd be closer to me than to @Bruce . He's WAY up there in VT.
WolfeMomma
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ooo yay someone else up here in the cold! we are in Maine 
Ma is not a large state, neither are any of the (true) New England states except Maine. You can drive through a portion of all 6 of them in a day, and stop to eat meals along the way in different states. One nice thing is that being closer to the coast, you'll have access to really good (cold ocean) seafood. I do miss that a bit being "inland". Weather wise, it will most likely be similar to what you experience now. Pay should be better, but prices much higher, and a lot more taxes there. Congrats on having a direction and idea as to where you'll be this time next year! I expect you'll love the countryside and scenery, as well as the non flat ground. Hope you find a nice place to buy and live.
Hope you find a nice place to buy and live.
Bruce
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True, I am assuming Western MA if there is open land. Likely not a long way from you. So Rachel, what is the general location in MA? I drive to Northampton twice a year, 200 miles one way.STA you're right! We'll all be cold together.
She'd be closer to me than to @Bruce . He's WAY up there in VT.
Not quite the temperature and longer growing season you were hoping for.I guess we're moving to rural Massachusetts. Which by the numbers is apparently just as cold as here. *excuse me, I must go
And $$$ taxes. (as I see LS mentioned).Workplace is bikable supposedly and only a few miles from good properties for sale (very $$$,$$$ properties
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rachels.haven
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Thanks all,
Yes, taxes. Especially property taxes. They are technically lower than the Detroit area, but because of higher property values they work out to be higher per household. And we'll all be cold together, yes. In our own homes with the heat turned up and a blanket and a book at the end of the day hopefully. I'm still into winter hibernation, obviously. I just have to keep my beasties happy and my kids from going insane.
Seafood sounds like it could be enjoyable. I'm excited that it will actually be MORE sunny there than here.
DH won't be working there, but the central office that I know I'm for sure supposed to talk about is Marlborough. DH's office will be somewhere approximately north of that, maybe a little bit east or west. It may still be in gentleman farmer territory, but it looks about as rural as we'd be Tennessee from google maps and by the numbers. We're going out between Christmas and New Years to house and area hunt.
Crossing my fingers for a barn and a coop, 5-10 acres, and a house that doesn't make everyone sick every time it rains, and a good place to raise my crazy kids.
Yes, taxes. Especially property taxes. They are technically lower than the Detroit area, but because of higher property values they work out to be higher per household. And we'll all be cold together, yes. In our own homes with the heat turned up and a blanket and a book at the end of the day hopefully. I'm still into winter hibernation, obviously. I just have to keep my beasties happy and my kids from going insane.
Seafood sounds like it could be enjoyable. I'm excited that it will actually be MORE sunny there than here.
DH won't be working there, but the central office that I know I'm for sure supposed to talk about is Marlborough. DH's office will be somewhere approximately north of that, maybe a little bit east or west. It may still be in gentleman farmer territory, but it looks about as rural as we'd be Tennessee from google maps and by the numbers. We're going out between Christmas and New Years to house and area hunt.
Crossing my fingers for a barn and a coop, 5-10 acres, and a house that doesn't make everyone sick every time it rains, and a good place to raise my crazy kids.
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