Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

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I got a heavy duty metal scooper for the cat boxes. You can always get a new cat box and pretreat the bottom/corners with some nonstick spray then wipe out the excess before adding your litter... doesn't last forever but it helps for awhile. I just respray every other time or so that I wash the boxes out, not perfect, but better.
 

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@Bruce .. I know! I was thinking the same thing... darn scoop was around $30 bucks, I wish they made a metal one. Buuuuttttt... It makes it easier and faster, and when it is easier, it isn't as difficult to get it done more often. It isn't exactly a fun job, but a little humor always helps!
 

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:barnieMy trucks check engine light is on!!! :barnie... Where is the "just lay down and die" emoji?!?!? :thUGHHH!!! I just want a nice quiet, calm life.... NO DRAMA!!! Did you hear that universe ??? I said NO DRAMA! :somad:somad:somad (Me stomping my foot right here!) Friends tried to get the codes to read, but she won't tell us anything so the next step is diagnostics from a shop. I am tired of always having things go wrong. :th

So I talked to Alaska a couple more times. He is an IT guy, machines and computers etc.... ummmm I was super proud of myself for mobile ordering my starbucks coffee ALL BY MYSELF the other day!!! :p He is tall and good looking ;), very busy, seems to be always on the go. I am much more laid back. He doesn't like cats, I have 11 that I love. Different taste in music. We both speak the same love language so some types of communication would be much easier just being wired the same way. I did get sad when he asked for more pics. Not just him in particular, but I get sad when anyone asks, I haven't sent him anymore yet, but the ones on my profile are all current. So far I think I like him .... but for him, I'm out of the running for a real relationship until everything over here is finalized, that's not unreasonable at all, it's just one more thing. And of course it would be conditional on my moving to alaska. But what about when I get homesick for my kids and my house, my friends and family???.... Having to move, find a place to live, get a new job, learn a completely different lifestyle (some details about living where it is frozen are just wow!... I mean I am a California baby through and through!) and then starting a new relationship, all just sounds really overwhelming right now anyways. Is there even a market for selling my goats there (obviously my goats are one of my non-negotiables)? Y'all are moving with me anywhere I go, even if it IS freezing.... so be ready! In case you were wondering! :old

Did I mention I have termites? Well not "I"... I mean my house. Subterranean. $1200 to treat.:th

:celebrate BUT.... 2 of my boys are coming home to visit just after christmas!!!:celebrate I will have all 3 here for just a little while. :love I gotta learn to cook some goat between now and then..... :barnie We have all been waiting years to try it . My rotten children would laugh at me and threaten to eat Andy just to be mean!!! But now we have 2 goats in the freezer to practice on. Who could even fathom eating Andy anyway??? I love that stinky face!
 

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I would not move to Alaska for any amount of love, no guy is worth that. And not liking cats is just weird, that would be a red flag right there. Cats are special and my soul mates. And it's cold up there, and dark...and then not dark. Nope, not going.
 

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However things work out, I hope it's for the best. I'm not fond of cats at all. I wouldn't have any. That doesn't mean a significant other couldn't have a few... Just don't expect me to take care of them. @Alaskan has goats... in Alaska... Not sure how an "IT/computer" kinda job guy will do with a farm/homestead kinda gal... :idunno Not sayin it won't work... just doing a little stereotyping... :duc:hide

So sorry to hear about termites. The first house I bought was riddled with them. Glad you'll have all three boys home for a bit. :clap
 

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Well @Latestarter I have a degree in Management of Information Systems and was a network engineer and IT manager prior to retirement so you never know what IT people might like. My son on the other hand (he has a degree in programming) is happy to leave the farm life to mom.
 

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I'm a retired software engineer. I like my chickens and alpacas better than I liked my job ... and I did it for 34 years. Of course I'm not making a living on my lazy butt chickens. I might feel differently if I actually had to live on what I could make working my ass off 18 hours a day 7 days a week as a real farmer.

He doesn't like cats, I have 11 that I love.
That could be a pretty big problem. @Latestarter said an SO could have a couple but he wouldn't take are of them. For some people, the presence of a single cat would be a big NO WAY!
 

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And many people that don't like cats have never owned them. That was my DH. And now we have 4, had 8 at one time, and he likes them almost as much as I do. He also enables my addiction.
 

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Gosh folks... I said I was stereotyping... :confused: I've worked around a lot of computer "geeks" and many would faint at the prospect of cleaning animal poop or walking through a farmyard and getting their shoes dirty. Discussing farm yard animals wouldn't have even been an option with them. Same time, there are medical doctors/professionals of all types who love their hobby farms. I mean this guy lives and works in Alaska... gotta have SOME outdoorsiness in him some place right?

I've been around cats... I'm just as indifferent and independent as they are :idunnoIf one is friendly, I'm friendly... If one is mean... well, you get the idea ;) Didn't say I "wouldn't" take care of them... just don't "expect" me to. Done a lot of things I didn't want to do over my short life span... Not going to readily sign on to cleaning litter boxes for example. I have issues with purely outside cats as they are born killers and feral cats are the #1 killer of wild critters (world wide) that otherwise would lead happy lives.
 
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