why not sedate prior to killing a pig?

[heckerdy]

sleep until 9? that would be most of my day gone ..Vitamin D comes in bottles in Western WA WA ..this past summer we had no rain( and it was really terrifying to be honest fires you probably saw here were tremendous but you know about fires in CO) summers here but by tradition they start in August and end the beginning of October ..so coffee and a sunrise are treasure but we usually never see the sun until it feels like coming out and because I live on the water it could be 2pm before the fog clears …then the long slow rainy winters where by December the sun is setting at 430 if it ever comes up ..mossy feet pale skin and lots of coffee is the way we role. Coffee coffee and more coffee

hubby can only make grilled cheese and a really stellar batch of scrambled eggs…bless his fuzzy heart.. he tried to have supper on the table when I was working outside the home and he started his business from home ….after I came in to a waft that smelled like a chemistry lab one day and he said he was 'trying his own marinade???? …..I just had to stop him! no good comes of my husband cooking he is an engineer/inventor and I cherish what he CAN do… so he does not get insulted when I say that he can not get the idea cooking..he can build something from nothing but when it comes to even making ramen? he ruins it … I don't know how he does it but other than the grilled cheese and eggs he makes food taste like a poorly excited chemical experiment … …… has no business in a kitchen none at all ok he will prep for me but he has to go somewhere else because I can not even handle watching him do that is iso painful to see him take my "1/2 dice please on the carrots" directive so seriously ..he gets a ruler out and measures ….

thanks so much for post I really enjoyed it so nice to meet you guys and come back to such a friendly reception makes the world feel better when things are so terrible

 

[heckerdy]

oh the idea of the trade ..brilliant it may be possible!!! I had not thought about that I have a friend who has a farm and I bet she would do it! thanks for that

 

[Latestarter]

Well jeeze... why would anyone choose to live in such a dismal place? Can't be just for the coffee... Anyway, I ended up getting back undressed and climbed back into bed for a few more hours. I don't normally do that but,you know, I'm an adult, by myself except for animals, and who's gonna stop me? Didn't sleep real well, more or less just dozed off and on, but I feel much better for it! Hope you're able to do the trade route if that will ease your mind

 

[heckerdy]

I think this place chose me Latestarter

from the time I was a little girl I wanted to live in Seattle and I tried to leave a few times but always came back and finally stayed

it is not for everyone …but if love the out of doors and do not mind rain gear it is fine not as cold as where I grew up

people who run this far west (I grew up in Providence RI I think I mentioned it maybe?) and had this dream of GREEN and found it here

I like living my own rhythm and getting up when I want sleeping when I want ..letting life just happen now and being at an age where I am old enough to retire …I retired at 55 and said the hell with waiting for a bigger check ..why what so I could spend it for less time? I would rather be having fun on less money than waiting and dropping dead from stress and gratefully healthy and fit enough to to enjoy it..so we live on the cheap big flipping deal I am happier having less if that makes sense

 

[bonbean01]

Heckerdy...you totally are NOT a dork!!!! We have hair sheep...aka...meat sheep...no beer or drugs before taking them to the processor, but truly...8 years later, still cry leaving them there...then crying all the way home. Putting a towel over the meat in the freezer for a few weeks to not have to "see" that....then, I'm okay with lamb meals.

Not making fun of you...but had me laughing reading about the Xanax and beer...couldn't help it...

 

[goatgurl]

makes perfect sense to me. i so totally agree with you heckerdy! i retired from icu at the ripe old age of 62. I'd rather live with less money, and believe me I've got a lot less money but i don't care. as long as i have the $ to feed me and my critters. i looked up one day and realized the stress was killing me and it wasn't going to get any better so i made the decision to get out of dodge. and yes I'm spoiled. i do what i want when i want and just enjoy life. it's all good

 

[heckerdy]

thanks bonbean awwwwwwww you can make fun of me and laugh please!

 

[heckerdy]

Just how many nurses do we have here how cool is this?

 

[Baymule]

I like the idea of giving the pig beer, but why wait until it is butcher day? Bacon would probably appreciate some beer NOW! Please! We are raising 3 feeder pigs and I have to admit that watching those hams run around their pen, (it's 70'x100') makes me hungry. Don't feel like you are a dork, you are just soft hearted toward animals, that's all. I am more on the realistic side, I even label the bag with the chicken's name and let my DH rave about how good it is before telling him that was Lola.

 

[Latestarter]

Most recent job was driving me insane with the stupid stuff I was forced to deal with and finally had enough. I'm on hypertension meds... have been for 15+ years, since retiring from the military. Not in the best of shape and the job was making it worse. Low pay, high stress, long hours, management without a clue... I'm sure you get the idea. I quit right after labor day and don't regret it for a minute.

Agreed... the cut in pay sucks, but being retired at 58 has many perks. I can afford to pay all the bills and still eat (ramen anyway...). The move next summer is to lower living costs further. Hopefully I'll survive to collect back a little of the SSI I paid in over the many years (45+) I've worked.

Gonna have to put off goats (once again) though until after the move. Don't want to get spring kids here then have to move them all when I don't have a farm to move them to. Can't really start looking for a new place to plant roots till this place is at least listed, but I'm looking and dreaming.

Edit to add I was born in Boston and lived & was raised outside the city there. Left Taxachusetts when I joined the military and will never return.