Posts by millicent

i know what you mean...i beat myself up over things that i say to people sometimes...like every word i utter is the wrong one.  in my family we call that feeling, coupled with the blahs "the ruiner" as in 'I am the...

i would be far more concerned about the cat (they DO lick themselves clean) and the dog (she eats the dead things, and her own poo) than the chickens.  my two small children handle the girls all the time (even my baby pets them on...

portland used to be my area...now my area is north of Lewiston/Auburn (or LA, to those in the know)

i am a domestic goddess and queen of all i survey (as long as no one else is surveying right then)  I stay at home with kids, 6, 4, and 9mos, 1 cattle dog, 1 cat, 3 fish, and currently 16 chickens (will go down to 6 when i take the...

i guess im not sure why the article is calling it a 'loophole'....many cities (even big ones) allow chickens...its a hold over from the days when EVERYONE had a little flock to help sustain their families.  glad my neighbors are far...

i am such a loser!!!! or at least i WAS a loser,  now i rock again.

i guess it depends on where you are...i found great inexpensive activites at a camp nearby me, and other than that, we think of strange things to do...make rootbeer (easier than you think) , gather flowers to press, do random crafts...

SWEET!!!!!!!!!  This would be why I love this board.

va - ca - tion?????what is this word ?  i am not familiar.  the last time DH had time off, we rented a backhoe and a drywall sander and worked like dogs!  besides, the domestic goddess NEVER has time off (unless you count...

thanks so much for the suggestions!  they are getting pleny of calcium, as far as i can tell...i give them egg shells relatively often, and the shells are nice and firm.  i am starting to think that she was on a weird schedule,...