Galanie, I like how you roll. I'm in Arizona and my crazy family is back in Pennsylvania, though some of them finally got the nerve recently to move to Florida and Georgia after the last 50 years. I didn't have a close knit family but, for some reason, they all had to live close to each other...drove me nuts. I didn't visit them during the holidays when I lived back there about 50 miles away, and have no intentions of visiting them now being 2,200 miles away. Maybe I could go back and see my mom since she turns 93 on December 2nd. We used to be buddies back in the day and spent many a late night until the wee morning hours at the kitchen table talking.
I get invitations from churchfolks and co-workers, but I politely decline, preferring to be alone. I savor the time being all by myself in this big 4-BR house after working and dealing with folks 7 days/week, and if I wanna spend my holidays alone snuggled on the couch, eating a sammich, sipping some brandy, and watching a good movie or reading a book, then that's my prerogative. And, don't even think about calling because I won't pick up the phone, and you definitely won't get in my door if you pop up unannounced.
Oh my, this is a chicken thread...I could snuggle with a few hens, but that won't be until Spring. Well, not literally snuggle, but put a chair out in the run and observe them. I truly believe their conversations would be more interesting and they'd probably appreciate a sounding board when you come home from work...of course, a few treats in hand scattered around wouldn't hurt, either. LOL. You may not know exactly all that they're saying, but you could probably get the jist of how their day went.
I'd like to know what goes on in their little bean heads, other than just hunger and survival. --BB
Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona
I should qualify this by saying I am sad about you getting out of the chicken biz. But I wish you well with your "for-sanity" birds. I pray you stay and continue to be a mentor to all us New-Timers, even still)
