Dixie Chicks

[Alaskan]

I have been forcing myself to use the -insert curse words, lots- computer.... I still can't get it to work like I want... When I want to work I have been using my son's school computer, windows 7, works like it should....

This windows 8 is -lots more cursing-. I can now watch movies on it... Nicer than movies on the ipad since the screen is larger


But Wowsers do I ever hate the new windows. I think all of the messing up that the new computer is doing is because I hate windows 8, not because the computer is busted.


As to wine drinking... Two words "coffee cups" perfect! Those wine glasses just wanna tip over and break.

Awesome about cleaning out stuff A&A. My mom is visiting and is working through my house tossing stuff..... Very nice.

 

[Outpost JWB]

Hello, I am hauling out of cabinets, drawers, & shelves. Pulling out things I Have not used in years and so, they will End up In the consignment shop. Wow, I am hoping to get rid of things we dont need anylonger. Really, like how many wine glasse do I really need besides I like to just drink from the bottle anyway,LOL. Oh and some are on tap now so I can just hold my mouth under the spout. I think I am done selling chickens this year but I know I will be getting silver lace eng orps and gold lace eng orps.

Cleaning out unneeded stuff feels good! Since they are working on our house, I sorted out some of my clothes and got rid of 3 contractor bags full! I dropped them off at a salvation army box. Good for you if you can sell the unwanted stuff. The one lane road we live on MIGHT have 10 cars a day-on a busy day. So, yard sales are a big waste of time and energy.

Bad news about my job. I found out yesterday that a chain of events has lessened my chance of getting full time. In fact, the bank has now cut all part timers down to 30 hours a week max. Time to get my resume together and go job hunting again. I like my job, but I have to get insurance for our whole family. Gotta do what you gotta do.

@Alaskan , We have never had sitting water like we do now. The weather has just been so bad. Pretty sure it has rained everyday since the snow melted.

We have lots of yard work and landscaping to do, and that we were going to work on this summer. Maybe we will get a break in August. I sure hope so.

 

[Ravynscroft]

@Outpost JWB Good morning!

Lovely piece of property you have, sorry for the weather's determination to turn it into a swamp... :/

Job status sucks... hope you can find another at full time with similar hours...

 

[Outpost JWB]

Thanks @RavynFallen . I'm thankful we don't have gators here! We do have an occasional snapping turtle though.

Have a great day!

 

[ApiaryandAviary]

I gave grandma's china crysyal to my older sisters girls bc my boys did not want it. Not this turn of the century but the other. from beforebthe turn of the century. No, not this one but from 1890. My grandmother was 48 when she had my daddy. She was born just after the Civil War ended. I never used her things. They took up valuable REAL ESTATE. Oldest Sister's girls were haply to get. Also gave them the teacups and saucer sets of my other Grandmothers. What I once wanted and needed over 40 years ago, no longer used. And hauled around stillPacked up from military move after retirement move. If I can not use it, it is taking up valuable REAL ESTATE it goes.

This cabin(albeit large by most cabin standards) is less than half the size of our last place and some things still have not been unpacked after all these years. So stuff in china cabinet must go. What I use for everyday would surprise must people.

I decided decades ago use it or loose it. But then again on the other side of the coin were THOSE things I could not bare to use.
When we moved that/this one last time I gave away to GoodWill, Salvation Army, Womens center. I had Yard sales, sold furniture and slowly moved our things here. We took over a year to move only what we wanted inside cabin but alot was stored inside my workshop, so my workshop was not used for anything other than chicks. Chicks. And more CHICKS. I even had a consignment bin I paid rent on to move outdoor furniture and interrior furiture and loads of breakables into to sell. When my lease ran out I did not renew. I oricrd so low I was recouping enough to oay the rent in the bin. The bin was only a 10x10. I got rid of a lit of stuff. The owner of the flea mall made loads of money on all the vendors. I made nothing.

I should have gotten rid of WAY more at the base area bc I knew then there would be no yardsales here! I live on a dirt single lane road that is a two way road. Backup or pull off the cliff to let others by. But it does not get used often. The farmer on the right is and all his buildings. The farmer down on the end and all his buildings. Then there is us and all our buildings. The problem it is a state road! All the people way down and around on a different road use it as a short cut off their roads by driving Through a couple of shallow creeks to get to our road. I love it when it snows and onlybus three farms use the road. People get off the Parkway just so they can drive hanging off the cliffs and through the creeks and look at our farms and out buildings. I went out one day and burned the old goat shed down.
Fools actually stopped to take pics of that too!
What do people do with all this pics. Know what I went to Europe three times in my life I did not want to burdeon myself and I wanted to enjoy.

What I use for everyday? I use my good silverware, china and crystal from when I was first married over 44 years ago and continued to collect through the 70's. Ah!!! What fun I had growing up as a teenager in the 60's.

I have some fun pieces because well no mater what Ice Tea just tastes best out of a ball/mason jar but my snacks are sitting on my Godinger and my wine,.... Yup I do use MY crystal, never could use my grandmam's or momma's. Just could not.

With this last move I sold the everyday dishware and glasses at a yard sale.

I chose to use for everyday, my china and crystal.

After I bought many years agonan received as gifts many years ago,...really years latter I realized I had made a mistake. After the first decade or so, I said wow, wished I had gotten off white pattern on off white dishes. If I break, I can go to Replacements dotcom and get, well, replacements.
Replacing anything broken is not difficult. And yes I will
Eat a lunch off of a Noritake dish, As I drink ice tea out of an old fruit jar. I just decided back around 1988-1990. I did not really care for all those flowers on my plates! Yeah like 2 decades later, really and so I considered selling but did not. Then 2011-12, ROLLS around and I am wanting to dump the good stuff and the everyday stuff and no where can I really sell It all! Every other baby boomer hit ebay, consignment shops, good grief. I was practically giving things away at yard sales for two years. And I did give it away at the consignment an rent a bin/boothe flea mall.

So aince Instill have MY good stuff I picked out, I use it. I have decided not to replace with anything from replacements dot com anylonger. I decided no one needs everyday dishware and the good china. And if there were a way I would sell my good china. I would get the best everyday ware I could. With NO fruit, NO flowers springles or plopped on the disheware. Plain, clean, unadorned off white. Not stark white. Not dark beige. I made a mistake and I live with it everyday. And wverytime I pull a dish or bowl out I know in the back of my mind I am saying... Gee I wish I had gotten unadorned 44 years ago. I am even thinking of selling it all to replacementsdotcom. Use that Noritake for everyday and drink wine from crystal and bedtime snacks from Godinger and ice tea from old fruit jars.

 

[BriardChickens]

Briard I've heard of that provence in Canada. How did they do it?

Got my new laptop and windows 10 installed. Not sure how I feel about it yet. I think the tile page is now overkill. It's got a few categories on it. I hope there's a button to customize.

Well, right now I close the coop around 8:30 - 9 pm. It isn't dark until just after 10pm here. Not sure when the sun comes up, but I open the coop doors at 6:15 every morning. When the coop is closed they get whatever light comes in through the cracks. I'd say it's dark outside for less then 7 hours.

Good luck with windows 10! I for one, hate changes on the computer. You barely know how to use a program, it updates and things are different.

 

[Ravynscroft]

@minihorse927 check out mystery color chick's sibling... this is weird and cool, lol...

 

[BriardChickens]

anyone else have a brilliant day at work??

 

[Alaskan]

Today was a doozy...

A house full of crabs

 

[minihorse927]

anyone else have a brilliant day at work?? 

I got off work early, not as early as planned ,but still early.