Fuzzy's Farm

[NovaAman]

May be a bruise or a sprain. How long have you had her?

Anyway, aspirin for the pain, will also relieve stress (kinda like us taking a smoke... ya know), and keep her from jumping around to much. Just went through this with my amberlink. She decided to jump up to the shelf above the garage door rail, and well, she didn't land quite right coming back down... Didn't break it, just ouched herself.

Headache... nope not today. I had coffee. EARLY.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

I can't wait to start making my own money again!!!!!

I am spending huge amounts that i could have made better use of elsewhere, but i consider it an investment of sorts. That is where i draw the line between pleasure spending and spending for necessity. If it something that you can use for a lifetime, or that increases value of something, then i'll shell out big. Beige or white paint, go cheap. Colors, go for the good stuff because you can tell the difference big time. See?

TRAILER PROJECT (if any of you are detail / designer-ey, i welcome input!) Keep in mind i'm "making" these things on a scrapper's budget! But i'm really good at faking and fixing and restoring

The color scheme is going towards soft beige, and a soft white (definetely not retina popping), with a barely there khaki & mahogany/ maple woods for the secondary colors. Black in the tiniest details and amounts for the accent. Weeks of lost sleep figuring out this deceptively simple thing in the sea of color pamphlets...............

So far it's the cream colored toilet and sink and plastic tub; shelling out for the blackened bronze because it's fancy and i think it'll make it look less cheap kinda like fancy jewelry with a cheap outfit; I think i've finally found my flooring. It's a rollout vinyl in "cement" which is a darker shade of cream/ beige. I have no idea about the walls here yet; the remnant part of the vinyl will serve as my tub backsplash until i can find one that i'm ok with ( I'm having a hard time coming up with a cream backsplash) I found

Hall will be natural white and darker white (bone, which is a grayed/ browned down white) I found the paint at the habitat for humanity, only $10 a gallon! Woot! I'm keeping the cheap laminate that was here and in the bedroom as it's a pretty color and it'll do for now ( It really is cheap, thin and coming up at the edges a tad already) It's a kind of soft maple. The bone and white aren't very high contrast, but with trim it'll pop. I've chosen a mahogany color stain to go with my future floor and ceiling trim, which should complement the maple and since it was the color i wanted to go with in the kitchen cabinetry it'll tie everything together . We ripped out the chair rail trim that separated the top and the bottom of the walls, because i think it made a small space smaller looking. Gonna go for simply trimming at the top and bottom.

My bedroom will be the peach walls, maple floor, and mahogony trim.

Front room? I dunno yet. It's painted a shade of green, i think it's a tad too minty and dark for the small interior, but i do like the concept possibly. Maybe i'll find a shade that won't stick out so much? I like the idea of the green because it reminds me of the greens of my ferns in my shade garden. Especially with the mahogony trim, the natural decomposing wood i dig out of the ground in the pine forest is a pretty reddish color that the mahogony would mimic. Drawing a blank on the flooring here and kitchen; what i want and what i can afford are 2 separate things. Subfloor for now, i guess i'll know it when i see it? Babe on a budget for sure.

Kitchen; same kind of brown walnut kinda colored floor and i have to figure out how to get the color i want on the cupboards that are there; i really want to replace them since they aren't really cupboards at all but really some kind of built-on's from previous owners; I may have to settle with getting some $2 cupboard doors from the habitat store and staining them, painting the cupboards a similar color? I am still searching for black/ stainless stove and fridge. I still have a lot to do financially and unfortunately the bathroom had to come first out of necessity. If DH moves in it will take a huge financial stress off, but it comes with different kind of stress?
So if you are still reading, LOL

 

[teeville5]

I got the headache here, too, round about noon and then a big storm came through. Didn't go away until a few hours later after I got back home, popped 2 pain meds and took a nap. I had caffeine this morning, too, so I'm thinking the pressure system from the storm had it in for me.

I only managed to get half of my many errands done today. Just not enough time for them and all the added ones. And tomorrow will be a race of work/errands which now includes taking the dog to the vet. I need to take her for some boosters, but we're concerned that she might be sick as well. The last 2 days after being outside to go potty she has come back inside and peed on a spot on the rug. Not a normal behavior for her (she hasn't done that since potty training as a puppy) and I know behavior like that might be an indicator for something like a uti so I want to get her looked at to make sure. She has been acting off lately, too, keeping to herself in her crate more and just seems sad. Hopefully, the vet can shed some light on what's going on with her.

In chicken news, the 1st broody is still sitting snugly in her new pen. No chicks yet so I'm thinking I'm not counting right as I have heard tapping from a few eggs. My second broody got off her nest I don't know how many days ago, but the eggs were promptly adopted by one of my barred rocks (broody 3) who has not left them. I noticed my second broody has adopted a new set of eggs in another box and on checking is sitting on another 10 eggs. So if I have all eggs hatch that will mean 32 new chicks that I do not have enough coop space for.

 

[NovaAman]

if she's only been on the eggs for a day...6 out. leave her only 4. OR, switch broody #3's back to broody #2, and give b#3 4-5 eggs..

 

[fuzzybutt love]

My broody is going strong as well, but on account of the hectic days i don't know the exact date of setting. I'm thinking we're at a tad over a week now. I've been tossing her off the nest once a day to eat and poop, and keeping the feed and water near the nest too. The first couple of times she clearly strained, and it worried me but she now seems to look forward to these breaks and is doing great I need to get off my rumpas and candle to see if they are doing OK, if they aren't fertile plan B is to set a couple/ few of hope's eggs under her.

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

Sounds like it is coming along, Fuzzy!!!

Pics or it didn't happen????

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

I see you doing something like these, Fuzzy

 

[NovaAman]

All right, I do have a video, but I need to upload it. BUT, I do have a few pics of 4 birds individually, and a few brooder pics.

First off we have the one and only Jap Bantam. Once I finally got this little guy, he just calmly sat in my hand. Oh, I am in love!



I am wondering what this next one is... It is a phoenix, I know, but, no discernable comb at all. AND it has pretty blue/silvery color coming in on it.



This one... This is Mr. Ed


Another that has blue/grey coloring, and a comb, so thinking this is a boy... but not sure what this color is going to be.

Now for group shots




Well... There we are. I'll get the video up ASAP.

 

[NovaAman]

Wanted to post a pic of the beautiful birds I got from Robin.

 

[gigiok]

Have we heard from all of our OK buddies???
The photos and videos do look terrible over there.

I officially got the grooming job!!!
They were all very nice and asked where I might be lacking... I admitted that I was out of practice on a breed or two, but they have grooming books and I can see and do...
They asked me how much I was looking for in commission... I said I would like 50% and they hmmmed and hawed and said it would be more like 40%... I said that I had left at 45% and wanted at least that. They said they would assess my abilities again.
It has been 4 years since I worked at the shop but I groom a few dogs a month and have more of my own tools than I had when I was working there... 45% should be no skin off their backs especially since they NEED a weekend groomer. I am quite versitile too, I can groom, bathe, and work front desk... won't work the doggie daycare though (I guess I would if they really needed me to)

I don't have my drivers license yet but I will hopefully get it this summer... and some more freedom!!!
Tempers will be high because BF will have to drop me off and pick me up for a few weeks
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Since I have not been baby sitting (and BF took a pay cut to get a better job), money is much, much tighter. It does not affect me as much as it does BF since he pays the bills and I never see the money
I have offered to help get things organized and make a budget (BF would never stick to it though) He refuses. Not sure if he doesn't want me to know how much is coming in and going out or if he just does not think it will help.
We have been having relationship issues because of the lack of cash flow as well as other things, but I won't bother you guys with all that... it would be an even longer novel... I will say his stress level is high and everything is my fault at this point.

It bothers me that we now walk around with IMAGINARY money!!! Has anyone else thought about this?
We have direct deposit- debit cards- credit cards- checks... It is all imaginary. Most of the money spent is never touched.
It boggles my mind.

I think BF struggles with the consept of spending/saving imaginary money as a lot of other people do as well.

I am a money hoarder... well I try to be.
I don't feel comfortable leaving the house without at least $10-20 in my purse and I keep some in the bank at all times (not much as of lately)
I now give BF all of my "income" and have little to no money ever. It bothers me when he buys stupid things or wastes gas and I have nothing extra.
Not that I go without. We have all the essentials and more, which is more than a lot of people can say. I am thankful for what we have.

I can't wait to start making my own money again!!!!!

Thanks for reading that ...
Won't blame you if you skipped or skimmed

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YAY for the new job! I so know how important it is to have your own money. My DH is the most generous person but I'm debating about retiring soon which means I wouldn't have much of an income coming in. All my money is to go to pay off the house which I agree with. However, not having spendable income of my own is a bit of a problem. DH would always give me anything but I would still have to ask and that is not good. Money can cause a lot of relationship issues.