grannys gone and done it

[Ol Grey Mare]

Most of my time growing up we lived in different provinces from all the extended family so I didn't get super close to anyone

we lived a bit closer when we were in high school (they were about two hours away) but by then I got so jaded about hearing how awesome the other grandchildren were and seeing all their pictures in the apartments...meah.

My Oma (dads mom) really screwed things up with me about six or seven years ago too. I only speak to her occasionally for my dad...she's said things that just can't really be forgiven or forgotten.

Sad thing is...any family if we ever have kids...will probably be the forgotten ones too...since all the family is in Ontario (Canada) on my side...and we're in California.

{{hugs}} -- I can identify with that with regards to my kids. I grew up with this amazing extended family that was just a huge part of our lives.......and my kids have had the complete opposite experience. With DH being in the military (we met when my DD was 3 - our DS was born 2 years later) staying close to family just wasn't in the cards. We having been closer than 2000 miles apart since 2000 - the in-laws usually visit 2-3 times a year and my mom is only able to make it out only 2-3 years, we have made three trips back to Oregon in that time to visit them (luckily in-laws and my mom are only about an hour from each other so one trip can visit both sides). They have aunts, uncles and cousins they don't even really know - having seen them 2-3 times in their entire lives, in fact my oldest sister and her husband/kids they have never met once. It actually is one of the things that makes me most sad when I sit and think about with regards to all I feel they have missed out on in comparison to the way I grew up.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I am glad she is home with you ol mare. Time is a funny thing. its either flying or dragging . neither one being what you want. Whatever the outcome I hope she is happy.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

LOL - I got home two nights ago and realized I had one of those little "sign here" flags stuck on my butt......Lord knows how long I had walked around the office (where I obviously picked it up), stopped at Kroger, stopped for Polar pops and then had been home for a good half an hour around DH and the kids --- all with that stupid thing right there on my butt.

Get any signatures ?

 

[campingshaws]

I have guinea keets!!

I've wanted guineas for such a long time. Can they be tamed at all? These are totally wild.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

They can. with a ton of work. lots of holding, cuddling, ect... I talked to a member on here seems like a lifetime ago .@ Starkasm Hers would ride around on her shoulders. LOL But dont be surprised when they become sexually mature if they change on you.

 

[enola]

The ones I kept penned eventually understood that I wasn't there to eat them every time I went in the pen, but if I did anything strange, like look at them, they were terrified. My son hung some leafy branches across the back of the pen and they would run under them and hide. They never did become tame.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

mine didnt mind me and would stand on my feet when i was outside. but god forbid if i moved anything around in the yard. they would scream for hours. Their favorite treat of all time was white millet. training them to come to bed was easy with that in a container that i would shake at sundown.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

what happened to your Enola ? I had the neighbors males take up here for the winter then come early spring I thought they had all died. come to find out they are at the neighbors.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

they need more protein then chickens.. flock raiser, meal worms. 18-22 %

 

[enola]

When I got divorced, I left them with the Ex!

I have guineas here, they actually belong to the neighbors, but they stay in my barn or in the tree beside it.