Thank you so much Willow and Miss Lydia. Happy Birthday Willow and to you too Miss Lydia even is it is a bit late. My birthday was last week and I turned 51. I will be pulling for you Willow for a speedy recovery to be the cancer. Sorry to hear about your husband. I was married once before to a moron and divorced him after 13 yrs. I didn't want to be one of those abused women trapped in a marriage. So, I got out. I did remarry which I never thought I would to a wonderful man that became my world. He had a stroke on our 12th anniversary and I never thought that in less then a month he would be gone. Being a widow (which is still hard to say) at 49 was rather shocking to me. I'm doing better with it now but I'm sure you both know we have our days. You never know Willow but someone might just show up and turn your life around like my husband did. Not all guys are jerks.
Health-wise I'm almost at my limit for anymore critters. I'm on workers comp now for 14 yrs April 10th. Stupid isn't it? They are horrible horrible people. Getting treatment is nearly impossible hence the 14 yrs. You have to fight for everything and it takes so long that while waiting for treatment and not getting it causes other things to go wrong and so on. They waste more money ignoring the person hoping they will just quit with WC then just treating the issue and moving on.
I see how chickens, geese, ducks and all the other types of animals seem to enhance ones life. I feel sad for those people that don't get a chance to really watch these critters. My family doesn't like my animals and think I'm nuts. So be it ..... LOL...... they make me happy more so then my family 1/2 the time. It's as if no one stops and smells the roses anymore but in an animal sense (not poopie smell of course.... roflol). If they would just relax, put away there phones and other distractions and just sit back and watch they were see things totally different.
My animals teach me something new just about every day. Just watching how the geese treat this injured goose is amazing to me. They have patience and they teach. Who would have thunk it? BTW, my female sebbie is Ginger. I have a Fred and Ginger after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. They look so elegant but came to find out they are as clumsy as can be. Hysterically so. Ethel is still a pretty good name. She was comical and did have a Fred also. That name is looking good.
I would love to have a cow but I don't have the grass or the space for it. Someday I would love to have a nice farm. It doesn't have to be big something around 10+ acres works for me.... lol. Someday. For now I've managed on almost 2 acres. Did I tell you I have 2 horses? Yes, a quarter horse and a mini. There are also 3 dogs, a butt load of chickens of all kinds, geese, ducks, turkeys and yes, guineas. It's fun here! I've made all my coops including a small coop I just finished for 20 baby chicks that are now outside and no longer in my bathtub or porch. The goose is now outside as well. I still worry about here though. This will be her 3rd night with the ducks and other geese.
Speaking of which. I saw her eating grass today. I don't see her at the feed buckets I have around the yard so I do hope she is getting enough to eat. I do grab her at lunch time and at dinner time to see if she will eat without force feeding her. She wouldn't eat at lunch time so I force fed her at dinner time. She then started eating on her own a bit. She does get nervous now when she is not around Fred. She as grown quite attached to the other geese. I don't know if I will keep her since she isn't mine. At the same time I don't know if her old home would be safe for her since my friend Tess has a pond that the goose wouldn't be able to get out of. She has to walk down to the pond and then up a steep slope. I'm not at that point yet so we will see. I think it all depends what hatches. Time will tell.
You are both very kind and I wish you all the best for each day that goes by. I've met Chicmom on here and we've become very good friends. It won't surprise me if we talk more often. It's a good thing...... hehehe
. I have spent my life alone, raising two magnificent kids, have had a milk cow, goats, always chickens, bikes, bike crashes, tears, laughter, teaching to drive, marriages, and grandchildren, and never another to share the grandeur of it all with. I am now battling cancer, and am succeeding, but had to give up on the medical profession to make any progress. So, once again I am alone in it all. The only thing about my life that gives me regret is to never have had a man who loved me and wanted to share it all with me. My husband sank into drinking and spent all his time in the bars and divorced from reality. We split up when I was 23 and my kids were ages one and 3. All I ever wanted was to be happily married with a healthy family. But I am still alone. I am telling you this to give you support in what you are so bravely and competently doing now. It is not easy. But it is easier than being in a bad or an abusive relationship. And there is still much joy and the rewards of living with compassion and integrity. And if you are so Blessed as to be living inside your own skin with someone you respect, you are never really alone. Sounds effusive, I know. But I have come to the conclusion that I am a person who feels things in an exaggerated way, so I am going to just accept and respect who I am and be myself. 
