Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Mountain Mel 22]

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If you can cook & clean, why do you want a full-time night woman?

Women are a lot like fancy cars...they are a lot cheaper to rent than they are to own. Now, I'm sure that comment will have me in everybodys' good graces!

Hubby said you aint LYING!

I say we are worth it!

Rippy, please read my post at the top of the previous page. That is from my heart, and it means YOU!

 

[gilavina]

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Dang MEl, I think that might of been one of the sweetest things anyone has ever said to me or acknowledged about my life. I am sure you weren't specifically thinking about me, but Mel that is what my life is like and only my DH truly appreciates all that I do here.... My own family (mother, sisters, etc ) just thinks my life is ooooo so easy! Thanks again Mel

Lisa, you also have your dad you care for...and that, I can attest to, can be a full time job in itself!

 

[math ace]

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I can tell you right now that some of my family relatives believe that taking care of dad means sitting around on my rump all day long!

I just put dad to bed and it is 9:00 p.m. If we are lucky he will SLEEP tonight. The last few nights he has been getting up and walking through the house either WHISTLING or yelling "HELLO".
It would be cute if it wasn't happening from 3:00 a.m. and on.... The idea that everyone is SLEEPING and he should be too, JUST goes right OVER his head LOL.

There are so many of you ladies on this forum who have experience with what I am dealing with that I take BIG comfort in just KNOWING that you understand

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

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I can tell you right now that some of my family relatives believe that taking care of dad means sitting around on my rump all day long!

I just put dad to bed and it is 9:00 p.m. If we are lucky he will SLEEP tonight. The last few nights he has been getting up and walking through the house either WHISTLING or yelling "HELLO".
It would be cute if it wasn't happening from 3:00 a.m. and on.... The idea that everyone is SLEEPING and he should be too, JUST goes right OVER his head LOL.

There are so many of you ladies on this forum who have experience with what I am dealing with that I take BIG comfort in just KNOWING that you understand

Although he does not live with me, I take care of my 36 y/o foster brother who has multiple birth defects and serious mental illness (psychosis). It is a labor of love. After my moms' death 14 months ago, my stepsister (who was supposed to be his caretaker) stole everything he had of value and then tried to get him to sign over his bank accounts to her. Thank God he did not do it, but since he would not, she wants nothing to do with him or I and has since done everything in her power to exclude the two of us from our family.
She has big Thanksgiving and Christmas events and invites all friends and family that are "within range" except my foster brother and myself. Believe me when I say that I have a little bit of insight on this type of thing...
( BTW, Pinkchick had me to her house for her "ThanksChristmas Dinner", so you probably all know how I feel about her.)

 

[DMRippy]

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Hubby said you aint LYING!

I say we are worth it!

Rippy, please read my post at the top of the previous page. That is from my heart, and it means YOU!

you are just fishing for hugs and kisses.... I have a great hubby. He pays all the bills, does laundry, and dishes some. And he is right by my side with the chickens and wants his chicken time. Odd man but good. Now If I could get him to stop playing cards on the computer....

 

[DMRippy]

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I can tell you right now that some of my family relatives believe that taking care of dad means sitting around on my rump all day long!

I just put dad to bed and it is 9:00 p.m. If we are lucky he will SLEEP tonight. The last few nights he has been getting up and walking through the house either WHISTLING or yelling "HELLO".
It would be cute if it wasn't happening from 3:00 a.m. and on.... The idea that everyone is SLEEPING and he should be too, JUST goes right OVER his head LOL.

There are so many of you ladies on this forum who have experience with what I am dealing with that I take BIG comfort in just KNOWING that you understand

my hubby took care of his mother for years even after she had to go to a nursing home. Maybe that is why he is so special.

 

[gilavina]

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I can tell you right now that some of my family relatives believe that taking care of dad means sitting around on my rump all day long!

I just put dad to bed and it is 9:00 p.m. If we are lucky he will SLEEP tonight. The last few nights he has been getting up and walking through the house either WHISTLING or yelling "HELLO".
It would be cute if it wasn't happening from 3:00 a.m. and on.... The idea that everyone is SLEEPING and he should be too, JUST goes right OVER his head LOL.

There are so many of you ladies on this forum who have experience with what I am dealing with that I take BIG comfort in just KNOWING that you understand

Although he does not live with me, I take care of my 36 y/o foster brother who has multiple birth defects and serious mental illness (psychosis). It is a labor of love. After my moms' death 14 months ago, my stepsister (who was supposed to be his caretaker) stole everything he had of value and then tried to get him to sign over his bank accounts to her. Thank God he did not do it, but since he would not, she wants nothing to do with him or I and has since done everything in her power to exclude the two of us from our family.
She has big Thanksgiving and Christmas events and invites all friends and family that are "within range" except my foster brother and myself. Believe me when I say that I have a little bit of insight on this type of thing...
( BTW, Pinkchick had me to her house for her "ThanksChristmas Dinner", so you probably all know how I feel about her.)

ugh......people that take advantage of others like that make me sick...i would think she's doing you a favor not inviting you.

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

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Rippy, please read my post at the top of the previous page. That is from my heart, and it means YOU!

you are just fishing for hugs and kisses.... I have a great hubby. He pays all the bills, does laundry, and dishes some. And he is right by my side with the chickens and wants his chicken time. Odd man but good. Now If I could get him to stop playing cards on the computer....

That's kinda' funny....I play a LOT of solitare...never for money tho. When I was a little boy there was this old man that would take me to his fishing cabin in a '39 Plymouth....he was just bored, I guess....why else would a sane person want a 3 or 4 y/o in a 10'x10' enclosure? Anyway, he played Solitare all day and he always said that he was playing against "The Chinaman". Sometimes he won, and sometimes that da#% Chinaman won. Ahhhhh.....childhood in the early 60's...

 

[Christie Rhae]

I have a question.
I have read about "over melanized". This bird is blue but has the copper sneaking through. Does this mean he is over melanized? The copper is being covered? Just trying to understand these terms.

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

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haha.... x2! College was a nightmare since I was friends with all the guys and was allowed to join them on adventures that other girls weren't. Either I was accused of unsavory things, or girls wanted to be my friend to try to get close to some guy I was friends with. Annoying.
I have a sticker that reads, "I'm basically a girl with the personality of a dude." pretty much sums me up!

Yes, tomboys is what we were called in my day. My Son learned to fell a tree, what wood to cut for firewood, split wood, shoot a deer, field dress it, skin it, cook it, fix a tire, change oil, diagnose problems; from ME, not his deadbeat daddy. His Dad was not really there for him, even when he was here; so someone had to do it. I learned by myself with tips from elders out here. When he joined the Army, they asked him where he learned to shoot..."my Mama".

OMG! I can't believe that this post got past me! This previous post reads like something from a Sacketts book,which I love dearly.
Children, especially male children, need a father. They need to know how to shoot and track. How and where to set traps for 'coons & possums...beaver and such. How to properly care for those furs so you get top-dollar and can buy your school clothes or a new bike.
Change a tire, change the oil, check the anti-freeze. Wrap those faucets because it's a lot easier to wrap them now then to fix them in the spring... or am I totally dreaming and out of touch with reality?