Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[fuzzybutt love]

Quote:Originally Posted by preciouskitty lol. welcome to the club.

 

[Candy442]

lol. welcome to the club.

X2 !

 

[Opa]

If a continue to gain strength I should be out in the woods for the opening of the muzzleloading season. The doctor said that my white blood cell count has returned to normal so he removed the PICC line. He also gave me a injection of something to help with the itching and rash caused by the medication reaction. As aggravating as the twice daily infusions were, give dire consequences I could have faced, I have much to be thankful for. Thanks to everyone for your concern.

Several things factor into eggs having watery whites. Time in storage is a big factor. The older the egg the watery it will be. Temperature and humidity factor into the storage as well. Higher temperatures and low humidity cause a loss moisture. Another big factor is the age of chicken. The older the bird becomes its ability to lay prefect diminishes. Proper ventilation also affects egg production. High ammonia levels can cause the whites to be watery.

 

[Totalcolour]

Yeah, so DH’s 92 year old grandfather erupted at the dinner table after some hapless relative uttered a political trigger word that I will not repeat.<<<<<<<<<.While I don’t wish death on this man who can be a loving person (or anyone) it is refreshing to know that his brand of hate is dying out with the older generations and being replaced by a greater tolerance that while not perfect is promising and gives me hope.
So there was that. And then my own family. There were no arguments or hate speech but I was criticized for being… well, me. They forget and possibly can’t relate to the fact that I am a stay-at-home mom. All of the women in my family have careers. I’m the exception and it makes it really hard, especially when they start dishing out advice that does not suit my situation. I hate to say that they don’t understand because it sounds juvenile but I really don’t think they can understand. Unlike them, I don’t have coworkers and friends or a community that I’m a part of every day or most days or even some days. I struggle every day to be a part of society, to make a difference like they are and not fall into the soap opera and bonbon stigma. Even as an intense introvert, I have to have *some* contact with the outside world, to be a part of *something* just to feel alive. So things like social networking on the internet (including this forum) have become really important to me, giving me a sense of community, amongst other things, but I struggle with it because I can’t always or often be myself.

So long story short, my family gave me the why-can’t-you-just-share-happy-stuff?-treatment which is like saying “why can’t you just be normal like everyone else?” And coming from them, especially my mother, it really hurt. That’s not how she lives and that's not how she taught me to live either. I feel like I was just clubbed and dragged back into the cave. I deactivated my FB account again as a result of the criticism.

Lady, sounds like you had a very depressing time - I'm sorry. I don't think that hate is dying out so much as being replaced by a different kind. The vitriol directed at me recently from some "Christians" (I'm atheist) showed me that hate is still rampant. I ignore it.

And I think yo can be yourself. It's not easy sometimes. Like you , I am at home, and much of my socializing is on the internet. But it doesn't make you any less worthy, so don't let the words get to you. You have your life, and if it's one that you have chosen, then you have a right to it. They chose theirs, but they have no right to condemn you for yours. Speak your mind, it's why you have one!

I'm sorry you found the need to deactivate you FB account. Sounds to me like you are very stressed. Don't let "them" (any "thems") get to you. I don't know you, but from your posts I think you are a generous and good person. You are VALID. Sometimes it's much harder to stay at home than have a career. Find strength in the fact you are flying in the face of convention; just as once, a long time ago, someone said the world was round, not flat. It took a lot of courage then, but then he was right!

 

[ladyrsanti]

Lady, sounds like you had a very depressing time - I'm sorry. I don't think that hate is dying out so much as being replaced by a different kind. The vitriol directed at me recently from some "Christians" (I'm atheist) showed me that hate is still rampant. I ignore it.

And I think yo can be yourself. It's not easy sometimes. Like you , I am at home, and much of my socializing is on the internet. But it doesn't make you any less worthy, so don't let the words get to you. You have your life, and if it's one that you have chosen, then you have a right to it. They chose theirs, but they have no right to condemn you for yours. Speak your mind, it's why you have one!

I'm sorry you found the need to deactivate you FB account. Sounds to me like you are very stressed. Don't let "them" (any "thems") get to you. I don't know you, but from your posts I think you are a generous and good person. You are VALID. Sometimes it's much harder to stay at home than have a career. Find strength in the fact you are flying in the face of convention; just as once, a long time ago, someone said the world was round, not flat. It took a lot of courage then, but then he was right!

You may not know me but it's funny how you nailed it without knowing. The reason I chose to deactivate my FB account is because my in-laws stopped associating with me because of my "lack of belief" and then MY family pitched in and suggested that I shouldn't associate with others "who don't believe" on FB (even though it's the only place I can feasibly be a part of that community and I *really* need to feel like I belong *somewhere*) and that really ticked me off, having no one on my side. And it's not like I'm intentionally vocal about it. I don't post anything about my "lack of belief" on my wall but FB shares what you like and what you comment on in others' pages without you being able to control it and I'm privately very active in that online community. So My MIL gets to see what I think about such-and-such on a certain page that she has no business knowing and I can't keep her from seeing that. She can hide it if she knew how to work the privacy settings but I can't control what she does and doesn't hide in her news feed. The security and privacy features don't extend that far and that's a HUGE issue for me. So I shut it down and created another family-subversive account for my closet to hide in. I won't speak any more about it here for fear of getting banned but I agree with you.

I've joined a support group for depression and anxiety(panic attacks) because I am not coping well right now. I had a massive panic attack last night and I feel like crap today. I'm ready to throw in the towel. I've tried everything and my emergency medication only took the edge off where it usually helps me to feel better. So I was in misery for an hour and half last night on top of the depression I'm still battling. Anyway, trying to direct all my health-related issues in that direction and save this place for the chickens. I hate to blather on about my health, I really do but my chickens just kind of look at me like "stop talking and feed us" when I look to them for commiseration and you guys are next in line, normally.

 

[RaZ]

I am SOOO about to quit my job...

If you do, will you recommend me as your replacement? I am so tired of being unemployed.

 

[preciouskitty]

If you do, will you recommend me as your replacement?  I am so tired of being unemployed.  

Lol!
Right now being a federal employee is not all it's cracked up to be!

BUT, as Thanksgiving was just here, though some of the idiocy going on at work is making me nuts, I am VERY thankful for my job

 

[1muttsfan]

There are two parts to the egg white, the more solid inner portion or "thick albumin" around the yolk, and a more watery portion just inside the shell called the "thin albumin". AS Opa said, aging and some environmental conditions will make the yolk more runny. Fresh whites are around 90% water, and loose water content as the egg ages.

 

[NovaAman]

I use the true food so. There are a bunch of different ones in the google play store.

 

[NovaAman]

Opa, glad you are well. The rash though... Hope that clears up quickly.