Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[snowflake]

Opa, so glad you are doing better, hope your health continues to improve

 

[SillyChicken]

Glad, congratulations on the deer!

I have only gotten one deer with my bow, though I rarely get out with it. I won't use it unless I can practice with it... and well....... ain't nobody got time for dat!


It's taken me a while to learn this..took an abusive ex ..to get my head on straight. I guess with age does come wisdom though it's been slow in coming to me! LOL! But here it goes...

NO ONE can define who you are, or what your value in this world is, or is required to make you happy...NO ONE, but YOU can do this. It's is one of the finest gifts you can give yourself. We all have flaws, we all have perfections. Accept them as part of who you are. Change what you don't like about yourself, enhance what you do like about yourself. You are the one in control of ALL of it.. no one else.

If someone cannot accept me for my flaws or perfections they are not worthy of my time, simple. I will not allow myself to be affected by how someone else perceives or treats me. I am the one in control over how I'm affected by others. It is not my job to make anyone happy but me. That may sound selfish, but it's not my DH's job to make me happy, it's my responsibility. Same goes for him, or you! If I were to depend on anyone else to make me happy or justify my existence, I'd never be happy. This is your life.....LIVE IT!

 

[lbrykowski2011]

Lady:

I get laughed at for my beliefs, so .............. a bit of a hodge podge.

Please, please, please! Do not let those individuals be how you think of that belief, because they obviously haven't read the book they claim to be using against you! That particular book very clearly states our mission to be a humble and loving people. Kind of hard to love and be venomous at the same time, see? Beliefs are beliefs and i am sad that they so obviously hurt you over yours.

Feel better soon, depression is no joke. Esp when it's caused by family.

At any rate religion is one of the taboo subjects on this forum, so here at least you should be "safe".

So true. I see hate on both sides, but don't convict a whole group for what a few do. I have some wonderful Christian friends (which I am, proudly n not ashamed) and I have some wonderful atheist friends and some with other beliefs. Plain and simple, the good book teaches us that God so loved the world(whole world) and we should also. Views can vary and everyone has an opinion, but you can always agree to disagree respectively.

Panic attacks are no joke and hard to understand if you've never had one. I used to have to go to the hospital, thinking i was having a heart attack n couldn't breathe, then I would panic more, geez, took xanax for them for about 15 yrs, hate that med, it would just knock me out and feel terrible for days, but it worked. My kids got me going to church w/them and after learning how to study and understanding God and his word, I never had another attack. It's been about 10yrs. So God helped me and I'm thankful, but what works for one doesn't always work for another and Lady I hope you find what works for you, the attacks are awful to go through, especially if brought on by the ones you love. I truly wish you the best.

On the cookie note: Precious kitty, how do you store your cookies till Christmas? I usually freeze, works with most but not all. I'm thinking this close is it safe to store in tupperware at room temp till Christmas? I looked at ball and a few places and it shows freezing but nothing on room temp storing or how long their good for? Got a few eggs yesterday, so trying to bake as the girls lay their eggs.

 

[gladahmae]

I got my snow... more than I wanted actually.  DH got called at 3:50 a.m.  Now I have some shoveling to do.   Disappointingly  I don't have a trip to take today. 

That might not be a bad thing. The roads were pretty awful this morning. Sorry about the hedgehog though.


Doesn't opa feed his birds the hard fat off the deer he gets? Can anyone elaborate on that? I'm going to be skinning and quartering today. Don't want to leave her out where the coyotes might get bold enough to steal my dinner.

 

[ladyrsanti]

Out of respect for the one forum I can talk about chicken sh** without getting laughed at... I cannot respond to either post... sadly. PM perhaps.

 

[preciouskitty]

Panic attacks are no joke and hard to understand if you've never had one.

On the cookie note: Precious kitty, how do you store your cookies till Christmas? I usually freeze, works with most but not all. I'm thinking this close is it safe to store in tupperware at room temp till Christmas? I looked at ball and a few places and it shows freezing but nothing on room temp storing or how long their good for? Got a few eggs yesterday, so trying to bake as the girls lay their eggs.

So true on the panic attack thing. Never had one til going thru my divorce in 2008. Yep, thought it was a heart attack for sure; then the marriage counselor told me what was REALLY going on..prescribed the same med for me, luckily it never knocked me out; just took edge off.

COOKIES: yep, I freeze them. Have had no issues with any of the kinds I make. Used to just wait & do all of them the week before XMAS; but that became "stressful" trying to get all the different kinds done. And, as I have mentioned, baking is (supposed to be) a relaxation technique for me & something I love to do; so it kind of defeated the purpose when I felt "rushed" or that I "had to get it all done".

 

[Opa]

I do often save the hard fat from deer to feed to my birds. I also have given them the entire carcass to pick clean. Once you have observed them feasting you make doubly sure not to fall down.

One question you should ask yourself is how old would you be if you didn't know how old you are.

 

[preciouskitty]

Well, today I have adopted Opa's (& many other's) optimistic outlook.
I no longer want to quit my job.
Maybe it is because today is my Telework day & I am sitting at home with no distractions, in sweats..(plus, didn't have to spend time getting ready OR spend an hour getting TO work, nor will I have to spend an hour coming home FROM work).
I am still working on the same thing that I believe is a complete waste of time & resources; HOWEVER, it is a tasker from above, I voiced my opinion, lost, so I am executing. Bottomline, I still get paid every other Thursday whether what I do seems like a fruitless effort or not

 

[gladahmae]

I do often save the hard fat from deer to feed to my birds. I also have given them the entire carcass to pick clean.

OK, that's what I thought, but wanted to be sure. Since I feel like i'm wasting a lot every time we process a deer, I'll give them the ribcage and the hard fat to snack on. Might have to have venison tenderloin for dinner tonight!

 

[preciouskitty]

OK, that's what I thought, but wanted to be sure. Since I feel like i'm wasting a lot every time we process a deer, I'll give them the ribcage and the hard fat to snack on. Might have to have venison tenderloin for dinner tonight!

Oh yes! I believe that would be a FINE dinner choice...in fact, I just may go thaw one out myself! Seeing as how its gonna be 50, BBQ tenderloin sound quite yummy!!