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[erinszoo]

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I remember those days ... we were foster parents for quite a few years and we always seemed to get the 4 to 10 year old boys and NONE of them ever slept. We would battle to get them to bed by 11:00pm and they'd bounce right back up by 6am. I had pneumonia at one point and had to stay in bed and I slept and slept. When I got well again I tried to pretend to be sick still so I could sleep more. Lol. Didn't work. The little boys would stand at my door and knock and call me over and over. I like your idea of going in and waking them up to play with you!!

 

[erinszoo]

Buster I am sure this greenhouse will keep us BUSY! I am thinking I may apply for the diversification grant to outfit the greenhouse with all the extras. Awesome that you were able to meet with someone who has already worked with the dept of Ag. Hopefully you will be able to meet all the requirements.

Okay, what's a diversification grant and where do you get them? We've been greenhousing and want to expand to market garden size. A grant would help immensely.

 

[nnbreeder]

Speaking of heart stuff...

Happy Death Day to me!!

9 years ago today, my heart stopped and I was clinically dead for an indeterminate amount of time while on a camping trip. It stopped twice more that day before I was stabilized. Every day since that has been a gift. Life is good.

Haven't gone camping since.

See nature-type peaceful healthy living is bad for you. LOL

Good thing that you recovered from the ordeal and are doing great.


A friend of mine had open heart surgery a few years back and a few months after he was back home his brother and another friend were comparing scars while drinking coffee at a local convience store, they all had different doctors, and Richard said this cute little blue-haired older lady walked by them and asked. "Aren't you boys a little old for a whizzing contest?" LOL

 

[jcatblum]

Okay, what's a diversification grant and where do you get them? We've been greenhousing and want to expand to market garden size. A grant would help immensely.

Check out the Oklahoma Dept of Ag website. Think all the info is there. The grant is to diversify your farm. Basically do something you are not already doing that would improve your life as a farmer. At least that is how I understand it anytime I go to a conference. Since I already have a large garden for market, I want to expand to grow more crops year round. So the grant should cover part of the cost for me to diversify & produce more income from my farm. Does that make sense?
There is a hoop house grant through the NRCS also, but it comes with lots of strings attached.

 

[MacGuyver]

Sorry, after reading, I got you mixed up with Oakridge I think, someone mentioned Squirrels eating their pears!!! Sorry, I am gettin old and forgetful!! LOL Lynn

Ah, no biggie. I enjoyed remembering that. Squirrel electrocuted itself running on the transformer.

 

[MacGuyver]

I remember those days ... we were foster parents for quite a few years and we always seemed to get the 4 to 10 year old boys and NONE of them ever slept. We would battle to get them to bed by 11:00pm and they'd bounce right back up by 6am. I had pneumonia at one point and had to stay in bed and I slept and slept. When I got well again I tried to pretend to be sick still so I could sleep more. Lol. Didn't work. The little boys would stand at my door and knock and call me over and over. I like your idea of going in and waking them up to play with you!!

I'm so lucky I've been able to be consistent with bedtime. The little one goes to bed at six and is asleep by seven. The big one goes to bed at seven and is asleep before eight. They are getting the eleven and twelve hours of sleep a night that their doctor says they need at this age, it just happens to start stinking early.

 

[MacGuyver]

Only 47 degrees here this afternoon. . . oh, wait. . . Celcius. That's bad. The math works out to 116.6 Farenheit. It's only 40 at chicken level, which translates to 104. This is one of my lab thermometers. It's been tested and is accurate.

 

[Poco Pollo]

It's too hot out there. I've made mud puddles for the birds that have turned into dust bowls. Water dishes and water buckets have a 1/4" of silt in them because the birds are standing in them to cool off. We need rain.

I know this is going to make me look distracted, but it's actually a straight line for me as a global thinker. All this talk about squirrels and heart problems led me to my picture file. I have a lot of photos and clippings of things I want to render in cross stitch or embroidery some day.

 

[Oakieridge]

Cathie there are TONS of buses around Orlando. What about asking to jump on a neighboring hotels shuttle. They prob wouldn't mind if you tip them well. We always drive. I have to be limitted by what we can carry on a plane in our suitcase. Plus the way my luck is at airports I can drive almost as fast as I can fly. If you go to downtown Disney eat a sandwich @ earls for me. The place is always packed but it is yummy & one of the cheaper places to eat downtown. Also there is a nice bath stuff store for girls gifts & a disny store where nothing is over $5 or $10 (sorry I forget) but much cheaper Disney stuff there. Think it is by poohs corner. It is easy to miss. I could give you a list of all our favorite places to eat, but I know you are stranded! How awful!

Yeah I am at the JW Marriot so there are no other hotels other than the Ritz and they don't have shuttles either, lol. I am going to hire a cab tomorrow to go to downtown disney. The "mall" we went to tonight was a bust. Half the stores had gone out of business and so only a few shopping places and the rest were clubs, sorry I am to old for the club scene lol. So I will try again tomorrow after the conference ends at 3. I will defenitely check out the stores, lol. Thanks : )

 

[Oakieridge]

It's too hot out there. I've made mud puddles for the birds that have turned into dust bowls. Water dishes and water buckets have a 1/4" of silt in them because the birds are standing in them to cool off. We need rain.

I know this is going to make me look distracted, but it's actually a straight line for me as a global thinker. All this talk about squirrels and heart problems led me to my picture file. I have a lot of photos and clippings of things I want to render in cross stitch or embroidery some day.

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!