Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[missydcpc]

Not gonna do quotes but what I remember from the last 20 pages:

Reyvaughn, you have my sympathies and positive energy headed your way. You have certainly taken the high road so far.

Aunt Kat, if that top one is indeed a silver sebright and a girl, I'll take her off your hands if you don't want to keep her.

Sally, you constantly amaze me with the things you accomplish.

Wing, those are adorable!

Blarney, You have no self control when it comes to duckies do you??

Ok...who all is going to the Sharpsburg thing? And who is camping out? DH says we can probably go, but we have to be back up in PA Saturday afternoon as we have things going on...

Fisherlady, he's adorable...and I'm gonna sound stupid, but how come he's black and white and Mindy is copper?

 

[fisherlady]

OMG! So adorable! Dillon is a great name! Do you have a Miss Kitty, too?

He has 2 miss kitties! (and 4 Mr Kities!) LOL... but they aren't nearly as friendly with him as the real Miss Kitty was to Marshall Dillon!!

Probably has something to do with his bouncing at them every chance he gets... or putting his nose up their butts and pushing them along when they try to walk by him! He needs to learn how to be a bit more subtle... actually, a LOT more subtle! But so far they have forgiven him, and no claws when they correct him, all has been soft paw so far. His puppy license will expire in a couple of weeks, then they may get a bit more serious about correcting him.
We will have to find a Chester, Festus and Doc (Galen) also!

The turkey poults I got at Green Dragon last Friday night. Soooo cute!

They are cuties! Love the eyes!

 

[Gardeningmama]

Not gonna do quotes but what I remember from the last 20 pages:

Reyvaughn, you have my sympathies and positive energy headed your way. You have certainly taken the high road so far.

Aunt Kat, if that top one is indeed a silver sebright and a girl, I'll take her off your hands if you don't want to keep her.

Sally, you constantly amaze me with the things you accomplish.

Wing, those are adorable!

Blarney, You have no self control when it comes to duckies do you??

Ok...who all is going to the Sharpsburg thing? And who is camping out? DH says we can probably go, but we have to be back up in PA Saturday afternoon as we have things going on...

Fisherlady, he's adorable...and I'm gonna sound stupid, but how come he's black and white and Mindy is copper?

We are going to Sharpsburg, and want to camp, but I still need to find out if camping is for the vendors only? Anyone know?

 

[fisherlady]

Fisherlady, he's adorable...and I'm gonna sound stupid, but how come he's black and white and Mindy is copper?

No, it doesn't sound stupid.... folks are used to most dog breeds having one or two color variations, but English Shepherds have quite a few.
Mindy is considered a shaded sable, mostly reddish copper with darker edgings and small amount of white
Also possible colors,
Clear Sable... light reddish tan to nearly yellowish tan and white, no black edgings
Black and white... Dillon... much like the more well known border collie pattern
Tri-color... much like the Burmese Mtn Dog look, though sometimes you can get a tri with a white background also, like a light calico cat.
Black and tan... black with the tan points like a doberman

English shepherds can vary greatly in appearance, but that is because they were always bred as a utility dog, with no real emphasis on color. The one color that you won't see in a true ES is any Merle (like is common in Australian shepherds)

 

[oletymer]

Did she come right back? Those leghorns are primadonnas, but they steal your heart. They remind me a bit of the 'mean girls' from high school. Leaders of the pack, skinny, and yet, a ginormous egg nearly everyday, even through winter.

Yep I agree...all the way and they like to fly too, mine fly up on my shoulders to greet me when I have treats.

 

[BirdbyGavin1103]

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Quote: Yep, never met him LOL. I've been told that several times

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Quote: To answer everyone at once: She was right under the window for about an hour, but ran off every time we tried to catch her. Although the house is one story, we're on a hill and the window she went out was about 2 stories up, so she couldn't fly up. Eventually she went around to another side of the house and that was the last we saw of her. I went and checked all the trees that have low branches about an hour ago, and didn't see her. I just hope my sister's cats don't get her.... I'll take breakfast out in the morning and see if she comes for it.

The turkey poults I got at Green Dragon last Friday night. Soooo cute!

They are!

 

[BorderBrigade]

Not gonna do quotes but what I remember from the last 20 pages:

Reyvaughn, you have my sympathies and positive energy headed your way. You have certainly taken the high road so far.

Aunt Kat, if that top one is indeed a silver sebright and a girl, I'll take her off your hands if you don't want to keep her.

Sally, you constantly amaze me with the things you accomplish.

Wing, those are adorable!

Blarney, You have no self control when it comes to duckies do you??

Ok...who all is going to the Sharpsburg thing? And who is camping out? DH says we can probably go, but we have to be back up in PA Saturday afternoon as we have things going on...

Fisherlady, he's adorable...and I'm gonna sound stupid, but how come he's black and white and Mindy is copper?

I will be at the Sharpsburg Swap in June. A friend of mine who lives in Maryland is buying a vendor spot to sell his extra, Appenzeller, Lakenvelder, and Hamburg cockerels. If anyone is interested in buying one i could bring it back up with me and could meet anywhere along route 83 on my way home.

 

[Reyvaughn]

More to the reason why I hate old people! They tend to not care about others, just themselves! I have to work around old people day in and day out. They can be so ignorant! Some are really sweet but most just don't care. Its sad that you have to go threw this :/ Did she sign any kind of contract to stay with you guys?

I used to go visit the local elderly couples and I love to hear their stories about when they were growing up.

Eeeeww.. Look for a roommate to take her place! Look at the bright side, You can find someone younger who you don't have to clean up their.. eeww grossness! I somehow found a great Roommate on CL about a month ago, was terrified I would not be able to pay my mortgage, or at least the way I would have had to of lived to pay it would have sucked.. meaning not 1 extra penny... But I found someone! And I am ok now and So will you

WOW! This is pretty wrong! I volunteer at the nursing home, and let me tell you, I work with some of the sweetest little ladies ever. I have many times fallen in their laps sobbing at the unfortunate way that their life is ending. I think MANY of them are hardened by the disrespectful way that they have been treated AS they were growing old. I too will grow old one day and I certainly hope that people don't hate me because of my age. WOW!

I'm really sorry to hear this. I sent you a message a few days ago, but it did that thing where it returned it to me. Checking up on your chick problrms. I'm sorry to hear of more crap going on. What a sh*tty way to repay you. I don't think she has any idea what it would be like to do it on her own. I'm sure nothing I can say could help, and I'm sure you've been thinking it out for a long time. Consider a better renter, but I'm sure the loan Will settle. This is just protection, really....you're being purged of her for your own good. It's just the malice and implications that you need to overcome right now, and you will.

Reyvaughn,

I'm so sorry things aren't working out with the housemate. Maybe it just means better things are coming to you, but in a roundabout way.

Did I hear that your sick chicks have stabilized? Crossing my fingers for you.

I feel for you Hon. I've been there, done that...for over 3 years. I finally sent her packing back to the nursing home after she called me everything but a white woman in front of my kids & informed me she was moving the end of the month. My reply was "If you want out so bad, go now." I handed her her purse & cane & called the squad to come get her. I also called her caseworker & doctor & they got her admitted immediately. You just have to know when enough is enough. You go out of your way to help someone & all they want to do it stomp all over you & be a jerk. For your own well-being you just need to know when to stop tolerating it.

There are all types in EVERY generation. You can't make a blanket statement about ANY group of people because people are individuals & no 2 are the same.

**Reyvauhn- I am so truly sorry you are going though this.

..some times we don't always see how much others really do for us. I do understand what it feels like to be taken advantage of. It hurts and you have every right to feel the way you do. I have worked with the elderly, and it is /can be extremely trying. I cannot possibly tell you what to do, but there is always an underlying reason for others behavior, it doesn't make how you are being treated right, but I'm saying, maybe she is having a "real" issue & cannot find the correct way to handle it. Just a thought. You have given her so much of your self & that makes you a very good person. I hope this situation is resolved in a positive way, for everyone.

Thanks everyone. Just for the record, this will be the only time I share this much personal info.

I was fine with it last night because, you know, we've always been there to support HER. I thought about it more and more and started to think about US. Then I got mad. All that woman has put us through and I feel like she used us and pooed on us in the end. Like I said, we asked her from the time she came if she really wanted to come back, first and then if she wanted to stay with us. She had every option to say she wanted to go to a nursing home or stay in the home since June/July 2012.

What bothers me is how nonchalant she is over it all. Like, every thing's all fine and dandy and life is just grand. Her problem is she's lazy and wants to be waited on and catered to. I can't do it. She's loosing her memory, too. I fell bad for her because no one wants her - not even the friend that caused all of this. Not her sister, not her nephews... Well, they do if she has money they can sponge off her. But, then again, I honestly feel she brought it all on herself seeing how she treated us. All she does is whine about how she can't do anything for herself, the divorce is taking to long and how her husband put her in debt. She whines because I won't let her have unhealthy foods because she's not supposed to have them. Here's an example. Last Christmas I made over 15 dozen cookies. I couldn't get her to eat real food and she ate cookies all day long for a week. This year my husband and I were given cookies for a Christmas present and I thought for sure she'd stay away from them because they were a present. No... She can't get up to go to the bathroom, but she could get up and eat all of our present! She doesn't like eating real food. If I put a meal in front of her, she eats maybe 1 1/2c of food total at supper. She can eat 2-3x that at Chinese or any other restaurant. If I put 5 bags of chips in front of her, a bag of chocolates, a dozen cookies, a piece of cake and 2 cupcakes, she'd it it all in less than 6hrs.

We are always financially strapped, so this should be nothing new to me. Just the thought of it all on us by ourselves is driving me insane. When I say we can't do it on our own, I mean it. I can't take on a new roommate. This place actually isn't a 4 bedroom. It's 3 bedrooms with a sun room and a mudroom. My son's room is the mudroom. The sun room has no heat so no one is there. Again, I sacrificed my child's comfort for her.

You guys are right. I would be much happier without her here. I honestly can not stand being around her and I try my hardest to stay away from my own home. The house smells so bad because of her... It would be nice to have my son in an actual room, too. Just, I do not want to move if we do not have to. I don't have it in me to sell my flock. We have so much crap and I actually hyperventilate just thinking about it. I can not do another move. I am sick of moving.

As for the chicks, some are coming around and some are not. I have one still really gasping and they are the younger ones and they usually do not make it. The older ones are showing improvement. The fresh batch of chicks that just hatched Friday are all healthy so far.

 

[cskotek]

Praying things work out for you...

I fall somewhere in between the two of you. I don't hate them as an age bracket, but there are some individuals I wouldn't care to see again and some I'd love to spend more time with. I've worked with the elderly and there are huge differences in how they treat people, even more so than with younger people. It does seem there are many who just don't care how others see them, either because of personality, or illness. There are also those that are sincerely sweet and wonderful, sometimes due to illness but often because of personality. I've known elderly who also didn't seem to deserve the kindness shown by their family (especially when you get a history), and many who deserve far more than they are shown. The ones I really would get upset with/over were the ones that played family against each other and still had all their mental faculties. I've always been respectful to my elders, but I've learned over time some deserve far more respect than others. Just my experience

Exactly! I completely agree. I work in a deli and get all the stars of that age bracket, lol.

 

[BirdbyGavin1103]

I'm really hoping everything works out for you Reyvaughn. Keep you in my prayers and keep my fingers crossed.