She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[AmyLynn2374]

Its just one of those cases when it rains it pours. We can hear the transaction from my bank card 2 WEEKS ago for the water bill, km burnt up behind my water getn cut off. When things like this happen i just get so down really easily. I do better with every day, but sometimes i just break without warning. Yesterday was one of those days, it was one thing after another until i just broke down...

I learned the hard way that respite care is Overtly Neccesary for all caregivers. Bravo to all of you who have taken care of anyone for any length of time! Even kids are more than i can take right now. I dont have any, cant, but i have the insicnt and it leads to me most often to critters... Ruby ive rehabed like you and your mon for the last year

5 squirls im at

yall are right, my family shouldnt have left it all to me. The only reponisble party in my family is my daddy, and him and my stepmom came on his weekend off every two weeks for one day. They couldnt understand why i needed more than that. I dont play with drugs at all anymore. I was put in prison for years, fighting for my life with the 30 year sentence they gave me for POT... Its true i lived in a place that corrupt. 30 years for like 3 grams of pot... Obviously i won, or else id be in prison 25 more years... Im terrified of getting strung out or turning into an alcoholic, so i dont play with any of it. Lots of people say the psyce meds would help, but truth is they only Numb, and u still gotta deal w the bs

I keep telling myself I need to look into Respid (the respite care programs up here) but I have yet to do it. I moved back to my hometown in 06 after my mom died to take care of my dad. At that point he was still doing a good share of stuff on his own. Within a year of my son being born (08) he was declining faster than I ever expected. COPD/emphasema and spinal stenosis. He was disabled because of his back before I was even born, but still a strong man. A couple years ago it got to the point where (after a fight) I was able to get the aid and attendence pension through VA for us so that I would be able to stay home and take care of him. It gets hard sometime and I do find myself burning out every now and then between being a full time single mom and caretaker, but I wouldn't want it any other way.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Or, you could be blue and not worry about it. I've never seen an internal pip...
If they ain't coming out to look at me, I ain't lookin' for them

It's educational! That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Oh, ok, I always wondered since you aren't supposed to open the bator after day 18. Now I know, lol, thanks.

Well......not all of us adhere to that philosophy...lmao GO RED!!!!!

 

[kwhites634]

My husband likes those. We had nice Kabota with a 48" deck but someone stole it. Made me so mad (maybe I should hire BYC910!!) So we're in the market for a newer used 1. We liked the Kabota alot but Deeres and Husqvarnas are another option we like. Real 1's, not the junk you get from Lowe's with Briggs & Stratton engines.

You might want to look @ the Dixie Chopper...that's what I have. Bought it new 15 yrs ago, used it 4-5 days/week for years. Came from the factory with a 20hp Kohler. Had to replace the Kohler 2 yrs ago; now has a 24hr Briggs twin...does a good job & easier on gas. Briggs are better than they used to be.

 

[WVduckchick]

You might want to look @ the Dixie Chopper...that's what I have. Bought it new 15 yrs ago, used it 4-5 days/week for years. Came from the factory with a 20hp Kohler. Had to replace the Kohler 2 yrs ago; now has a 24hr Briggs twin...does a good job & easier on gas. Briggs are better than they used to be.

Fastest mower on the planet!

 

[meganhundley]

Its just one of those cases when it rains it pours. We can hear the transaction from my bank card 2 WEEKS ago for the water bill, km burnt up behind my water getn cut off. When things like this happen i just get so down really easily. I do better with every day, but sometimes i just break without warning. Yesterday was one of those days, it was one thing after another until i just broke down...

I learned the hard way that respite care is Overtly Neccesary for all caregivers. Bravo to all of you who have taken care of anyone for any length of time! Even kids are more than i can take right now. I dont have any, cant, but i have the insicnt and it leads to me most often to critters... Ruby ive rehabed like you and your mon for the last year 5 squirls im at yall are right, my family shouldnt have left it all to me. The only reponisble party in my family is my daddy, and him and my stepmom came on his weekend off every two weeks for one day. They couldnt understand why i needed more than that. I dont play with drugs at all anymore. I was put in prison for years, fighting for my life with the 30 year sentence they gave me for POT... Its true i lived in a place that corrupt. 30 years for like 3 grams of pot... Obviously i won, or else id be in prison 25 more years... Im terrified of getting strung out or turning into an alcoholic, so i dont play with any of it. Lots of people say the psyce meds would help, but truth is they only Numb, and u still gotta deal w the bs

I never liked pot much, it made me tired. But I wish I had never touched a prescription med pain pill or some of the other "harder" drugs that I've done. They have ruined most of my life. I never liked anti depressants cause they turn you into a zombie, that's assuming you can stay awake after you take them. And like you said it just masks the real problems. But with counseling and a supportive husband and sister in law I've made a complete 180 in life. At first I had to make myself look for the positive things in every bad situation and eventually that's all I did was see the positive. But that's just me. What works for some may not work for others. I just always remembered it could always be worse. In most cases, way worse.

 

[mixedUPturk]

I keep telling myself I need to look into Respid (the respite care programs up here) but I have yet to do it. I moved back to my hometown in 06 after my mom died to take care of my dad. At that point he was still doing a good share of stuff on his own. Within a year of my son being born (08) he was declining faster than I ever expected. COPD/emphasema and spinal stenosis.  He was disabled because of his back before I was even born, but still a strong man.  A couple years ago it got to the point where (after a fight) I was able to get the aid and attendence pension through VA for us so that I would be able to stay home and take care of him.  It gets hard sometime and I do find myself burning out every now and then between being a full time single mom and caretaker, but I wouldn't want it any other way.

I admire you greatly for your caretaking, and homeschooling and great parenting. Im sure you are there for him, he raised such an amazing woman. I did all i could and i rest easier with that. I was so far gone i actually packed her up and brought her there by myself because i realized i had no other options. Of course i had called every friend and family member before that, i told them how bad i was getting and how i Couldnt handle grandma anymore. They couldnt do anything but say how sorry for me they were. I had built a huge support network, and i let it all crash as i isolated myself in deppression. I highly reccommend the Alzhimers website to any caregiver as u can use most of the info on all patients and yourself.

 

[RubyNala97]

 Now  the rest of the story trailer thief final chapter .now I've found the log .two miles from the thief's house. on aback way to his house  I'm so excited .  I've got the thing I've been needing to make me sure that this is the right man. My buddy  was right . Monday morning I was back at this place looking for my trailer . and like every other time not there . I drove around the block checked it out and pulled in. I talked to the builder asked him if he knew the thief . but he didn't a told him the log was on my trailer when it was stolen. he was wondering why who ever lost the log had not come back for it . I'm sure it's the right man and I sure my trailer is not at his house . now I'm trying to figure out what to do next . I start trying to think like a thief what I do . I'm thinking this man is not that smart so It shouldn't be that hard to figure out. If he still has it where did he hide it ? does he have another place . how do I find out . first impulse was wrong .I called the electric and water companies and asked them . they said not without a court order .that stunk . so once again I called a friend . the same friend who went and looked at the truck . He had told me once about  searching county tax records to find property owners. I was once again amazed by my friend he told me all I had to do was call the tax office and ask If he was paying taxes on more property . never new how easy it is to do a title search . I started in the county he lived in and came up empty . next I called every county around the county he lived in .got an answer form all but one and the answer was no. this was on Wednesday .the one county that did not answer was closed for a high school football game . I thinking I'm going to have to follow this guy is the only way to find my trailer . not so excited now . Thursday morning back to work down in the dumps feeling like  another dead end break for lunch and try the one county again that was closed the day before told them the name and hit gold . the said yes an the tax bill is mailed to the address that the truck is registered  to but the first name is different . she told me the property address and how to find it .so I left work and drove eight miles there  to try and find it . looked until dark at the wrong end of the road never found it . worked Friday morning and left early enough to get to the tax office before they closed . when I told the ladies there my story they gave me everything the tax records a copy of the deed a plot of the property . and they wished me good luck. so now I'm off and running again . you  know as  smart as I am I still could not find it . but it was dark and there were no numbers on the mail box . I went home and called my brothers and filled them in . let me back track a little . on Thursday when I found out about this farm I called the detective who was working my case and told him the address and asked him to check it out he said he would call the county sheriff's department  and asked them to do it .bare in mind that I had kept him informed all along what I was doing . I'm behind on the current job so I had to work Saturday morning but brother Ron and I had made plans to go back that afternoon to try again  . besides they wanted in on the excitement . everyone new I was close . we get there an hour before dark find the land . figure out what we're going to do . no there is a large barn close to the house but can't go in in the daylight . so we have to wait for dark. in the mean time we decide to come in from the back .

I seriously thought you were leaving the day off on this note. It was killing me!

I knew our 2 RIR's were laying in the woods. Today we found their "secret nest".

They had 22 eggs hiding in there. If I do the float test does that wash the bloom off? We have no rooster so they will be for eating not incubating.

That funny that they are hiding nests! What would the float test tell you for infertile eggs?

man this story is a lot longer than I thought .this place was right across the road from the Cumberland river and there was a boat launch and parking area there .there was also a Texas Eastern gas line that ran be hind the property . We used that to get to the back of the property . we had walked about four miles when we got to the property line . and there it was I could just see the gooseneck post of my trailer beside a tree a hundred yards through the woods . Ron said I looked like a bird dog I dropped to one knee and pointed . ain't  going to tell you what I said  so Now I say let's get the sheriff . Ron say no let's make sure we need to get closer so off we go through the woods till we're standing beside it . but I knew it was mine from a Hundred yards away . but now Ron won't leave the trailer says you've be hunting this thing for a mount I'm staying right here. I ran back to the car drove to get the sheriff . when I get to the sheriff's office Its dark almost pitch black . Run through  the door out of breath and very tired . You would think I had just dropped the crime of the century in their lap . made one mistake. I didn't have  the police report with me the sheriff was feeding his cows . couldn't go back with out either . the theft report had to be sent from Nashville via teletype . the sheriff is going to meet us there . this takes forever while we're waiting this older deputy tells me how the guy that lives on that farm threatens a deer hunter with a gun. tells him if he's not gone in ten seconds he will kill him . this makes me nervous  I'm telling them we need to get back up there  and about Ron watching the trailer . they wanted to know if he had a gun . I told them no. no  guns just Ron  they say he'll be ok and I tell them ain't Ron I'm worried about . WV will understand this there's no such thing as an ex Marine . we finely   get back I wasn't allowed to go to the door , they denied the trailer was there but it was ok if they went ant looked . Ron met use at the edge of the woods had a big stick in his hands . Now I fond my trailer but he had ripped off the ID tag and my tags were gone . I had described my trailer to them at the sheriff's office every little detail . but couldn't get it they impounded my trailer and waited for the TBI to tell them it was mine . that took a week . the thief  was arrested  never saw the inside of a jail  cell. because of the value they put on my trailer was to low . according to Nashville . I was there for his trail and his sentencing hearing . when the judge gave him His sentence I stood up and said I was not happy with it and told him all the trouble he had caused me . the Judge then ordered him to pay me $2500.00 in restitution . made it  a condition of his probation . I got 21 of it . my wife was so afraid she made me get a P.O. box for him to mail the checks to. I was never afraid . Well only once that night when we found it I was afraid we would get back to a dead or badly hurt trailer thief . Funny thing both police departments wanted me to apply for a job . both said they wished they could me five minutes alone with him . I told them both no on the job and if I had wanted him hurt he would already be hurt.  The people who new about what I had done went from the Governor to every local sheriff's department  in middle TN. for a couple of years after that I got calls from people wanting to know how to do what I did . and that  is the rest of the story . I'll tell you about Ron and the white oak creek another time.

Amazing job!! Loved the story. I looked forward to it each day!!! Can't wait to hear the next story!

 

[kwhites634]

I keep telling myself I need to look into Respid (the respite care programs up here) but I have yet to do it. I moved back to my hometown in 06 after my mom died to take care of my dad. At that point he was still doing a good share of stuff on his own. Within a year of my son being born (08) he was declining faster than I ever expected. COPD/emphasema and spinal stenosis. He was disabled because of his back before I was even born, but still a strong man. A couple years ago it got to the point where (after a fight) I was able to get the aid and attendence pension through VA for us so that I would be able to stay home and take care of him. It gets hard sometime and I do find myself burning out every now and then between being a full time single mom and caretaker, but I wouldn't want it any other way.

Dad breathed his last in our living room in '06 after spending the last 1.5 yr. with us. Hospice got us a bed for him, and we had a lady to help us. We'd watched Mom die in a nursing home 3 years earlier, and determined to do everything we could to see that Dad didn't go the same way.

 

[lazy gardener]

Stop what?

Missed this one

Knew you couldn't leave it alone.

Let's just say I don't remember the first rainfall, but I was around when the puddles dried up. I'm probably older than any two of you put together; maybe closer to three...not sure

You ain't got that much on some of us. I'm old enough to be Mama to a lot of these young pups.

I think I'd pay to see that!

Hey!! I don't have a skunk problem. Knock on wood I haven't seen one in the year we've been here.

Well, SC and I together give you over 80....lol

Amy, you won't see a skunk unless you're out strolling at midnight. One night last summer, my cat was out. I went out to get him in, cause cats being outside at night is a recipe for disaster. Well, I found my cat alright. He was cavorting, having the time of his life with a baby skunk. New best friend. I spent about an hour outside trying to catch that cat without getting too close to the skunk. The cat was having none of that. When we try to catch him outside, it's "Game ON!" as far as he's concerned. That's why he's an outdoor cat. I got tired of chasing him over hill and dale, through mud, snow, and poison ivy when I was supposed to be getting in the car and heading for work. That cat can sneak through a door faster than you can open it.

Close..71. Would've been 73, but I was sick two years.

At 71, my dad was still water skiing on one ski. At 90, he still runs circles around me.

Oh, I wanted to ask yall, how can you tell if a chick has pipped internally? I'm nowhere near that yet but I want to know what to look for when the time comes.

You got good answers. For the most part, it doesn't really matter until your hatch is winding down, then you need to know so you can decide if you should do an assisted hatch so you can INCREASE YOUR HATCH PERCENTAGE. GO RED!!!

 

[kwhites634]

Fastest mower on the planet!

Right! But what they don't mention is that you can't mow @ that speed, unless you're mowing a pool table!