Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[ocap]

My faith in the Lord is what keeps me going. Without Him, I'd fall apart dealing with all of this.

glad you are back!

 

[Bunnylady]

@GAFarmGirl87

And

good to have you back!

X2, and I would add,

 

[chickisoup]

Originally Posted by GAFarmGirl87

My faith in the Lord is what keeps me going. Without Him, I'd fall apart dealing with all of this.

I hope what I am sharing here will be a word of encouragement to you. I know what the "C" word can do and the power it can hold, if we let it. With your permission may I add you to my prayers? My God has been a great source of strength during my own journey thru the "valley" as well.

WARNING! IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, DO NOT READ ON!!!

I really thought after all the blessings and miracles in my life already that I might have hit my "quota" . Fortunately it appears I had not hit my credit limit on Grace. First, I had my appointment on Wednesday to my oncologist to check how I was doing with the Leukemia. It is a very long drive and was not happy with taking my sick little Angel on a roadtrip, but there was no choice. Fortunately, she did very well, tho with the fever we had to up the air conditioning to keep her comfortable. Anyway, not only were my tests good, I am still in remission!

Ok, here comes the real miracle part...... I already told you we have a MAJOR roadtrip on Monday to visit my husband's brother before the brain surgery to remove the tumor wrapped around the main artery to his brain. The trip is not optional of course, and our puppy would have to go along no matter what the test results said was wrong with her ( vet was thinking maybe Blastomycosis but with the mass, likely Lymphoma). We take her to the vet this morning to hear the results and...........................
Well.........here it comes.................the eyes so cloudy she could barely see thru are now clear,,,,the mass on the side of her head is gone,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
and all the tests, every one, came back NEGATIVE!!!!

I humbly thank you, Lord.

 

[3goodeggs]

Our puppies are our good medicine, You need her. God does work in mysterious ways.
I am so very glad to hear about that!
I do hope your BIL makes it through well, with a quick recovery.

Stress is bad medicine.
more puppies, less stress.

... that is why I do not hatch eggs. I am easily stressed. I don't know how you all do it.

 

[TeaChick]

Minions that hide from me get more work. They are not very well trained in the coming to ask what they should do next, I usually yell for them. But they do know that bad things happen if they don't show up when I yell.

I am very "carrot and stick" with my kids. A favorite punishment is making them run driveway loops. But, if they are working hard they get almost constant small rewards, like one gummy bear every five minutes. My kids are ages 15 to 6.

Oh, you're in the same boat as me; I was hoping you had a way to avoid the yelling part. Mine are right in that age range too. Maybe the gummy bears will work; I"ll have to stop at Dollar Tree. I think my 15 YO would respond better to M&Ms; in fact, I think they would all respond better to chocolate.....I'll have to set a timer on my phone for five minutes at a time.
Okay, I've got the plan. Thanks, Alaskan!!!

I thought you'd like that. =)

My minions were OK trained until that fateful day they turned 18 and became MEN. I have tried to explain life to them but they are still predominately in the stage " that they know it all". One day they will thank me, same as I did to my parents.

@Alaska
I need a minion to tell me no more chooks.... Been looking at bators on eBay all day. I was going to wait till I got a broody but I'm not sure I can wait.

Thankfully, I haven't gotten to that fateful day with mine yet.
I thanked my parents too.

What about buying a broody?

All about the enabling here! =D

I have Partridge Penedesenca, Arkansas Blue egg layers(Blue eggs in the picture), Pinkish beige are from Pita Pintas and the olive colored eggs are from Cream Legbar x Crele Pene crosses.

I really like those chickens.

I have barn yard mutts right now. DH just bought me a "flock" of NH Reds. We free range, but we also want to be able to breed pure. We're thinking the least complicated (and least expensive and time consuming) way to accomplish purebred chickens and truly free range eggs is going to be to build a double pen, keep two roosters of each of two breeds, and pen one breed of rooster for two months at a time, then we collect eggs for eating for the first month and collect eggs for hatching for the second month, then switch the roosters and start all over. I just want some blue and green eggs for the fun of collecting them. I get a pinkish beige egg from one of my Comets, but I want more colors.

Howdy folks!

Wow! It's been quite a while since I have been on this site, much less on this thread. It's been a very crazy & life-altering few months.

I was pretty sick for a while, then I was diagnosed with cancer on June 27th. I'm in my late-20's, so it certainly came as a shock. Everything in my life has changed so dramatically, and so quickly. Though it is hard sometimes, it's a beautiful place to walk, because it has made me really look at myself, my priorities, my habits, etc. It has caused me to make some pretty awesome changes.

I'm not posting this for sympathy, but I love sharing how my life has changed. I see this as a blessing, not a curse.

But I'm so happy to be back on this thread!!

I have missed you all!!

Howdy! We've missed you too!!! Wish we could have been there for you when you found out; that must have been hard. It's wonderful to look at it as an opportunity to walk somewhere you wouldn't have otherwise gone.
Take care of yourself!!!
It's good to have you back!

 

[TeaChick]

Originally Posted by GAFarmGirl87

My faith in the Lord is what keeps me going. Without Him, I'd fall apart dealing with all of this.

I hope what I am sharing here will be a word of encouragement to you. I know what the "C" word can do and the power it can hold, if we let it. With your permission may I add you to my prayers? My God has been a great source of strength during my own journey thru the "valley" as well.

WARNING! IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, DO NOT READ ON!!!

I really thought after all the blessings and miracles in my life already that I might have hit my "quota" . Fortunately it appears I had not hit my credit limit on Grace. First, I had my appointment on Wednesday to my oncologist to check how I was doing with the Leukemia. It is a very long drive and was not happy with taking my sick little Angel on a roadtrip, but there was no choice. Fortunately, she did very well, tho with the fever we had to up the air conditioning to keep her comfortable. Anyway, not only were my tests good, I am still in remission!

Ok, here comes the real miracle part...... I already told you we have a MAJOR roadtrip on Monday to visit my husband's brother before the brain surgery to remove the tumor wrapped around the main artery to his brain. The trip is not optional of course, and our puppy would have to go along no matter what the test results said was wrong with her ( vet was thinking maybe Blastomycosis but with the mass, likely Lymphoma). We take her to the vet this morning to hear the results and...........................
Well.........here it comes.................the eyes so cloudy she could barely see thru are now clear,,,,the mass on the side of her head is gone,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
and all the tests, every one, came back NEGATIVE!!!!

I humbly thank you, Lord.

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chickisoup]

Our puppies are our good medicine, You need her. God does work in mysterious ways.
I am so very glad to hear about that!
I do hope your BIL makes it through well, with a quick recovery.

Stress is bad medicine.
more puppies, less stress.

... that is why I do not hatch eggs. I am easily stressed. I don't know how you all do it.

I agree. The stress of worrying about her all week put such a knot between my shoulders I am now sitting in my recliner with a heating pad .

I can't hatch either, unless it's watching a momma do it.

 

[chickisoup]

@TeaChick

 

[Bunnylady]

@chickisoup - seems like a good place to use this smiley --->

And I have reason to be rather

myself. One of the Barred Rock pullets that I bought as chicks this past Spring just presented me with her first egg! Yeah, we gots lots of other chickens around here, but most are Bantam Cochins (great broodies, but generally seasonal layers) and Seramas, which tend to take frequent breaks between spells of laying their tiny eggs. We needed some eatin' eggs, and maybe some sellin' eggs, and my experience makes me think BR's should do that job nicely. So I'm a happy bunny.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Three cups today.