Stella's Social Club

[lawatt]

PM is fine

sent!!

 

[1muttsfan]

Ugh, Rinda, that is too bad.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

"GRRRR!?!?"

I bet you are livid and distressed. I hope to high heck your neighbors are going to recompense you for the loss!

That would make me go buy a gun.

"Livid" is the exact word..... RIP Rain and his pullet...

I do not know who the dog belongs to. I have never seen it before and only got a glimpse as I saw it run down the road. It was a very large dark brown lab if I had to take a guess. Even if I did know who owned the dog we are treading on thin ground with our chickens which is why we are trying to move, so I'm not sure I could do anything. Technically in our part of the county poultry is illegal on residential lots. Never mind all the other chickens (and even roosters) in our neighborhood- since we got complained about, we are the ones being told we have to get rid of our chickens. In early august we got a nasty letter from the city and were given 3 months to "mitigate the complaints." A phone call left us with the distinct impression that if they got another complaint call from a neighbor after the 3 month mark they could (and would) send animal control to seize our chickens. Ludicrous. You know on "Oklahoma" when Curly references sending out to Claremore to rent a rig for the party? HA that is in my county. And chickens are illegal in 2/3 of the county (the more settled side of the county). Go figure. We are in the country and we can't even have chickens.

And the seller of the house we want is balking at putting on a new roof (it is in such bad shape it is "uninsurable" according to the home inspector). I hate the waiting and not knowing..... we were supposed to close last week. Extended the contract to Oct 18 while they talk to their insurance seeking hail damage and get some roof quotes.

Ugh, Rinda, that is too bad.

Thanks everybody, it is such a blow because I had finally figured out why the chicks were dying and now I have no rooster. Going to call the vet tomorrow and see if he will get me more antibiotic to dose all the chicks I can hatch for the next few weeks to at least save them.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Irony for the situation: we were gone picking up our new flock/future goat protector when the dog snuck into the yard and attacked. Isn't he adorable though? We've named him Merlin.

 

[Happy Chooks]

He is adorable Rinda. Border collie?

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Australian Shepherd.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Australian Shepherd.

Even better - more relaxed and less prey drive. I was looking at Aussie's when my friend offered me my German shepherd.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Homemade spaghetti on the menu tonight, before my basil goes kaput. I think I'll make a Caesar salad to go with it.

 

[gryeyes]

Homemade spaghetti on the menu tonight, before my basil goes kaput. I think I'll make a Caesar salad to go with it.

See, y'all are so Suzy Homemaker and Kitchen MacGyvers here.

I just ate a wonderful fresh salad and some chicken tenders with French fries and bacon slivers at my favorite watering hole, The Pub at Fairplay.

After a couple hours and two Rubicon beers, I absolutely HAD to tell the manager there was an error on the hand-chalked notice board: "Days Till Our 1st Birthday." (7, as of today...) She appreciates my business (I think), so she made the correction as I stood there correcting her correction. "Nobody has said a THING about it for the past three days, Linda!" Well, perhaps not a lot of customers are as anal-retentive as am I.

A little bit later, some at-the-bar conversation turned to Astrology signs (tricky method of checking a customer's age) and I commented somebody's birth anniversary was "on the cusp." This caused her to ask what MY sign was; Virgo, of course. She laughed and motioned towards the chalkboard - "That explains THAT." Her group of three had witnessed my discussion with the manager.

Yup. The contraction for "until" is not "till." Drop the second L, add an apostrophe before the T. No, BEFORE the T.

Another regular customer started to laugh. "I get it now! I was wondering what the day's till had to do with anything, and why was it only 7. Geez, I thought we were ordering more to eat than that....."

 

[ronott1]

Homemade spaghetti on the menu tonight, before my basil goes kaput. I think I'll make a Caesar salad to go with it.

I baked caramel rolls this morning and dinner was the Worlds best Lasagna, corn on the cob and Wild Yeast Baguettes.

It was a hit with the whole family!