The Front Porch Swing

[LBejaran]

We wanna see when you get them painted.....and for crying out loud give those broodies some extra goodies!  Talk about going over and above the call of duty!  

Oh yeah, those little broodies are getting treated like little queens for their work in the Cotton Patch Goose Project, but I have a feeling they wouldn't have quit no matter what I did. They've been forcing each other into the same nests for days, making it hard for other hens to lay in the nesting boxes.

I even have another game hen hiding out in Mom's flower pot with 7 eggs. I'm tempted to put some other eggs under her, but I love my game mixes. They lay really well and are pretty tame considering how awful their mothers are.

This year, I have great roosters (a beautiful EE and my Black Australorp, Jorge/George) and I'm hoping I get some beautiful chicks with their features. My little EE pullets will eventually start laying eggs and once they start breeding, I'll be set!

Can you tell I'm excited? I already have potential people who want some chicks and while I'm not basing my future success on whether these eggs hatch or not, I feel like I'm on the right track. In a year, we've tripled our egg production and hopefully the good fortune will continue. God has really blessed us this year and I'm thinking that this is definitely something I want to continue in the future.

Now if only I can learn to cull roosters on my own. Dad is tired of me just giving roosters away, haha!

 

[Oldmomma]

Quick update since I got to get to market today. Attended my first wedding since my son passed and at the start I was nodding off but the ladies got out the drums and started dancing and eventually got me up to dance as well. There is such a unique experience here when it comes to weddings I will have to share another day soon cause I need to keep it short this morning and unless my fil being in the hospital has canceled things I got a niece starting her 3 day wedding tonight. Hope I can get a few pics of me dressed up to share with you all. Got some men to come look at building me a temp coop on my balcony on saturday so thats another story to share to so remind me if I get sidetracked. Things heated up in the Capitol this week and although im in another city things trickle down. Noticed folks stocking up on dry goods yesterday and I got to go to the bank too take out extra money god forbids things get worse. Like I said im on twitter for that stuff and I got eyes and ears keeping me safe as anyone else. Saw the doc on my eye and she said it was fine but after I put in the drops she gave me it looks worse. Prayers to all who need them and Blooie you look lovely!

 

[getreal]

very nice!

 

[getreal]

Quote: very nice!

 

[jmoeller]

WOW! If I'd known my ego was going to get such a boost from all of you I'd have put on a dress months ago! Thank you all. I'm not really one for wearing dresses, but I do have to admit that in that one and in my black and white one I feel almost pretty! But, then I look around the old trailer, sigh, put on my farmer pants and t-shirt, and fortunately the urge to look like a girl passes pretty quickly! I usually feel like a mule in a buggy harness in a dress. My daughter Tam and I are heading to Alaska on the 15 of June. Can't wait!

I'll have to call the doctor and see if he'll change my diagnosis to bi-headedness. Prolly be easier to fix - just get a headectomy and I'm good to go! Which reminds me, JM! Congrats on the hatch! And if I find out my doctor can do headectomies I'll ask him to look at your chicken. I laughed so hard when I was looking at your pictures because the second pic it looks like you have a two headed chicken. Now, when I got home and looked at it on my computer it didn't, but on my little phone screen it looked so funny - one set of legs, one tail, one back, and two heads. Sorry, but it was cute.

We need pictures of completed coops, too, from both you and Misty. We'll wait patiently!

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Blooie glad I could make you laugh, I promise all of my chickens are single headed.

Blooie, You are truly an inspiration. Now, I have a strange request for you. can you send me a PM? For some reason, I can respond to PM, but can't generate them. With, or without the dress, you are beautiful, and I imagine that any room you enter just sparkles! You go on that cruise, and you be sure to have fun, and do just what you want to do while you are there. Everybody needs a Cinderella moment! I know what you mean about putting on a dress, and feeling totally out of your element! I'm the same way, and due in part to foot issues, and in second part to the irrational belief that being comfortable takes precedence over style, even if I was able to wear a beautiful dress, I'd be wearing my sneakers with it! Not to mention, if I try wearing a silky scarf around my neck, I might as well be tying a piece of rope, or baling twine around my neck, cause either option would look just as stylish on me! I'll be praying for you as you deal with treatment options for PAD.

Lindz: I'll be praying for you and your family, specifically for your sister and her pregnancy. I can attest that our God is incredible, and dealing with illness during pregnancy is totally on his can do list. When I was pregnant with #1, I had the measles JUST before conceiving. (His timing is awesome) Then, during the last trimester, I got the resp. flu/bronchitis and was a very sick puppy for the last few weeks. I was coughing so bad that my ribs hurt, my eyes were blood shot, and I had a head ache that just wouldn't quit. This went on for weeks. Then I went into labor. Our wonderful, awesome, careing God took all of those flu symptoms, and put them on the back burner while I paced the floors, (no lounging for this baby as he was sunny side up) got him turned into the correct position, spent a lot of time with my head hanging out the window cause we had the wood stove cranking so it would be nice and warm when the baby was born. Yep, home delivery here! Wouldn't you know, that within hours of delivery, that cough came back?! But, God gave me what I needed, when I needed it to accomplish the job he had for me to do.

I totally agree with both Blooie and Lazy Gardener. Clothes should be practical and comfortable. Most of the time I feel a bit sloppy because of how I dress, especially when I go to school with the child I care for. All the teachers and paras are decked out with layers of fashionable clothes and dripping with jewelry. I wear jeans and make sure my top is something that will stand up to a lot of washing. I usually come home wearing some sort of body fluids. I worked with a women who popped Advil all day so she could wear her fancy shoes. BAHAHAH Never! I told her there was no way in h*!! I would ever medicate myself for fashion. Well, headed out side to plant flowers ~ bare foot in my stained shorts and t shirt. Love my life

 

[LindaB220]

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Blooie glad I could make you laugh, I promise all of my chickens are single headed.
I totally agree with both Blooie and Lazy Gardener. Clothes should be practical and comfortable. Most of the time I feel a bit sloppy because of how I dress, especially when I go to school with the child I care for. All the teachers and paras are decked out with layers of fashionable clothes and dripping with jewelry. I wear jeans and make sure my top is something that will stand up to a lot of washing. I usually come home wearing some sort of body fluids. I worked with a women who popped Advil all day so she could wear her fancy shoes. BAHAHAH Never! I told her there was no way in h*!! I would ever medicate myself for fashion. Well, headed out side to plant flowers ~ bare foot in my stained shorts and t shirt. Love my life

She will end up with ulcers. Ask me how I know.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Oh if I'm feeling well I love to dress up for an event. Occasionally. Full hair and makeup and shoes and clothes that I've really shopped for. By occasionally I mean maybe a couple times per year, max.

I could never be the kind of person that has to do that every day, though. I really start to question life if I put too much importance into getting "dressed."

 

[Blooie]

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Blooie glad I could make you laugh, I promise all of my chickens are single headed.
I totally agree with both Blooie and Lazy Gardener. Clothes should be practical and comfortable. Most of the time I feel a bit sloppy because of how I dress, especially when I go to school with the child I care for. All the teachers and paras are decked out with layers of fashionable clothes and dripping with jewelry. I wear jeans and make sure my top is something that will stand up to a lot of washing. I usually come home wearing some sort of body fluids. I worked with a women who popped Advil all day so she could wear her fancy shoes. BAHAHAH Never! I told her there was no way in h*!! I would ever medicate myself for fashion. Well, headed out side to plant flowers ~ bare foot in my stained shorts and t shirt. Love my life

When I was shopping for that blue dress, the last store my friend Bobi Jo (I usually just call her "Beej") went to was David's Bridal. I was uncomfortable, Beej wasn't. She wears beautiful clothes all the time, so I dragged her with me to help. I had to have this dress for a formal event Ken and I were going to, and as he has "risen in the ranks" of his fraternity the formal events are coming more often. The last formal dress I bought was my wedding dress in 1968 - and Ma and I got that at Woolworth's.

That was an interesting day....back in those days all the shopping was done "downtown". Ma and I took the bus then walked from store to store. We had a blast. Hit Penney's, Fantles, and a few dress shops, then stopped at Woolworth's for a hamburger and a shake. On a rack in the "Women's Wear" department there were a few wedding dresses and I had a "say yes to the dress" moment when I saw the one I ended up with. It was lovely, fit like it was custom made, and cost $49.00. It even came with the veil - a little pillbox number with lots of sparklies. So we ate our burger while the lady clerk wrapped it up, then we bought some nylons, some aspirin, and two guppies for my little brother. One stop shopping!

Anyway, at David's I found two dresses and I tried them both on. The silvery gray dress was gorgeous - I loved it. I came out of the fitting room and did some twirling, and was smoothing it down as I looked at myself in the mirror. Who was that woman? I kept touching it, turning to the side and giving a little tug to make it lay better over the bustline (there's half of my weight problem!).I almost hated to take it off to try on the blue one. When I came out in the blue one, I was really torn. It looked really nice too. It had a row of those little sequins edging the arm holes, hence the stiff posture in the photo because they were sticking and scratching me, but the young lady waiting on us, Abby, said those could be clipped off by the alterations department. I couldn't make up my mind. The silver one was beautiful and I loved the blue one too. Beej was no help....she tried to get me to buy them both because she couldn't choose either.

But Abby said simply, "Get the blue one." I wanted to know why - what had she seen that Beej and I had missed? She replied, "You came out of the fitting room and didn't touch the blue dress. You didn't tug, or twist, or smooth or pull. So that's the dress you want. If you try on a dress and it looks great, but you are fidgeting with it, then it's the wrong dress. You'll spend the entire evening making little adjustments you don't even realize you're making. But if you try on a dress and simply look at it without having to touch, that's the dress you'll be comfortable in all night." Yup, she was right. I didn't have to tug or smooth that dress at all, and it was almost as comfy as a long robe or nighty. So I bought that one, had the pokey little sequins removed from the armhole, and I never have to touch it again for the whole night when I wear it.

So there is such a thing as comfort in fancy clothes. I remembered that when I bought the black and white one, and it worked! I tried on 4 dresses that day, and there were only two I didn't fidget in. So I bought the one that made the girls look, um, more contained, and I have worn that one twice now. This cruise will be my first time wearing the blue one for an evening, but I'm not worried about being miserable in it. Thank you Abby, wherever you are!

But it's always a relief to come home or get back to our hotel room and change into my sweats!

 

[Blooie]

She will end up with ulcers. Ask me how I know.

How do you know?

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Good point, Blooie, about adjusting the costume. It is impossible to pull off the "This old thing? I just threw it on!" confidence if you can't leave the outfit alone.