The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sharron]

I always rode my pony to the Dairy Queen and shared a Mr Misty...she got the last half and I got sticky mitts

there wasn't anything close enough for us to ride thru so our horses had to make do with mt.dew and pepsi, they loved them

 

[sharron]

Yeah, but was it -2 degrees? Bet these guys ordered 5 coffees!

i love that the goat went too

 

[sharron]

One of my favorites too, but they are in short supply around here anymore, and the ones that are here are no where near as vocal. I think the Cooper's have done a number on them.

i used to sit outside under the oak tree, the mocking birds would land on the fence and start their songs, i loved those birds and when i moved to pa i didn't have any there, closest thing was cat birds, i threaten to catch one at momma's when i went to visit and take him home and let him loose so i could hear their songs again but after many years i now have northern mocking birds that sing for me again

 

[Bamabexchicks]

i used to sit outside and sit under the oak tree, the mocking birds would land on the fence and start their songs, i loved those birds and when i moved to pa i didn't have any there, closest thing was cat birds, i threaten to catch one at momma's when i went to visit and take him home and let him loose so i could hear their songs again but after many years i now have northern mocking birds that sing for me again

I bet you love being in FL for the Mockingbirds and other songbirds. We have a bird I d book and binoculars by the back window with a feeder station In the backyard. Got to see a lot of species that I never knew existed.

 

[sharron]

I bet you love being in FL for the Mockingbirds and other songbirds. We have a bird I d book and binoculars by the back window with a feeder station In the backyard. Got to see a lot of species that I never knew existed.

we have two bird feeders and get alot of birds(and squirrels) and also have a couple of nest boxes in the water for the wood ducks and this week have a couple of coots coming up to the dock to have us throw dog food to them

 

[ronott1]

yep, reads like a lot of work, i just use mommas way, she always mixed them up with her hand, got them the way she wanted( kinda wet and sticky) floured her hands and pinched off a bit and rolled them and put them on the backing sheet , pressed down a little and baked.
but i love the cheddar biscuits too, so does husband, so will try these, thank you

I usually make regular biscuits too. Yesterday I baked yead tolls to go with baked ham

 

[CapricornFarm]

YAY, we're up to 11 whole degrees now The chickens are out of the coop and wandering around in the sunshine. I'm glad for them

We were at 66° here today but no sunshine.

 

[JaeG]

i used to sit outside under the oak tree, the mocking birds would land on the fence and start their songs, i loved those birds and when i moved to pa i didn't have any there, closest thing was cat birds, i threaten to catch one at momma's when i went to visit and take him home and let him loose so i could hear their songs again but after many years i now have northern mocking birds that sing for me again

I looked them up and they do have a gorgeous song. They are beautiful looking birds too.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Just based on my experience, lower housing/living costs equals lower wages.

That is very true and part of why I haven’t moved out yet; all the areas I want to move to have a way lower minimum wage than her and I want to save more first, but I was just amazed at how much cheaper everything is. There are a lot of decent houses for like $100,000 to $200,000 whereas here those same ones might be $500,000 or $600,000 or more, or sometimes a little less. It was just a huge dramatic difference. But in PA the minimum wage is only $7.25 an hour whereas here it is $11 now (and I think it actually just rose to $12 with the New Year) and supposed to go up to $15 over the next few years. That is obviously a huge difference. So I want to stay here and work for a while first. But that said, I don’t currently even work a “real” job and just do the dog walking thing and am hoping to start walking more dogs, either starting my own business or using the Wag dog walking app thing, and possibly training (want to become a certified professional trainer. Gotta get working on that) so I would likely be charging more than minimum wage anyway so it might not matter where I move? Although that said, I would probably have to charge lower rates in lower cost of living/rural areas as opposed to up here or near cities so maybe it does matter. I might not even do the training thing, I’d have to pay for insurance and a building and everything and not make any money probably. I might go into the post office too but idk if I wanna work there 30 years but that would have government benefits and pay. But maybe I should move closer to a city. I still like Pittsburgh or maybe somewhere in Ohio; we have some family there, PA, and DC. Also I have discovered that by Lexington is crazy expensive, lots of multimillion dollar homes, probably because of the Kentucky Derby.

 

[sourland]

I looked them up and they do have a gorgeous song. They are beautiful looking birds too.

Their song is the song of every bird in the area generally sung from the highest point possible. Back in the era of TV antennas there was one here who would sing all day and night long from that perch.