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[CapricornFarm]

So last Tuesday we had two inches of snow and the temps were in the low 30s. Today it's 85, sunny, windy and I'm wearing shorts.

Weather. Go figure.

@CapricornFarm, dear lady, I'd tell you to take it easy, sit back and keep that knee up with some ice on it but I know you! I'd have to throw myself in front of you to slow you down and you'd just climb over me to get to your latest project. Ask me how I understand that so well?

No, I don't slow down when I need to either and I have a feeling when the rheumy sees my swollen right foot tomorrow what she tells me I ain't gonna like to hear.

I'll probably be having to take my own advice.

Actually, all I did today was regular chores and built a door for the run. Then hung it up in place. I need to buy wire for the roof. I did rest with my pillow under my knee at least 3 times today. Plus rather than walking all over, I drove the Mule.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Oh heck that is most of us here How in the Lords name did we live to be old ?

By refusing to die!

 

[microchick]

@CapricornFarm, you are doing much better than me then. I haven't spent nearly enough time off my foot today.

You have a Mule? I'd love one. DH wants a mini-truck with a dump bed. I don't care what we get as long as we get something. I know it's in my future. How far into the future I don't know but even a 4 wheeler would make life a lot easier for me.. DH's 70th birthday is coming up in a month. I bought him the telescope of his dreams for the monumental big 70 which is what he asked for. He wants to do some astro photography. He has done some in the past but the telescope that he has now is not up to the task. This one is a 12" Neutonian behemoth that when we took it out of the box and looked at it my first impression was 'whow! I bought you a hot water heate'r. The thing is as tall as I am but very cool. While he was setting it up, he casually asked me what I wanted for my 70th birthday in two years and without hesitation I said, a 4 Wheeler!

Hopefully I won't need it before then.

 

[CapricornFarm]

@CapricornFarm, you are doing much better than me then. I haven't spent nearly enough time off my foot today.

You have a Mule? I'd love one. DH wants a mini-truck with a dump bed. I don't care what we get as long as we get something. I know it's in my future. How far into the future I don't know but even a 4 wheeler would make life a lot easier for me.. DH's 70th birthday is coming up in a month. I bought him the telescope of his dreams for the monumental big 70 which is what he asked for. He wants to do some astro photography. He has done some in the past but the telescope that he has now is not up to the task. This one is a 12" Neutonian behemoth that when we took it out of the box and looked at it my first impression was 'whow! I bought you a hot water heate'r. The thing is as tall as I am but very cool. While he was setting it up, he casually asked me what I wanted for my 70th birthday in two years and without hesitation I said, a 4 Wheeler!

Hopefully I won't need it before then.

Yes, we had a Mule in TN. Sold it when we moved back to FL. Bought another one when we moved here to VA. It has a dump bed. I would have loved one with more seats, but hubby said we didn't need it.

 

[pennyJo1960]

0urs has a dump bed it is a Kawasaki brand the son bought it before we moved here

 

[sourland]

Would wild birds have same behaviors as chickens if we personally interact with them? Do wild birds get to know us if they hang around the house alot? Here's the thing. Every morning the past week and a half a robin keeps banging on our porch door a little earlier then I go out to feed the chickens. Same time every morning. At first I thought he can't see the glass. But he lands on the porch railing, jumps to the floor, runs to the door and bangs on it. He repeats it over and over. When I open the door he flies to the trees where the chickens are. It's the door I go out to feed the chickens. What the??..

He's fighting his reflection in the door - it's a territorial thing.

Good morning, All.

 

[Sally PB]

Good morning! Two cups down the hatch. Lots to do today!

How'd we get so old? I refuse to get old. Older is ok. Can't stop that. Sometimes it scares me that when my mom was my age, she had less than a year to live. When my dad was my age, he'd already been dead for over a year.

My mom's brother, on the other hand, lived to be 96. And still had his marbles in the right order.

Have a great day, all!

 

[CSolis]

Good Morning OF! Stiff from all the shoveling yesterday, but it is survivable. If I live to be dad's age, or even his mother's age, I have between 25 and 32 years to go around here. As for me growing older is inevitable, growing up is not. I'm a toys R US kid!

 

[cheepteach]

OLD is boring! At 65 I've outlived my grandparents---want to be the crazy fun Nana until I drop! although I'm the slower crazy fun Nana more often!

 

[getaclue]

micro, look into Gloria Vanderbilt shorts. I like the City Shorts. They're expensive, unless you catch them on sale, so wait until you see them on sale, then grab more than 1 pair.