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Prayers sent @chickadoodles. Bless your daughter. I hope she finds the inner strength to do what she has to do and get as far away from the abusive relationship as she can.
So often young girls wail...But I LOVE him!. I've heard it so many times from young girls who are sobbing their hearts out for either being abused or cheated on. My response has always been...I'm sorry. But real love doesn't hurt like this. I wish they would believe me.......
Anyway. Love the Poinsettia picture.
As for Catnip. We bought a tub of the stuff from Chewy.com. Note to self....don't let all 5 cats have it at the same time. Chaos ensues. DH gave 3 of them hits on 'kitty weed' this morning before I got up and they were still beating the dirt out of one another an hour later when I got up.
Our ACD with degenerative myelopathy is doing better today. We discovered what was bothering him....well beside the obvious problem....was that he is getting hot spots on ebony prominences from him scooting around the house. His left hind leg barely works anymore. He's devised a way of getting around the house by sitting on his left hip and scooting around like a baby does before they learn to walk. He does it so well that he has earned the nickname Scooter. It's heartbreaking to watch but he is still determined to live life and therefore so are we determined to help him do it. Some vet wrap and gauze pads followed by his doggie boots and he's good to go again.
No snow here ....yet. Just wind....lots and lots of wind. 25mph with 35mph gusts. I can't blame the chickens for not wanting to be outside even though the temp's 51 degrees outside.
Yesterday I did a hands on of the remaining standard birds. 5 hens are showing signs of weight loss. One has a funky crop probably from Marek's. Two have ocular Marek's and the other 2 are just too thin not to suspect, you guessed it, Marek's. Sigh. The remaining hens are of good weight, clear eyed and healthy looking, knock on wood. They went to the main coop with the bantam hens where their attitude is that they are movin on up to the east side....to that deluxe cooooop with roosts high.....sorry couldn't resist.
I also managed to get 12 cockerels into the bachelor pen and move the last standard rooster out so they didn't beat the snot out of him again. Now he's with the other standard roosters and the hens that are on watch. I told him he has to grow a pair and deal if the other roosters if they picked on him. One immediately did and I left the area with him hiding his head in the corner. Sometimes all you can do is walk away and hope for the best. I have more roosters to move out of the main coop. Hoping to have 5 when I'm finished moving. Rooster math. 2 bantams = 1 standard rooster so 5 bantams =2.5 standards and that should work with the number of hens in the main coop......
That's my logic and I'm sticking to it!
So often young girls wail...But I LOVE him!. I've heard it so many times from young girls who are sobbing their hearts out for either being abused or cheated on. My response has always been...I'm sorry. But real love doesn't hurt like this. I wish they would believe me.......
Anyway. Love the Poinsettia picture.
As for Catnip. We bought a tub of the stuff from Chewy.com. Note to self....don't let all 5 cats have it at the same time. Chaos ensues. DH gave 3 of them hits on 'kitty weed' this morning before I got up and they were still beating the dirt out of one another an hour later when I got up.
Our ACD with degenerative myelopathy is doing better today. We discovered what was bothering him....well beside the obvious problem....was that he is getting hot spots on ebony prominences from him scooting around the house. His left hind leg barely works anymore. He's devised a way of getting around the house by sitting on his left hip and scooting around like a baby does before they learn to walk. He does it so well that he has earned the nickname Scooter. It's heartbreaking to watch but he is still determined to live life and therefore so are we determined to help him do it. Some vet wrap and gauze pads followed by his doggie boots and he's good to go again.
No snow here ....yet. Just wind....lots and lots of wind. 25mph with 35mph gusts. I can't blame the chickens for not wanting to be outside even though the temp's 51 degrees outside.
Yesterday I did a hands on of the remaining standard birds. 5 hens are showing signs of weight loss. One has a funky crop probably from Marek's. Two have ocular Marek's and the other 2 are just too thin not to suspect, you guessed it, Marek's. Sigh. The remaining hens are of good weight, clear eyed and healthy looking, knock on wood. They went to the main coop with the bantam hens where their attitude is that they are movin on up to the east side....to that deluxe cooooop with roosts high.....sorry couldn't resist.
I also managed to get 12 cockerels into the bachelor pen and move the last standard rooster out so they didn't beat the snot out of him again. Now he's with the other standard roosters and the hens that are on watch. I told him he has to grow a pair and deal if the other roosters if they picked on him. One immediately did and I left the area with him hiding his head in the corner. Sometimes all you can do is walk away and hope for the best. I have more roosters to move out of the main coop. Hoping to have 5 when I'm finished moving. Rooster math. 2 bantams = 1 standard rooster so 5 bantams =2.5 standards and that should work with the number of hens in the main coop......
That's my logic and I'm sticking to it!
Thanks for the update!
shortbread cookies and peanut butter bars for my BF special request
That is very nice of you.
I still have making lavender cookies on my list. I might get to them tonight. We shall see
still contemplating a sugar cookie to use my new cookie cutters
I like these better than sugar cookies:
Butter Cut Cookies
1C Butter
1C Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla
½ tsp salt
2 ½ C Flour
Cream Butter and Sugar. Add Egg and Vanilla. Combine Dry ingredients is separate bowl. Add to wet ingredients.
Roll out to ¼ inch and cut or with cookie cutter. Bake in 375® Oven for 10 min. or until lightly browned.
maddysmamaw
Crowing
I can’t even get them to pick up after themselves. They leave dirty dishes and Togo boxes all over my island. If they clean out their car they leave the bag of trash in the yard. If it weren’t for Maddy they’d have been gone by now. Love them, but I’m not a maid.Just tell him if he empties the pot to make a FRESH pot. With a smile.
maddysmamaw
Crowing
My ex was a master at gaslighting. I stayed in the marriage far too long and when I did leave he still controlled my life for years. It took meeting my current DH and his family to realize that I had the courage to fight back.
Those are my favorites! I mix egg yolk with food color, paint the cookies different colors and sprinkle sugar on. Looks festive!
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