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[drumstick diva]

Micro wish you could get the filly - from what I hear they treat their kids are badly as their livestock.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Well back from grocery shopping got all put away labeled about time going to Morton for mexican Jalisco's is the one we go to they have three in area between here and Chehalis
The owner had said they moved here 45 years ago worked at others till he could open his own but has worked hard to have the 3

 

[bruceha2000]

I think I spent 90 on my farm boots at Orschelns. Ankle high, very comfortable and worth every penny as they are water proof.

And as a logging wench, you need quality boots!

I've been looking for rain boots for 2 years.

DD1 has the same problem. Well opposite problem. Tiny feet.

Lucky both of you... It takes me a solid 8 hours just to mow the front pasture, another 12 to mow the entire back, and 4 more to do the yards around the place, the driveway (long) and swale out by the road. I generally break it into a 3 day evolution... and that does NOT include weedeater time, which I normally just skip...

Clearly you need a lot more goats.

And thanks for the thoughts and prayers, guys.

Are you somewhere safe Bunny???

Also getting a bone density test done since I have osteoarthritis. He told me to look on the bright side. They couldn't do anything about the Osteo but hey, we can help you with the RA!

Oh, HOORAH! was my response..

Given DW has been dealing with managed RA for nearly 20 years, I'd say you should be If it weren't for Enbrel and now Humira, she'd likely have been in a wheelchair many many years ago. Instead she is working at the P.O. which is good for her RA, keeps the joints moving. And provides medical insurance to pay for the drugs.

 

[bobbi-j]

I have a hard time finding shoes and boots in a 6w.
I've been looking for rain boots for 2 years. Last year every where we went I tried on what I could find but they were weird some kind of stretch stuff in the inside. I had a hard time getting them on let alone off. And with a bad hip I can't struggle that hard!

I hear ya there. I have had both my hips replaced, and am so thankful that I did. I appreciate every day that I can walk without pain.

 

[microchick]

I'd really love it if I could Cap but I have to be realistic. I love horses but with my back the way it is and my arthritis destined to only progress it wouldn't be fair to the horse, me or DH. I remember too clearly how much manual labor my Appaloosas took when I had them. I was a lot younger, in my 20s and I can still remember how my back felt after a session mucking out stalls.

But I agree on the treatment of kids and horses. I see more of the horse care than the kid care. My dad would be spitting tacks if he saw how they tied their horses out in 90 degree heat and left them standing saddled in the hot sun. The man we bought our farm from had Haflingers-beautiful horses- with harness galls on them that were raw. He offered to sell me a mare he had. Wish I could have taken him up on it.

People think that the Amish are great at animal husbandry. Maybe some are but not the ones around us......unfortunately.

 

[microchick]

You are never gonna let me live that one down are ya Bruce?

@bobbi-j. Both hips. OUCH! Glad you are doing well though. I'm trying to prevent that from happening to me....at least not until I'm 90 or so years old.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I would love to ride again but know it would be too much to try and care and keep one moving well I am realistic in what I can cannot do now.. they have talked how I will need my knees rebuilt I keep thinking not now, not now

 

[bobbi-j]

You are never gonna let me live that one down are ya Bruce?

@bobbi-j. Both hips. OUCH! Glad you are doing well though. I'm trying to prevent that from happening to me....at least not until I'm 90 or so years old.

Yep - both hips, three years apart. First one was a month before my 51st birthday.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I was 49 when the left acl exploded had stumps left they used my Hamstring to rebuild it

 

[CapricornFarm]

I'd really love it if I could Cap but I have to be realistic. I love horses but with my back the way it is and my arthritis destined to only progress it wouldn't be fair to the horse, me or DH. I remember too clearly how much manual labor my Appaloosas took when I had them. I was a lot younger, in my 20s and I can still remember how my back felt after a session mucking out stalls.

But I agree on the treatment of kids and horses. I see more of the horse care than the kid care. My dad would be spitting tacks if he saw how they tied their horses out in 90 degree heat and left them standing saddled in the hot sun. The man we bought our farm from had Haflingers-beautiful horses- with harness galls on them that were raw. He offered to sell me a mare he had. Wish I could have taken him up on it.

People think that the Amish are great at animal husbandry. Maybe some are but not the ones around us......unfortunately.

We had lots of Amish people living near us in TN. They used to come and buy my eating eggs.