The Old Folks Home

[CapricornFarm]

We have 5 of the darlings in the house there is my two Rocky is 18 lbs Mom was a Siamese he was born in my presence... his dad I have no idea but has long hair and is huge... Then the guys had 3 from 1 litter Shadow is a very tiny female all black total witch to the 4 boys.. Freckle is a tabby look but not much bigger he and bandit are great buds... the other monster cat is Tuxedo black and white almost as large as Rocky but not quite... Not a dumb one in the bunch

Two keep me busy enough! Two dogs as well.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Cockers are real gluttons for food. Little cocker's mother was standing on the kitchen table eating plain spaghetti out of the colander. I can't remember but, knowing how my mother hated to throw things out, bet she rinsed the leftover spaghetti and served it to us anyway.

They feel it later no doubt cockers where a great breed for years many dedicated to the betterment of the breed

 

[Alaskan]

Cockers are real gluttons for food. Little cocker's mother was standing on the kitchen table eating plain spaghetti out of the colander. I can't remember but, knowing how my mother hated to throw things out, bet she rinsed the leftover spaghetti and served it to us anyway.

so funny! Reminds me of my mom! She would never toss food that went moldy...she would just cut off the mold part...

 

[Latestarter]

When you think back, some of our parents/grandparents lived during the great depression and of course several wars (WW II & Korea). There was rationing during the war, and regardless, many things we now take for granted simply weren't available or didn't exist. Then again, what was available often was not affordable by the majority of folks... They didn't have any money. Being frugal was important. Waste was pretty much unthinkable.

I do believe those days are once again approaching. Not being a doomsayer, but more of a cynical realist...

 

[Alaskan]

I agree with you.

It is harder to get by now. ...part of that though is also that people expect way too much...like expensive phones, internet, and more than one pair of shoes per year. Just all very different that it used to be.

 

[drumstick diva]

Back many decades when I was a kid, we knew if we broke or lost our school supplies / binders, it was too darn bad. We'd have to make due without it. I used to think my parents were very stingy. As a young adult I realized we were poor.

There were 5 of us - parents and 3 kids. On Fridays we would have baked chicken and chicken soup etc. My father got one breast, my older sister the other, my brother and I got the legs and my mom pretended she loved the tiny wings. They couldn't afford one kid but had 3.

 

[chickadoodles]

Penny you are o e tough cookie.

As kids our parents never wasted food either. But we rarely had pets.

Ron I'm not sure why but the glucosomine does help. We shared one bottle and stopped taking it. If the pain gets worse again we will get another. But I don't want to take it every day from now on. I do believe some things can be over done.

I also use asper cream and icy hot pretty regularly. I guess I need to find the new improved version. Lol

 

[microchick]

Same when I was growing up @drumstick diva.

@Latestarter and @Alaskan, I pretty much feel the same way. I usually do main grocery shopping once a month and then do trips to the store for things like milk and bread throughout the month. Yestserday, even while shopping at Wally World, DH and I were loading bags into the truck and I commented about how the price of food is going up, even there. I don't know how our neighbors with 13 kids, 12 at home and 1 at college get by. They are non Amish, do grown some of their own food, home school but kids being kids want things and need things.

DH was looking for a cover for his mowing tractors shift lever (I think he called it a boot) and finally found one at tractor supply.......20$. The silly thing is basically a rubber cap with a hole in it. Granted they gave him 4 but only one fits.

I find myself wishing quite often that we weren't as old as we are and had close family or kids who could help us out with animal care. If we did we would have a couple of steers fattening up in the pasture and a pig behind the barn. But I've hear that even the cost of having them steers butchered is outrageous.

Yes, I too fear the reset button.

We have 5 cats also. They totally own us. What's the old saying? To Dogs, we are God but to cats we are servents? That's pretty much it.

Our oldest is about 18 now. He is half Siamese, coal black and quite the character. Cash turned out to be diabetic last year. We almost lost him then we found out about a specialty cat food for diabetic cats called Young Again which is about 100% protein. Withink a week we had his blood sugar back to normal and he has been off insulin for over 6 months now. Our vet is amazed at his turn around as he was pretty sure he had pancreatic cancer and not long for this world.

It's another grey, gloomy day here today. I'd love to see some sun. It hasn't been around for about 4 days now. I guess mother nature is getting us used to winter gloom early this year.

 

[getaclue]

Growing up, my grandparents, and parents often spoke of the depression. While everyone was poor, and there were job shortages, country folks fared a lot better, since they farmed, and could eat. City folks didn't do as well.

 

[Bunnylady]

Bunny did you make those?

Yes. Funny the ideas that pop into my head when pinned down by mosquito siege, isn't it?
(Thanks, y'all!)