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Good Morning all you old folks and you not so old folks that join us.

I overslept this morning. I usually do that after my back gets jerked back into shape. Just got up. I figure my back is shaking off the last of the inflammation and celebrating so I let it.

@penny1960 you will appreciate this. DH was shopping with me yesterday and looking at coffee when his eyes spied a can of gourmet Expresso. DH is a coffee fan, more so than I am and I love the stuff so it went into the cart. I'm working on my second cup and should be doing cartwheels in about 15 minutes.

@CapricornFarm, praying that your chicks are arriving today and are safe and sound. I would be girding myself for battle if it were chicks I had ordered. Here, our post office is ran by three delightful ladies who are responsible and care about their jobs. Our postal carrier is a doofus and I wouldn't trust him with a box of box of road kill yet alone a box of living chicks. I told DH that when I get around to ordering Fayoumis from Murray M I'll immediately go into the PO, take 6 cartons of eggs in for them and tell them to call me or email me the moment the chicks hit the door. I trust them. Every one in between....ummmm no.

@bruceha2000. Yeah. My SIL doesn't just rock the boat, she completely rolls it over. My minister back in IL once told me that she knows just how to punch my buttons and applies the skill regularly. My brother and I were close when we were growing up but he isolated himself from the family after he married her. Can't blame him for wanting a home and family of his own but as I told him once, it really Pee'd me off that he left me to take care of mom and dad alone when the time came. His attitude and hers too was 'we have a life' and they told me so.I told them I did too but it was placed on hold. So yeah, no love lost at all and I can easily live without the stress.

Plans for the day are to replace the damaged door on my coop and work on the rooster pen some more.

DH is asking me what I would like to have as a gift for our 13th wedding anniversary....gotta give that some thought.....
 
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Just about primed, Penny. Going for my third cup!

I really do sympathize with all of you dealing with a dump load of snow right now. I have been through it and my big worry is once it all melts, everything floods. The big MIss reminds people who is really in charge. It's like adding insult to injury.

We have metal roofs on all our buildings. I love it when the snow and ice slide off. Unforgettable sound. The dogs start barking, the cats are running for cover and we are sitting listening and hoping the roof doesn't cave in.
 
The dogs start barking, the cats are running for cover and we are sitting listening and hoping the roof doesn't cave in.
A couple of our cats run to where the snow dropped to look.

Can't believe the snow is hanging on the metal roof like that. Craziness!
The porch is also uninsulated so what heat that escapes from the house can melt a bit of the lower layer as well. Being a porch roof it is relatively flat, not enough gravity to move that much weight. And the morning sun (we actually have SUN today!) melts a bit of the top. But it is 13°F today so that little bit of melt becomes icicles. IF it is sunny again tomorrow, which seems possible!, the icicles will get bigger because it won't be any warmer tomorrow. Welcome to the second, supposed to be WARMER!, half of March.

I told DH that when I get around to ordering Fayoumis from Murray M I'll immediately go into the PO, take 6 cartons of eggs in for them and tell them to call me or email me the moment the chicks hit the door. I trust them. Every one in between....ummmm no.
I doubt it is often the issue is at the local PO. Most are smart enough to not put chicks out with the carrier and want you to come pick them up ASAP. The "in between" :idunno, never seems to be enough tracking to figure out where they were and for how long. It does seem reasonable that they SHOULD have procedures for live animals where they are required to not only scan in and out but like every 6 hours, or start of shift if they aren't moving. That way the recipient can light a fire under someone when they see the animals aren't moving. Especially things like newly hatched birds that have a limited ability to stay alive without food and water and are in a small box, unseen.

His attitude and hers too was 'we have a life' and they told me so.
I'm REAL sorry but that "life" includes taking care of those that begot and raised you to adulthood (outside abusive parents of course). THEY would have had a life if they didn't have to deal with little kids and teenagers and paying for college ;)
 
Well Bruce, I live by the old saying that you can pick your friends, you can even pick your enemies but you are just plain stuck with your family.

I was wondering the same thing about Cap's chicks. I have a feeling that no news isn't necessarily good news in this case.

I got my coop door replaced with a minimal of modification which was a pleasant surprise. The previous owner left a bunch of storm windows and storm door windows in the hayloft. One was just shy of being the right size. I only had to add a couple of 2X2s, drill some holes and reset the piano hinge and it was good to go.

I love it when a plan comes together.

Hey @Arielle2! How are you?
 
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DESCRIPTION HIGH / LOW PRECIP WIND HUMIDITY
TONIGHT

MAR 17 Scattered Strong Storms
--5°
40%
NW 14 mph 59%

Scattered thunderstorms, some strong, early, becoming clear after midnight. Low around 5F. NW winds at 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 40%.



I ask you... how can it be RAIN at 5F?
It is a typo? It should be precipitation
 

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