Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[VelvettFog]

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Mostly just moving in that direction. A great book that ItsRen (I think it was her) told me about is Gia's Garden ( http://www.amazon.com/Gaias-Garden-Second-Home-Scale-Permaculture/dp/1603580298 )

Sounds like everyone had a good time at the show! We would have been there, but Mr. Bear surprised me with an impromptu road trip to Seattle to see the Mythbusters on tour!

It was awesome. If you ever get a chance to see them live, do it! It was just Adam and Jamie, not those three other clowns.

One of those other three clowns is hawt!

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Egg cartons did not show up in time for me to bring them. We'll do that next time -- and I'm seriously thinking about ordering 2,200. I'd sell them for .35 ea or so.



Oh -- and I really don't 'hide'. I just don't do well in groups much larger than three or four. Like when the pot-luck started -- I stood off to the side. Lines and crowds heighten my fight-or-flight.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

CR: I want a farm not a boat.

I'm just going to throw out all the hugs I need to everyone else.. FREE HUGS!!!

Kill two relatives with one really big chicken... I mean... yep that's how it's going today!

LOL

back to ya.

And speaking of boats. Why didn't Noah swat them 2 fly's when he had the chance ???

 

[RainMom]

so I picked up a hanging feeder from Wilco yesterday, and I put it out in the coop this morning, and you would've thought I threw a pack of coyotes in there or something with how bad all my girls freaked out. What a bunch of

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seriously, my new silkies are probably in need of extensive psychotherapy. I put a catalope rind and a spoonful of quinoa in their cage this morning- and they are huddled in the corner- obviously, afraid of the scarey food!

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

Yes, and my solution was to move 2000 miles away and rarely visit

Ha! Same here. I come from an alcoholic family. My dad was an epic philanderer and my parents divorced when I was 12. My mom kicked me out when I was 16 for having dinner with my dad's girlfriend. Guess how much effort I put into having a relationship with them now.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: That's funny DW found a little wiggly and tossed it in to silkie mom and her 2 babies. We soon learned that the little Blue is faster than the Lav or Silkie mom. That little did a grab run and slurp.

 

[ChickAudie]

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Family is where things have a tendancy to get very raw and honest. I am not an elder in my family by anymeans, but when a favorite Auntie of mine told me of her plans to leave her very nice husband for VERY selfish reasons.......well......I didn't bite my tongue one bit to tell her about her self. Now, I won't hear from her for another year or so, but it had to be said. With my family, there is a lot of negativity, and that's really the base of it all. There's no hoping for a future with 'em, no cup is half full. I get warned about walking in the rain, even when it's sunny out, if you know what I mean. I just don't want so much negative thoughts around me or my children.....

 

[TacomaFarms]

Quote: I have NO idea! Wouldn't mind if the crows had been better controlled as well... Nasty buggers!

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Quote: That's funny DW found a little wiggly and tossed it in to silkie mom and her 2 babies. We soon learned that the little Blue is faster than the Lav or Silkie mom. That little did a grab run and slurp.

 

[TerrorBird]

I've got my own family problem. Very nasty divorce last year, my father took up residence in Florida with his mother after it was discovered that he had a flight attendant girlfriend in Maryland (he's a pilot). Way before that, when I was a teenager, he kind of dropped out of my life. He didn't even try to relate to me and was just negative all the time. I got into a car accident and called my parents. Mom told him and his first words were "how's the car?" I told him that I was engaged and he said "I don't see a ring on your finger." He's all about money and nothing else. He paid for my college and now he believes that I owe him a life debt. I'm very grateful, don't get me wrong, but that doesn't mean that he gets to act like a big jerk all of the time. He's trying to get me to visit but I'm still very angry about a lot of things and he needs to hear what I have to say so that I can start to forgive him.

 

[TacomaFarms]

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Family is where things have a tendancy to get very raw and honest. I am not an elder in my family by anymeans, but when a favorite Auntie of mine told me of her plans to leave her very nice husband for VERY selfish reasons.......well......I didn't bite my tongue one bit to tell her about her self. Now, I won't hear from her for another year or so, but it had to be said. With my family, there is a lot of negativity, and that's really the base of it all. There's no hoping for a future with 'em, no cup is half full. I get warned about walking in the rain, even when it's sunny out, if you know what I mean. I just don't want so much negative thoughts around me or my children.....
Great post! Agreed... The only thing holding my small family together is my dad. I know exactly what will happen when I lose him, it will be devastating but unavoidable.

 

[TacomaFarms]

I've got my own family problem. Very nasty divorce last year, my father took up residence in Florida with his mother after it was discovered that he had a flight attendant girlfriend in Maryland (he's a pilot). Way before that, when I was a teenager, he kind of dropped out of my life. He didn't even try to relate to me and was just negative all the time. I got into a car accident and called my parents. Mom told him and his first words were "how's the car?" I told him that I was engaged and he said "I don't see a ring on your finger." He's all about money and nothing else. He paid for my college and now he believes that I owe him a life debt. I'm very grateful, don't get me wrong, but that doesn't mean that he gets to act like a big jerk all of the time. He's trying to get me to visit but I'm still very angry about a lot of things and he needs to hear what I have to say so that I can start to forgive him.

Man oh man... I can relate to that. Sometimes its best to just remove the label others place on you and move on.