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[cheryl98117]

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When Chloe was 3 months old, she did the same thing! It was so bad that I literally had to cut her onesie off so the muck didnt cover the rest of her. I feel for you RFF! Welcome to parenthood!

 

[cheryl98117]

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Does the Loup Loup or Disautel moutian passes count? LOL. Sorry. It is early in the morning and I should be getting ready for work. first High School football game tonight...will be fun.

Loup Loup's officially the North Cascades, and Disautel's in the Okanogans, which is north of the path I took and west of Spokane, which I was arbitrarily using for a divider. I get to be a bit of a smart*ss about mountains; it started when I was in college and somebody from Colorado complained that the Olympics were "cheating" because their base is close to sea level, and was exacerbated by travelling to Montana too often and hearing that Snoqualamie Pass is no big deal (of course, one year we went over White, which is a big deal: not as big as Washington Pass on 2, but only a couple of hundred feet lower than Fourth of July Pass).

Well, and growing up on Yelm Prairie gave me a strong definition of what a Proper Mountain looks like. (About 40 miles of clear air at 350 feet looking 5 degrees north of due west at a 14,411 ft of triple-crowned stratovolcano makes an impression).

I remember when I was visiting friends in South Dakota. They took me shooting up on the top of the "mountain." I about wet myself when they said we were there, and all we had done was drive of a rolling hill that was no more than 700'! I couldn't help but tell them that THAT is NOT a mountain! It's a hill!

Nobody in that family had been outside of SD, so they really had no clue. But it was funny.

 

[Kaneke]

if you're at home, probably the easiest way to deal with all that blowout:

turn on the shower and get in, holding the baby

it helps if you can get your clothes off first (easier to wash skin than clothing)

I always had a spare vinyl tablecloth around, to put the boys on, while I was getting the shower set up

disposable diapers were an unaccustomed luxury for me, so it was rinse rinse rinse, then plunk clothes into diaper pail

alternatively, if your sink (kitchen or bathroom) has one of those sprayer attachments, that works even better

while it's better for baby skin to use unscented toiletries, this is one time you might want to use delicious-smelling soap or shower gel

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Loup Loup's officially the North Cascades, and Disautel's in the Okanogans, which is north of the path I took and west of Spokane, which I was arbitrarily using for a divider. I get to be a bit of a smart*ss about mountains; it started when I was in college and somebody from Colorado complained that the Olympics were "cheating" because their base is close to sea level, and was exacerbated by travelling to Montana too often and hearing that Snoqualamie Pass is no big deal (of course, one year we went over White, which is a big deal: not as big as Washington Pass on 2, but only a couple of hundred feet lower than Fourth of July Pass).

Well, and growing up on Yelm Prairie gave me a strong definition of what a Proper Mountain looks like. (About 40 miles of clear air at 350 feet looking 5 degrees north of due west at a 14,411 ft of triple-crowned stratovolcano makes an impression).

Once upon a time, when I was living in Flushing, NY, I passed an elderly woman who commented on how hard it was for her to go up the hill. Hill? Hill? I didn't see anything I'd call a hill, but I guess it's all relative. When I looked I did see the slightest incline.

Some of my OKC relatives lived in Nichols Hills, which had less slope than I've got between the greenhouse and the front door. In Oklahoma, though, that's enough to give you flash floods.

 

[Kaneke]

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Loup Loup's officially the North Cascades, and Disautel's in the Okanogans, which is north of the path I took and west of Spokane, which I was arbitrarily using for a divider. I get to be a bit of a smart*ss about mountains; it started when I was in college and somebody from Colorado complained that the Olympics were "cheating" because their base is close to sea level, and was exacerbated by travelling to Montana too often and hearing that Snoqualamie Pass is no big deal (of course, one year we went over White, which is a big deal: not as big as Washington Pass on 2, but only a couple of hundred feet lower than Fourth of July Pass).

Well, and growing up on Yelm Prairie gave me a strong definition of what a Proper Mountain looks like. (About 40 miles of clear air at 350 feet looking 5 degrees north of due west at a 14,411 ft of triple-crowned stratovolcano makes an impression).

I remember when I was visiting friends in South Dakota. They took me shooting up on the top of the "mountain." I about wet myself when they said we were there, and all we had done was drive of a rolling hill that was no more than 700'! I couldn't help but tell them that THAT is NOT a mountain! It's a hill!

Nobody in that family had been outside of SD, so they really had no clue. But it was funny.

yes, and in that area they actually SKI on them ... five turns and you ride the lift up again ....

quite a comedown after skiing 5000+ foot vertical on Whistler and Blackcomb mountains

 

[chickens4gramma]

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Cute! I didn't know anything about this breed. Your photo prompted me to look for some information on them. What color eggs do they lay?

Yes, I googled them too! They sound great! Where did you get them? I saw one day old unsexed chicks for $19 online. Wow!

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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I sit on the sidelines and watch....LOL.

 

[anniesmom]

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Cute! I didn't know anything about this breed. Your photo prompted me to look for some information on them. What color eggs do they lay?

They lay a tinted (beige) colored egg.

 

[AriLovesChickens]

I never thought I'd be washing chick butts.

 

[anniesmom]

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Cute! I didn't know anything about this breed. Your photo prompted me to look for some information on them. What color eggs do they lay?

Yes, I googled them too! They sound great! Where did you get them? I saw one day old unsexed chicks for $19 online. Wow!

I got them from Greenfire Farms. They are the people who imported them just a year ago. The price has come way down in the past few months, fortunately for me!