Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Celtic Chick]

 

[Cindlady]

HI ALL!
Thanks for the well wishes and ideas. I'll try to look into help or something this week. Maybe getting the right equipment would help. I don't have allot of strength and being 5' nothing means I can't get allot of leverage in the direction I need. I wish his siblings were able to help more but 2 have young families and small homes. Jon is trying to find his own path and may never settle down. They all think Neil should go elsewhere. They don't have the patience to deal with the mood swings, memory loss, stubbornness, dementia, etc. I will admit I've gotten so mad at him (when he yells at me) that I've just slammed my door and cried. But I still don't think merits shoving him off on someone else.
Sorry for rambling, I just question my decisions and abilities when he has has a bout. He had an "accident" tonight because he couldn't get to the bathroom. He's had them before and I could deal with it. But tonight it was so hard with trying to move him and clean him, then change the bed. It wore me out bad. DH will support (at least for now) what I think is right, but yesterday he was trying to help when Neil fell by the bathroom door and was getting frustrated. He was corpsmen so knows how to handle and move a patient, but he was having a hard time. I don't know, I just don't know.
Well, thanks for the whine, pass the wine and we move on!

Twizz....

Steiggy... Hope your fine!

cuties... cool on the new Jeep!

Bl4... hope you get a chance to see that farm... let us know how it is!

CC... That's trouble with roosters.... they're so pretty you don't want to do them in!! I have some real beauties this year too! Looks like Prettyboy sired at least 3 and 2 are so red they must be George's. I have 2 BLRW roos from Delish that I don't need now that the hen died. I also have a few other pretty boys that have to meet their end.

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Well, must sleep, no word from Jon this weekend. Night All!

 

[Terri O]

Hey friends! Got back last night and I am STILL tired after a good night's sleep. We did have a great time...the weather "cooperated" perfectly for a weekend inside! I was pretty glad with the garden still producing that I didnt miss and opportunity to be outside.
My friend cancelled that trip to Colorama Brent. She asked me to go too but I had the scrap book weekend planned already. We are checking out a new venue for the next one in January. We will be able to have 10 at this place. It is a whole house and would actually be cheaper that the hotel. (and no late night drunks banging around the halls!) Our present location seems to have gone down hill quite a bit in the past few years. Sad because there are tons of places to go for lunch/dinner that we dont even have to drive to. Oh well. I only did pages for myself this time! I made a few really neat ones about chores...maybe I will try taking a picture of them to share.

Vicki--I am glad I finally know that gentleman's name from MN! I had two MN 4H leaders call me last December for eggs from my line. They said they were so sick of the line up there that they wanted to see how a new one would compare. It was too bad I didnt have mine separated for pure eggs before they wanted them. I guess I should get that together this year just in case they call back hey? We say the same thing about the line I have here...ALL the kids get birds from that one! It is funny how you can tell when you look at the birds...I dont know how a Judge can do it with them all related...I guess it all comes down to show conditioning if everything else is up to the standard!

Congrats on the new ride Cuties! And also on the new breed! Did you ever call on that horse stuff that was on CL? Looked like a good deal for sure! Soon you will be caught up to me on livestock!

BL4--I agree...get on a call to that realtor! You better or Cuties might snatch it out from under you! LOL! It looks like a neat place. I did notice that they didnt picture the house from the front; it was also described as a "building site" for a great view...I think they are thinking the house should be raised? Doesnt bode well unless you are up for "camping out" during the winter!

Cind--the county should be able to send paid help to you! If Neil is on SS you should be able to get it through Human Services. The other alternative is to go through an agency or private help (like me) but that will usually come out of your pocket. Please do find some help somewhere!

Well, it's 10...gotta get out and feed and then head to work...I should have taken off today too! Have a great day! TerriO

(PS) welcome to the newbies! The person that is looking for Ancona Ducks...my neighbor has a mess of them. Too bad I didnt hear of your need earlier because she just had 25 butchered! I am sure she will have eggs/ducklings in spring though....she better cause I really like the look of them and their "herding" behavior for my dogs! Hers are more definitely black and white though...I will get a pic this week.

 

[kristip]

Cindy...I echo Terri, call the county...they can do alot of good. they helped my son when he was little and needed speech help and other issues ...those of you who have met him might laugh deeply at this point, because he is rarely with a lack of words. This is my one day to myself and dont tell my husband, but taking some me time between loads of laundry and drawer organizing. Reading a good book. Makes me happy. actually just got a call from work on a day that I am not there and it makes me happy too. Sounds like an oxymoron but when the owner of the company calls me at home for my advice on some things it shows me he has confidence in me and that I might be hired on full time here. I am on a temp agencys payroll still, going on month number three. They seem fair at paying people and seem to value my experience so lets hope ...
Anyway... need to get the lights hooked up in the coop I think. Dozen layers and 2-4 eggs is all i am getting... sorry customers, most of these are ours. I can do store bought anymore.

two more weeks and football and soccer will end. Then wrestling starts and I am thinking of signing Morgan and myself up for some dog training with Packer. He is getting better, but still barks at the doorbell or any knocking sound. Jumps on people when they walk in the door. And mouths the kids when they get rowdy. Not the cuddly puppy we hoped for. oh well... he is curled up with me on the couch keeping my toes warm. With the kids reaction this morning, might have to turn the heat on in the mornings when we wake up. Getting to be that time of year.
ok back to flipping laundry around....

 

[cuties]

 

[cuties]

Can you bleive that these are babies!!!
And that roo is the smaller of the two!!!

Teri, horse supplies are on hold for now :'( until things get cought back up with the jeep issues.

 

[kristip]

Cuties! Cute kids and gorgrous rooster! Is that a brahma?

 

[cuties]

Thanks and yes! We took bigz's advice and got some from mark peterson. He is an amazing guy! If anyone is interested, I will obviously obsessively hatching some eggs from these guys! Lol

 

[kristip]

um yes...come spring might want to buy some hatching eggs from you. they are too cute!@

 

[cuties]

Just give me a bit of warning. Ours all mingle together all the time! Need to beable to seperate. They are in iso for now. If they lay any, I will be hatching a winter brood ;-) just to see what we get lol