Well, the vet saw her and checked her out a few weeks ago and thought everything was good, He did the TB and brucelosis tests and of corse they were both negative. I think it is coming soon, I think it is simply that she was a pasture cow that ran with bull and there was no reason for the owner then to worry, or pay attention to breeding just took them as they came. We on the other hand have no other cows and are a little too worried about this one. She wishes we would get a life!! Driving her crazy I think. Well, I guess jerseys are not really thin, but you know their frame work always shows more bones than the beefers. I have to admit I like to look at a fat cow, very well conditioned. I don't want anyone thinking I am starving her. She gets all she wants of hay/grass, and I am now increasing her feed, I have been worried about letting the baby get too big. My suggested we didn't feed her any sweet feed till after the baby, he changed his recomendation when I reminded him that she was going to be a milk cow and was still in training. We keep her on a regular schedule and feeding her in her milking chute is part of her routine. He raises beef cows, likes to see them fat too, but is wary of calves getting too large for easy delivery.

I will post a late fall picture later,Kathy,but it is 31 degrees this morning,and I am not going out there for awhile! Actually,it wasn't that hard putting all those plants in. You understand this wasn't all done in one job? This garden has been under construction since 2006. A few at at a time,I planted them with a hand trowel,over the years. It is about all I can put there now,but they have grown in over the years. Actually some dirt does wash down the hill,but with all the plants there,the soil stays pretty much all the time. I have a Paradigm plant in another part of the garden that get covered with more dirt every year,but it grows so vigorously,it comes back up through it every year. This part of the garden was full of vines and weeds years ago,and I had to clear out all of that before I could even start. I was also 7 years younger then! Things change when you get old! Now,I just add a plant here and there as I find them. Phil

Ok, Mr. Smartypants! LOL! My brain has totally 'checked out' on many subjects since I have been going back to school. Can't count change, can't spell (thank goodness for spell check!), can't remember the most simple things. Surely I can be forgiven for this simple "brain fart". Huh?? Give a girl a break??

I went to Pacific Sales, the local appliance specialist store in my area, with my measurements this weekend and it was kind of a mess. They had all these fridges but with no measurements about their dimensions. So, I approached one of their sales staff with my measurements for help, hoping they could narrow down my search to the fridges that would fit. Instead, the salesman said I should look around at all the fridges, find one that I liked, and then they'd tell me if it fit or not. Instead of looking at all the fridges, shouldn't I just look at the ones that fit? Anyways, I'd find one that I'd like and then have to ask that salesman to measure it because I didn't bring along a tape measure. Finally, I found one that he said would fit. Only, I later learned it didn't fit because it was too tall since he didn't measure the fridge hinges on top. I know I'm probably making this harder than it needs to be, but I'm just worried about buying a fridge that will turn out not to fit or something. I have to buy a fridge in the next couple of days, and I'm afraid I'm rushing into buying one and making a stupid mistake with the dimensions or something silly like that. This post was edited by marvelousmarvin on Thu, Jul 17, 14 at 1:14