So nice to treat myself, today! :o)
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Comments (87)Last year we raised "meat chickens" and put them in cages and sent them off to be killed. I was crying the whole time. It maybe was a little easier because I knew this kind of chicken wasnt bred for a long life. But I felt guilty for raising such a chicken (kind of like the Replicants in Blade Runner) This year we got "mixed heavy breeds" and are keeping the females for laying. We raised, hugged, talked to and spoiled all of them. We started with 15 males. They are now at the point where they are terrorizing the pullets and each other. So weve started butchering them. Five last weekend were the first weve killed ourselves. We decided this was more humane and in a way the completion of the process we had started. My husband cut off the heads, I plucked ,and he eviscerated them. He was cutting up the first when I heard him say"There are live bugs in this crop"we both kind of laughed. But it was just this whole cycle of life thing. It was very hard, the whole thing and harder for him since he actually killed them. We helped each other through it. It was kind of agreement between us to raise these animals, care for them (believe me they had good lives), humanely kill and then eat them. There is something kind of profound about putting into your body food that really comes from the land you live on. There is a wonderful section of a book by John SeymourThe Self-Sufficient Life: Independence on Five Acres (1970) in which he talks about thishe did all his own butchering and was a most kind soul. Has anyone read it?...See MoreSo nice to have a man treat you like a lady!
Comments (29)How exciting! My DH grew up in another country and they didn't have a car and they don't date over there, so opening car doors wasn't something he knew how to do. When I met him, he didn't drive, so I was always driving. He has always opened doors for me (or any woman). I get annoyed when my DH holds the door open for another woman and she sails through without so much as a thank you. I generally say loudly, "YOU'RE WELCOME". He doesn't have to do if for anyone else, but some women feel it is their right and don't bother saying thank you. Glenda, I am wondering about his lady friend, though. Does she live in the same condo place you do? Maybe you'll become his lady friend.... :) P.S. My mother was 6 years older than my father and they were together 39 years until her death at 66....See MoreTreated myself, this morning and it felt so good.
Comments (13)I'm also one that doesn't enjoy the hair salon. I just find it a waste of time. I started using clippers on my husband a couple of years ago and got pretty good at it. This summer during the high heat periods the natural curls began to feel like a behive and I took the clippers to myself. I love it. Sometimes the back is a bit tricky but I get through it. But I have many friends that have weekly visits on a specified date and time and they wouldn't have it any other way. It's just not for everyone....See MoreGuess What I Bought Myself Today
Comments (12)Do you have a laundry chute that's just a long upright box, good for only one-way traffic, i.e. you throw the dirty stuff in, to get collected in a basket at the bottom? If you are, or have a spouse, or a friend who is, a handy person, maybe they can rearrange it to make it into a two-way street? If you could get or build a box just the right size to fit into it, you could attach a rope to it, split to attach in three or four places, so that it pulls straight up and doesn't bind. Maybe you could just have the rope attached to a hook just above the top of the chute and pull the box up with some clean laundry. Or perhaps you could fasten a pulley above the middle of the chute, then have the rope pass over it, to allow a pull without hanging your body into the hole. Perhaps you could arrange a second pulley at the top to have the rope slip down beside the box, and you could get a slim weight to attach to the bottom end of the rope when you wanted to pull the clean stuff up, to help lift the load. ole schemer...See More
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