Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

Both of my boys lived in shorts from about 4th - 12th grade. The ONLY time that they wore long pants was when a Boy Scout activity required it or they went somewhere VERY formal, and that seldom happened. My youngest wore slacks to his 8th grade graduation and that was the first time his teachers saw him in long pants. They never cared about the weather, always wore shorts; strange children.

Both of my boys lived in shorts from about 4th - 12th grade. The ONLY time that they wore long pants was when a Boy Scout activity required it or they went somewhere VERY formal, and that seldom happened. My youngest wore slacks to his 8th grade graduation and that was the first time his teachers saw him in long pants. They never cared about the weather, always wore shorts; strange children.

Both of my boys lived in shorts from about 4th - 12th grade. The ONLY time that they wore long pants was when a Boy Scout activity required it or they went somewhere VERY formal, and that seldom happened. My youngest wore slacks to his 8th grade graduation and that was the first time his teachers saw him in long pants. They never cared about the weather, always wore shorts; strange children.

I love that story!

My "brother" (closest thing I have to a brother) wore shorts all year round. We live in MINNESOTA! -20 degrees, he walked to the bus stop in SHORTS. Crazy.... He still only wears SHORTS. EEEK!

No different from when girls wore skirts and dresses year round... justsayin'

I just learned a new word It was so funny I even had tears rolling down my face....Poopinific! I had asked DS to let the dogs out and make me a cup of coffee please. He brought me coffee left over from our late night of cleaning and moving stuff in the kitchen, warmed and with milk added. Nice and thoughtful and of course we don't want to waste coffee. But I was trying to convince him, that while I don't mind coffee from a few hours ago, fresh coffee is better and I would love for him to make a fresh pot if he didn't mind (meaning of course, please make me more coffee!). I was explaining that fresh coffee is poopinific...it makes you poop where old coffee doesn't so isn't that worth it? LOL! I have no idea where the word came from, it just popped out! And it was so funny I couldn't stop laughing! My poor, poor decaffeinated brain trying desperately to get someone to bring her some coffee just so she can function!!! Pretty creative for not having any actually firing neurons yet! I'm still giggling....

I tried to get a few pics of DS's limo, REO Speedwagon. It was getting dark, and since they were eating he wouldn't look up.



Since I was out there, I snapped a few pics of one or 2 others. Bailey has really filled out and Rigatoni has developed into a semi truck! They are sisters (a year apart I believe) that @babsbag was so generous to share with us.

Last night, we moved the fridge, freezer and shelf in the kitchen to add shelves behind them. The spot they live in is really deep and I didn't want to get rid of the shelves (they are very useful, reused in many areas of the house over the years). So we stacked 3 of them, screwed together and bolted to wall of course because we are in California and that is what you do here. I can store dry goods in sealed cans or plastic storage containers there. Things we don't use often. The shelves and fridge are easy enough to move, the freezer...not so much. With the shelves back there the machines still have room room to breathe surprising enough. I don't actually have kitty litter in the kitchen.... those buckets hold the dogs food and are stored on the shelf because Beaux Jangles will open the bucket and eat 2 weeks worth of food in like 10 minutes.

Those are some chunky girls...are either one of them bred to Rocky? Are the "little" twins still little?

Flash had his first offspring born today. Unfortunately I was not home and the doe had quads and kid number two was trying to be born with ribs first so I lost three of them. I checked her at 6:00 AM and didn't see anything going on. My DH was supposed to be watching and I think they were born really early this morning and he didn't see them until 3:00 PM. I was 3 hours away with my future DIL and her mom shopping for a wedding dress. DH is great with human kids...not so much livestock. A friend came to check on the doe for me and she said it was all just a tangled mess. My doe is a standard Alpine, big doe, big uterus, and a lot of room to get tangled in for little kids. Sad way to start the kidding season.

The one kid that made is a Sundgau buckling and adorable. Didn't check eye color as it was dark and I was tired.

Awww... sorry your doe had complications Hope the one survivor turns out OK. Is the mom alright?

Grats on your soon to be acquisitioned DIL (and of course the associated M-IL and F-IL as well )

Poopinific
I always wondered what it was called

@Latestarter, thanks for asking; mom appears to be fine. Treated her with an antibiotic just in case. The doe is a good milker and I was hoping to have a little more help keeping her in milk until the dairy is running but guess I am going to have to help out.