Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

LS -- when you are retired and having fun, THAT is your "business plan". As you know, from many years in the loan processing world, things can get out of hand. For me, the cost of feed is the largest issue with my animals. Grass for grazers is good most of the year. Winter hay can be costly here, plus concentrates for the does. I look at the sale income as you, how many months of feed it pays. Different thought process.

So, now, I am looking at how many more outside mow or dig jobs I need to make all the tractor payments Covered 1/3 of them in 2017....have those set-up for this year & can live with it. More would be nice.

I so look at cattle but, just not wanting to deal with them any more. Find I don't eat as much beef now, although I do love a thick, juicy steak!! Just cannot beat the taste of homegrown beef.

Dot evidently didn't let her boys feed last night. Boy was she full this morning. One side rock hard and the other not far off. Fell 1/2 a pint shy of a full gallon. The kids are getting fed... I'm guessing mostly by Bang, although she's looking mighty full as well. When I check her udder though, it's not hard, even though it sure looks full enough to burst. Maybe the kids are sleeping through the night & not eating? They're goats... who knows. Long as the kids are growing and running/bouncing around, I guess it's all good! CC's baby is 4 days old this morning and she's catching up with the others. she's running around with them and jumping on the cinder blocks. She doesn't last as long as they do though and crashes a lot sooner for a nap. CC is being a really doting mom.

Made a kind of mistake last night and left all the windows open... 53° inside right now and 48° outside. Can we say Brrrrrrr? Slept like a baby though Least I think I did... Woke up sooner than I really would have liked... Only supposed to get to ~67° today. Actually, doesn't look like we leave the 60s till next Tuesday, when we'll be back to mid 70s again. This is the weather I asked for! No need to run the heat or AC!

Latestarter said:

This is the weather I asked for!

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Ask & ye shall receive? Let me know if it works for the lottery! Our weather is similar...coolish but, very nice.

I can tell you in all honesty Mini, that it does NOT work WRT to lottery... If it had/did, I'd have won many over the past 20 years plus. I remember early in Power ball lottery history, I was stationed in Norfolk, VA. A sailor who was transferring from duty at the sub base in Connecticut, down to Norfolk, bought a ticket as he hit the road south. He won. It was a HUGE jackpot at the time... like 7.5 million dollars. Now the jackpot starts at what, 20 or 40 million? It ruined his Navy career, not because of him, but because of what the Navy did to him because of him becoming rich. He was the first active duty service person to win a lottery. He ended up paying/buying his way out of his contract. Windfall money can really raise hell with a person's life. I'd be willing to risk it though

So I guess I didn't sleep as long or well as I thought last night. After posting I was feeling really sleepy so sat in my recliner and the next thing I knew, it was after noon. Hauled out and got some fencing wrapped on end posts and hung another gate. Saying a chance for T-storms tomorrow and tomorrow night. Hope to go get another length of fence rolled out and stretched. If it does rain, I guess I'll haul my tractor off the ground and get the mower blades changed out instead. They need changed pretty bad and I need to have the mower working well as it's coming on that time of year.

Cooked a rib eye steak for dinner tonight on the grill. It was so good it made me want some sauteed onions and mushrooms, so when I finished the steak, I made those. Am eating them now

Wehner Homestead said:

Tonight is one of those “can’t get full nights.” I’ve had supper and I’m still hungry for everything!

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Those kind of days, my dad would've told me "Boy, you need to be dewormed.."

greybeard said:

Those kind of days, my dad would've told me "Boy, you need to be dewormed.."

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We are supposed to get an inch or two of rain this evening. I'll gladly take two inches!

It’s raining! Joe, looks like you’ve been getting rain for awhile. I weeded our the tomato trellis, so the rain can soak the soil good. Tomorrow we’ll cover it with cardboard, mulch, and I will plant the tomato plants.

Just started sprinkling here. Been cloudy right along. Thunder has been building for about a 1/2 hour. Not raining hard and most of the big stuff seems to be north of me. Kinda sucks cause I was rolling on fencing and didn't want to stop. Got the long section stretched and attached. Was working on wrapping the ends at the poles and had really hoped to get another gate hung today before the rain started. Oh well, there's always tomorrow. I'm thaaaaaaaat close to being able to let Mel and the goats roam Done for today though.

I shulda gave you a handfull of these so you could become addicted to them like everyone else that ever tried them.....