Misfitmorgan's Journal - That Summer Dust

I just can't "like" that post So sad that she doesn't see a better future for herself or can't get there. Sounds like "home" is a bad place for her, of course that is probably the reason she was in foster care in the first place.

I would say home is a bad place for her because of many of her own actions and her being a troubled teenager. One of her favorite activities is to try to push peoples buttons and she knew exactly how to do that to her mom to the point of breaking. The good part about foster care and their programs is it really does help a lot of parents who really don't know what else to do to try to get their kid to "pull their head out" so to speak.

Our foster daughter will take every advantage she can get, be manipulative, selfish, push buttons to get what she wants, etc....so a pretty typical teenager these days. She just takes everything to the extreme including her emotions and her boundaries. I love that kid and I always will, I really wish she would just walk the straight and narrow because later in life she would appreciate the fact that she did. She has some big dreams, she is smart and talented, I hope nothing but good things for her however I can no longer help her get there at this time.

That is sad. Why do some kids have to be so hard headed and dumb? They make life altering decisions when they are still too immature to know what they are doing and how it will impact their life for years to come. I couldn't like that post either.

Baymule said:

That is sad. Why do some kids have to be so hard headed and dumb? They make life altering decisions when they are still too immature to know what they are doing and how it will impact their life for years to come. I couldn't like that post either.

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Because they are young and dumb but think they know everything...don't you remember being a teenager Bay?

Truthfully she is almost 16 and this is only the second time she has gotten in trouble for anything so she does still have time to get her head screwed on right. Just seems the two things she has gotten in trouble for were big things, I think she will be ok.

In other news....nothing new here

Near future plans... Get the stalls we need made built, finish the boar pen fence, sliver of a chance we might be able to get the cement barn floor poured before things freeze. More likely we will end up just building the pens on the dirt for now which is not ideal. Hoping to also get the yard cleaned up before snow flies. We also need to butcher the whether lamb, the little buck will have to wait until the rut smell wears off. Atm the sheep and goats are still out on pasture at our friends house and should be coming home soon.

two things impede progress.....
1. Money
2. Time-cause you're at work, making the money needed to do projects.

Yep! Big Catch-22. Kinda like why do the young people have all the energy but no time and the old people have the time and no energy.

Been busy here....Sure I will repeat some stuff I have already posted.

Trying to stock up food for winter so we can save some money for spring(livestock stuff/garden).

So far i have dehydrated apples, coleslaw mix, carrots, celery, and tomatoes. I have canned apple butter, apple sauce, apple cider, plum jam, pickled jalapenos, and pickled cauliflower. I have bell peppers and mild peppers chopped in the freezer, as well as apple pie filling.

We had our local can sale so I got....
12 cans kidney beans
12 cans pinto beans
9 cans seasoned black beans
12 cans of crushed tomatoes
12 cans of chili ready diced tomatoes
6 cans of french style green beans
6 cans of cut green beans
12 cans of corn
6 cans of cream of mushroom soap
6 cans of cream of chicken soup
2 cans of spaghetti sauce
For approximately $32, I do need to go snag a few more cans of spaghetti sauce but we are pretty much set on canned goods for winter/spring.

I'm also planning a trip to the next town over because one store has a good sale on cheese, butter and pasta and another store has a good sale on beef. THen i just need to stock up on dry goods and we are all set except for "perishables" like milk and coffee

I had a late start with all the losses but I'm making a push for it. We hope to put in a garden next year and I will can or dehydrate our needs first then the rest will go on the farm stand.

We have the garlic to plant if it ever stop raining.

In other news something has been eating our poultry...pretty sure we figured it out since DH saw a coyote stalking a chicken in the front yard a few days ago. He has seen the coyote twice but it was as he got home from work so no chance to grab a gun before it took off. Havn't seen it since but i have no doubt it is still around. We are down to 6 ducks and we have lost at least 20 chickens.

Everyone else seems to be doing well though.

Ouch! I hope you get that coyote. And once you do, you can go over and help Miss @rachels.haven get her problem coyote!

Stocking the pantry and freezer is always a good feeling. Next year will be even better when you have a garden.

Sounds to me the DH needs a southern style gun rack on his rear window and tote a rifle on it, so when he pulls up he already has it handy.....
We are working to get a garden going here too....working to clear some areas for it and to open up the canopy to let more sunshine through...to those areas....