Coffee anyone ?

[B&B Happy goats]

Didn't have to cuz he wasn't late. My "love language" is Acts of Service. A gift is not the way to my heart. Mow the grass, cook, help clean - those say love in my book.

For Christmas one year he bought me the most beautiful necklace and earrings - lots of carats and lots of zeros in the price tag. Not to sound ungrateful - but I had him return them and had a barn built for less money!

My kind of thinking

 

[RollingAcres]

Did you get a vacuum @RollingAcres ??

I did not. I already have one.

Don't suppose it is specifically what she wanted this year but the beef barley soup is on the stove.

Awww how nice of you!

 

[promiseacres]

This was My Valentine's day, eye appt, then home for farrier to trim hooves, lunch. School, palapated and attempt to breed some rabbits, then to the farm to help mom unload a truckload of "stuff" where I discovered the basement was full of water and a fountain from the pit... text DH, no response, so do what we need to do. Go home, try to do some school again. DH calls tells me to go back and unplug the sump pump.... so I do. Come home do chores and then back to farm with dh to fix the problem... the tubing just needed put back on... and now home with frozen pizzas in the oven. Square pizza on a round pan and round pizza on a rectangle... that's my day... I am pooped. No I didn't get any firewood in... but it can wait... we celebrated a bit last week for my birthday... and what's your 22 years together anniversary... oh well. I got to see an awesome sunset at the farm.

 

[Bruce]

You are one busy lady Promise!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

beautiful sunset!

 

[Baymule]

I made it clear to my husband long ago to skip the frou-frou gifts, don't bother me with jewelry or frippery. I wanted POWER TOOLS, I wanted a TRACTOR, I wanted a DUMP WAGON (I used it to death and the neighbors got me another one for Christmas LOL) I wanted SADDLES and HORSE GEAR. I wanted HAY, I wanted a STOCK TRAILER. On our 20th anniversary I found a barn sale out in BFE, so we went. I got a 3 stack CHICK BROODER for a hundred bucks! When I found our newest horse on the kill pen Facebook page, I told him she could be my anniversary, birthday, Mother's day and Christmas present for the whole year. My normal Mother's Day and Birthday gifts are 5 pound boxes of deck screws of various sizes. Love those things!

 

[farmerjan]

When I was a kid and got my first horse, I asked my grandmother to get me things like a bucket, halter, currycomb, brushes and all sorts of stuff like that for the various holidays. Said I didn't even want a choc bunny for Easter. She was great about stuff like that.
For Christmas this year I gave my son a set of heavy duty jumper cables and various stuff for the farm operation. Snack food to keep in the tractors, etc. He will work long hours in the winter feeding and such, and when he has had to pull a 8pm-8am on the night shift with VDOT, sometimes a couple packages of peanut butter crackers will get him through until he gets home to eat something or stop and get something. Got a 20 ft all purpose tow chain and some misc for his birthday this coming sat. the 16th. Took him out to eat for BBQ tonight after doing the cows, at our local service station that has a small food/deli inside. Guess that will do for Valentine's....

 

[Baymule]

Sounds practical to me!

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on. Have a field trip to a shrimp farm.

 

[RollingAcres]

Coffee is on. Have a field trip to a shrimp farm.

Oooo sounds like fun! Will you be able to buy shrimp from them?