For every person that has AGS... there is an exception to the tolerance. It is unbelievable that one person can tolerate one thing, another cannot but can tolerate something else. Then there are those that seem to be "super sensitive" and things like gelatin and even the capsules their meds are encased in cause problems. The one thing that I am finding out is that it does not affect any 2 people exactly the same. Like the xantham gum used as an emulsifier in bread : I can not tolerate the "good" kinds of bread like country style pepperidge farm but can eat plain italian bread baked at Walmart... and had some store bought bread from Food Lion that seemed to be fine....
I have found I can eat some semisweet chocolate "morsel's"... cocoa butter is not the same as "dairy butter"...I am going to make some cookies... and I used to use shortening rather than butter and will go back to doing that in my cookie recipes... my mom always used Crisco shortening and they were "crispier" rather than soft and chewy....
Plus, perhaps these tincture sprays are ramping up my immune system and I am getting more tolerant of some things... like she said she hoped would happen. That is the whole idea of spraying them under the tongue several times a day...
So, on to other things.
It is raining this morning... not hard, more misty than actual "raining down"... we are supposed to get out of this after noontime... I wish it would last all day. Probably not going to get more than a couple tenths again... with days of strong breezes, it does not soak in as much as it should... yes the grass is greening up, but we need a good 1-2 inch soaking all day kind of rain to really get the ground watered better...
For the first 3 months of the year we are already nearly 4 inches behind on moisture.
Went to the bull sale yesterday at the neighbors... about 10 miles north of here. They have been having them for about 25+ years... twice a year, spring and fall. Prices were high overall... there weren't any bulls that really struck either me or DS.... one that was okay, but not like the one that we both liked last fall.... DS came a little after I got there... and he left before they sold the bred heifers... which ranged in the 5,000 to 7,000 range... more than I would pay. Liked 2 more than the others, there were about 20....but not that much. DS actually got a better deal on the 5 he bought sight unseen at the sale a few weeks ago.... with calves already on the ground... Still don't care for the 2 bull calves, both out of the same sire... and one heifer does not seem to be milking the way we would like... but.... again, you give a heifer a chance... they will both get bred back and hopefully, they will do better with their second calf... if not, they will go.
Left when it was done, came to the barn about 2:30-3 to see if DS needed any help as he was going to work on the litter spreading truck...some shims needing replacing or something.... but he had started to work on the 4 wheeler... a bearing had gone out in the back wheel and he told GF not to drive it... she had said it was "clunking".... turned out to be a much bigger project than he had thought... and the race of the old bearing had "welded it'sself" to the inside of the shaft... had to take a torch and then a grinder to get it all out..... so I stayed there helping a little, holding things etc... took about 3 hours... but he got the bearing done, got it put back together.... got the new brake cable for the back brakes on it too, which was a PITA to try to feed down through .... and then I left sbout 6... went to let the jersey's in with the calves... DS had taken the silage cart up with feed so they got to eat their fill out with the rest of the cattle... and he had put the tubs in the pen so they would have it when I put them in. The #28 steer gave me some grief about coming in the barn yesterday... so he was in... and he will stay in. DS said he is going to take the cull cows Wednesday, including the 2 prolapse cows that got moved to the barn the other day with their 2 calves......to the bred cow sale and cull cows and baby calf day.... then he is taking the 2 calves off the prolapse cows, plus the jersey steer on Maggie and the 28 steer , as well as the 4 big red steers and the 2 bigger black steers, all to the sale on Sat... the red steers and hopefully the 2 black steers will go in the graded pens... and the 2 off the cows will get sold earlier... they are probably too small for the 4 wt graded pens...one is a bull and the other is a heifer... plus the 28 steer and the jersey steer will just get sold at the regular part of the sale.... I just want them gone...
That should be everything sold that is possible to sell...until we start weaning calves off cows in July/Aug...when we preg check the cows that had calves last fall.... start the process all over again..... and the barn areas "emptied" and then we can make some decisions about moving some cows out to pasture early. The cows that were all checked preg can go out away from the barn... all but a few do NOT have calves so making milk is not a priority. If grass is a little short it is not going to be that big a deal.... We'll move the couple with calves after the grass gets groing pretty good.
It has been raining lightly this morning... showers off and on....radar showed it started about 6-7... but just a little bit ago we got a downpour ... rain came down in sheets for a few minutes... this is moving east and will be the rain that
@Mini Horses gets later in the afternoon...wish it would linger here for a few more hours...
It is cooler... 58 out there . Rain seems to have slowed down to a mist. Anything is better than nothing... and if it does not get too warm, or windy, this will soak in good. Just could use some more...
Banana was fine... guess I just got too much margarine with the broiled fish and sauteed mushrooms... no reactions last night.
DS just stopped with a pretty azalea bush for me , for Easter... GF goes to her parents and her dad does not talk to DS so he just stays away... we talked for a little bit, and he was describing how he is going to have to put the new truck bed on her truck (from when her sister hit it and dented it up) and the stupid way of putting on the hitches once it is on there... not simple like the fords and chevy's... hers is a dodge...
Anyway, he is going to have lunch with his father for Easter... that is good... Then it is supposed to be drying out here this afternoon.... and I am sure he will find stuff to do at the farm. I am going up to let the cows out at snyder's in a little bit.
So, I am going to work in the house for a bit. Did the dishes a little bit ago... ate dry cheerios this morning, as I ate eggs yesterday...they don't last very long but gives me a crunch to eat....
Have to go out and mix feed for the chickens... I got another bucket of chicken feed out of the bin yesterday when I came by.... fill the feeders again this afternoon after the rains have moved east.
Have chicken to eat in the fridge... will warm some up and have over some lettuce and tomato salad I think.
Make sure I ahve everything I need for testing tomorrow and get the bottles in the car. Little stuff...
Except for my back, knees, occasional lack of balance, etc. . . . .
Supposedly we're to get some amount of rain for a couple hrs. 
Prob a fast quarter inch of actual rain.
