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I hope that is dressed out. Not worth the effort of processing if it is 20 pounds live.
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Just got home from testing and getting the equipment off the milk line.... in the house to eat something.... it is 10:30 and stomach is telling me it needs some nourishment, already......
The farm I wanted to drop off the meters to do their owner sampler this afternoon, has some "sickness"... colds or something he said. So, it doesn't suit and I get that. He wants to test maybe Mon-Tues.... I can make a special trip up because I will probably be back up that way, to pick that stuff up Tues or Wed......Oh well.... I may be back up that way to test at the other farm near there one day next week.... am going to make a few more phone calls to some herds to see about getting some set up. I can do a farm that does not require meters the same time I leave the meters for this farm.... we'll see who calls back.
Going to eat then pack the samples. Need to warm up, there was no heat in this barn and I am tired of being cold.... Going to take the meters off the back of the truck, and put them back in the storage box.... then go out to the chickens with water.... I want to leave here early since I will have to do the sampler set up by myself... Geneva ought to get there by about 4:30 or 5.....they start milking at 4:30 so that will work.
It is warmer outside... started at 24 but is up to 43 now. There is some sun and blue skies..... but it is going to cloud over and then some rain tonight and most of tomorrow..... ground is hard so going to make a mess if we get very much. I will be glad to see the snow melt off though.
Have had a small "invasion" of stink bugs.... been killing 2-3-4 most every night here the last few days. Don't know where they are coming from... I really dislike them....
Okay, brunch next....
The farm I wanted to drop off the meters to do their owner sampler this afternoon, has some "sickness"... colds or something he said. So, it doesn't suit and I get that. He wants to test maybe Mon-Tues.... I can make a special trip up because I will probably be back up that way, to pick that stuff up Tues or Wed......Oh well.... I may be back up that way to test at the other farm near there one day next week.... am going to make a few more phone calls to some herds to see about getting some set up. I can do a farm that does not require meters the same time I leave the meters for this farm.... we'll see who calls back.
Going to eat then pack the samples. Need to warm up, there was no heat in this barn and I am tired of being cold.... Going to take the meters off the back of the truck, and put them back in the storage box.... then go out to the chickens with water.... I want to leave here early since I will have to do the sampler set up by myself... Geneva ought to get there by about 4:30 or 5.....they start milking at 4:30 so that will work.
It is warmer outside... started at 24 but is up to 43 now. There is some sun and blue skies..... but it is going to cloud over and then some rain tonight and most of tomorrow..... ground is hard so going to make a mess if we get very much. I will be glad to see the snow melt off though.
Have had a small "invasion" of stink bugs.... been killing 2-3-4 most every night here the last few days. Don't know where they are coming from... I really dislike them....
Okay, brunch next....
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Baymule
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Stink bugs! I have the invasion of the lady bugs.
It’s raining here, will freeze. Closing schools all over the area. Dire predictions of a quarter inch of ice. Weather forecasters are having a blast with it!
It’s raining here, will freeze. Closing schools all over the area. Dire predictions of a quarter inch of ice. Weather forecasters are having a blast with it!
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Got home from the 500+ cow herd just a little bit ago.... made a hamburger and am sitting for a few.... I am wiped out.... knees ache, ankle aches, some ankle swelling too.... too much ....doing 3 milkings in a row and this last one being such a big farm. I am glad it is done, and things went well... Geneva got there right at 4:30 as they brought in the first 2 groups so really not bad. I had gotten all the samplers on the line ready to go and all the boxes of bottles set up. It was a long night.... they are up over 530 cows.... but the boxes are all in the house so I can pack tomorrow without going out in the rain to bring them in.
It started out with some sun, then clouded up late this afternoon, and there were sprinkles on the way home. Rain moving in and mostly rain all day tomorrow. Looks like some nasty ice and snow to the west and I heard that some places have gotten a foot of snow already.... We are supposed to stay a mostly rain event and then by the time it has passed, temps will drop some.
DS called me around 12:30 and wanted some info on the cows that we had preg checked... he wanted to get them moved out of the barn.... and I asked what he was doing home... he had to go in to work last night as they were calling for "freezing fog"...... like what????? He said, "I never saw any of it".....
So he was getting cows out of the barn that had been preg checked and moving them to the back field on the farm and weaning the calves off. He wants to get the next group moved home.... I had the clipboard here with the last preg checks.... there were 2 cows that were very short bred that he didn't want to move out back.... they will stay as "babysitters" for the newly weaned calves.... and their calves are still in there... but the rest he was moving out. He wanted to get it done before we get this rain so there is more room in the barn for the weaned calves to come in. The preg cows do not need to be eating all the silage.... it will do the calves a lot more good.... and there is grass out in the back in that field so they can eat that and of course he put hay out there too... but there hasn't been anything back there for several months....
I said I was getting samples packed from the farm I had just gotten home from and getting ready to go to the big farm this afternoon. He said, well, I could have gone with you and not missed any work either.... after having to work last night... but that was okay as he said it was good that he could get these cows moved around at the barn. So a plus for cattle work getting done. And since it is warmer, no chance of him having to go in tonight, so he could stay up all day and get a good night's sleep tonight. So, it worked out good. But I am tired out this evening...
Never did get the meters off the truck so I guess they will just have to get rain water rinsed off tonight/tomorrow. When I figure out where I am going I may just leave them on there for Monday's herd.
I am headed in to get a shower and fall into bed. I will pack the samples tomorrow, but I will not be doing a whole lot else in the morning ...going to try to take it a little easy. I also have NO INTENTION of getting up before 7 either.... I will try to go out to the chickens sometime inbetween rain... we are supposed to have some intermittent they said...
I just looked and my PT appt is on Friday this week....might go to that and do some shopping while I am out....but that means I can just not push for anything tomorrow....
One other farm texted me earlier so I will call them back tomorrow and see when they want to test... they haven't tested since before I went in for the replacements. They are the only one I haven't done since I had the knees done.
I'm tired... done for the night.
It started out with some sun, then clouded up late this afternoon, and there were sprinkles on the way home. Rain moving in and mostly rain all day tomorrow. Looks like some nasty ice and snow to the west and I heard that some places have gotten a foot of snow already.... We are supposed to stay a mostly rain event and then by the time it has passed, temps will drop some.
DS called me around 12:30 and wanted some info on the cows that we had preg checked... he wanted to get them moved out of the barn.... and I asked what he was doing home... he had to go in to work last night as they were calling for "freezing fog"...... like what????? He said, "I never saw any of it".....
So he was getting cows out of the barn that had been preg checked and moving them to the back field on the farm and weaning the calves off. He wants to get the next group moved home.... I had the clipboard here with the last preg checks.... there were 2 cows that were very short bred that he didn't want to move out back.... they will stay as "babysitters" for the newly weaned calves.... and their calves are still in there... but the rest he was moving out. He wanted to get it done before we get this rain so there is more room in the barn for the weaned calves to come in. The preg cows do not need to be eating all the silage.... it will do the calves a lot more good.... and there is grass out in the back in that field so they can eat that and of course he put hay out there too... but there hasn't been anything back there for several months....
I said I was getting samples packed from the farm I had just gotten home from and getting ready to go to the big farm this afternoon. He said, well, I could have gone with you and not missed any work either.... after having to work last night... but that was okay as he said it was good that he could get these cows moved around at the barn. So a plus for cattle work getting done. And since it is warmer, no chance of him having to go in tonight, so he could stay up all day and get a good night's sleep tonight. So, it worked out good. But I am tired out this evening...
Never did get the meters off the truck so I guess they will just have to get rain water rinsed off tonight/tomorrow. When I figure out where I am going I may just leave them on there for Monday's herd.
I am headed in to get a shower and fall into bed. I will pack the samples tomorrow, but I will not be doing a whole lot else in the morning ...going to try to take it a little easy. I also have NO INTENTION of getting up before 7 either.... I will try to go out to the chickens sometime inbetween rain... we are supposed to have some intermittent they said...
I just looked and my PT appt is on Friday this week....might go to that and do some shopping while I am out....but that means I can just not push for anything tomorrow....
One other farm texted me earlier so I will call them back tomorrow and see when they want to test... they haven't tested since before I went in for the replacements. They are the only one I haven't done since I had the knees done.
I'm tired... done for the night.
Mini Horses
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Seems you've set tolerance levels, of sorts. This could be a good week to also get a better idea of recovery time 
. That's important for you. It's no secret the soft tissues don't heal overnight. The nerves seem to need a longer recoup time as we get along in years. Did I say we're getting old nicely?
. Even simple "bang your head injuries" are tender to touch for several days longer than before. Joint use is way more intense! That's especially true with replacements to settle. I'm proud you did those farms back to back! And your everyday activity. Rest today!! You deserve it. 
My back to work days are annoying....and I've still got original parts!
. That's important for you. It's no secret the soft tissues don't heal overnight. The nerves seem to need a longer recoup time as we get along in years. Did I say we're getting old nicely?. Even simple "bang your head injuries" are tender to touch for several days longer than before. Joint use is way more intense! That's especially true with replacements to settle. I'm proud you did those farms back to back! And your everyday activity. Rest today!! You deserve it. My back to work days are annoying....and I've still got original parts!
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RAINING... it has been in the mid 40's all day and rain most of it too. 75% of the snow is gone today with the rain....
Got the samples packed and dropped off for UPS. Went out to the chickens and they are okay... getting 2 eggs most days.
Ate a tuna fish sandwich at lunch after not even eating breakfast. Going in to make some supper... Thinking maybe a grilled cheese and maybe soup for this crappy wet weather. SOOO glad to not "have to" go anywhere like testing.
Tried to put the rain gauge out but the ground is too frozen to push the spike into the ground. So not going to break it off (plastic).... I will have to guess.
Been working on a jigsaw puzzle and will finish it up. Hung up my sweatshirt from going out and it is soaked.... and I want to put in a little time on the cycle for the knees. The leg muscles were sore all day from doing 3 milkings in a row like that.... this "getting along in years" as @Mini Horses so tactfully puts it
is for the birds..... I want them to work like they did 20 yrs ago..... wasn't that the whole Idea of replacement parts?????
Anyway. been kinda nice to not "have to" do much today.
When I go to PT tomorrow I intend to go by the chinese restaurant and get some egg drop soup for this crappy weather... It keeps real good in the fridge and I have never learned to make it so it tastes like theirs.... saw an article that it is even better for you than just chicken noodle if you are sick.... maybe it will help to break up this sinus dripping that is driving me tea totally nuts.
Talked to @Baymule a few minutes and told her she was nuts to move the closing up..... because of her knees hurting so much and they are getting ice and crap weather too!!!!! But it sounds like the young couple buying it are just super excited to get started making it theirs.... you know, their own paint colors inside and all; and as long as Bay has time to get the outside stuff moved in the next month.... sounds like she is pushing as hard as her poor knees will let her... boy do I know that feeling.....she will get it done....
Got the samples packed and dropped off for UPS. Went out to the chickens and they are okay... getting 2 eggs most days.
Ate a tuna fish sandwich at lunch after not even eating breakfast. Going in to make some supper... Thinking maybe a grilled cheese and maybe soup for this crappy wet weather. SOOO glad to not "have to" go anywhere like testing.
Tried to put the rain gauge out but the ground is too frozen to push the spike into the ground. So not going to break it off (plastic).... I will have to guess.
Been working on a jigsaw puzzle and will finish it up. Hung up my sweatshirt from going out and it is soaked.... and I want to put in a little time on the cycle for the knees. The leg muscles were sore all day from doing 3 milkings in a row like that.... this "getting along in years" as @Mini Horses so tactfully puts it
is for the birds..... I want them to work like they did 20 yrs ago..... wasn't that the whole Idea of replacement parts?????Anyway. been kinda nice to not "have to" do much today.
When I go to PT tomorrow I intend to go by the chinese restaurant and get some egg drop soup for this crappy weather... It keeps real good in the fridge and I have never learned to make it so it tastes like theirs.... saw an article that it is even better for you than just chicken noodle if you are sick.... maybe it will help to break up this sinus dripping that is driving me tea totally nuts.
Talked to @Baymule a few minutes and told her she was nuts to move the closing up..... because of her knees hurting so much and they are getting ice and crap weather too!!!!! But it sounds like the young couple buying it are just super excited to get started making it theirs.... you know, their own paint colors inside and all; and as long as Bay has time to get the outside stuff moved in the next month.... sounds like she is pushing as hard as her poor knees will let her... boy do I know that feeling.....she will get it done....
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Getting ready to head to bed. It has steadily gotten warmer this evening. Was up to 48 and now has hit 53 at nearly 11:30 p.m. The snow will mostly all be gone tomorrow except where there were plow piles. Still raining too. It is supposed to start dropping off tomorrow by noontime.... Can't believe how much warmer it has gotten. Ground will refreeze/harden again tomorrow night when it drops into the 20's....that's okay, DS is going to move cattle to the barn this weekend.... another vet preg check set up for Tuesday afternoon. He isn't going to be down this way for anyone else, but we don't want to keep cattle in the barn for another week... and DS is off on Tuesday to go to the dr appt in Blacksburg on Tuesday morning so it will work out good. If he gets the 2 different places moved, then there will be over 40 to check.... and that will leave one more place to get moved out of the last-biggest pasture... another 35 or so left there. I sure will be glad to have this all done. FINALLY....
Hey, @Mike CHS did you sell the lambs? You were going to wait on the end of Jan because of the weather early in the month....
Hey, @Mike CHS did you sell the lambs? You were going to wait on the end of Jan because of the weather early in the month....
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Jan you are my inspiration! A double knee replacement and you are back to running as hard as recovery will let you go! Telling you not to overdo it would be spitting in the wind. LOL
I’m limping along now, and will be for awhile. It will take some time for me to get set up so I can have surgery and the following recovery and therapy. If the doctor says both knees need it, and I’m pretty sure they do, I’m going for the whole thing, kit and kaboodle. Git ‘er done!
I’m limping along now, and will be for awhile. It will take some time for me to get set up so I can have surgery and the following recovery and therapy. If the doctor says both knees need it, and I’m pretty sure they do, I’m going for the whole thing, kit and kaboodle. Git ‘er done!
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Jan, your weather has come here. Thanks! There wasn't a need to share but...it's 66 right now, blasting winds, rains noonish and into night. Heaviest late day into night. Then big temp drop. What ever happened to smooth, calm and gradual?? My goats hate this as much as I do.
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Sorry to send it your way @Mini Horses ... it has been crazy here. 99% of the snow is gone except along some road edges... the temps climbed all night and it is now 56.... cloudy and FOGGY.... little more rain but it is exiting. Then the temps will start to drop all through the afternoon.... totally nuts. We did not get alot of wind out of it, breezy but not bad. Sure looks soggy out there. Guess I will find out in a few minutes.
I am getting ready to head to PT and then will go to the store and do a few things while I am out. Knees feeling better after the "day off" yesterday to recoup. I need to get some more phone calls to farms for testing.
Next week we have the vet set up for Tuesday. DS says he will get at least the one group moved to the barn on Sunday morning....when the ground is hard..... then the group of heifers will get moved either Sunday eve or Monday. We load them right off the road so the condition of the ground is not so important. Get them all preg checked and then get them moved around and there will be one more big group of 30+ and their big calves.
Hope all goes well today @Baymule ... with others to help carry and pack in the trailer that will be a bigger help with the knees. Carrying the weight while walking was my worst problem.... Amazing how it does not hurt to walk or stand now and I can carry a bucket without the pain in the knees too. Just need to get more flexible/agile.
Gotta go.
I am getting ready to head to PT and then will go to the store and do a few things while I am out. Knees feeling better after the "day off" yesterday to recoup. I need to get some more phone calls to farms for testing.
Next week we have the vet set up for Tuesday. DS says he will get at least the one group moved to the barn on Sunday morning....when the ground is hard..... then the group of heifers will get moved either Sunday eve or Monday. We load them right off the road so the condition of the ground is not so important. Get them all preg checked and then get them moved around and there will be one more big group of 30+ and their big calves.
Hope all goes well today @Baymule ... with others to help carry and pack in the trailer that will be a bigger help with the knees. Carrying the weight while walking was my worst problem.... Amazing how it does not hurt to walk or stand now and I can carry a bucket without the pain in the knees too. Just need to get more flexible/agile.
Gotta go.
