Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Baymule]

Rainy gloomy and cold day. I made venison chili and we ate it for lunch. For supper I made chicken salad with my canned chicken (mean Delaware witches that I didn't like) I cut up green seedless grapes, broke up pecans and added a glop of mayonnaise. Yum. I did laundry, cleaned floors, and thought about all the things I need to do outside.

I might be high and dry, but 3 out of 5 chicken coops are swamps. The sheep barn and horse barn are both dry

 

[goatgurl]

its wet and cold at my house too. not looking forward to winter this year.
was reading and catching up on your journal, won't say anything about the windy wipers... gonna leave that alone, lol. you might want to check a little further into the mytonic meat animals. not a mini and will grow nicely and carry a lot of weight. their looks can be deceiving. years ago I was raising a lot of meat goats and selling them to a broker. he often made fun of my "pygmy" buck till I got tired of it and we took my mytonic buck to his place and weighed him side by side with this guys boer buck. my buck was a full 4 inches shorter than his buck but weighed 26# more. he was flabbergasted and never made fun of him again. onion creek has some awesome meat bucks down in your part of the woods. check out their website
hope your hands and wrists don't flare up and keep you from finishing the girls barn before winter gets here.

 

[Latestarter]

Don't think it's weather related Mike... Just getting old I guess. Need to get one of those brown clay jugs with a cork stopper and the "good stuff" inside for what ails me.

 

[Bruce]

Granny's tonic!! It did wonders for Mr. Drysdale.

I'm officially tired of rain again. Must be the old goat in me

Can't cull that goat though. Guess you'll have to put up with him.

 

[Latestarter]

Indeed it did Bruce. Gonna make sure it has the three "X"s on the jug as well. Seems I recall Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies had some of that miracle tonic as well.

Went out to feed the goats this morning in sprinkles of rain. Between the pellets and me going to re-fill the feed buckets with hay, several of the goats went back under the deck. Even after I put the buckets down, they didn't come out so I called out to them. Then they realized they might be missing out on something good and they came running. Even the most scared goat will brave a little rain when there's food involved. When they've had their fill, they go back over and give a good shake to get most of the water off and then kneel down and go back under the deck. It's still dry under there even with all the rain.

Just looked at the radar and I may get a little break here for a bit as there's a big "hole" in the mass moving toward me and that hole should pass over me. But other than that, the line extends all the way back down into Mexico, so I don't think I'm gonna have any sun and dry weather for quite a while yet. It's a nice comfy 47°, windy, rainy day here. Beach weather... if you're a seal

 

[greybeard]

I kind of like this weather. Not much rain, just no sun and a bit gloomy but nice and breezy.
As my brother said, there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad choices of clothing.

 

[Latestarter]

Your brother sure had an interesting selection of sayings/quotes.

 

[Bruce]

So clearly your goats just have a wardrobe problem Joe!

Seems I recall Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies had some of that miracle tonic as well.

That would be the Granny I was referencing.

 

[Latestarter]

Forgot banker Drysdale was the hillbillies... I was thinking like pettycoat junction or one of the other similar shows...

Well, come late Friday night or early Saturday morning, someone or multiple someone's lives are going to take a serious change... The Mega Millions is now sitting at 900 million annuity, 513 million cash value. 1/2 a billion dollars cash before taxes. Since the drawing isn't till Friday night, and it's only Wednesday, it could be higher still by then. I was joking with my son before the most recent draw (667 mil) and told him I was waiting for it to eclipse a billion before I play again. Might have to go back on that. W/no state tax here, figure 36% fed tax, still 328 mil after taxes for a single winner in a no state tax state. That will pay for a few farm "improvements"...

 

[Rammy]

Im your long lost sister. If you win.....haha