Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[Bruce]

X2 @Latestarter's post. You were SO lucky none of those dominos smacked you!! So many idiots not paying attention to the task of driving and so many victims of their stupidity.

And yes, maybe the gods are telling you something by keeping you from the shop and it being closed. Of course that could also be my personal lack of "appreciation" for a lot of "body art".

 

[greybeard]

Of course that could also be my personal lack of "appreciation" for a lot of "body art".

I'm not fond of much of it either. Some look like they fell face first into an open fishing tackle box...

 

[goatgurl]

years ago when I worked in surgery we had a gal come in for some 'female' surgery. she had rings in both nips, her belly button and her ahaa hoo-hoo. all tastefully connected by a gold chain. massive infection in the lowest spot and just a 'little' infection' in one of the nips. it was an awful mess to try and clean up. my granddaughter decided she wanted a belly ring and fought with ick in it for several months before she took the thing out and let her body heal up. you might want to rethink the personal piercing and just let one ear hole grow over so you only have hole in each ear or get one pair of nice earrings and a small diamond stud for the extra hole and just leave it there. i'm with the guys on this one. I think you've been warned by the almost a car wreck. and by the way its so nice to see you look so happy in the Alaska pictures. I hope he is as nice a guy as he seems.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Had a "best friend" consultation today.... filled her in on the weeks happenings.

Confessions and other things we discussed: I've been struggling with trying but regularly falling short in sticking to healthier food choices, trying but falling short in the exercise department as well (for different reasons, but being over 102 degrees and really humid makes it that much more difficult), letting go of sentimental items, I hate going through baby toys because I am so attached to the memories, donating clothes and other items, stressing over certain things I have no control over (ex issues), certain other things I also have no control over, and feeling worn down from being a solid member of the "just barely club" (I am regularly blessed with getting by but it is usually "just barely"), feeling like I am just not holding it all together quite well enough.... and I did let her know how y'all feel about the almost car accident and piercing stuff too.

She is generally pretty opposed to piercings, tattoos and the like as well, so I was a little surprised when near the end of our conversation, she actually said "go get your bling". She thinks I should look for a different shop with great reviews and try again... and if that doesn't work out, then call it a done deal. I was thinking that a little extra sparkle would give me a little bit of a confidence boost. She agrees that it might be a nice distraction and fun to do a little something for myself, given all of the above. A couple little piercings don't really seem too crazy given the weight of the rest of my life right now.

On top of all of that stuff, Alaska is stressing about the barn and the cost of it, and another person suggested to him that I get rid of my goats. I don't even have the energy to put my thoughts and feelings about this subject into words right now..... Just that it makes me sad.

 

[Latestarter]

Your post was probably just to get stuff off your mind, but I'll throw out a response anyway. For the baby items, give them to your babies for them to use with THEIR babies (when that time comes). For the clothes and other items, just remember the reason you're downsizing and the great ending/start that comes when you're through. I know how difficult it can be (look at me typing this at 4am) but you really have to let go of those things that just don't matter (ex issues), you can't control, and you can't do anything about. If things are bothering you that you CAN control, then you just have to buckle down and take control. Try not to make excuses and as the ad campaign said, "just DO it!"

Being a good 80 pounds overweight (was over 100 ), I can absolutely identify with the poor food choices and lack of exercise. The compounding factor is, the more out of shape you are, the more difficult it is to get back into shape. I can also tell you that the longer you wait, the harder it becomes. I have found that if I keep low calorie snacks around and sugar free candies, sour candies, instead of grabbing for something really bad, I can sub something that isn't quite as bad. Maybe select something food wise that you really like and reward yourself with it at the end of the week if you've done well. I mean I'm sure you've heard all of this stuff before.

I can also readily ID with the just barely club... as I'm sure many others here can as well.

Tell Alaska that he doesn't really need to build a huge fancy barn (like the pic he shared)... It can be something pretty simple really. It just has to provide shelter. I'm pretty sure that he knows how important your animals are to you. I can't imagine that he would even consider the friends recommendation... Just doesn't compute. I don't know how many animals you plan on taking, but perhaps that number can be reduced a bit more? I know! It's hard, and it sucks! I would think that you will be selling your place there when you go... I imagine some of those proceeds will help with the move, and could help with the cost of the barn?

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I am afraid my house is in legal limbo right now... hence a part of the frustration. There is nothing I can do about some of those things at the moment, but keep on keeping on.

So for todays issues we have:

I worked this morning, that wasn't bad, had coffee with the kid after that and dropped him off downtown. Ran to get hay, lost the back of my trailer and had 6 bales fall off, thankfully no one was nearby at that moment. Got them out of the road and a wonderful man named Greg and his son helped me get them back on the stack and safely home. Once in the driveway though, I realized my truck was seriously overheating. The truck and trailer aren't in the back yet, I don't want to burn out my radiator so I have to wait until she cools down to add coolant and pray she is OK, and I don't really want to carry all that hay to the back by myself. My wagon is broken so it would be very difficult to just unload 15 bales where she is at.... and did I mention it is 100 degrees already?

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Oh yeah, I also had a request from one of my adds for boer goats for sale, but the guy wants a pregnant boer. I told him I only have the one buck and young doe for sale and he still wants me to contact him, repeating that hes looking for a pregnant doe. No. I don't have what you want for sale. Not going to waste my time.

Sometimes life just makes me so tired.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Oh and for the food choices, I picked up several foods I actually like that are great for "diety type" meals. A current favorite is frozen fruit pureed into a smoothie with orange juice for the liquid, (substitute champagne or wine if it is for dinner).... I have just been struggling with even that.

 

[Bruce]

for different reasons, but being over 102 degrees and really humid makes it that much more difficult

You 100% get a pass on exercising in those conditions!!! Heck, just walking out to the truck is exercise in that heat/humidity.

I agree 100% with Joe's post. Goats don't need a Taj Mahal any more than chickens do. And they won't appreciate it if you build it. I get that Alaska wants to do a bang up job, maybe he can build part of the barn in a way it can easily be expanded later.

Sorry you had truck troubles. Not once but twice in 1 day!

Sure hope the house situation is cleared up soon. That would be a big strain off your mind.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Some of my biggest problems with trying to figure out housing for the goats, is the "fighting", breeding(rut), and cold weather that I don't even know how to live in, or have any idea how the goats will handle it.

This last year when rut hit, my 150 lb nubian buck, that grew up with the nigi boys (40-80 lbs), was ramming them into the fence so hard, their little bodies were bending the panels. My Boer buck weighs even more than that. My biggest boer girls ram each other, the smaller and younger girls, and they don't care if the other goats are babies.....

I am worried about not having enough space to safely separate the size/sex of goats as needed. That would really stress me out. I am actually running more than one herd. They are all nice animals, but they are animals... and goats at that. I would love to run all the does together and likewise, all the bucks together during winter, (ideally just separated boys vs girls) but I am afraid to not be prepared for a less than smooth attempt at that. Not my first rodeo as they say.

At the moment, Andy (Boer buck) Mac (Nubian buck) and the nigi wether, baby nigi and nubian buck kids are all in one pen, mostly peacefully... but rut is not here yet.

 

[Bruce]

Oh. Well it would be easier if they all played nice together wouldn't it! Minimally then you need 1 stall for Andy, 1 for Mac and one for the other bucks. Then 1 for each of the big Boer girls and 1 for the rest? Yeah that is a bigger problem than it appeared on the "surface".