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Title: Its Monday!!
Post by: danndans on October 27, 2008, 04:46:59 am
Good Morning everyone, ;D
well mondays come back round again, is anyone doing anything different this week to there normal weekly things?
I've got some goats to pick up i think ??? and need to get a foals passport sorted, otherwise its all routine animal stuff, at the mo ;D ::)
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Wendyfayre on October 27, 2008, 07:42:58 am
Packing for a short break in the sun.
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: pigsatlesrues on October 27, 2008, 10:39:54 am
Is there any room in that suitcase for me Wendyfayre?  It is pouring here in Normandy; the mud is knee deep and I am bracing myself to get outside and sort out the rabbits and the goats.  I would sell my soul for a sunny break at the moment.

Enjoy!!! 8) 8) 8) :'( :'(
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: MrRee on October 27, 2008, 12:42:40 pm
I have a list of things to do this week that will take til next February to finish! This week though,I'll be mainly building more kitchen units,zeroing in my new rifle,exploring St. Hillaire and Avranche and making more cider. Made 6 gallons this weekend just gone and my bedroom already smells like a brewery and sounds like some bubble machine on over-drive. Apparently this year's summer is on Wednesday,so might get to give the grass a final cut.
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: rustyme on October 27, 2008, 12:48:21 pm
"Apparently this year's summer is on Wednesday,so might get to give the grass a final cut."

What time on Wednesday would that be , any idea ? I will try to remember to put 5 minutes aside so I don't miss it !!!!!!
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: MrRee on October 27, 2008, 01:05:16 pm
Michael Fish just phoned and said that between 0836hrs and 0837hrs the sun will shine,there'll be little wind and only a 98% cloud cover. I'd suggest you factor up with SP45,have the lawnmower ready and running and plenty of fluids at hand,wouldn't want to see you laid up with heat exhaustion and sunstroke.   ;D
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Blinkers on October 27, 2008, 01:49:12 pm
Michael Fish just phoned  :-X ready and running and plenty of fluids at hand,wouldn't want to see you laid up with heat exhaustion and sunstroke.   ;D

 8) 8) 8) 8)

Well, Sassos have FINALLY been moved to their new outside house (and run) and no longer scratching around in a stable  :P   Will remove the run in about a week or so and then they can fully free-range with the layers......until Christmas  ;D ::)
Got 3 new in-lamb shearlings to worm and then turn out with the other girls.
Got a loada rubbish to take to the tip (again).  Gotta pick up sacks of bedding for the stables.  Got the feed delivery sometime this week and so MUST clear out the feed shed  ::)
But most important of all................diggin, diggin, and more diggin........as we're trying to put in some additional drainage  :-X :-\ :-X
...and probably one or two other little jobs to do  ;D
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: rustyme on October 27, 2008, 01:52:20 pm
OH MY GOD !!!!!!!  Michael Fish ???? That could mean the apocalypse is about to happen  !!!!! I think I may go and end it all now......mind you I am far too weak at the moment ...having chronic flu, double pneumonia, copd , farmers lung , arthritis , and to top it all , I hurt my little finger earlier on ......oh and I think I may have a touch of avian flu as well .....Still ...."Always look on the bright side of life".... ;D ;D
Oh yes and ...DIGGING .......why did you have to mention that Blinkers...? only another 50 or 60 tons left to shift.....
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Rosey on October 27, 2008, 03:52:56 pm
We had a great day today. Tiny the pony who has been sick for months, was ridden again today. Now the sleepless nights down the field seem worth it!
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: garden cottage on October 27, 2008, 04:22:48 pm
hmm  painting kitchen, trying to install new rayburn, just started eating this years jams-- blaisdon plum and blackberry from the hedgerows yummy, anns making chutneys, tamworths just come back from butcher, so trying out some burger recipes, back in my van doing millions of miles surveying gas meters!...................keep smiling neil
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: HappyHippy on October 27, 2008, 06:12:18 pm
I think I'll be making No.1 priority to get anti freeze and water topped up in car since we've got SNOW forecast ! Having relied on hubby a few years back and ending up with a busted engine block it's something I'm fanatical about.
On the plus side if it's snowing then at least it's not raining ! lol! I don't mind being outside working in snow!
Will hopefully be getting my mammoth batch of Xmas chutney made this weekend thus solving the problem of what to get everybody.
Enjoy whatever you're all doing this week & keep the weather reports coming ! 8)
Karen  :pig:
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on October 27, 2008, 06:59:54 pm
Don't wan to scare you gues but i am really sure, I saw a flake of snow walking over to the car today but i cound be wrong. IT was certainly cold enought.

BTW i am currently so cold the elctric radiator is on an I m sittin in bed with the laptop on my lap
from  cold fluffywelshsheep aka brrrrrrrrrrrrr linz

Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Blinkers on October 27, 2008, 07:55:51 pm
Quote from: rustyme link=top 8)ic=1109.msg7757#msg7757 date=1225115540
OH MY GOD !!!!!!!  Michael Fish ???? That could mean the apocalypse is about to happen  !!!!! I think I may go and end it all now......mind you I am far too weak at the moment ...having chronic flu, double pneumonia, copd , farmers lung , arthritis , and to top it all , I hurt my little finger earlier on ......oh and I think I may have a touch of avian flu as well .....Still ...."Always look on the bright side of life".... ;D ;D
Oh yes and ...DIGGING .......why did you have to mention that Blinkers...? only another 50 or 60 tons left to shift.....

....well, at least you don't have........................................................MAN FLU.....................!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


.......................still diggin...................
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: rustyme on October 27, 2008, 08:06:07 pm
man flu ...I knew there was something else I had ....... ::) got it all here ... including hail showers every 30 mins or so .....Luckily the rain in-between is washing them away, so far !!! It was sunny till about 4 ish today , then the hail came......still, got another ton shifted before hand.
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Rosemary on October 27, 2008, 08:40:38 pm
Sheep go off for rumpy pumpy this weekend. Might be moving stables to brand spanking new ones (from our old leaky barn). Finishing planting plan (very detailed so don't have to think, can just do - see, Dan (and sometimes his parents) say they'll give me an afternoon in the garden - my job is to tell them what to do so I HAVE to be organised so I can take full advantage.

Anyway, it's pitch black when I come in from work now.

Oh, start making mincement, Christmas cake and puddings this weekend! That will be fun!
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: garden cottage on October 27, 2008, 08:56:23 pm
rumpy pumpy? sounds like a cider brand ;D ;D
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Rosemary on October 27, 2008, 09:22:45 pm
Trust me, it's not cider. Mr Ree is making cider - maybe he'd like thsi as  abrand name!
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: MrRee on October 28, 2008, 12:41:19 pm
I thought Scrumpy Pumpy was drunk sex anyway!
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on October 28, 2008, 05:56:09 pm
lol my xmas cake is sitting on my cupboard waiting to be put away for me to put the icing another day. I made a couple of days ago.
Btw their was snowing in stirling earlier today my s-dd was at Smith Artgallery and came outt o find it snowing with flakes a bit.

Linz
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: garden cottage on October 29, 2008, 10:46:54 pm
lovely sunny day, everything frozen solid first thing this morning, including water troughs vehicles and gates, even the shutter on the geese and hens, is this going to be a bad winter? I have a nasty feeling.pouring with slushy rain tonight. how did you lot in scotland get on with the snow?......neil
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Hilarysmum on October 30, 2008, 07:20:15 am
Here in my part of Brittany cold, dry sunny start, turning into warm sunshine in afternoon.  Pigs took the opportunity for sunbathing, something that has been too rare in the summer.
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Hilbillie on October 30, 2008, 08:10:06 am
Yes it was a bright fine day here (Central Brittany) as well yesterday and along with a neighbour we managed to get quite a lot of beets pulled in our field.  Now have a wheelbarrow and trug load of muddy beets to clean up - lovely job!!  It chucked it again last night and the sky is looking ominous again this morning so today I am baking my neighbour a big chocolate cake to say thanks and getting on with knitting a pair of gloves.
Title: Re: Its Monday!!
Post by: Rosemary on October 30, 2008, 07:46:15 pm
It's been lovely here last two days - cold but dry an sunny. Hope it holds for the weekend, so I can get out in daylight!