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Title: So what did you do today?
Post by: bloomer on September 02, 2010, 04:04:29 pm
Be it at home in the garden at work or anything else what did you all do today?

Today in the day job I have been building a rockery and a pond its looking good I have 1 more days work planting up and tidying the mess we have made.

This evening I will be finishing off the plans for our first chicken run for me to get on with building it at the weekend.

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Post by: HappyHippy on September 02, 2010, 04:16:12 pm
I've been productive today  ;D
Got the kids off to school, home and cleaned out the chicken house and agonised over what 2 cockerels are for the chop if no-one wants them. The one with the nicest sounding crow (probably not the best method of selection !) is almost perfect - though he does have a look of evilness around the eyes  ;)
After that it was a happy trek up to the barn to check on the Kune Kune piglets - I could happily spend ALL day up there ! but had to drag myself away after 30 minutes to do the rounds with the other's in the fields.
After all that I had my breakfast  :o and chased up automatic drinkers and the meds I ordered and have spent the rest of the day playing with the babies (2 legged variety) doing housework  :P and waiting for my sister to arrive.
Off out for dinner tonight - maybe even a wee bottle of wine, and an early night for me (well, that's the plan  ;))  ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Dangermouse on September 02, 2010, 04:19:46 pm
Well I just worked away as usual....actually not been very productive its been a bit of a "head in Bottom" type day to be honest
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Post by: Daisy on September 02, 2010, 04:44:30 pm
Mixed up the ponies feeds, had breakfast then sat and read most of the day - there's not much you can do with a broken wrist
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Post by: sheila on September 02, 2010, 04:46:12 pm
Cleaned the hens out, cooked breakfast (bacon and egg) Made two loaves of bread, made a meat and potato pie for dinner. Made Marrow and whisky jam. Sorted out some paper work. watched neighbours (yes I know!) on T.V. Made some jam pot covers. Sorted out my repeat prescription and after a little sit down with the Telegraph I hunted the Duck who has flown for the first time. He/She? has never been out before and I was a bit worried but it eventually came back. And that is my day so far. Dead boring!
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Post by: stephen on September 02, 2010, 04:48:58 pm
ive been running around like a madman at work all day... sorting out mistakes made by other people as per usual... i even gave in a had a cigarette today so ill be back on the gums tomorrow! ive given up for today and seeing as i diddnt have a lunch break im giving myself 15 minuites before i leave to go home! off out for dinner tonight as well and planning to eat and drink far too much!  ;D
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Post by: CameronS on September 02, 2010, 05:09:16 pm
school, school and school :(

home - chores, homework, livestock

then packing ready for two days hill walking  ;D
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Post by: Daveravey on September 02, 2010, 05:09:42 pm
Pretty quiet day today, until someone filled our outside drain with the smallest plant pots she could find.

Spent most of the afternoon lying on my side, right arm covered in crap, trying to fish them out again.

Had shower & change of clothes.

Needless to say, that someone was put to bed around 4-30pm.

Bloody kids   ::)
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Post by: doganjo on September 02, 2010, 06:02:57 pm
Pretty quiet day today, until someone filled our outside drain with the smallest plant pots she could find.

Spent most of the afternoon lying on my side, right arm covered in crap, trying to fish them out again.

Had shower & change of clothes.

Needless to say, that someone was put to bed around 4-30pm.

Bloody kids   ::)
;D ;D ;D That has brightened up my day, along with the message from my daughter that she found my very intelligent 11 year old grand-daughter in the shower at 3.45 am - 'Sorry, Mummy, I think I misread my clock' - it's digital!!!! ::)
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Post by: tazbabe on September 02, 2010, 06:04:30 pm
we felled 3 trees yesterday, so today has been mostly spent doing the tidying up, stacking logs etc. oh, and we threw some hardcore into the ruts at the entrance to the field.

just making some beer battered fish for tea....with soya flour, to fit in with our new low carb diet. so far it looks like a load of mush in the pan.....
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Post by: faith0504 on September 02, 2010, 06:51:04 pm
spent the day walking the dogs, sorting the horses out, pooh picking and stuff and packing as we move in 3 weeks, house is a tip!!!!!!!!!!!!! cooking tea now then out pooh picking again
it is glorious here blue sky alday
other half is out trying to unstick the sun roof on the land rover!!!! whoops, no rain forecast for a few days, fingers crossed they are right
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Post by: plumseverywhere on September 02, 2010, 07:03:43 pm
answered door several times to egg customers, then plum customers then showed a lady the field as she wants to put her pony on it to graze.

then made baileys fragranced bath bombs (ready for sale this week hopefully!) and went to collect kids from school stinking of baileys and probably starting tongues wagging that I drink the day away!

animals fed, milked, cleaned, exercised - now its time to help the 3 eldest with their reading for school tomorrow and humour the youngest that she too is reading, bless x
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Post by: sam.t on September 02, 2010, 07:26:37 pm
can only dream of kids been at school (next thursday back)
feed all animals
then had some me time went clay pigeon shooting with my dad
then back to normality and made tea
kids now ready for bed well 2 of them
so sat on here having 5 more mins
good day today  ;D
sam :chook: :goat:
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Post by: scotelf on September 02, 2010, 07:31:34 pm
Oooh, stinky drains for poor Daveravey and lovely smelling bailey's bath bombs from plumseverywhere.  ;D at the people at school thinking you'd been on the booze!

I saw daughter off to school, did some paperwork, went and saw to wee pony who is in the stable until the grass dies back (no more laminitis please! She does get out for a few hours each day with a muzzle on). Then went and did an 8mile/12ish km? ride on my Highland pony as we have a 20km ride on the 11th Sep, so trying to get his (and my) fitness levels up. Then home to let hubby off to work as he is nightshift, supper in the oven cooking for my daughter and I, so I'm on here for a read.
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Post by: smallholder in the city on September 02, 2010, 07:34:23 pm
Spent the morning feeling I was banging my head against a brick wall explaining that I'm not housing association and that although crack cocaine does perk you up a bit it's not really a good lifestyle choice. Then I got a lovely letter at lunchtime from someone thanking me for helping them to get better and get on with their life and my enormous pumpkin is continuing to get more enormous so overall a good day.    
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Post by: ser3dan on September 03, 2010, 09:21:32 pm
Well, if you really want to know.......  ;D
Went to work this morning hoping for an easy wind down before holidays and ended up dismantling, repairing and reassembling the front of a fork lift truck. This afternoon has been turning all the black bits of my Discovery black, and hoovering and cleaning the inside ( I washed and waxed the outside yesterday ) ready for holidays. I've finished my packing, had a haircut, wandered into the local pub with my girlfriend for a very quick pint, then home for tea, and am now slumped with a glass of wine watching the football ( which is a rarity for me! ).

Dan.
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Post by: Fergie on September 03, 2010, 09:42:05 pm
Today I got the hay in.

In June the weather was warm & dry, but the grass was far too short.  It rained all through July & August (well, maybe not every day, but enough to discourage cutting grass).  It was ready by mid August, and I cut it last Sunday.  Apart from a heavy shower on Wednesday it's been a wonderful warm week in Lanarkshire, and today we baled about 3 acres.  We got about 120 small bales, which are the best quality I've managed so far, and enough to last us a couple of years if need be.

John
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Post by: Sandy on September 03, 2010, 10:15:02 pm
NOt sure what order as I did a lot in my dressing gown and nothing else :o :o We have been full and the men are all returning next week but are also busy tonight, changed 10 beds and put them in the washer with loads upon loads of towels, hosed down the peeeeee smelly yeard, fed our dogs, cleared a bit of the freezer and gave the bits to the chicky ducks (they loved that) chatted to my daughter, went off for a shower then dressed and did the rest of the cleaning and changeover all all the bedrooms/bathroom etc. Made enough curry to feed a wedding reception and then went off tat tars, after greating the new guests who have been here several times already!!! Now, after that big curry a big wee dram and set the breakfast table.....nighty nite!! Not quite, a guest came to pay for his weeks stay and we started chatting and had a laugh..never get to bed very early!!!
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Post by: sheardale on September 04, 2010, 01:00:48 pm
Got up, let birds out, fed them, had breakfast, went library, then swithched this comp on and now everything is at a standstill.  lol    must get miotivated
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Post by: doganjo on September 04, 2010, 06:38:27 pm
Got up, showered, fed dogs, fed birds, tried to feed me but milk was off so jumped in car and fetched milk and bread from Co-op to feed me, and get stuff for lunch for me and No 1 son. Let dogs out into back garden, helped son as best a fat old wumman could with digging out ground for pond liner, got it in and sand packed round it, then helped him lay weedproof fabric ready for chuckies(gravel to you sassenachs  ;)).  Just phoned my handyman to get chuckies ordered on Monday so I can use his trade discount.  Fed dogs again, about to feed me and silly bitch who came in season and had to be taken inside fast to stop the boys finding out!
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Post by: Rosemary on September 04, 2010, 06:47:44 pm
Got up at 5.30; fed horses, sheep, dogs, hens and cats; loaded Buddy; went to Thainstone Rare Breed sale; bought a tup; didn't sell Buddy; loaded the sheep; came home; fed the hens, dogs, cats. Now waiting for M&S dinner to cook. Then bed, I think! ;D
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Post by: CameronS on September 04, 2010, 09:59:02 pm
got up, after 1hours sleep  :o (due to a snoring teacher)

went for a cold swim the river tilt, had breakfast, multiple toast, and 2rashers of bacon, then a 15mile hike through glen tilt, then another refreshing swim, and a bus journey to st.Andrews, 55minute wait for tea, then home, and now this
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Post by: piggy on September 05, 2010, 12:51:24 am
Had a lovely day and night wondering around amsterdam.
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Post by: Sandy on September 05, 2010, 08:47:34 am
Yesterday, did the B&B stuff then cleared off to visit our VW and VERY bad news, lots and lots and lots of welding so now going to sell her like she is so far less money but should sell, then went off to garden centers to look for a replacement shrub for outside the front door...nothing, so stopped off for a coffee at the boffy!!! and bought a pack of sweets, a bottle of raspberry juice and some wholesome crips for steve and instead of seeing Scottish stuff, the juice was from Lincoln, the crisps Derby, the sweets were from Market Harborough...where I used to live, pluss we had been chatting about an old friend and  it just happened that he worked for that company!! Home, more cleaning, guests back then off for walkies with the dog, poor Rhum has a sore paw, then back for curry and an E Mail that annoyed me ALL night......the in laws have only provisionaly booked a hotel room for our wedding and are waiting for a formal invite before they proceed!! how stupid is that, I have told them several times the time date etc and that we have booked the mnister...,formal invite, its only in our dinning room for goodness sake...then guests joined us and chatted and that was that..but I am still mad..I fell like saying stuff it then and I now feel they will put a damper on a nice informal family day!! >:( Whops, forgot to say, the usual blue flasshing lights outside again, not sure what it was but the house opposite had half naked young people (around 14-15 year olds) hanging out the windows yet again, most nights they do that, I think its only this house that can see them, a guest and my partner stood outside the front porch to smoke and saw a naked girl with her back the open bedroom window doing what looked like press ups ;)
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Post by: ballingall on September 05, 2010, 11:51:43 am
I meant to post in here yesterday, because I went to fetch my piggies! They are now ensonced in our (grandly called) orchard. Also did lots of washing, re-filled all the duck's ponds, did a supermarket shop, gave the milking machine a proper big clean out, cooked tea, did the goats at night again, rounded up the piglets so I could persuade them to go into their house and then I collapsed on the sofa!

Beth