[Frieslandfilly]

After reading a few posts in various forums, I began to think about how much life has changed and how much we have learnt since we bought this place, my general dress code is now sturdy boots, jeans and a 'work' jumper, I dont need a weather forecast because no matter what the weather I still have to go out and feed, muck out etc. My shopping list is usually a pint of milk, a loaf of bread and animal feed of one kind or another, my Christmas list is usually, new boots and a thick jumper. I have learnt how to use a chainsaw and and axe, a rotavator, how to put up new fencing and build animal shelters, inject a pig, observe and know if one of my animals is off colour, recgonise different bird song, one important thing I have learnt is the importance of grass!! There are a million other things that I have learnt or improved on along the way, and there are probably a million more to come, But the main thing I learnt was that I love this life entirely and that puts me in a fine state of mind ready for the winter!!

[Hilarysmum]

All the above and learned to keep a VERY close eye on the bank statements.  Never had to worry before all these animals 

[Brucklay]

Thick fleece, thin fleece, spare fleece, muck boots if wet, boots if dry, jean and leggin's again weather dependant - not too good on the bank statement - animals always get fed - beans on toast for us!!!!

[Sandy]

Just sometimes I like to put a dress on I am a women after all 

[Rosemary]

Dan and I went away for a few days last week; stayed in a nice hotel; slept without cats  . I had a manicure and pedicure - painted toenails!! I kept looking at my fingernails - clean, shaped, cuticles done, nail polish on - they're lovely. Can't imagine they'll be like that for long now but it's nice while it lasts. 

[garden cottage]

what colour did dan have? 

[doganjo]

 

[jinglejoys]

Just a normal day for me...and whats a holiday?

[Sandy]

Painted toesnails Rosemary? that is excessive, now who is going to see them, you want nice fur carpets to walk about on or open toe shoes to show them off? I remember doing reflexolodgy at college and my best friend had hairy toes and nails painted Red to detract from the black hair, I still giggle about that to this day,

[little blue]

  my best friend had hairy toes and nails painted Red to detract from the black hair, I still giggle about that to this day,

surely it'd have been quicker just to shave / wax her toes?!   

[Sandy]

See your point, I think she liked them hairy  My toes are a mess now but I remember the days when I used to wear posh open toe shoes and I dropped something on my big toe so lost the nail for a while, so rather than it looking manky I bought some fake finger nails and glued the thumb one onto my big toe and painted it, was OK till one day I noticed it had gone while I was working in a childrens unit