[Lesley Silvester]

Plums, I'm glad you are having a better day today and Ellied, I'm sure you will soon be having better days.  I too wonder if it's all too much (and I only have three goats in my large garden) but, as you say, something nice happens and you know you'll keep going.

Plums 

Ellied 

[plumseverywhere]

Thank you 

[ellied]

Thanks from me too - I just retrieved 7 eggs including 3 (!) from the 3 new girls and no attack as I never took my eyes off him other than a couple of secs with my head in the coop.

7 eggs from 11 hens on 30 December.. not bad at all and for all 3 Araucanas to come into lay after 12/13 days here is very kind of them.  Mind I've no customers til 3 Jan so I guess it's omelettes, boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, maybe even pickled eggs   And no new bruises

[plumseverywhere]

hey good going!!  We are still waiting on our araucana and cream legbar to start laying, looking forward to some green eggs!! glad to hear doodle-doo behaved.
I've just made 2 batches of bubble bars. one is for the boys (sandalwood, orange and patchouli) and the other is ever so girly, its called 'hearts and flowers' and fragranced with rose and sweetpea, decorated with a few silver hearts and some rose bud heads.  My own head is currently spinning due to the fragrance combo so have had to come away from the kitchen!!

[Black Raven]

I'll swap all the broken fences, livestock for a decent nights sleep without him indoors snoring!
The muds getting me a bit down at the mo, but we are all in the same boat with that one.

[plumseverywhere]

Oh Black Raven tell me about it!! I have moved my lovely hubby into the spare room, he has a hammock in there which is better for his back so when he starts to snore I kick him out    But then my 4 year old climbs into my bed and starts kneeing me in the back so I have to stick a pillow between her and me. and THEN snowball the cat trampolines off my head but if I shut her out we run the risk of cat no.4 being run over 
muds driving me nuts, our goats are on a hill so everytime I go in their paddock I slide down like a snowboarder (hey, maybe we could start a new sport here? lol)

[Sylvia]

Spring's not far away my lovelies, only a few more weeks

[Black Raven]

 I feel exhausted from the snoring, so tired. Tried ear plugs and I end up with ear ache and an infection  Whisky seems to help   
I'm sorry about your little dead sheep plumseverywhere. It's sad when you lose something, even though you try not to get attached to them.
I'm thinking of renting the field out for people who fancy trying mud wrestling!
Spring can't come fast enough Sylvia 
 

[plumseverywhere]

just nipped out to collect out van from the garage (finally mended yay!) and on the way found a lot of roads in the village are flooding! i think we've had a steady flow of rain today and the brooks and drains (yet again) can't cope. looks like its feeding time in the shed for the goats again - once I can persuade the youngest that there really are no evil chickens in hers...
re:snoring. I had hopi ear candles once and it really helped wiht blocked sinuses, they say its good for snorers. anything gets to be 'worth and try' though when you are that exhausted really 

[RUSTYME]

Living alone ,  the snoring shouldn't be a problem . But i have 3 spaniels that give it some welly at times . As for the mud well , that is doing my head in . 
I don't really bother trying to explain why i do what i do , my way of life , to 'normal' people , they just think i am memtal , probably am ! But i dön't have to justify my life to them . But i do think "wtf am i doing?" at times ! Usually when i am  walking to the land in the now normal monsoon !

Cheers Russ

[RUSTYME]

Living alone ,  the snoring shouldn't be a problem . But i have 3 spaniels that give it some welly at times . As for the mud well , that is doing my head in . 
I don't really bother trying to explain why i do what i do , my way of life , to 'normal' people , they just think i am memtal , probably am ! But i dön't have to justify my life to them . But i do think "wtf am i doing?" at times ! Usually when i am  walking to the land in the now normal monsoon !

Cheers Russ

[plumseverywhere]

ooh no snoring dogs!! poor you Russ! I know what you mean about trying to explain to 'normal' people. our families are just about  coming round as to why we want to live this way of life, having said that they should appreciate it as both of us have farmers for aunties and uncles so its in our blood but I guess because hubby and I both worked for the NHS in our former life people didn't expect us to change so drastically!  Do you not find though that there are more people saying "I wish I had your life" than thinking you are mental?  People seem to say that to us a lot., until bad stuff happens then they seem confused at me getting upset 'over a goat' or lamb...or whatever. They do all seem to appreciate the homemade plum wine though 

[Black Raven]

Mmmmm plum wine 

[RUSTYME]

Yes , dog snoring x3 can almost be orchestral , but at 3am ?
But worse than snoring is the spinning round in circles 1000 times before laying down , that really does my head in ! Why i do it i have no idea ? lol.
 Most of my relatives , are well and truly , on the merry go round of wanting everything that money can buy, and most of the people that do buy a smallholding round here , last about 3 years .  I think it takes about that long for the money to run out ! Not so many people moving lately though !
  Very few would want to live the way i do though , lol , but i think there are more people in general , who want 'something' different , but sadly , most are stuck where they are due to money (the old merry go round again) .
 

[jaykay]

BlackRaven, if your hubby wears anything to sleep in, sew a cotton reel into the back of the tshirt/pyjama jacket! Prevents lying on his back and therefore reduces snoring significantly.