[Rosemary]

  It's dark, wet and windy. We have a dead hen. Smokey is lame and Bugsy doesn't look too chipper (Smokey demolished the field gate the other night and Bug spent the night on the grass which is verboten for him). The guy who is supposed to be putting a concrete floor in the field shelter is like the bl**dy Scarlet Pimpernel. The timber merchant left the timber delivery in the access to the barn and I need to get hay delivered, so I'm going out in the p*ssing rain to move the wood.

And I ate the last of the chocolates last night so no solace there.

Oh, and the bank rubbered a cheque. Hate banks.

Now I know in the whole scheme of things, it's not that bad - no-one's shelled Carnoustie overnight (although I think the Army MAY be shelling at the Buddon) - but I'M P*SSED OFF.

And now my tea is cold. Going to move wood.

[doganjo]

 

Feel better now?

It's peeing down her too, and I had plans.  No scent in weather like this so dogs will just pootle about while I get wet.  Even they didn't want to go out for a pee this morning.  But lets just pause and think of the shelling you mention that has stopped (for the moment, but who knows........ ) and the flooding in Englandshire, both of which are causing so much more heartache than you and I are suffering.

Cheer up, Rosie, here's a bunch of flowers for you 
Can't find an icon for a box of chocolates - oh Daaaaaaannnnnnn

[lachlanandmarcus]

  oh no that is all just too much all coming together :-((( and the weather is so crappy too    I suggest an emergency chocs procurement exercise is justified.
And we all know lami prone ponies are like sheep, they are driven to harm themselves, you just have to make best efforts to stop them, which you do 
 

[SallyintNorth]

   

Lots of love and hugs from over the border.  Very windy and attempting to rain here - I think it'll succeed soon, better go and finish my outside work while it's less unpleasant.

Hope the ponies are ok 

[deepinthewoods]

ly sympathise, my car pooped a drive shaft last night, i cant get the part till tomorrow, to get the right part number i need to 'count the splines on the drive shaft' and have it ordered by 1 its blowing a gale rain lashing down and i havent got the right socket to get the wheel nut off, so im tryiing to get a lift into trurpo to buy all the bits. its a freakin nightmare. £20 taxi to and from school. aarfgh!!
 

[deepinthewoods]

BUT MY TAS T SHIRT JUST ARRIVED YAY!! thank you!!!!

[happygolucky]

I can sypathise with the disapearing trades men (or women) it is a pain to get any work done .....lets hope we do not get a freezing bad winter, at least wet is not so bad! 
On the positive side, I felt all cosy and not much to do so I sat in a hot bath, the first I have had for ages and ages and ages!!!! and....I ate our chocolate last night as well but a strong coffee will do the trick for me!!!!
I suppose there are a lot of people far worse off but still, sometimes we just need to let off steam!!

[RUSTYME]

50-60 mph winds gusting much more . Branches flying everywhere . Monsoon type rain at times , it is evil . Got to go to the land now .
My luck i will bump into the bunny boiler today ! The cold weather is set to hit at the weekend !
The end is nigh !

[Fowgill Farm]

50-60 mph winds gusting much more . Branches flying everywhere........... it is evil .
The end is nigh !

Feels that way here too, big    Rosemary crap always happens all at once, so big breath dig in and then treat yourself to a big foamy bath, glass of wine and something yummy and repeat i am worth it a la cheryl!
mandy

[plumseverywhere]

Not good Rosemary 

[Backinwellies]

well end of world is due in less than a month now (21st Dec ... the day before my Wedding!)  so  keep eating the chocolate!!!!

[happygolucky]

It will be fine, by the way, I had that hot bath and chocolate (found some)  Hope you have shifted those logs now and resting infront of the screne!!!!!  As I get older the more I do the more I injure myself!!!!!

[HappyHippy]

 
The rain here is making me a bit  too.

Chin up mrs, it'll be better soon 

[Bionic]

Gosh, what a rotten morning for you. 
Mind you we probably all have a bit of the blues today due to the weather.
Some sun would go a long way to cheering us all up. 

[Rosemary]

Thank you 

Timber all moved (Dan came out and gave me a hand  ), cleared out the barn with one hand while finishing slapping wood preservative on one of the the empty poultry houses. Moved the old rubber matting into the barn and threw down some straw and some Hemcore - the barn is now ready for the ponies to come in tonight.

Bugsy happily eating hay and whickering to me; saw Smokey cantering about the field, bucking and farting.

Phoned Gary, who's just finished a brilliant job on a path and fence in the front garden and he's going to give me a price for the field shelter.

Still gloomy outside but the wild has died down and the rain's gone off a bit. Going out to finish the treating the poultry runs.

Your hugs made me feel better