What's everybody doing today?

[Spikedriver]

I'm waiting on the day to call you two "grandpa"!

Take it easy, Turbo! I'm looking forward to that too, in about 10 years...

 

[Magus]

Meant to have a bonfire this morning to burn off some more wood, but then the phone rang, lol... so I'll have the fire tonight or possibly tomorrow morning,

Bonfire? Dude. perfect excuse for a BYOB cook out and hood jam! Hook those 250 AMP speakers in the back of the garage (everybody has some.) into a boom boom box and rock the desert!

Attn Spikedriver:
Red pepper tea will clean your lungs if your stomach will stand it.
Two spoonfuls of crushed red pepper boiled in 1 cup of preferably distilled water, the juice of one lemon and one heaping spoonful of raw honey. drink three a day as hot as you can stand it.

 

[Hooch]

I'm failing to transition to night shift mode this weekend. Was in bed by 7 last night on a sat night :/
I really wanted to watch a doc on consciousness..maybe today.
My friends took a trip to Egypt and I'm watching after their critters n ranch. One of the goats was injured b4 they left , so they isolated her so she could rest n recover. Unfortunately she went down friday night. I had the vet out yesterday. I'm not very optimistic about the goat recovery, poor sweet goat. I dont know what her injury is..they were going to have the vet out b4 they left but was hopeful because she was mobile isolated n eating..just a bit off.
I plan on starting ma new rug today too.
The elk are back too. Now I'm waiting for the word when the vet calls back. I spent alot of time at my friends ranch today, came home to take care of my stuff n walk my dog with the neighbor. We logged in 3.5 miles and got caught up. Then back to the sick /injured goat. At 8pm I will head back down to the goat to do a final night check or possible euthanasia. This goat was hand raised by my friends , so she is special. The vet cant euthanize tonight..I'm still hopeful she will come around but I dont know.
I started this entry this am n realized I didnt send it , so I updated it now. That's why it's a bit of a timeline.
I actually think the goat is impacted or her gut health is messed up.

 

[Frodo]

Stayed up late last night and made a double speed loader holster for a shoulder rig, went to church Then came home and trashed the holster because the closure was wonky
Then made another one.
Trashed this one, Velcro did not work nether did the star, pity, I liked the star

This is a keeper,

 

[Mel]

Went to work, which drove me crazy because I had to run the service desk, which means I had to babysit people who didn't want to do their job and customers who didn't understand that someone who didn't want to do their job sent them to someone who can't do what they are supposed to do in the first place.

Drove out to my sister's house to house sit and stay with my furnephew. Belly flopped onto the new bed, then realized that she put a stool in the room so I wouldn't have to belly flop onto the new bed.

Ordered foxglove seeds. Did some German lessons.

 

[Mel]

Stayed up late last night and made a double speed loader holster for a shoulder rig, went to church Then came home and trashed the holster because the closure was wonky
Then made another one.
Trashed this one, Velcro did not work nether did the star, pity, I liked the star
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This is a keeper,
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That's AWESOME!

 

[Magus]

I'm failing to transition to night shift mode this weekend. Was in bed by 7 last night on a sat night :/
I really wanted to watch a doc on consciousness..maybe today.
My friends took a trip to Egypt and I'm watching after their critters n ranch. One of the goats was injured b4 they left , so they isolated her so she could rest n recover. Unfortunately she went down friday night. I had the vet out yesterday. I'm not very optimistic about the goat recovery, poor sweet goat. I dont know what her injury is..they were going to have the vet out b4 they left but was hopeful because she was mobile isolated n eating..just a bit off.
I plan on starting ma new rug today too.
The elk are back too. Now I'm waiting for the word when the vet calls back. I spent alot of time at my friends ranch today, came home to take care of my stuff n walk my dog with the neighbor. We logged in 3.5 miles and got caught up. Then back to the sick /injured goat. At 8pm I will head back down to the goat to do a final night check or possible euthanasia. This goat was hand raised by my friends , so she is special. The vet cant euthanize tonight..I'm still hopeful she will come around but I dont know.
I started this entry this am n realized I didnt send it , so I updated it now. That's why it's a bit of a timeline.
I actually think the goat is impacted or her gut health is messed up.

Have you toniced her? You need a mixing spoon full of black molasses and food grade white Sulfur. mix it up and smear it on an apple. keep her aside from your other nannys a couple of days and give her a dose every morning. it should give her strength to pass whatever she ate that she shouldn't have. One of granny's ate a Styrofoam mattress! after it got toniced, it passed all that stuff.

 

[Tommyice]

Hey, I don't have kids, I'm living through yours!!

Pearls' new theme song.... I'll hear it everytime I see a post from you.

 

[snappy1]

Hoping for a regular Monday here.
Will walk first.
Do laundry.
List an air fryer that I don't use on Market place.
Make cookie dough.
Sit out with pups again while weather cooperates!

 

[Pearl]

Hoping for a nice Monday! Heading to work. Planning on picking up hay if it's not raining. It's supposed to be drizzly and misty until mid afternoon so should be able to get hay. Have plenty of things to do inside later if it is rainy!

 

[Hooch]

Have you toniced her? You need a mixing spoon full of black molasses and food grade white Sulfur. mix it up and smear it on an apple. keep her aside from your other nannys a couple of days and give her a dose every morning. it should give her strength to pass whatever she ate that she shouldn't have. One of granny's ate a Styrofoam mattress! after it got toniced, it passed all that stuff.

I dont have any sulfur but me n the other friend/neighbor who have been tag teaming this are going to try molasses baking soda n a warm mash this am. I've given her some baking soda n the vet gave me a liquid that I could either tube down or offer in water. Luckily she drank it with water n it is supposed to keep bloat at bay. We have her semi propped up against the wall for bloat management as well but she gets squirmy so it's a battle to keep her there. Heavy hay bales help.
I figure we have until this afternoon. My friends feel bad n helpless that this has gone south. Were all on board of not wanting her to suffer as she has been pretty painful. I think the grain my friends gave her b4 they left while she was already painful from her injury n not being active has compounded the issue into what were dealing with.
I'm up way to early again, but I had a nice morning surprise. The small herd of elk are needed down in my garden..about 50 feet out my front window. Just watching the sunrise.
I'll join them in my lazy chair n drink my coffee n watch the lights fade out. Then off to the goat.

 

[Magus]

Sulfur is cheap and availible in the vitamin isle at any big store. It coats whatever the "plug" is in mucus and slips it out. she may be to weak to do what needs done.

 

[Hooch]

Dang..they musta heard me get up n get my coffee..they are moving on already.

 

[Hooch]

Sulfur is cheap and availible in the vitamin isle at any big store. It coats whatever the "plug" is in mucus and slips it out. she may be to weak to do what needs done.

I'll check that out..thanks!

 

[sonya123]

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I'm up way to early again, but I had a nice morning surprise. The small herd of elk are needed down in my garden..about 50 feet out my front window. Just watching the sunrise.
I'll join them in my lazy chair n drink my coffee n watch the lights fade out. Then off to the goat.

I have lots of goats if you need some more ideas....hope she gets better
What kind of goat? How old?
This is what I do when ours are not feeling well:
check eyelids , if pale deworm
check temp if high heavy duty antibiotic ( Nuflor from vet or LA200 from feed store)
if bloated : baking soda, molasses and electrolyte
if diareah and no pale eyelids probably coccidia : 5 days of Corrid
NO GRAIN for any of the above, it's not good for them , no alfalfa either, just hay and water
Oh yeah, Red Cell for horses helps, plus vitamin B complex shot ( depends on weight)

Can't think of anything else right now , send me a message if you have any questions

 

[sonya123]

the sun still exists! Yeah! It came out for a few minutes this morning. It is not raining, drizzling or foggy either, just normal cloudy

I am going to do laundry today

 

[Wingnut]

Trash day, so the full bin is already out in the lane... cool & breezy outside, so no campfire to clear wood from my yard. Gonna make a good breakfast and do dishes, then figure out what I'm doing today. Sipping herbal tea right now, and sharing quality time with the kittens... oh, yeah, gotta make some bill-related phone calls today, ever since I went "paperless" some utilities are NOT keeping me posted with regard to the amount I owe, which is irritating, since I need to be able to balance my budget. Gonna straighten out that BS today...

 

[Magus]

Trash day here too. I'll get to it.

 

[Spikedriver]

Feeling a little rough thus morning. Covid doesn't want to let go of me yet, but we're winning the war. The Covid induced insulin resistance is the worst thing. Keeping my BG levels down has been a real problem.

Once I get to feeling better and having more energy, I've got to clean my place. While I've been sick it's really gone to hell and it was kind if an unorganized mess before. I didn't even get my work gear put away before Covid hit me so it's still in a pile in the corner, I've got a sink half full of dirty dishes, and there's crap all over my living room that I didn't have the energy to get up and put away, and my bathroom floor is nasty. Not looking forward to this...

 

[Weedygarden]

Red pepper tea will clean your lungs if your stomach will stand it.
Two spoonfuls of crushed red pepper boiled in 1 cup of preferably distilled water, the juice of one lemon and one heaping spoonful of raw honey. drink three a day as hot as you can stand it.

Distilled water is still a challenge to find around here. I just didn't think of it as something to store. I rarely use it, but know people who only use distilled water in countertop appliances, such as coffee makers, to prevent scaling.

 

[dademoss]

A chilly, gloomy day in the 1/4 acre woods. Paid the bills, ordered next years dog license.

 

[Amish Heart]

Husband uses distilled water in his bipap machine.
Odds and ends today. Did the animal chores, then added more straw to the geese and also the turkey runs. Supposed to rain later. It's been drizzly all day. Had to move some bags of chicken feed and scratch around, and dump rabbit poop on the garden...had a few bins of that. Got a broken rocking chair covered and put in storage. Maybe I'll work on it in the spring. Planning on putting up some lights outside this afternoon, if it's not too wet. Granddaughter was insistant on blocking the driveway out again this morning, so we got going a bit later, and just decided not to get into the car till she left. Guess if she can't block my car, she'll just block the whole driveway.

 

[Pearl]

A chilly, gloomy day in the 1/4 acre woods. Paid the bills, ordered next years dog license.

Yay, Teddy drives one more year!!

 

[LadyLocust]

No concern about giardia? I've known people and dogs who have had it from drinking out of streams.

Only time I get too concerned about drinking out of a stream is in the spring with the spring thaw, or if critters are directly upstream. Otherwise, it's actually healthier (depending upon where you are) than city water.

 

[Pearl]

Husband uses distilled water in his bipap machine.
Odds and ends today. Did the animal chores, then added more straw to the geese and also the turkey runs. Supposed to rain later. It's been drizzly all day. Had to move some bags of chicken feed and scratch around, and dump rabbit poop on the garden...had a few bins of that. Got a broken rocking chair covered and put in storage. Maybe I'll work on it in the spring. Planning on putting up some lights outside this afternoon, if it's not too wet. Granddaughter was insistant on blocking the driveway out again this morning, so we got going a bit later, and just decided not to get into the car till she left. Guess if she can't block my car, she'll just block the whole driveway.

I really hope you kick her butt out of the house the second you can!!

 

[TeeJ]

Distilled water is still a challenge to find around here. I just didn't think of it as something to store. I rarely use it, but know people who only use distilled water in countertop appliances, such as coffee makers, to prevent scaling.

@Weedygarden - when it was scarce around here and running $2-3/gal when you could find it I got my own distiller: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0894R8PP9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . It's an energy hog, but ignoring that it's paid itself off in a year (I use about a gallon a week in my CPAP alone) and keeps my CPAP, clothes steamer and other appliances scale free

 

[Amish Heart]

Yep, Miss Pearl, both their butts will be kicked out on June 11th. He has been taking to smoking junk in his room, opening his window and running the box fan. Then complaining that he's cold at night. Husband told him to go get a portable heater out of the shed. He's too lazy. Found another bottle of cough syrup he went thru this weekend, he keeps raiding our med supply shelf. He wouldn't have a cough if he would stop smoking crap. Makes me mad he smokes stuff upstairs, with husband's pulmonary problems worsening. I'd love to boot them out now.

 

[dademoss]

Yay, Teddy drives one more year!!

I'm waiting for his Golden Buckeye card to show up.

 

[TeeJ]

This weekend was one of those where you do a million small chores and don't feel like you got anything done. Did a pretty big shop since the weatherman was calling for two major storms this week. Last night's forecasted 4-6" of snow turned out to be nothing but rain, typical weather forecast accuracy... Made a big pot of chili and have some beef bones and shank simmering for a pot of stew tonight. I have a full pantry and fridge if they end up being right for the next one

 

[Neb]

The Princess did a great pot roast dor Sunday dinner that included potatoes and carrots from the backyard yesterday. She and the eldest granddaughter collected lettuce from the greenhouse to go with the meal.

Today I returned to digging. I have 10 sugar maples ready to plant on The Ridge.

I have one apple tree left to dig then I can start planting on The Ridge. Despite the distractions from rental tasks the timing is working out close to plans.

Ben