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Why does it not surprise me that Abi has a straight jacket? :gig I just read that sentence like she said straight pins instead of straight jacket. Then came the "back-up and re-read that".

Need recipe - quick! :weee :drool :weee :ya :caf

Alls I can say is there'll be no singing John Denver's "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" on your farm - It's certainly not "laid back". :gig :smack

Awwwww - I can't wait for pics. :caf :caf :pop :caf :caf :pop :caf :caf :pop

I see a book deal in the future.

I was just waiting for you to zoom in on the "cut the cheese" part. I knew you couldn't resist. :lau

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OFG, the day after you posted about your loving old hen dying, I lost one of my original barred rocks. She was just fine the day before, out scratching for bugs and such. But that morning she didn't come off the roost and when I picked her up to set her down on the floor, she was light as a...

So sorry about Zeus. When we lose a beloved animal it leaves a hole in our hearts. At least you can rest easy knowing he was loved, well fed, and had a toasty warm place to sleep on cold nights. I always feel so sorry for animals that have no home. Zeus crossed the rainbow bridge peacefully...

Sorry it didn't fit. I don't have any other suggestions. I've never had the ability to adjust a pattern. Did you snip, snip around the excess seam allowance after it was sewn in? That might give it a little "give" if it's too tight around the arm hole. But if it's too tight through the...

My flyin' fickle fingers embarrassed me again.

Well Dreaming, at least you've got your priorities straight. Can't bean good gumbo. :drool

Hip! Hip! Hurray! for Wifey and Abi - the duck slaughtering queens! Somehow I think Abi took perverse pleasure out of spilling blood. :ep

Is that you hanging from a tree with a rope or the chicken? If it was you, you might as well give up any thoughts of stability - you're off your rocker!

This year we grew 3 different zukes as well as 3 different round zukes. We also grew straight neck and crook neck yellow squash and yellow and white patty pans. Wehn they were all coming in, I'd pick almost a bushel twice a week. I just wish I had a picture of how pretty they looked on our...

Your chicken won't eat zucchini? I cut mine (the zucchini, not the chicken) down the middle length-wise and all they leave is the dark green shell. They especially love the round ones after they've gotten too big - bigger seeds.

Put some gravy on them. Gravy fixes anything. (As does bacon and onions).

I got so sick of squash I started cheering on the squash bugs. My okra has finally started to wind down. It's been too dry here even for okra. It's a pretty good seller at the market, especially the red kind. Our 200 lbs of potatoes we planted has been dug and sold - we're down to the last...

Abi, you have to gather the upper part of the sleeve until you no longer have the extra inch. There are usually marks on the pattern to show where you start and end your gathering thread. Once the gathers are evenly distributed, pin the sleeve to the dress and sew them together.

My mom taught me to machine sew up the seam you're putting the zipper into - Lengthen your machine stitch to a basting stitch. Then pin the zipper in place and stitch. After it's in, take a seam ripper and rip out the seam where the zipper is. Easy, peasy. Works really well if you're sewing...