Are we living our dream?

[murphysranch]

I would flee, with your son. Sell the properties. Do some farming in Texas. Back yard garden, chickens, rabbits.

 

[flowerbug]

i really hate dealing with health unsurance companies and after a really bad experience years ago i cancelled mine and haven't been back since. it's risky, but i do have some $ in the bank just in case an expense comes up from health related things. anything big i'm not going to treat and just die so it's just the stuff i can self manage and whatever i can cover with cash payments. some time in the future i may be forced to get back some kind of health insurance because you can't drive in MI without car-insurance and they want you to have some coverage as a part of that and if you don't the auto insurance company might deny you coverage... so... ugh...

national health care system and none of this BS we get today - people shouldn't have to deal with figuring all this out and especially when you're sick and need it the most. too many people get taken advantage of or denied treatments or then bankrupt anyways even if they have it. it all just PO's me ... grrrr!

 

[Moon888]

Third world countries, lucky enough to have rodents & cane or rice fields, take this as their "hunting" season! Yep, fresh meat to eat & dry for later.

That's so sad. Chickens are a better option!

Cane Toads (from USA) were introduced early 1900's to curb the beetles in the sugar cane ... now we have an infestation of C Toads, which are eating everything, even the little tree frogs (non left where we stay in NSW) ... very CLEVER decision makers in our Gvts (not)

 

[Moon888]

i really hate dealing with health unsurance companies and after a really bad experience years ago i cancelled mine and haven't been back since. it's risky, but i do have some $ in the bank just in case an expense comes up from health related things. anything big i'm not going to treat and just die so it's just the stuff i can self manage and whatever i can cover with cash payments. some time in the future i may be forced to get back some kind of health insurance because you can't drive in MI without car-insurance and they want you to have some coverage as a part of that and if you don't the auto insurance company might deny you coverage... so... ugh...

national health care system and none of this BS we get today - people shouldn't have to deal with figuring all this out and especially when you're sick and need it the most. too many people get taken advantage of or denied treatments or then bankrupt anyways even if they have it. it all just PO's me ... grrrr!

Yes, I too took myself off private health cover, because of the price per year, and what they actually cover. I took the risk and that is a decade ago now : )

 

[Medicine Woman]

Morning!! Been a minute. Let’s see….my house is a mess. I’m late getting dressed. I was so tired yesterday after waking up before daylight and then heading to the city with the newborn and watching 3 of my own grandkids, cooking and cleaning up the kitchen and then feeding them and then coming home with a screaming newborn so when I heard about a proposed fishing trip that was dependent upon me babysitting again in a dirty house…..no thanks . I understand for work or illness but not for fun. DH informed HG that I wasn’t going to babysit in a dirty house.
So after a few hours of watching kids DH leaves me to trade (and buy) a rooster for 17 day old giant Peking’s from the same people we originally obtained extra Roos from. Apparently they lost their rooster and knew we had the breed they wanted. We lost one baby somewhere along the line. I do love Peking. Great producers.
Here I am playing catch up on dishes and HG finally gets up and after hanging one batch of clothes she is ready to visit a friend. So I remind her if she wants to attend Mass she needs to return by 4:00 and we only have 2.5 days left to get the house cleaned before DH has his first total knee replacement surgery and then people will come into our home to help him. No stress!!
DH is outside making a bunch of noise moving stuff around. Things have been a mess since the snow and I just hope the orchard survived.

 

[Mini Horses]

Hmmmm...maybe HG needed to be told to stay home & HELP -- not sashay out for good time with friends! That could happen later. You're too soft -- you're not their maid kick some butt!!! Make some rules & enforce them. Getting up earlier would be one of first to happen. My house, my rules.

 

[flowerbug]

i dunno who HG is but it sounds like they need a boot in the arse...

 

[LaurenRitz]

i dunno who HG is but it sounds like they need a boot in the arse...

HouseGuest

 

[flowerbug]

HouseGuest

thanks, i'd missed that, still, day one you get off, day two you help out some, day three you say thank you and leave or start asking about marriage and children. ok, that last part is a joke... sort of... though it sounds like the children part is already covered...

 

[Medicine Woman]

Sorry for my delay. I beat myself up a lot I guess. So 2 days ago the ex informed me that his SIL so my SIL as well (for a number of years) passed from cancer. She was diagnosed after me and she is gone and here I am . I try not to worry too much about time. It’s precious to us all really. And if you think about it we are all dying but right now I just want to live and matter.
Yeah I give too much. I know I am sometimes used.
So DH is slowly recuperating from his right knee replacement. Neither of us realized how much pain would be involved. He and HG have been keeping the animals alive for a while. I have been trying to recuperate from a very bad cold virus that hit me. But I have been babysitting and keeping up the house as best I can and running a free Uber for HG to get to work and her friend at times. But I told her yesterday that someone is giving her a queen size bed and she needs to clean up her room instead of visiting with her friend on her off day. She did a bit but that only helps herself; not me and not the house.
Me: so today it’s quiet. I have been up for a few hours after playing possum for as long as I could. DH had tried to make coffee but forgot the grounds so he made hot water but he had some coffee in tea bags so he fixed me and himself each a cup. Not the same but better than nothing . I have been wanting to kill two birds with one stone. A bunch of boxes of glass jars are spread about the kitchen floor and I have too many envelopes of dried goods and herbs on my pantry shelves so I started putting them in the jars which I thought would save space and make the contents safer from various infestations. So I had obtained tape, glue and labels to accomplish this and I think I am making progress. The floor is losing jars and the shelves look neater. In the process I found a few envelopes that obviously came in the house from the neighbors. They receive commodities and bring whatever they don’t think they will eat so I saw a package that says red beans and rice with a seasoning package so I got that cooking now. Hey….less on the shelf . I still have a box from a few days ago that I still haven’t picked up except for the cold stuff.
DH’s imaginary friend just called me. He is overrun with rabbits. Some people have all the luck!! He is bringing us a few tomorrow. I don’t know if we need to give our rabbits one more chance or start slaughtering. But at least we have lots of poop and we got the cages in the deal. Probably we just need automatic watering systems and all our problems would disappear.
Well….nice break!!