Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin

[ohiofarmgirl]

ok you guys are HILARIOUS!!!!

mornin' dace! say i think i have those 'slippah's'....
;-)

actually i was thinkin' if i could put bottle caps on the bottom of my flip flops i wouldnt fall on the ice! hee hee hee whoot!

kc - thanks for the explanation! hee hee hee i think i love your bunny.

ff - hee hee actually our property IS infested with poison ivy! thats why i originally got the goats! but in the meantime i basically work in the shroud.. or a burka... my neighbors think i'm nuts.. but hey at least i dont have to wear sun screen or bug repellent!

javamamm - i'll send you a pm for someone who will grow you out a pig
in the meantime if you search or custom meats you can probably find a source outside of C-Town


its still 7*!!! wow we are in no hurry to get everyone (including me!) outside just yet!!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

I regret to inform you that my husband is a liar. Thats right. The Big Man's pants are a-flame. Liar.

Here's what happened:

There I was today, innocently opening the under-the-sink cabinet when I saw it mouse poop! In the house! Where I'm stuck all day long! Mouse poop!!! And where there is 'mouse sign' there are surely mice. Eeeeeeeek!

So I did what any normal person would do. I marched downstairs and declared that there were mice in the house and The Big Man had to 'do something.' He looked at me like he was wrestling internally about something.

Well you know, He started, I don't think that will be much of a problem. The cats got a couple of mice down here the other day.

WHAT!?!?

Yep, he said casually and with a note of triumph, they got 'em. Shouldn't be the problem... just go on about your business.

So you've known about this? I asked accusingly.

Yep.

And you didn't tell me? I was agog.

Nope.

So you are a liar and these cats are in on the whole thing? I felt as if I were the patsy. Conspiracy was afoot. I noted, Gato, our best mouser was looking pleased as punch. Why didn't you tell me? I was starting to suspect a mutiny... and you know how it is. Once the underlings get out from well, under you, its nothing but work work work.

I'm not a liar - I just didn't tell you because you starting screaming and hopping about when there are mice involved.

I had to admit, that was true....I have been known to scream irrationally and even get up on furniture....So now what? I wasn't still wasn't satisfied. He shrugged and then he sent me off claiming he was doing man things.

So I've taken matters into my own hands and cleaned out under the sink and have the cabinet doors open. I've instructed the cats to be on high alert.

Little Mo and Nicholas are taking their jobs very seriously. Don't let the appearance of sleeping full you they are ready to spring to action at the first sound of of little mice feet. I'll keep you apprised of the body count.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Just catching up on your duck tales. Funny, though, how you can't stay mad at a duck. Even if they make you look silly in front of your neighbors. Hee hee. I've got my own story about what my ducks did to me in front of one of our neighbors . . . .

 

[lalaland]

very sweet cats...I can handle mice, snakes, bats, etc, but NOT SPIDERS. Have been known to pull the car over on the freeway and EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY on sighting a spider on the dashboard.

Hey, do I see two kitchen aid mixers on your counter?

 

[2dream]

Those cats look ferocious. I am sure the mice are shaking in their little furry gray hides.

I am sure Big Man did not view it as an actual lie since men are famous for this lie by ommission thing. (cough, cough, women would never do such at thing)

He was protectiong your sanity. And the cats - well, cats will be cats. They just can't help it.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

let's hear your duck tail, DM!

and yep lala -- i aint messin' around i have two kitchenaides and two old stoves! i inherited the 2nd mixer from our dear grandma who passed last fall - its now the official meat grinder.

**** this update from The Big Man. he is defending his position of lying by saying that, and i quote, "We just got the fencing up and I didnt want to move if you found out there were mice here."

sheesh.

i'm good at whomping spiders.. its all that darting about by the mice that gives me the heebie jeebies....

 

[lalaland]

nice! two mixers could come in real handy!. I just have a little hand held one and had to borrow my friend's kitchen aid. am keeping my eye out for one

i did live in a farmhouse once without cats and got overrun with mice one fall. Would have to shake out shoes and boots before putting them on because there would usually be an acorn or two in them, and it wasn't unusual to find acorns hidden under the pillows! my then partner would not give in to cats but after a week or two, gave in. got two kittens and in a few weeks the mice were gone.

I have mice in the chicken coop, that is for sure!

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Ha ha . . . my duck tale, huh?

Well, this was when we first moved out to our current property. Before that we were keeping a small flock of ducks illegally in town. Ssssshhh! The ducks are what caused us to "buy the farm", so to speak.

OK, so once we were legit in our duck keeping aspirations, I got this bright idea that I needed a new shiny pair of rubber boots and that I was going to fly my freak flag and buy orange rubber boots (because they look like duck feet, of course).

Meanwhile, our ducks were being good little duckies and staying inside the property line, even though technically they could squeeze through the fence, if they really wanted to, or even more easily hop up and out of our two front gates. That went well for us for probably two full months.

Then one day the ducks figured out they could hop out through the gate . . . and even better, once they were out into the road, that it would take "mom" a good while to: 1. spot them in the street, and 2. race out and unlatch the gate to chase them back inside.

Before my husband had the time to chicken wire over the gate, I found myself chasing down the ducks in the road with my shiny new orange rubber boots! Just as I was catching up to them, one of our neighbors started driving down the road. I managed to herd the ducks all over to one side and I began to wave the neighbor by, when one smart-butt duck decided it would be just hilarious to run out in front of the car! So I had to ask my neighbor to stop and then herd the ducks in front of her car with my bright and shiny orange boots. She didn't say anything . . . she just sat there and:

 

[Dace]

I hate to be the one to say it but.....your kitties look like good for nothin' loafers!

 

[noobiechickenlady]

No no Dace, that's just an act. Cats do that to lure the mice into coming out into the open, so they can pounce on a closer target.

At least... That's what my cats told me

Hehehe, with a title like that, I had to come check it out. Yeah, he was just protecting your sanity. Besides, he already had the problem solved. Problem solved=no problem