colowyo0809
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is this a seasonal thing or an economy thing?ksalvagno said:
Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin
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hey K! we started milking VERY early this year so it feels like we've been doing this a long long long time. i'm still gonna milk Deb 2x a day and Nibs in the morning. so we'll have milk for a while. i think it was more of a pain than anything since Sunny had really slowed down on her milk, so it seemed like a waste of time. i would have stopped milking her earlier but she wasnt our gal so we didnt think we should make that decision.
we'll be stocking up milk for sure - the first time we have to buy a $5 or $6 gallon of milk we be a sad sad day. but we dont think we can milk Deb thru - it kinda doesnt feel fair to her esp if we breed her (probably in Nov). hopefully we'll only have a couple months to "make up" with store milk. and we're hoping our breeder we let us have Sunny back next year. it really worked out and he was thrilled at her condition.
'Zilla you said it! of course she is overweight and terribly unhealthy - i think she's on like 4 different Rx's. but we have to hear about how unhealthy we eat all the time. she even got me a subscription of Cooking Light so i'll adopt better eating habits. including that she keeps telling us we need to drink DIET soda. TBM cant drink coffee anymore so he usually has one mountain dew for the caffeine in the morning... so we hear about this all the time. but not one word about how he's lost at least 30lbs this summer...... and me, i'm normal size despite how i have to eat like a hobbit during our busy season.
and she only eats packaged food because she is a W-O-M-A-N and it would be so degrading for her to actually cook....of course she has a lot to say about me being the 'housewife-y' type and how i'm pulling down the entire gender with my old fashioned womanly ways. one time she told me to watch Buffy so i could learn more about female empowerment.
us: *blink blink*
i dont think she knows or remembers that i retired at 38 from a typically male-dominated industry....or that i'm more likely to be seen as one of the guys - by the guys - and not standing around in heels (which i dont even own anymore) and pearls. in an alternate reality, with all my swearing and punching-in-the-arm dude behavior, i would fit very nicely with the crew of the 62 truck. and the drinking of course.
unless of course there was a mouse. then you know, i get all girly and stuff.
anyway. we'll just keep laughing as long as the MIL keep serving up the laughs.
;-)
we'll be stocking up milk for sure - the first time we have to buy a $5 or $6 gallon of milk we be a sad sad day. but we dont think we can milk Deb thru - it kinda doesnt feel fair to her esp if we breed her (probably in Nov). hopefully we'll only have a couple months to "make up" with store milk. and we're hoping our breeder we let us have Sunny back next year. it really worked out and he was thrilled at her condition.
'Zilla you said it! of course she is overweight and terribly unhealthy - i think she's on like 4 different Rx's. but we have to hear about how unhealthy we eat all the time. she even got me a subscription of Cooking Light so i'll adopt better eating habits. including that she keeps telling us we need to drink DIET soda. TBM cant drink coffee anymore so he usually has one mountain dew for the caffeine in the morning... so we hear about this all the time. but not one word about how he's lost at least 30lbs this summer...... and me, i'm normal size despite how i have to eat like a hobbit during our busy season.
and she only eats packaged food because she is a W-O-M-A-N and it would be so degrading for her to actually cook....of course she has a lot to say about me being the 'housewife-y' type and how i'm pulling down the entire gender with my old fashioned womanly ways. one time she told me to watch Buffy so i could learn more about female empowerment.
us: *blink blink*
i dont think she knows or remembers that i retired at 38 from a typically male-dominated industry....or that i'm more likely to be seen as one of the guys - by the guys - and not standing around in heels (which i dont even own anymore) and pearls. in an alternate reality, with all my swearing and punching-in-the-arm dude behavior, i would fit very nicely with the crew of the 62 truck. and the drinking of course.
unless of course there was a mouse. then you know, i get all girly and stuff.
anyway. we'll just keep laughing as long as the MIL keep serving up the laughs.
;-)
ksalvagno
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It is seasonal. People don't want to be caring for chicks into the winter. Meyer ships either until or through November (can't remember) and then stops until the end of February.colowyo0809 said:
They are busiest April through July. Although I have to say orders just kept coming in August. It has only really started slowing down just last week.
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*snort* yeah i know! thats what i'm sayn'!
see why i always got a twitch in my eye? for heavens sakes.
see why i always got a twitch in my eye? for heavens sakes.
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This is always such a lively thread!
OFG your blog post was very good, and so apropos for "labor day."
