Good Morning! <=2017

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 6:52 pm

goatgal35 wrote:QR_BBPOST What a lovely mid November day. I was out spending some extra time with my critters and one of my Jakes walked acrossed my foot and now my toe is bleeding. I guess if he is heavy enough to do that he's ready for the freezer. If I wore shoes this time of year I'd have never realized how heavy he is :)

You go barefoot in the barnyard? In November?

Post by **WLLady** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 7:45 pm

OOOOOKAAAAYYYYYYYY i don't believe this, given the conversation a couple of days ago where i was told that it wasn't looking good for getting me done in december....but i got a call from my surgeon today and my surgery is scheduled for december 19!!!!! OMG.....have to admit i am freaking out a little bit. that's only a month away, and a week before christmas, hopefully i'll be home by christmas (don't know, they said at least a week in the hospital so we'll see). so much to do...so little time! have to reorganize the house so i can reach things, and get the spare bed set up, get work arranged, get my paperwork into HR, bring my family doctor up to speed, get the physio referral to west elgin, out of london, etc etc etc. have to process the rest of the young boys and get those coops cleaned out, get a broody mom into a pen away from roosters that might kill her chicks (she's "due" sunday and still sitting like a trooper). get the chicks from the basement out to their new home, and decide if anyone goes to auction if the weather is okay next weekend.
wow. just wow. um.....can't quite think straight. i know we have to do it, scared to death, but i have the easy job of sleeping through the entire thing....lol. 10-14 hours....potentially over 2 days if there's complications. hopefully not.
preop still needs to be scheduled, and pre-admit....but that should be soon.
so. deep breath.....lol

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 7:54 pm

Wow, congrats??
That is an awful lots of stuff to achieve, but nothing like working under pressure right? I think?
Glad you got the pictures done before you got the date.
At least the wait is over, now you will not have enough time to contemplate with so much stuff to deal with and 4 weeks to fit it all in.

ross · Post by **ross** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:13 pm

Ontario Chick wrote:QR_BBPOST Wow, congrats??
That is an awful lots of stuff to achieve, but nothing like working under pressure right? I think?
Glad you got the pictures done before you got the date.
At least the wait is over, now you will not have enough time to contemplate with so much stuff to deal with and 4 weeks to fit it all in.

Ditto ... Get ur done .

Post by **WLLady** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:22 pm

i honestly could NOT imagine trying to photograph a chicken right now....LOL.

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:46 pm

Oh my, Kathy, exciting and terrifying all at once! Will you be renting an electric bed? If so, get one reserved now if you can, everybody gets those last minute so they're always out LOL. EEEEK!!!

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:48 pm

Kathy...we're in your corner. Take a deep breath...do what you can...and don't sweat the rest. Keep in mind Jesus wasn't born in December (the shepherds aren't out with their flocks in December in the Middle East)... dec 24 as Christmas is just a date chosen by the Catholic church as an attempt to "incorporate" the "pagan" tradition (and the pagan people) of celebrating the winter solstice (shortest day of the year... celebrated three days after the shortest day).
So don't sweat such an arbitrary day. Jesus was likely born sometime in mid summer.
And i'm sure Martin won't let the birds starve.

Post by **WLLady** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:52 pm

Lol baron-we dont actually celebrate christmas. But i found a home for my hubby to at least have dinner with friends.

kenya · Post by **kenya** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:54 pm

WLLady wrote:QR_BBPOST i honestly could NOT imagine trying to photograph a chicken right now....LOL.

Good luck with the surgery, hope you'll be home for Christmas!

goatgal35 · Post by **goatgal35** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 5:04 am

baronrenfrew wrote:QR_BBPOST
goatgal35 wrote:QR_BBPOST What a lovely mid November day. I was out spending some extra time with my critters and one of my Jakes walked acrossed my foot and now my toe is bleeding. I guess if he is heavy enough to do that he's ready for the freezer. If I wore shoes this time of year I'd have never realized how heavy he is :)
You go barefoot in the barnyard? In November?

Yup, I'm one of "those people" I go barefoot whenever and wherever possible. I've been this way my entire life. Once the ground is frozen and there is snow, I'll wear boots