I have been very bad about posting. Sometimes life just gets away with us. So much has happened since my last post in this journal that I must stop and reflect a bit. I will highlight everything so I at least have mind triggers for when I return to read my journal at some future date and time.
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December was a great month...filled with joy, love and laughter. Our holiday was great and spent laughing and enjoying family and good food. And the New Year celebration was quiet and spent at home. Cheyenne stayed up and welcomed in the New Year with us. Then things changed.
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My son was arrested for owing child support and that caused a 1,000.00 change in my checking account. Next came my father's health. He was told he had to have open heart surgery and a defibrillator installed. Well there was a huge recall on these units as well as pacemakers...apparently there are faulty leads in the units and people were having them taken out and replaced or the leads changed. Each action created the need for open heart surgery. Dad decided not to go through the surgery only to be forced to do it again to fix the thing. So, this prompted me to fly to Florida. So, I flew to Florida until February 14th and spent much needed time with my parents, my son and my grandson. Poor husband was ready for m to come home after the first week...I think he quickly decided that being a single parent was not to his liking at all. He called almost daily just "to talk". LOL
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Since my return home on 2/14, I have gone through some changes. Back in August I had a perm done. After telling the young lady that my hair takes a perm really fast so not to leave the solution on for more than 10 minutes. Well she did not listen and she burned my hair to the scalp in three or four places. My hair was growing back out and just felt damaged and unhealthy...so I went and got my hair cut yesterday. My hair as not been this short since I was about 4 years old. It went from waist length to just barely touching my shoulders. Poor husband had heart palpitations! It will grow out again and in the meantime, it feels so healthy and so good.
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Next I went and ordered "The Girls". My baby chicks will arrive at 1 or 2 days old on March 19th. I ordered 5 chicks of 4 different breeds. I ordered 2 Australorps, 1 Ameraucana (which will lay blue or green eggs), 1 Silver Laced Wynadotte, and 1 Light Brahma. I picked up 10 pounds of food, a feeder and waterer, a heat lamp and just have to gather a large tote for them to stay in. Husband is laughing over the thought of having baby chicks living in our bathroom for 4 weeks. I have already acquired the metal roofing for the hen house and have only the woo, wire, nails and hinges left to pick up. Something tells me that the building project will cause me to either cut my nails or break a few. That will be okay though...the girls need to be safe.
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Just last weekend, we had another full grown horse killed by a mountain lion less than a mile up the road. The first one was killed two weeks ago and everyone had sort of dismissed it as a problem because that horse was a small Arabian that was old and having trouble getting around. However, the one killed last weekend was a 4 year old healthy horse so we have a problem lion for sure...the hunt is on for this big lion. Meanwhile, the lady lions have been prowling all night around our house. We have one on each side of the house coming through the yard now....wonderful. It is no fun taking the dog out to go to the bathroom and carrying a rifle with you when you go...but there is no choice in the matter. I will not have the little taco bell beast become a tasty snack for one of these lions...and worse, I do not plan to become a tasty snack for the horse killer either (should he happen along with me outside). I would feel strange if the other neighbors were not also carrying rifles, shotguns or semi-automatic pistols out with them as well.
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So, that is really all for now except to say, that all my hard work last year of reaching 130 pounds was for naught as I am one again at 101.2 pounds...no matter how much I eat. So, I am taking a break from force feeding myself 3000 - 3500 calories per day but I am not giving up. I will be hitting it again hard. Meanwhile, the hard drive on my laptop went out and it is currently back with Dell being fixed so I will be in and out of communication and posting for a bit longer.
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More later....
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