INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Woke up to sleet and freezing rain, so it's another stay at home day. Church texted that late services are cancelled. That's a rare event. DH sent his team a message to work from home tomorrow. Hope it's clear by Tuesday afternoon so I can get to doc.

Zills..... You have a "stud" out back on your farm? Do we know him? I can usually keep track of them better than that.... He likes carrots?..... I'll have to try that...... didn't know about the carrots..... Spookie..... do you know anything about this?

Oh I GET that part.... but she also has a "stud"..... she said that..... I always told my DH, when we were kids, that he thought he was 3 kinds of "stud-muffin".....

Bluegrass country? That sounds so beautiful right now! What is grass? I haven't seen any in a few months.....

Jazzy, dreamt about you last night trying to find your way home. Hoping for travel mercy.

It is cold here with lows in the 30. I know this is your summer temp Ms. Chevy, but it is COLD for us.

Zills - I know horses are more sensitive than goats. My goats will eat most anything - leftover green salad, apples, leftover bread or rolls or crackers. Not that they don't love carrots too. A real food garbage disposal. My old bucky boy has spent the day under his heat lamp. Can you say spoiled?

Chevy - not that kind of stud - at least I don't think so.

Jazzy - Praying that you make it home tonight. I have seen some horrific drift pictures from the Clovis area and one from Portales. Local channel sent reporting crew just up to Childress area and they looked miserable.

Its not my farm:( DAH takes care of the equipment. The "stud" is missing teeth, has long shaggy hair and lives with three other males.

"Zoner" has earned his keep. He was born in 1990. Won several races. Sired 10 crops of racing age, 463 foals, 337 starters, 8 black-type winners, 234 winners of 727 races and earning $11,821,880. So he can live with his three goats and eat carrots.

He's just an old horse on the back of the farm that whinys at you when you bring him carrots. It's about 3/4 mi round trip. Nice walk for me and the kids.

We had ponies growing up. They would eat just about anything. Peanut butter and jelly, Doritos and drink Mt Dew. Would pick blackberries while riding but would have to share.

Zills - your horses do sound like my goats. All stale chips, cookies, bread goes to them. When we go the lake with friends 2x a year I take home all the stuff that has laid around open and they get yummy treats. And lovely for giving them wormer. Bread or Dorito sandwiches with wormer in between. Only thing I don't give them is broccoli/cabbage stuff and meats. Been known to dose one with yogurt for upset tummy.

Patty - in your pocket for your scan. Bringing some banana muffins. Are you getting lots of rain tonight? Some weather forecasts I've heard/read say we might get 1-3" of snow. Bring it on!

lover, I am suffering from a buttered popcorn belly. Why, can I, not stop eating until I am miserable ?

Buttered popcorn is a favorite snack, always has been.

Patty, I will be bouncing around that pocket, having some of Loveys hot chocolate. Sounds good now, take the edge off the popcorn.....lol....fingers & toes crossed for a boring, stable report.

holeinone - new avatar pic ? Pretty

Awake with a horrible back ache. Took some meds waiting for them to kick in. Been raining and very windy all day.

Anyone else up?

Hootie hoo

Oh eeeeks! I know what you mean Zills..... I've seen a few myself.... I mean hanging on the tail-end of pick-up trucks... These "Boys" just think it's funny I guess.... I remember my Grandpa used to stick a wad in his mouth.... Grandma wanted to just smack him over the head. Finally he started rolling his own.... He would sit in that rocker, with that big metal 9X12 cake pan on his coveralls, and with his stash of rolling papers & tobacco, roll him a joint. He would light that thing and the ashes would be collected appropriately in that cake-pan. I remember his fingers being stained brown.... But these guys that have that plug in their mouth now, is even worse....

Peppermint... we are with you.... I'll go find you a stud..... You stay in bed with your back ache.... It's clear out here, but only like 7 degrees. Taking DH to PC for his "check-up" before his cataract surgery on the 14th. I don't think I'll go "in" with him.... The Doctor will be consumed by his tales of how this hurts, and that, and "what are these things on my scalp" and blah-blah.

I hate to sound like nurse-ratchet, but sometimes, he just does his own thing, even though I hand him 2 Aleve, or a Ranitidine, or Docusate Sodium.... (not all at once).... and then he "forgets" how to do it himself. He is my "ward"..... I must take care of him.......... I'll teach him the difference between Pepto-Bismol and Haley's MO.... but he just don't "get" it..... My medical back-ground ended when I took "Health" in high-school.

I remember trying to explain why we still "do" it, when we don't want any more kids.... to my Daughter's...... They were standing in the back seat when they were little.... maybe 4 & 6.... And the oldest one was getting tid-bits of "baby-stuff" in school.... So she said "But if you don't want any more children, why do you still DO it?" So I ran into a tree, and gathered my senses..... (kidding) and explained.... "Honey, making love is just like making gravy.... like cleaning house.... it's just a part of being married.".....

SHE was told that making babies is just something you did when you wanted another baby.... and everytime you DID it, you had a baby.... Oh Lord help us ALL! So I avoided the subject until she was maybe 16.... THAT'S when I found out she was on "the pill".....!!!! Damnit! So I called the school, planned parent-hood, and I was FUMING! How DARE they advise little girls about this..... ..... this MOM's stuff!

When Janie got older I then asked Sheri to please explain to her about the advantages of taking "the pill." So I was growing up too.... Hah!

THEN, as littlest got older, and I was going to wash her little cloth "hobo-bag".... a thing of rolling papers, a bag of "seeds" and this glass thing fell out of her purse.... ! WELL !!!!! When she came home from school, I marched her into the bathroom, and dumped that little precious bag of seeds down the toilet. And she watched it trying to get flushed down, and all they did was FLOAT! I finally got them down, and told her how I felt about that little screw-up!

And I didn't "buy it" that that bong was Lorraine's ! But I didn't break it... Today she is the sweetest little Daughter anyone could ask for.... both of them are.... And OH! That time we went upstairs to their room, and she had this HUGE pot growing, with a LIGHT on this tiny little weed in the pot! DH went upstairs, drug it down, threw it ALL in the ditch! Pot and ALL! She thought that was rather harsh........ Better the pot than HER I said.

Oh well.... life is pretty calm these days............

Maybe I'll have my kids call you and you can explain the birds and bees. Even though we are catholic they haven't really been around any pregnant women. I know his classmates moms don't want any explanations given by teachers or students.

I got the talk when I was three because my mom had twins. I told the neighborhood. Of course we grew up on a "farm" and had all kinds of birthings. My kids haven't seen any here. DS doesn't want kids because he thinks kissing is gross. I think I'm safe for a few more years. But DD says she has a baby in her belly and she's three! She loves being a mommy.

Back to buttered popcorn. Ever try jelly bellys buttered popcorn jellybean? Tastes just like it. Was my granny's favorite!

Ah yes bringing your own water. Friends on well water usually brought their own to shows. Dehydrated goats in milk show very poorly - udder suffers. We're on a huge water Co-op. Might as well be city water for all the chlorine in it. Mine usually did OK. I don't give them a steady diet of junk but sure does make them tame quickly. Bucky boy is finishing off an old unopened canister of oats that was very out of date. No weevils and smelled fine. Just bought him another huge generic one at grocery. I could buy oats at feedstore but it would be 50#. Cheaper for me to buy cheap generic and not chance it getting buggy out there. I wish I could stake mine out but not trusting enough. Most are not lead trained so not able to walk them far. Oh the building supply store has hot popcorn. Must be a country thang!

Hamsters taught DB and I about birds and bees. Guess the dog must not have been a "humper" or we'd have known a lot sooner - pardon my expression.

DH traded his day off. Was to have Thur/Fri off. Called in said I'll trade today for Thursday. Sent his boss these pictures. Ft Worth has no problems. Saw DFW airport on the news - not sure they even had a flake. The sleet started bombarding the N window about 2:30am. Got up turned heat pump off, reg heat on. Woke up again at 4:30 and it was bright white out on street side (no light out there). Yuppers covered with snow and coming down sideways fine stuff. I've never seen the trees so white, it is artistic. DH's cell camera does not do it justice.

See, it's 78 degrees right now where Spookie lives.... and she gets the shivers anything below 80....

It's 6 degrees out.... but the sun is shining!

Hi ladies- just a quick note as I have to work today and am getting a late start, but I got home last night! Only slightly delayed into ABQ from PHX, but the highways were in good shape for me to get to my part of town. Secondary roads more iffy, the ones in my neighborhood still have a lot of snow and ice. My driveway is a mess and need to deal with that when I am more "awake!" I just wanted you to all know. So good to be home and sleeping in my own space!

Patty- I hope your back feels better. And that you don't get any of this crazy weather.

Luv- that is pretty much what it looks like here. You guys got our storm.

The freeway is still shut down here, day #3. It was weird to see no traffic coming east last night. I-40 is a huge trucking route so they are all parked at the fairgrounds here.

And more snow tomorrow, oh yay (really?)

Going to work from home this morning because I can and because it will be safer. Will check in later ladies! Be safe in the crazy weather if you are in the way of Goliath.

Smarty- what a beautiful family. When is Evie due to make her appearance? Early next year?