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Any one need to chat with someone for the holiday to help ?

Any one need to chat with someone for the holiday to help ?

Old 12-26-2016, 05:43 AM
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Didn't answer your question on Zobi....do not know the meaning....that was the name of the dog we adopted that came from pound. She is a terrier type and seems to love us and we love her She came to Vermont from Houston,
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Hi Jet, I had a great Christmas. My dh is at the hospital about 45 minutes from here visiting his mom. then he'll drive about 30 miles east to go see his dad in a nursing home. My son came over last night about 12:30 am. He was at his friends having a party. My wish forever was to have my son home and a loving husband. I got it. that was great enough for me. They opened up their gifts, and i forgot there was a few things for me too. Gifts were sparse this year, but i got what i wanted. I hugged and kissed them both. They are what matters most to me. i am forever grateful for them. 10 yrs ago, I didn't have them, and was miserable. I'm the happiest person on the face of this earth!

What do you do with the alpacas? do you sheer them into wool for yourself? I love goats, especially those dwarf ones. and what is a ZOBI? I live in a condo community. across from my front patio is a small bit of woods. The wild turkeys come around about once or twice a week. about 35 of them. they wander over to the golf course from time to time. There are houses all situated around the course.they walk around it and make their way over to us. I guess they ground nest. Would you know that.

anyway. enjoy your holiday. I'm so grateful for my son and husband, and for all my QB friends. I've met 2 of my good friends from the board. Thank you everyone.
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Old 12-26-2016, 08:28 AM
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ZOBI, what a wonderful name for a dog or cat. I'm sure Zobi gives you lots of love and is a sweetheart.
How high up do the turkeys go? do they have nests like squirrels? We have over 30 here, probably about 60 by now from what i hear. do they each take a tree or a branch. they must be heavy. thanks for your answers.
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Old 12-26-2016, 09:25 AM
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I am so glad that you are blessed with so much joy! You are fortunate indeed to have such a wonderful family. Blessings for you and yours in 2017 and keep on quilting and sharing.
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Old 12-26-2016, 09:50 AM
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They are an awkward bird and cannot fly much but they can fly up in a tree...out of the way of most predators. I saw a fox stalking one once and finally the turkey got sick of it and flew up in a branch until the fox got sick of it and wandered off. They do not have nests so's to speak. They hide their young in the grass. One day i was walking in the field and a turkey flew up in my face.....that was some surprise and a little baby scurried out. They are heavy and awkward but they keep the grasshoppers and crickets down by feeding on them.
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ZOBI, what a wonderful name for a dog or cat. I'm sure Zobi gives you lots of love and is a sweetheart.
How high up do the turkeys go? do they have nests like squirrels? We have over 30 here, probably about 60 by now from what i hear. do they each take a tree or a branch. they must be heavy. thanks for your answers.
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Old 12-26-2016, 02:12 PM
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Thanks for your kind offer, and I am going to take you up on it. My Christmas was the brokest broke we have ever been due to my bad habit of helping my family members out. Three weeks before Christmas, my sister, who was staying with us invited her daughter and family to stay with us too. Her darling daughter was kind enough to bring huge cockroaches from Texas, which I did not realize until I reached for a utensil in my kitchen crock. Sitting on the spatula I grabbed was a HUGE ROACH! I had a horrible panic attack, could not bring myself to touch any of dinner, and when I contacted my niece, she replied that they would be able to pay for an exterminator in two weeks! Do you have any idea how many roaches can be hatched in two weeks? My DS and her hubby were king enough to come right over, and we spent last night emptying the cupboards and using some spider and roach spray (I keep it on hand to get rid of spiders from the field next to my house) and wiping the cupboards down. Today we are running everything through the dish washer! I am 58 years old, and have lived in some poor neighborhoods in my life, and even spent four years in Texas, and have never had roaches! I am also entomophobic! I don't do bugs! My dogs and cat have never even had fleas, I am that bug phobic. My darling room mates got up before I did and started cleaning. You know you are loved when you friends don't ignore your phobia. I had to throw out any container that was not sealed in plastic, all opened packages, I even dumped the salt and grinders, because I could not be sure they did not have any bugs in them. The only good news in all of this is we were able to locate my missing Tupperware pepper shaker that disappeared when the niece and nephew left. I was afraid they had thrown it out. They were the first thing I ever bought for my own home when I was seventeen. (Yup, been using the same little two ounce midget salt and pepper shakers since they first sold them, forty one years ago!)
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Old 12-26-2016, 02:29 PM
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Oh, madame Kelly, I'm so sorry you have had this burden added to your everyday burdens. It is very hard to draw a line in the sand with family isn't it? I'll be holding you in the pocket of my heart, all of our sorrows really.

my little brother tried to commit suicide yesterday. He is alive but they had to bring in a specialist as he severed the tendons in his wrists in his efforts. I've been expecting a call like this for years, but it doesn't make it any less of a jolt.

Hugs to all our friends here...distant but close
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What a great thread, sorry I missed it over the holidays. I hope everyone has a happy new year.
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Old 12-27-2016, 05:55 AM
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A friend and I went to Boothbay a few years ago and had some nice experiences.
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What a great thread, sorry I missed it over the holidays. I hope everyone has a happy new year.
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A friend and I went to Boothbay a few years ago and had some nice experiences.
I find a lot of enjoyment thinking about visiting your little settlement. I find for me that nothing like animals to give me the peace I need often in my life. If I could afford it I would have all kinds instead of two cats I basically rescued from babies. I grew up in NH on the border of Vermont and so know it well. My father was fieldman so many a dairy was visited throughout the state. I enjoy hearing about your animals. Thank you from all of us for thinking to reach out. Prayers and blessings to all with difficulties in their lives and troubles with their families. None of it is easy to get thru. Hugs.
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Old 12-27-2016, 07:37 AM
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this is a lovely thread, even with the huge cock roaches (Texas size I'm afraid). I'm back in Texas after 27 yrs in Colorado. I do hope not to even spy a roach of any size. Happy New Year to you all!!!
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