Brent S
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It’s just a miserable chilly, rainy day. I not really doing anything, prepping or otherwise.
It amazes me how most people I’ve talked with about money think avoiding debt is a bad thing. I can proudly say I don’t owe anyone anything, so what I make I am able to keep for me. I do use credit cards, both personal and business, I just never put anything on them that can’t be paid in full at the end of the month. The kid we hired recently told me his car loan was thirty percent. I tried not to choke when he told me.We both feel the same about borrowing money, everything we have is paid for in full and it's the reason he has managed to save what he has. Niether of us have any debt so he's been able to save instead of servicing loans or whatever.
Most don’t really think about it other than the 38 dollars extra they pay each month (or whatever the interest is). But when you add it up over the entire year, or life of the loan, it becomes a substantial portion of your income.oBoth of you are smart. I always saw interest as throwing money into the fire.
Congratulations on the new addition to your family!I got a 9 mm Springfield this weekend.
The 9mm is my favorite caliber. It’s cheap, can be found anywhere and has enough punch to stop anyone. The 22 would be my number one but it just doesn’t really have enough power for stopping a person quickly.I got a 9 mm Springfield this weekend.
Last Thursday I ordered the wiring to connect my generator to the inverter. It was supposed to be delivered to the building supply store yesterday. So today I made the 60 mile trip only to find out it didn't get delivered. Maybe tomorrow. On the way home I got stuck in my driveway. Fortunately the snow bank kept me from sliding over the edge and rolling down the hill. Our road is covered with 3-6 inches of solid ice.
The wife ordered 35 meat chickens today. They should be shipped to the post office around mid May. That's about the same time her bees will arrive too. Once the snow is gone and the ground thaws thaws out I'll build another chicken coop and setup an area for brooding the chicks. And make a bear proof enclosure for the bee hives.
The wife be home on Friday so I need to get this pig pen cleaned up before then.
These meat breeds will be ready to butcher at around 16 - 18 weeks, so they should never see any cold weather. We don't want to winter any of the meat chickens. Eventually we plan to raise around 75-100 meat chickens for us and family.Will the new chickens survive in the cold weather where you live?
They posted storm warnings last night for our area. We had high winds all night and this morning I can see clouds moving in over the mountains to the west of us. They're calling for up to a foot of snow today.We were set to do some fence repairs today, I gone out 3:30am to warm a couple of vehicles and get them ready na, I only made it out to the porch... apparently we just got hit with a winter blast of snow that no one seen coming not even the weather people, project delayed.
My sister in NY took a rough fall on ice today. Hope she is ok but still not sure why everyone doesn’t live in the south!
I hope your sister didn't get banged up too bad. I fell on the ice this morning too while I was getting in my Jeep. As I was going down I grabbed the door handle and wrenched my shoulder pretty bad.My sister in NY took a rough fall on ice today. Hope she is ok but still not sure why everyone doesn’t live in the south!
I get lost nearly everytime I drive in Huntsville . Took a wrong turn one time and ended up in a Trailer park and People started coming out and looking , I got lucky it was a Red Neck trailer park so I fit in .It’d be a lot more crowded. Huntsville is getting bad enough as it is. This end of Alabama isn’t like the other 3/4s of the state and is growing fast. They project Huntsville to be the largest city within the next 8 years. I’m really (not) looking forward to that....
Besides, could you imagine more Yankees telling you how they did it up north? Lol...
These meat breeds will be ready to butcher at around 16 - 18 weeks, so they should never see any cold weather. We don't want to winter any of the meat chickens. Eventually we plan to raise around 75-100 meat chickens for us and family.
Our laying hens do fine here in the winter. We picked the breeds that are most cold hardy and the best egg layers. We're getting up to 18 eggs a day now with 26 hens.
The hens don't like the snow too much until it packs down. After every snow I clear a large area with the tractor for them.
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