I thought I broke my nose today for sure! I was screenprinting some shirts and the screen (on a heavy wood frame) is attached to a metal arm, which when not in use is attached to a magnet that holds it up.
Apparently, I didn't have the screen/arm secured to the magnet and it fell down on to the bridge of my already lumpy nose. Talk about AN EXPLOSION OF PAIN! Oh my God... Did you ever hurt yourself sooo bad that it hurt too much to cry? That's right... I couldn't even cry - until I called my husband, then the crying commenced.
It didn't bleed and I don't think it's broken but there may be bruising involved. I guess we'll see in the morning. In the meantime...
ASPIRIN, PLEASE!
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Monday, March 03, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Opening Wine Bottles with Screwdrivers
Last night I went to visit my daughter, Sarah. She lives about an hour away from me. When I go to visit, we generally hang out, eat, watch the Food Network, eat and fart around on SecondLife.
She was at work, so I let myself in, turned on the TV and cranked up my laptop. I figured I'd enjoy some wine, which as you will find, I like quite a bit.
I thought I could fool the wine since she doesn't have a corkscrew; someone once told me you can just push the cork in. Well, here I am with a screwdriver pushing very gently thinking... that air has no where to go... just as the cork pushed in and my glasses blew off.
I bet I looked like Craig T. Nelson in Poltergeist when that thing came out of the closet and his (small bit) of hair blew back and out came this scream, only my scream was silent.
After I got over the initial temporary blindness and groped my way to the bathroom to take off my clothes, I didn't even think about how i might have ruined one of my favorite shirts or the mess that surely must await me around the corner... I could only think. OH MY GOD IF I GET PULLED OVER TOMORROW THEY'LL THROW ME IN JAIL FOR SURE WITH THIS STENCH! So now Sarah's kitchen walls are pretty clean. I do have to say I was impressed by how the spray was contained by the wall area behind the sink and my FACE.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
The Farmer's Wife "Farming for Novices" Info Post
The Farmer's Wife "Farming for Novices" Info Post
HEIFER - a heifer is a girl cow. After a heifer has a baby, it's still a heifer. After the second calf, it's a cow.
COW - a cow is a girl. There are no "boy cows". Boy cows are either bulls or steers. The writers of the cereal commercial that says, "Do you think he knows it's a boy cow?" are morons.
BULLS - boy cows that still have their jibs. Jibless bulls are steers.
STEERS - bulls that have been castrated and are usually raised for meat. Steers are delicious.
HORNS - some people think that bulls have horns and cows don't. (remember bull = boy, cow = girl) That's not true. All cattle, with the exception of "polled Herferd's" and some other breeds have horns. Horns are usually removed in various ways when cattle are young. This protects them and their "bags" (see UDDERS) from each other.
UDDERS - A cow has an udder. An udder has 4 quarters. Sometimes only 3 quarters work. (see "3 TITTER".) Amazingly, cows with 3 quarters often produce as much milk as if they had 4 working quarters. (For cows that have only 2 functioning quarters, see HAMBURGER.)
3 TITTER - a cow with only 3 functioning quarters. (see above.)
MILKING - what we do twice a day. Also known as "pulling tits". Contrary to what some might believe, we do not milk by hand (because we are not AMISH) but use milking machines. The apparatus used are called CLAWS.
CLAWS - a hand like apparatus that is put on the teats (nipples) held on by suction. Milk is drawn from the quarters by pulsation. It's fun when you tell people to put their finger in the "inflation" or neck of the claw. They think their finger will be sucked off, but it's more of a massaging sensation. It's pretty funny.
AMISH - a fascinating group of peoples who survive without elecricity, phones, cars or deodorant. The Amish are fantastic craftsmen and bakers and do everything without the aid of modern machinery such as tractors and use horses and people powered equipment. Ironically, wireless technology must be okay because we had an Amish friend call us on his cell phone the other day trying to sell us some "probiotics" for our cows. Amish people have a message. The message is.. "We are rich and you are not."
HAMBURGER - cows with: crappy (less than 3 working) quarters, that do not breed back (see BREEDING) or injured or too old and/or lame to work with become. (see SIDE NOTE) Sometimes they are shipped for processing by others (think McDonalds) or processed for our freezer. (see STEERS)
SIDE NOTE - we are a small "family dairy". We milk an average of 50 cows and have about 90 head heifers/cows all together. Our cows are named, not numbered, loved and cared for.
My friends often say, "I hope I come back as one of your cows... they have it made!" and that's true. We do everything we can to maintain the health and well being of our cows.
Our homestead has been in operation for 153 years because of the great love and respect for the land and animals. Every day, family farms are disappearing at an alarming rate due to the increasingly difficult conditions that "commerce" presents.
Imports from other countries account for the death of the family farms as we know it. Sure... whey products and milk by-products are cheaper from other countries, but in the end... when there are no family farms left in the U.S., you will be a prisoner to other countries. When another country supplying dairy products has a drought or dry year, you will be at their mercy, paying far more than you pay today. Can you imagine paying $7 for a gallon of milk? It's not unlikely.
Wisconsin, on average, is losing 4 dairy farms a day. There are only so many left...
Fight for your farmers friends... please. Keep the U.S. a self-sufficient nation. Keep the family farm in business. Our livelihood (and yours!) depends on YOU!
HEIFER - a heifer is a girl cow. After a heifer has a baby, it's still a heifer. After the second calf, it's a cow.
COW - a cow is a girl. There are no "boy cows". Boy cows are either bulls or steers. The writers of the cereal commercial that says, "Do you think he knows it's a boy cow?" are morons.
BULLS - boy cows that still have their jibs. Jibless bulls are steers.
STEERS - bulls that have been castrated and are usually raised for meat. Steers are delicious.
HORNS - some people think that bulls have horns and cows don't. (remember bull = boy, cow = girl) That's not true. All cattle, with the exception of "polled Herferd's" and some other breeds have horns. Horns are usually removed in various ways when cattle are young. This protects them and their "bags" (see UDDERS) from each other.
UDDERS - A cow has an udder. An udder has 4 quarters. Sometimes only 3 quarters work. (see "3 TITTER".) Amazingly, cows with 3 quarters often produce as much milk as if they had 4 working quarters. (For cows that have only 2 functioning quarters, see HAMBURGER.)
3 TITTER - a cow with only 3 functioning quarters. (see above.)
MILKING - what we do twice a day. Also known as "pulling tits". Contrary to what some might believe, we do not milk by hand (because we are not AMISH) but use milking machines. The apparatus used are called CLAWS.
CLAWS - a hand like apparatus that is put on the teats (nipples) held on by suction. Milk is drawn from the quarters by pulsation. It's fun when you tell people to put their finger in the "inflation" or neck of the claw. They think their finger will be sucked off, but it's more of a massaging sensation. It's pretty funny.
AMISH - a fascinating group of peoples who survive without elecricity, phones, cars or deodorant. The Amish are fantastic craftsmen and bakers and do everything without the aid of modern machinery such as tractors and use horses and people powered equipment. Ironically, wireless technology must be okay because we had an Amish friend call us on his cell phone the other day trying to sell us some "probiotics" for our cows. Amish people have a message. The message is.. "We are rich and you are not."
HAMBURGER - cows with: crappy (less than 3 working) quarters, that do not breed back (see BREEDING) or injured or too old and/or lame to work with become. (see SIDE NOTE) Sometimes they are shipped for processing by others (think McDonalds) or processed for our freezer. (see STEERS)
SIDE NOTE - we are a small "family dairy". We milk an average of 50 cows and have about 90 head heifers/cows all together. Our cows are named, not numbered, loved and cared for.
My friends often say, "I hope I come back as one of your cows... they have it made!" and that's true. We do everything we can to maintain the health and well being of our cows.
Our homestead has been in operation for 153 years because of the great love and respect for the land and animals. Every day, family farms are disappearing at an alarming rate due to the increasingly difficult conditions that "commerce" presents.
Imports from other countries account for the death of the family farms as we know it. Sure... whey products and milk by-products are cheaper from other countries, but in the end... when there are no family farms left in the U.S., you will be a prisoner to other countries. When another country supplying dairy products has a drought or dry year, you will be at their mercy, paying far more than you pay today. Can you imagine paying $7 for a gallon of milk? It's not unlikely.
Wisconsin, on average, is losing 4 dairy farms a day. There are only so many left...
Fight for your farmers friends... please. Keep the U.S. a self-sufficient nation. Keep the family farm in business. Our livelihood (and yours!) depends on YOU!
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