really old style living?

Hippeechiq

annie123 wrote: »

thank you , you've made me feel better, I was feeling guilty now I don't:)

You're welcome annie

Why are we women so good at guilt though? You wouldn't find a man having this conversation......in fact, I don't think I've ever heard a man say he feels guilty about anything :huh:

We do sometimes make rods for our own backs dontcha think?

katholicos

You're right, women are good at guilt, unfortunately I think it's just the way a lot of us are wired....so we sometimes have to get a spot of rewiring done in that case!

I often have disturbed nights when i am not well and my sleep patterns are all over the place. I try not to stay in bed later than 9.30am and usually get up between 7.30am and 8.30am. When i get up after 8.30am i always feel guilty...as if i have done something shouldn't have done...but i don't have to do the school run anymore and i do what i can manage with regards housework and cooking etc so i don't know why I feel as if i have done something wrong.

Hmmm....just trying to think when the last time i ever heard any man say they felt guilty about something....hmmm....actually, i don't even recall it happening...ever!

Gigervamp

I don't feel guilt when I lay in but I do feel a sense of missed opportunity because I love that early part of the morning before everyone else has got up.

Gigervamp

We have an adopted stray cat who spends most of her time outside, so her food bowl is out there.

I noticed that her bowl became the Hard Rock Slug Cafe. Sometimes it looked like a 70's photo of an appetiser with prawns draped around the edge of the bowl there were so many slugs!

So, my brilliant idea was to put some cat crunchies around veg that would normally be eaten by slugs.
And it would be safe if you have cats.

Great idea in theory, unfortunately if you have a dog that eats anything going it's hard to test the theory. I'd be very interested to hear if it works!

ginnyknit

JenniO wrote: »

I feel like the 'Gardening Girl' on this forum, but felt compelled to tell you that your seaweed may contain salt and if it does, it will kill your plants. You would need to wash it several times first. To be honest, I wouldn't do it, but I do buy seaweed concentrated liquid and dilute it for good plant food. HTH.

Thank you for the advice, so would it work if I put it in the compost bins? Its just that I saw farmers on Scottish islands used to put it on the land and I was trying to be clever :rotfl:

Picked a good few onions and more sunflowers - I really didnt expect the sunflowers to be so successful, but its more seeds for me and the animals. Think we can reach the tall ones with my loppers. Some of the plants have 10 heads on them, see how clueless I am I thought they had one flower on each.

Made my pickles but forgot to tell Dd they were sitting in salt and she pinched some cucumber - whoops:D

Dd is busy organising her packing and I am just looking forward to packing all their kitchen stuff and finally having room again in there. Having 2 chefs living with you means there is a drawer just full of knives and blooming sharp too. Also the utensil pot is forever falling over as its got 2 steels in. Plus babies drying rack, steriliser and bottles etc. Yes I know I will miss them all so much:o:o

mardatha

Sorry been busy this weekend on another forum and also away all yesterday. Drove 260 miles so the daughters duckling could be rehomed.
Annie, I got rid of the guilt mode years ago. I crawl out of bed like a very tired slug whenever I feel like it. I dont look at the time and I dont care. But the RV springs out of bed at 6.30 and zonks around happily without me knowing or caring !

D&DD

Thats interesting about the seaweed..makes total sense re the salt but just never thought of it! Good job I live nowhere near the sea I'd have killed everything :rotfl:

I am soo not a morning person,never have been and currently getting about 3-4hrs a night ain't helping

I always manage to get up though and once up and tanked on caffeine I'm pretty much set lol

Spent most of today picking stuff in the garden I have so much to do tomorrow but got a visit in the morning from the children with disabilities team..should be fun! MORE forms...

ceridwen

Welcome back to your own thread Mardatha.

Well - have you been "killing bears" (virtual or otherwise) or got your Davy Crockett hat sorted out yet?

Howza Little Cabin in the Woods going?

BTW - Theres a guy living over in America living in just that - ie a little cabin in the woods offgrid - if you want some reading some time on his blog (the earlier entries - the later ones are where he's feeling rather ill and not posting much - dont let that put you off "cabin" living....):

http://littlebloginthebigwoods.blogspot.com/

mardatha

Ta Ceridwen, not read his blog before. I do have a longterm penpal online who lived like that for a few years . He's in his 60s, very tough, anti-social ex-vietnam vet, bit odd but very very smart. Some things he tells me I think "oh god he's really lost it this time"...then a few months later it actually comes out in the news and I have to mentally apologise.
He lived in a log cabin up on the Canadian border, deep in woods with no elect. He said if his ex wife hadnt come up and hauled him out he would've ended up shooting himself because he got depression.
That's the thing with deep country or backwoods living - you cant do it alone. Not ever. Not good for your mental health. You need somebody else with you.
Even if that someone is an RV who drives you mad :rotfl:

ceridwen

mardatha wrote: »

Ta Ceridwen, not read his blog before. I do have a longterm penpal online who lived like that for a few years . He's in his 60s, very tough, anti-social ex-vietnam vet, bit odd but very very smart. Some things he tells me I think "oh god he's really lost it this time"...then a few months later it actually comes out in the news and I have to mentally apologise.
He lived in a log cabin up on the Canadian border, deep in woods with no elect. He said if his ex wife hadnt come up and hauled him out he would've ended up shooting himself because he got depression.
That's the thing with deep country or backwoods living - you cant do it alone. Not ever. Not good for your mental health. You need somebody else with you.
Even if that someone is an RV who drives you mad :rotfl:

Makes a change from thinking "ceridwens really lost it this time...";):rotfl:.

Didya get my PM re links to stevia info?