Daydream thread continues.....

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Alex..

alot of people have a dream to live in the country and have land, and when they daydream the weather is nice and sunny, the roses are in full bloom around the front door, the bread is baking in the aga, and the animals are well trained and perfect.... BUT in reality.... there's bloody green fly on the roses, the buds are rotting before they open, the bread is reduced from the supermarket, the animals drive you mad as they are time consuming and got a mind of their own AND it constanly pi$$es down and the mud is everywhere:rotfl::rotfl:

welcome to the world of 'dreams'

Even though I have never had land until last year... We have allways had animals, had chickens and ducks for 10 years, had a pet pig when i was younger, and had a goat for a while too.. also went to young farmers meetings, had horses etc.. I am that type of person....

Hubby just lighting the fire as its flipping freezing out there....

rozeepozee

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Alex..

alot of people have a dream to live in the country and have land, and when they daydream the weather is nice and sunny, the roses are in full bloom around the front door, the bread is baking in the aga, and the animals are well trained and perfect.... BUT in reality.... there's bloody green fly on the roses, the buds are rotting before they open, the bread is reduced from the supermarket, the animals drive you mad as they are time consuming and got a mind of their own AND it constanly pi$$es down and the mud is everywhere:rotfl::rotfl:

welcome to the world of 'dreams'

Even though I have never had land until last year... We have allways had animals, had chickens and ducks for 10 years, had a pet pig when i was younger, and had a goat for a while too.. also went to young farmers meetings, had horses etc.. I am that type of person....

Hubby just lighting the fire as its flipping freezing out there....

You are so right, CTC. The kids's books: the weather is always nice!!!

I have to admit that the rain was getting us down this morning, but we went out with the kids and everything seems fine again with the world. We've not made it easy on ourselves - city dwellers living in a field in West Wales in a caravan with three children under seven and the wettest year since records or such like....

alfie_1

rozeepozee wrote: »

You are so right, CTC. The kids's books: the weather is always nice!!!

I have to admit that the rain was getting us down this morning, but we went out with the kids and everything seems fine again with the world. We've not made it easy on ourselves - city dwellers living in a field in West Wales in a caravan with three children under seven and the wettest year since records or such like....

youve done brilliantly rozee...
you embraced the toughness and with 3 young kids youve passed the capabilities for caring for future animals ..... [no reference to yr kids...:o] just meant you have got used to lacking the normal "easy" life lots have...
youve learnt to be in 5 places at once...:D
so your half way if not more, there now...:rotfl::rotfl:

Alexelisey

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Even though I have never had land until last year... We have allways had animals, had chickens and ducks for 10 years, had a pet pig when i was younger, and had a goat for a while too.. also went to young farmers meetings, had horses etc.. I am that type of person....

rozeepozee wrote: »

I have to admit that the rain was getting us down this morning, but we went out with the kids and everything seems fine again with the world. We've not made it easy on ourselves - city dwellers living in a field in West Wales in a caravan with three children under seven and the wettest year since records or such like....

Now I feel I've been shunted even further into the "wuss" bracket :rotfl:20 years ago when we first wanted to move out to the country with the kids and have some land, I would have been fine. Living in suburbia has made me soft. Maybe it can all be regained, I don't know.

Perhaps I should just sit in the corner and keep quiet, because I feel a bit like I'm letting you all down. All mouth and trousers...

lostinrates

It seems to me nothing is less sensible than going into it NOT commited and positive.

IMO, there is no point doing it of you can buy it as good as you could do at a decent price point compromise.

Land and animals are a tie and a drain and there is so much else one could do with choices.

If I were able to travel I would really love to be travelling more. The animals would restrict that heavily if not prevent it entirely.

Itismehonest

Yes, it's far from the idyll people think.
I, too, was a Young Farmer & had farmers in the family so I knew what it was like. My uncles & aunts could seldom attend family functions unless they could fit it around the farms.

Having lived here for more than a quarter of a century I can tell you that, even when young & fit, there were times when fighting the elements - chasing things the winds were throwing round or nursing poorly animals through the dark & freezing winter nights - have reduced me to tears through complete exhaustion.
It's constant hard work & the older you get the harder it is.
Nature never stops growing. Animals & birds always need feeding, checking & generally looking after 365 days a year.
Then, of course, there's the house & any other buildings, fences, walls etc. that need maintenance. It never ends.

As LIR says, I now dream of a small place like a nice apartment that I can lock up & leave to go off where I want when I want.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

morning all:j:j

Nice and cosy in the house last night, made sure the fire was bouncing... with all this rain, even though the temp is above average, the house still seems cold,

At christmas time i set myself a financial target to reach by march - april to start work on the ranch...with other things going on, taking my time up, I have got nowhere fast:cool::cool:

Wish there were more hours in the day:rotfl:

how's the panto going davesnave?

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

how's the panto going davesnave?

It'll be all right on the night....I hope! :eek:

I think people will like it, but it's a definite departure from the usual themes, being set in Victorian London, much of it in the music hall. However, quite a few people living here are originally from the South East: even me, though I'll never admit to it!
....And there is a local connection. :cool:

No there's not enough hours in the day, but in the last year or two that's because many of the days have been so unusable and we always seem to be waiting for things to improve. I shall just about finish the hedge laying I planned, but other stuff hasn't moved forward at all. I expected some new outdoor deep beds to be in place by now.

Yesterday, we got another couple of deep beds sorted in the polytunnel:D, but half the day was taken up by a visitor and final fiddling with the house plan.

I fully expect to read in the local news that the architect has topped himself, but perhaps he shouldn't design us a building where one has to go through a corner of the best room to reach the front door! We are a bit traditional....none of this open plan nonsense! I have emailed him 'our' version.

Davesnave

rozeepozee wrote: »

I've lost my bank card too.... (goes off to look in slipper..)

A few months ago I had a spate of doing that, mainly as a result of increased security awareness. I'd hide my cards in really obscure places..... and then forget.

When, after a week or more of being cardless, they turned up in my underpants drawer, I decided to be more strict with myself. They may still be hidden, but at least they will be somewhere sensible!:rotfl:

rhiwfield

Itsme, I'm with you in wanting something manageable. And like Lir in my view that anyone thinking of going into smallholding without full commitment and open eyes will probably get an unpleasant surprise.

CTC, I've found that distant targets need interim targets to motivate. So instead of say £2,000 saved by June, maybe it should be £500 per month, or £125 per week, or better still £15 a day. That way, on a good day, you pat yourself on the back and feel cheery. A bad day you just put behind you

Yes I know the maths dont work precisely :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: