tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post1488521670230690463..comments2024-01-28T02:19:35.150-06:00Comments on Tales from the Coop Keeper: My Cape is at the CleanersJayme Goffin, The Coop Keeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760868033826492236noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-89880624677909650412013-05-19T23:21:50.321-05:002013-05-19T23:21:50.321-05:00Jayme,....just a follow up..I don't blog...but...Jayme,....just a follow up..I don't blog...but girl you inspire me. I am trying to be more agressive with my gardening this year. Well, got to tell ya...I paced myself somewhat and spent only 8 hours in the yard today digging, edging, and being a planting fool too. I am exhausted and happy. I told my husband about you. Jayme, you accomplish what I use to in my hayday 30's 40's and til 56. Now I will turn 58 in July and I am puttering out, so I thought.....til I read your 14 hr post..Thanks for the inspire...that "M" word will not Defeat us!! Garden on. Can't wait to see your chick posts. Peace, Debra in Illinois Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-48494561323093320912013-05-19T18:21:36.258-05:002013-05-19T18:21:36.258-05:00I hear ya, sister! I knew I was going to be in tr...I hear ya, sister! I knew I was going to be in trouble this summer when I was walking a hiking trail in the 32 degree winter and was breaking out in a sweat!<br />And stubborn weight gain? Don't get me started on that! But thank you for the comic relief that you provide, I look forward to every one of your posts. And when I read the comments, I feel like part of a neighborhood.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11476516565202230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-42126003037479453962013-05-19T12:23:47.146-05:002013-05-19T12:23:47.146-05:00Sorry you're not feeling 100%. It must be in t...Sorry you're not feeling 100%. It must be in the air...76 days without a period and then WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM! That's what's happened to me. Plus a spring sprung through our mattress and we can't afford another one, my senior has finals this week, graduates on Saturday and leaves for college in August. Hubby still unemployed, 8th grader cranky, dry/flaky skin, frizzy hair, aches and pains and trouble sleeing. I'm going to dig in the yard today and see if I can add to my grief. Then lay in bed the rest of the day and say, "Jayme made me do it." How are you feeling today sista?Lisa in Pasadenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-24783160012178979912013-05-18T13:41:22.732-05:002013-05-18T13:41:22.732-05:00Great post Jayme! I had a day like that yesterday...Great post Jayme! I had a day like that yesterday, but this morning brought renewed energy, bright sunshine and no horrendous wind like the previous 3 days! I'm good to go (at least for a few hours!) AND a huge pot of the Pioneer Woman's Beer & Beef Stew is on the stove for dinner. <br /><br />My husband is doing all the outdoor chores today (like cleaning the girls' chicken coop), so now I'm ready to settle in for some serious knitting! Kathy at Knitting Off The Gridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134199896022284914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-30819584879401851912013-05-18T13:03:09.791-05:002013-05-18T13:03:09.791-05:00Hi Jayme.....just started subscribing to your blog...Hi Jayme.....just started subscribing to your blog, we could be kin what with we are going through, me at 52 and slugging through MENopause....i have many days when i wonder where my energy went.....my list isn't a "to do" list anymore, it's a "meant to do never got done/finished" list. I envy that you live on a little farm that i have always wanted, but I know the chickens, beautiful gardens and vegetables don't get tended without effort......i know for every pain and ache there is tremendous satisfaction in seeing what you accomplish, if it just didn't have to be so darn hard, hot and sweaty eh?!! Keep up the your sense of humor, and Ben Gay works wonders! (he's the other guy in my life)looking forward to hanging out at your blog and smiling at all the similarities!!!Ironstone and Pinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-45253762100915608642013-05-18T09:43:30.235-05:002013-05-18T09:43:30.235-05:00Oh my----- thought I had fallen asleep---again?!?!...Oh my----- thought I had fallen asleep---again?!?!---- and written a post under your name?!?!!!!!!<br />Same-o same- o girlfriend !!!!!!<br />62 here and must be thinking I'm 32--42--52--oh my lions and tigers and bears oh my..........<br />Hang in there!!<br />Rain :)Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544530163641503879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-16744479431683222412013-05-18T09:37:49.721-05:002013-05-18T09:37:49.721-05:00i needed this today. thank you thank you thank you...i needed this today. thank you thank you thank you. I'm okay!! :) and you? are fantabulous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00732203991908884482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-58240423607062459852013-05-18T07:23:13.977-05:002013-05-18T07:23:13.977-05:00So you are human? really??
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janSo you are human? really??<br /><br />smile<br /><br />janAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-88458699725169936212013-05-17T22:30:09.219-05:002013-05-17T22:30:09.219-05:00It gets better, does that help . . . My new way of...It gets better, does that help . . . My new way of the world is to work hard one day, cut back the next . . . It helps me considerably . . . although I miss my days of feeling like I was a Mac Truck . . . and I could go on forever. On the bright side, I do okay for a seventy four year old!<br /><br />Treat yourself kindly for a few days . . . might be fun . . . won't help the hot flashes though!Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08723721131329150461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-69512776929821936262013-05-17T22:04:38.127-05:002013-05-17T22:04:38.127-05:00So frustrating these "M" days, ugh! I a...So frustrating these "M" days, ugh! I agree with the "PACE" word. I can so relate to you and so many writers here. I was just saying to my husband the other day that it is so frustrating when I know what my heart and mind want to accomplish, but my body won't cooperate. To the writer "Mitzi"..I hear ya! We just have to learn how not to be so hard on ourselves. Somedays will just be better than others. Kumbaya girls, from Debra in Illinios. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-60050848706929260752013-05-17T21:58:25.463-05:002013-05-17T21:58:25.463-05:00Jayme, 14 hours in the garden? I'm a puddle af...Jayme, 14 hours in the garden? I'm a puddle after 3! It's like you were listening to my inner voices having this same discussion! I feel so much better that there are folks talking outside of my head too. Thanks for this one!<br /><br />Mari Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010677694912834611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-78982479484178687952013-05-17T21:12:59.872-05:002013-05-17T21:12:59.872-05:00me, too - i refer to it as my "new, improved ...me, too - i refer to it as my "new, improved body type" and do the best i can.<br />I'm in - <br />I'll join you on the quest - we'll both be OKAY Together - <br />However we present on any given day.<br />Love & Love,<br />-g-<br />Maggidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00857424986925369274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-84171113413294625652013-05-17T18:43:51.625-05:002013-05-17T18:43:51.625-05:00I find it hard to keep up a big house and a big ya...I find it hard to keep up a big house and a big yard at the same time. If I work outdoors-things get behind indoors. There seems to be no happy medium. And I can't seem to get it through my head that it's ok to do nothing some days. My body gets in the way of what my head seems to think I can do.<br />Absolutely love your blog. My favorite by far.Mitzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415377066635534328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-37804365072282648352013-05-17T18:12:01.352-05:002013-05-17T18:12:01.352-05:00Its like you read my mind! You seem to know so muc...Its like you read my mind! You seem to know so much about <br />this, like you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you can do with some <br />pics to drive the message home a little bit, but other <br />than that, this is excellent blog. 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I want you to know, Jaymers, that I truly understand how you feel when it comes to this obsessive desire to get everything done RIGHT NOW! My problem ~ TIRED = GROUCHY. Hubby used to always tell me, "I'd just rather you not try to do everything in one day and be pleasant when I get home from work!" I finally wised up and took his advice. I loved hearing what Quilting is Blissful, Di had to say, " I have several illness's--and once in a while I have a day where I feel 'normal' so I fly around here at 80 miles a hour--<br />but then for the next several days--I can only go 5 miles a hour--<br />so we all need to learn to pace and to love ourselves for pacing--<br />and in the end more will get done--" I especially like the "in the end more will get done" part! xoxoxoDiannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15916346102440260126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-46024275287586334422013-05-17T15:25:09.184-05:002013-05-17T15:25:09.184-05:00Pacing is the key as we get older. Yesterday, I l...Pacing is the key as we get older. Yesterday, I laid around all day as well...didn't even get out of my nightgown til I showered in the evening and time for another gown. Today, I'm a little more rested. Hang in there.... p a c e, p a c e. <br />Joanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079320105957390525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-69811574733265703012013-05-17T15:14:46.284-05:002013-05-17T15:14:46.284-05:00Now Jayme, you have no reason to feel old. I am 6... Now Jayme, you have no reason to feel old. I am 64 years old and I refuse to get old. I always say my husband will have to drag me kicking and screaming into old age 'cause I'm not going there. Everyone gets tired. I think you just work yourself too hard and are too hard on yourself. You get more done than twenty people I know. You are at a time in your life when you should just stop and smell the roses(and the chickens.) By the way, I'm the one who wrote you about my crippled chicken who I was sure was on her last legs. She was laying on her back three weeks ago with one leg sticking up in the air. Now after Epsom salt soaks, poly visol, and vitamins, she can stand and balance herself with her wing. I'm so proud of her. So put your wing out and steady yourself and keep on going. You are still a young sprout with lots of living to do.Snickelfritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631235076617656175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-12208299324152033232013-05-17T13:10:27.500-05:002013-05-17T13:10:27.500-05:00I just wrote to Diane, The Blue Ridge Gal, that ge...I just wrote to Diane, The Blue Ridge Gal, that getting is not for sissies, lol! She agreed.<br /><br />Just the other day I was talking to my Dad on the phone and he said that he's getting tired for some reason now and that maybe he should see a doctor about it. He bowls once a week, works in his yard, takes care of the house and animals, volunteers at a hospital, golfs several times a week and works out at the gym three times a week. He's 86 years old... I think it's time he gets tired but he doesn't think so. He's so cute! I can only hope that I'm like that at his age.<br /><br />Hang in there kiddo. You should definitely be happy with yourself and all that you have accomplished and still are accomplishing even if you don't get it done in the time frame you had anticipated. And don't get upset, I'm saying this to myself and much as to you!<br /><br />Take care of yourself and before long, your cape will be ready! (Just pace yourself next time, lol!)<br /><br />Have a great weekend!Gone Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044426675150865698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-83235918612458636562013-05-17T12:53:19.232-05:002013-05-17T12:53:19.232-05:00Right there with ya sister! My body won't do w...Right there with ya sister! My body won't do what the brain is dreaming...of course the brain wants all flowers beds weeded and deadheaded, grass cut, bushes trimmed, animals fed, house clean, build arbors and gates, and paint them, read the blogs, write the blog, go to the store and that's just the morning chores....lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521096394663184487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-74401866552663025002013-05-17T12:44:31.580-05:002013-05-17T12:44:31.580-05:00The magic word here gals is 'pace'!!!
we h...The magic word here gals is 'pace'!!!<br />we have to learn to pace ourselves--yes we want to get it all done in one day--or less--but--that just can't happen--cause when we do attempt that--<br />guess what--we go backwards for a couple days and can do nothing--I know--<br />let me tell you--I have several illness's--and once in a while I have a day where I feel 'normal' so I fly around here at 80 miles a hour--<br />but then for the next several days--I can only go 5 miles a hour--<br />so we all need to learn to pace and to love ourselves for pacing--<br />and in the end more will get done--<br />this is my story--now if I can just stick to it!!!??????:-)<br />hugs, di and miss gracieQUILTING IS BLISSFUL, DIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347815945554965185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-64031610177672432682013-05-17T12:04:23.046-05:002013-05-17T12:04:23.046-05:00Oh Jayme me too! And just for the record I've ...Oh Jayme me too! And just for the record I've been on the porch all morning with the dogs reading blogs! Iam taking a day off! I don't even have my garden tilled! Too much rain here in this part of Indiana ! But Iam thinking of a blog get together with tiny trailers for Hoosiers ! Well just thinking about it makes me tired ! Love to ya sistah!<br />Sharonsharon olerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03277935876053949906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-62592541740928846512013-05-17T11:36:33.606-05:002013-05-17T11:36:33.606-05:00Why do we love others as they are, but expect ours...Why do we love others as they are, but expect ourselves to be perfect? I am learning since I turned 50 to love myself, too. It's a good lesson to learn i think! Take care, JeanRuby and Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366245575101400362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-984462858563802652013-05-17T11:35:44.833-05:002013-05-17T11:35:44.833-05:00Oh, Jayme... I think I know how you feel. My kids...Oh, Jayme... I think I know how you feel. My kids are tired of hearing me lament "It's hard getting old...". But you know what? It is really hard. So, I am learning to slow down, don't push so hard, and, as my son says, just sit still. Trouble is, when I sit still, I fall asleep and everyone complains that I snore! Pam (Colorado)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220470666707560125.post-43595663647225159942013-05-17T11:24:10.818-05:002013-05-17T11:24:10.818-05:00My heart is with you!~.~My heart is with you!~.~Jayhawk Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843292378508877860noreply@blogger.com