COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

I can’t imagine starting my day with decaf!!!! Although lately I have been known to end my day with some....

Not quite the same as the real thing.

 

[CarolM]

Seems like sickness is going around. I'm home from work today with a nasty cold. Hope all my pals in the CDR are doing well though. It's suppose to be in the 70s here again today here in GA, Murphy will be a happy camper since he'll go outside again today. Right now he's taking his morning bathView attachment 264235

Lol. That is more like a wetting rather than a bath.

 

[CarolM]

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Love the first picture.

 

[CarolM]

Woke up this a.m. to seeing everything outside covered in white. The temperature overnight dipped down past freezing and there's frost on everything. Hoses are frozen solid. We went from many days of spring-like weather to dead of winter in one fell swoop!

Oopsie

 

[CarolM]

Here is my complete set. I love them! My hubby did a good job this Christmas.

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I love them. They look like real Aldabra.

 

[CarolM]

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[Maro2Bear]

I scoop poop every day. We do have to clean the carpet in our bedroom bc that is where our dog sleeps. I plan on changing out his mattress cover before each showing so it is clean.

We do have an enormous closed chamber in my daughter’s bedroom. Tibby is 2 now, 6 lbs and ten inches. I’ll probably move her outside full time by the time we can start showing. So that will be gone. I’m crossing my fingers that the kennel seal was effective and it isn’t ruining the carpet underneath. I hope Puxatawny Phil was correct and spring is almost here. I’m kicking Tibby out!

I would say to change out anything with pet damage or access, it is very amazing what owners consider “normal”.

 

[Momof4]

We are notorious for moving and we have told ourselves that this is it!
So we’ve been here 9yrs and while I was at Disneyland my husband sent me a link to a house with 5 acres and a few riding arenas and plenty of room. The house had pros & cons and I was getting excited. But a few hours later we came to our senses and said “no” we don’t need to move.
I always love the change of a new house but we just about have this place the way we like it. We still need to do the master bath which is super ugly and small things in the yard but I think we’re going to end up staying here.
It was only about 1 mile away.
Secretly, I would move.

 

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[Cathie G]

I’ve been spending as much time as possible trying to improve our house to put it on the market. We’ve always wanted land and not just for my tortoises, although my husband accuses me of that. My four year old keeps busy playing pretend all day with whatever she can get her hands on. Today it was my garden statues. They are her babies. It’s better than her baby the day before, a ball of socks.

Any tips to get my house sold quickly?

No tips for your house but...when your daughter gets a bit older...she's going to want her own pets. Look out they multiply. hehehe

 

[EllieMay]

Our 5 days of rain are done but man it’s cold!! It’s 33 and my Chihuahua takes forever to find a spot to potty as he’s shivering.

Our gardener broke a gas line on Sunday evening and my husband took 2 trips to Lowe’s for parts and fixed it but today our plumber is coming to put in another shut off and fix the pipe the proper way.
It was just a pipe that goes to our bbq, so we capped it and turned the main on.
It was so scary! We haven’t messed around with gas lines.

I can’t imagine 33 when we are still having mid 70’s here.. it’s supposed to drop this weekend but it’s just nuts!!! Gas lines are scary & im glad your getting it fixed properly

 

[EllieMay]

Woke up this a.m. to seeing everything outside covered in white. The temperature overnight dipped down past freezing and there's frost on everything. Hoses are frozen solid. We went from many days of spring-like weather to dead of winter in one fell swoop!

Wow... you and Kathy must be close... Guess this is coming from the west?

 

[TriciaStringer]

No tips for your house but...when your daughter gets a bit older...she's going to want her own pets. Look out they multiply. hehehe

We’ve almost gotten that taken care of. We have four daughters. Our oldest sulcata goes to our oldest. The second sulcata goes to our second daughter. Our Russian goes to our third. Our baby, in the picture, doesn’t have one yet. I really would like about three female Russians and breed them. Trying to sell this house and get some land. Millie tells us she wants redfoots. I’d just love more Russians though.

 

[EllieMay]

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[EllieMay]

We are notorious for moving and we have told ourselves that this is it!
So we’ve been here 9yrs and while I was at Disneyland my husband sent me a link to a house with 5 acres and a few riding arenas and plenty of room. The house had pros & cons and I was getting excited. But a few hours later we came to our senses and said “no” we don’t need to move.
I always love the change of a new house but we just about have this place the way we like it. We still need to do the master bath which is super ugly and small things in the yard but I think we’re going to end up staying here.
It was only about 1 mile away.
Secretly, I would move.

That’s hilarious!! I abhor the process of moving.. hubby and I have discussed it and put on hold until son is a bit older I think. I don’t really want to retire here but we have done so much work and improvements....‍♀️

 

[EllieMay]

Finished the board fence... now I have to do something with the iron rail fence... I think I’m going to paint the lumber black and drill a couple holes through it to secure to the bottom of fence.. like this

What do you think? I ran out of paint so I got a start on the soak pool.. it’s going to be lined with stones to get the depth right and I have a faucet close by so I can spray it out..
I had good help

 

[Cathie G]

We’ve almost gotten that taken care of. We have four daughters. Our oldest sulcata goes to our oldest. The second sulcata goes to our second daughter. Our Russian goes to our third. Our baby, in the picture, doesn’t have one yet. I really would like about three female Russians and breed them. Trying to sell this house and get some land. Millie tells us she wants redfoots. I’d just love more Russians though.

Yea! Russians are so funny. I chose a Russian because they are small and close enough to our needs for me to take better care of one. I'm not saying I knew totally how. I knew a little bit but really not enough. I've had Saphire almost 12 years. He was probably 4 or 5 when I bought him. He was ok etc but since I finally found Tortoise Forum he's thriving...thanks for sharing. Your little one is really cute.

 

[Momof4]

I can’t imagine 33 when we are still having mid 70’s here.. it’s supposed to drop this weekend but it’s just nuts!!! Gas lines are scary & im glad your getting it fixed properly

That was just the overnight temps.
We hit 55 without a cloud in the sky.
I had the heat on all day.

 

[Momof4]

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Finished the board fence... now I have to do something with the iron rail fence... I think I’m going to paint the lumber black and drill a couple holes through it to secure to the bottom of fence.. like this
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What do you think? I ran out of paint so I View attachment 264314got a start on the soak pool.. it’s going to be lined with stones to get the depth right and I have a faucet close by so I can spray it out..View attachment 264313
I had good help

Your moving along quickly! It must be your help!!
It looks so good!!

 

[CarolM]

We are notorious for moving and we have told ourselves that this is it!
So we’ve been here 9yrs and while I was at Disneyland my husband sent me a link to a house with 5 acres and a few riding arenas and plenty of room. The house had pros & cons and I was getting excited. But a few hours later we came to our senses and said “no” we don’t need to move.
I always love the change of a new house but we just about have this place the way we like it. We still need to do the master bath which is super ugly and small things in the yard but I think we’re going to end up staying here.
It was only about 1 mile away.
Secretly, I would move.

Lol. You have the wanderlust disease. [emoji6]