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Yvonne G

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Update: Well, that shopping trip was fast & easy. After a few vegetables n things from our local Lidl store, including a nice butternut and acorn squash, we went to The Feed Store and bam! No hay bales! Nothing. Due to the Summer drought, there is very little hay about. They had some, but in very very large bales (not the humongous round ones, but too large & expensive @ $22.00]. The silver lining was that the owner did say that they get a lot of Mazuri product and can quickly get bags of their tortoise chow.
Ask him if he'll allow you to sweep up the 'leavings' around the bottoms of his large bales of grass hay and take it away in a bag. My sister gets her hay that way.
 

JoesMum

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Do any of you know about "Pay-per-mile" auto insurance, and if so, can you give me your opinion on if it would be good for me to look into it? I only drive into town once a week and that's about a 10 mile round trip. It takes me a couple years to go 3000 miles for my oil change.
Not something we have over here. Although we do have policies where you specify your annual mileage and can specify a very low limit. It can be a problem driving very few miles. The insurers seem to regard infrequent drivers as a higher risk... they always find some excuse to charge you more :(
 

Cathie G

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Not enough light in our bathroom. They are staying in the dining room, plenty of light, there is just no way I'm keeping my house 80F for them. If we get some more warm days I'll take them out.
My mom gave me a cutting off her orchid cactus that she had taken 3years ago. She had put it in a small pot and stuck it in a corner of her bedroom and then forgot about it.. it is now over 3foot long and very spindled. Saddest orchid cactus ever! I'll repot it maybe the new growth will look healthier.
Sounds like a new wonderful room to live in. Sunshine is warmer
 

EllieMay

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Regarding Orchid Cactus aka Christmas Cactus , throughout the year, i pinch back a lot of the droopy spindly growth so the main branches stay nice & thick. It’s looking pretty good this year. (If i pinch a lot off, the pieces go into Sullys food dish)
It's hard to get good pictures of the kittens because when they see me they stop what they're doing and run over to me.

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Cuteness overload!
 

EllieMay

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Do any of you know about "Pay-per-mile" auto insurance, and if so, can you give me your opinion on if it would be good for me to look into it? I only drive into town once a week and that's about a 10 mile round trip. It takes me a couple years to go 3000 miles for my oil change.
I haven’t heard of that, but Progressive does offer a significant low mileage discount.. I have a company truck that I drive most all the time but I have my personal truck ( which is a diesel) for hauling the horses or whatever on my off weekends. The insurance company sent me a device that plugged in under my dash for 6 weeks and logged mileage.. then they sent me a $300 check...
 

Maro2Bear

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I haven’t heard of that, but Progressive does offer a significant low mileage discount.. I have a company truck that I drive most all the time but I have my personal truck ( which is a diesel) for hauling the horses or whatever on my off weekends. The insurance company sent me a device that plugged in under my dash for 6 weeks and logged mileage.. then they sent me a $300 check...

Interesting...
 

Cathie G

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That’s what I was going for.... everyone always says “ puppies don’t stay puppies” but I picked her for the dog she was going to be. I did plenty of research and had a good bit of history from my grandmother. She is precious to me and while I’m not old, I have definitely outgrown going through the babies and puppy stages! Lol... I am enjoying her but I believe I will enjoy so much more in her well trained adulthood:)
By the way, I am praying for your impatient baby to hold out until December. Sometimes I don’t respond to every post that I want to because the mobile version is just not as easy for me and I’m almost never on my home computer.
That's ok. I enjoy reading everyone's post as much as I can though even when I can't answer. My phone is hard on my eyes but the computer is harder. Most of the time I'd rather see what everyone else is up to anyway. Thank you for the prayers. If he can hang in there until sometime in December he'll still be a preemie but big enough. I've been around many little bulldogs and they always have such a sweet personality. I can understand your choice.
 

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Good morning everyone, hope everyone is doing well. Dont know if I can catch up with you all in the CDR. But happy birthday Sabine, Mark looks like you have had some nice weather and Yvonne I hope the phone calls from India have stopped.
I will try to get back in the loop.
 

EllieMay

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Good morning everyone, hope everyone is doing well. Dont know if I can catch up with you all in the CDR. But happy birthday Sabine, Mark looks like you have had some nice weather and Yvonne I hope the phone calls from India have stopped.
I will try to get back in the loop.
Good morning Ray! I hope today is the start for a wonderful week with you and the family! I am thankful to know you :)
 

EllieMay

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Good morning all and happy Sunday... I have been at war with leaves in an effort to save my grass... I could do without a few of the trees around our house..I’ll clean out the little tortoise yards and I’ll be done with that.. for this week at least. Also Today, I’ve got to do the last of my thanksgiving grocery shopping. I’m going to cook Thursday for myself & 2 children. My Dad will join us and my “like dad” family friend. Small affair. I’ll have to clean off the dining table ( that we never use) and get my office area back in shape. I’ve let it get disastrous and it’s not very pretty.. guess it needs to be done anyway.
 

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