Holy Smokes! I take some time out from the forum for a bit of RL, and WHAM! Tons of reading to catch up on =) Not that I mind, of course...
Chooch darling, please go back to your budget on vaping. Add in the money you've saved on health care by no longer being a smoker. I sure do! And, in the end, with that taken into consideration, you may find you are quite a bit ahead. (hey, I may be retired, but my time is worth something, and so is yours, if you are unable to cope with daily life needs from cigarette caused issues, that costs us!)
We need a more in depth method of measure for what smoking cost us, that we save on, than just monetary. How can you put a price on happiness?
Kayte! How is our favorite Doug doing? Inquiring minds want to know =)
Starting to pack (or at least set things aside) for the yearly migration to Texas. We drive down in my Avalanche, hubbs and I. He gets the bed of the truck for his stuff, and I get the back seat. In years past, this was to keep his things from smelling like smoke, but I've rather grown to like not having him interfere with "my" stuff in the back seat. Looking forward to this trip a lot! I even have a laptop of my own now, so I can catch up in the evenings on all the fun I missed during the day =) Pa in law's game ranch has wifi in the lodge, so I'll even be able to relax between hunting online. 'Cause, seriously, you won't find me with the guys watching sports! Looking forward immensely to sharing some fine pictures with our family here during the trip.
Ziglar is his old naughty but charming self! He treated me to a full on trot up and stop mud spray today when I flashed a carrot at him from the gate. So much for staying relatively clean when bringing him in! Of course when I grumped about it, he searched my pockets for more treats, and got lots of love. I can't tell if the thing I'm stuffing full of cotton and "dry cow" in his hoof is healing, from looking at it, but if his uptrend in happiness is any indication, he is well on the road to recovery. I truly hope it cools down and snows soon though, the mud we are getting from these rain torrents sure makes a mess of the cotton wad!
*casually snags Fuschia Flame* NOPE not gonna sneak tips in while I'm composing a long winded post, no ma'am! *grins at Kayte*