Sunday, October 12, 2008

::30:: Day 5

A quiet Sunday around the farm. Made waffles and bacon for breakfast. Then Stud Muffin and I took the motor home out for a drive to town, just to exercise it.

Big Rolling Turd

Every month (ahem, or so) you have to get the fluids flowing, turn the wheels, run the generator. Usually, we take the dogs, but today we left them home. Nick was very upset!! Sassy was more relieved, I think!

Now I am washing all the bed linens, even though I don't know when we'll get a chance to take the Turd out. Poor thing. It's too expensive to go anywhere, and we couldn't sell it if we wanted too!

After some aerobic bumming around, I put the row cover on the lettuce bed. Yes, Marmy, I'm one of those crazy "doodles" and treats her veg like a pet and gives it a bed!! But since the grasshoppers ate all the beans, I'm not taking any chances with these babies!



I will have to add more bricks to keep the wind from stealing the "bedcovers."

And look what Sassy found when she was chasing her toy!



A giant mushroom growing in the lawn! She thought it was a ball or maybe something to eat, but since she is (still) eating yard cr*p and throwing up at night, she wisely passed on it.

While reading some of the message forums online, I came upon this list of new economic terminology for this ever changing world! Even if you are crying about the state of the world and wiping your nose on your sleeve because you can't afford a tissue, these are kinda funny!

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CEO --Chief Embezzlement Officer.

CFO-- Corporate Fraud Officer.

BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake
himself for a financial genius.

BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance,
the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.

VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.

P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the
market keeps crashing.

BROKER -- What my broker has made me.

STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.

STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.

STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets
equally between themselves.

FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.

MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.

CASH FLOW-- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the
toilet.

YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per
share.

WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo
@ $240 per share.

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a
nuthouse.

PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in use.

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Hope your weekend was good!! Oh, Catty Ax Lady... if you don't drop a line or send up smoke signals, or something else and let me know you and yours are okay, I may have to call you or send you a bag of doggie puke! Don't say I didn't warn you!!

4 comments:

Celticspirit said...

Are you growing any fall crops in your garden? The row cover is a really good idea. Do you mulch under it?

MarmiteToasty said...

OMG you have one of those really big doodle vans.... jebus, Ive always for years dreamed of having one of them and just taking a year off and travelling the states, ya see, ya couldnt have one of those over here, one it wouldnt fit in me back garden and 2 ya just couldnt afford to run it what with petrol at $10 a gallon lol....... I LOVE the little tents on ya veggies and NO I wouldnt take the piss LOL..... you have to remember I use to own a plant nursery so am use to covering things during the winter lol like me boobies lmfao

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Anonymous said...

Thank you for making me laugh with your "daffy-nitions!" I enjoy your writings and pictures very much - thanks! -Daisy

Mama Tango said...

Thank you, thank you, thank you for calling instead of sending said bag of doggie puke. Really. Although at least doggie puke can't be set on fire on a front porch...or can it? I wouldn't know...