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EllieMay

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No final decision yet, all the jobs have given hubby at least a month to decide which surprised me. In fact, hubby has an interview with ANOTHER company on Tuesday! This one is in Montana[emoji33]
I would prefer one in Texas though.
I'm hoping for the move to happen in early spring, but it may happen even sooner.
I won't be doing any hunting this year, a license is just so expensive here and we are trying to keep our fridge and freezer lightly stocked until after we move. Although I have plenty of deer and even elk passing through my tiny pasture regularly.

I would love to see some wild elk pics:) HINT HINT!

I have always wanted to take the horses up to Montana and ride but it has never played out for me yet. My hubby is not really into that so I’d have to slip off with my oldest daughter.. if you move there, it just might be the excuse I need:))
I know it’s a lot of work for you right now so just wanted you to know I was thinking about you...
 

Bambam1989

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I would love to see some wild elk pics:) HINT HINT!

I have always wanted to take the horses up to Montana and ride but it has never played out for me yet. My hubby is not really into that so I’d have to slip off with my oldest daughter.. if you move there, it just might be the excuse I need:))
I know it’s a lot of work for you right now so just wanted you to know I was thinking about you...
I would welcome going riding with you, in Montana or Texas. I miss my horses and going riding. My palomino is still living at my parents place, he hasn't been rode in 3 years.. he is so fat now he jiggles when he walks! He was the second horse I ever trained...
Heck, I miss ALL the critters I used to have. I have a list of animals that I want on my farm.
One of my stipulations to my husband on moving was that we get a place with a MINIMUM of 10acres.
 

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It IS awesome news, because that species of tortoise is VERY scarce here in the States.

I know. Hopefully if Chris and Dan are successful with their incubation methods then they will become less scarce.

I remember Chris’s thread. No wonder these are sought after. Carol’s lucky finds are gorgeous! [emoji173]️
 

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My hobbies are no closer to getting my attention than they ever where.
Right now I'm in Georgia.
So far, I'm not a big fan of being retired.

Every new thing takes time to get used to. You worked for how many years? 20? 30? And been retired for only a short time. My father-in-law hated his retirement at first. Now he makes wine and liquors as a hobby, something he’d never have time to do while working. It took him a few months to get used to it though.
 

Kristoff

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Good evening CDR. I hope all my roomies are all well, busy and happy.:)

Me too.:D After 3 days of working I have 4 days "off duty". My torts are all fine. The sullies grow and grow. They need a bigger enclosure soon. My little greeks are active. They don`t know that it gets cold outside. No hibernation for them. :D
I have two redfoots. One is growing well but the other is my little problem child. He doesen`t grow ! He eats, walkes around in his enclosure and is not sick, but he doesen`t grow. He is my Bonsai tortoise !
Ma & Mo are well too. They are not as active as little sulcatas or greeks but they eat and walk around and bask.
That is a short summery of what`s going on with my torts.

Nights are cold here in Germany: 3 - 4 C. Day temps around 15 C. I miss the warmth of summer even now. I am a "summer child" not a snowwoman. I think that my cats and the torts feel the same.:D

I wish you all a good evening.:<3:


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Thank you for the update, Bee!
 

Kristoff

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I knocked off another yard inspection today and the people came this afternoon and took home a very nice male desert tortoise. That leaves me with one 65 pound male sulcata, one juvenile-almost-adult m? f? desert tortoise and 6 yearling desert tortoises. I also have three hatchlings, but I don't adopt them out until they're a year old. I was worried I was going to have to hibernate all those desert tortoises - at one time, not too long ago, I had about 20 of them!

Nothing new on the road widening in front of my house. Still wrangling over where they want to put my driveway. So far they're still in the engineering/right-of-way stage. Next comes the $$$ stage. Once I get the finalized copy of where the boundary/property line is, I'll have a fence company come and estimate how much to build a new fence at the new property line, an estimate on how much to make a new driveway (decomposed granite, gravel, etc or maybe even cement), what my full size trees that they tear down are worth, what my full size, mature cacti are worth. . . I wonder if I can add onto all that pain and suffering of the property owner. Hm-m-m-m

So glad those torts are finding new homes. Hope it will work out for all of them. [emoji173]️

Sorry about the ongoing pain of that road project.
 

Kristoff

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Yes..a kayak really opens up a ton of opportunities to many things.. comradarie, solitude, nature, bird watching, wildlife photography, exercise, balance, visiting new locations, history, fishing... One gets to choose...

Get out and try it!

I guess it takes some time to learn that. And a small investment in a kayak and a dry suit?
 
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