jumpjunkie2004

oops....that was supposed to say bears She has lots of experience with beer too - we have a beer fridge in the trailer at the farm : ) Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

She has very little experience with raccoons - tons of experience with bears because for some reason bears seem to like her farm. In any event, she is entertaining : ) Edited for a typo : ) Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

She does an excellent job with the garden part of the farm. She has an absolutely beautiful 2 acre garden. Plus, she can skin, clean and cut up a deer - I don't know man woman that do that. She just has a little issue with snakes and obviously, she had no clue that mama raccoons carry their young that way. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

Not even a little, her hair is almost black!!! Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

2fat2fly, I just turned 40 on Friday and everyone kept telling me that I didn't look a day over 30. I'm sure they were just being nice, but it made me feel a little better about it. The truth of the matter for me is that I think I'm improving with age. I'm starting to realize what I want from life. It's all good : ) Happy early BD : ) Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

So my cousin (yes...the same one) was driving down her farm road and this raccoon runs across the street with a baby squirrel in its mouth. She gets out of her car and chases the raccoon down through the woods. She is yelling at it - trying to get it to release the squirrel. The raccoon scurries up a tree. My cousin continued to yell at it. The raccoon just stared at her. Then, at her wits end she picks up a rock and just before she throws it, the raccoon drops the squirrel at her feet. She looks down to discover that it isn't a squirrel after all - it's a baby raccoon! I'm sure the poor mama raccoon was thinking, "Fine. Go ahead it take it. Do you know how much trouble this raccoon can be? I haven't had a good nights sleep in weeks. It wants to eat all the time. It fusses constantly. If you think you can do a better job, then here. It's yours. Take it." Of course, my cousin was mortified. She looked back up at the mama raccoon and just slinked away leaving the baby on the ground. After she told the story, I said, "You do realize that you probably passed at least six snakes on your way down over the hill." Bet she'll never do that again : ) Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

Sweetness, If you weren't a little nervous, I'd be worried about you. Jumping out of airplanes isn't normal Good luck! Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

He's unpredictable...hard to tell : ) Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

OH...OH...I understand now. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

hmmm....sounds interesting : ) I've never had that before. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

What do you got? : ) Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

Don't mind me...I've been married almost 18 years and I'm not going to make it to 19. What I've learned???? 21 is too early to make a decision about the rest of your life. The things that are important when you are 21 aren't the same things that are important when you are 40. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

Well...I haven't read this entire thread - it's very long - so please forgive me if someone already said this. Way back when marriage was invented, people had a very short life expectancy. When you said, I will love you forever, it really only meant 10-15 years. If you got married when you were a teenager, forever might have meant 20 years tops. So, IMO...forever is 15 years. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

Lance who? Just kidding of course : ) I never followed it before - so this year will be no different. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

Roller Coasters : ) I love the speed! Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

A...yeah...right... I find that hard to believe. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

: ( I wish you were coming to Skyfest Scott! It would fun to meet you. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

Counting down the days to Skyfest? I'm such a little girl when it comes to these things!!! You'd think I was getting ready to celebrate Christmas or something. I'm looking forward to meeting a bunch of DZ.commers and to getting away from my life for a few days. Are you excited? Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

Cute picture : ) Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

Great suggestions for deterring the rats : ) If I ever have a problem again, I'm going to go outside and pee on the fence or try too : ) Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

:) :) :) Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

I'm an American, but I don't have precision aim. I probably would have just made holes in the fence : ( Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

A friend of mine had two pet rats - Maple and Brown Sugar. I never understood why on Earth she'd want pet rats, but she loved those little guys. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

Several years ago, a developer decided to level the woods behind my house and build an assortment of houses and a shopping center. One day, I was on the phone with my cousin (the same one who freaks out about snakes), I looked out my window to see a parade of rats. They were walking along the inside of my fence and through my backyard to the neighbors backyard. The developers had plowed up the field and all the rats had to find new places to live. So, I was freaking out a little, "OH MY GOD, there is rat parade in my backyard." Next day, same thing. I personally think rats are yucky, but I didn't want to kill them. So, I go to Brookstone and I buy this animal deterrent thing. It was some sort of motion detector - it had flashing lights and made sounds to keep small things out of my yard. That night, I'm on the phone with my cousin (yes...we talk on the phone all the time) and I look outside and there is a group of rats watching the flashing lights. I say, "Oh my god, now there's a rat party in my backyard. It's like a little disco club for rats." We returned the item to Brookstone. The sales clerk asked us for the reason we were returning the item. We explained the situation. So, the guy writes on the return slip: Reason for return: Rats like it. I went out and bought rat poision. So...not only have I killed three snakes in my life (two of which were copperheads - hopefully no one has a problem with that), but I have killed at least a dozen rats. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

First of all, let me say this...I like snakes. I think that snakes are very interesting creatures. As a general rule, I do not kill snakes. When I encountered six baby snakes in my backyard, I just picked them up one by one and put them over the fence into the woods behind my house. I asked a few times if I could just relocate the snake instead. She was hysterical. It's her farm. So, I killed the snake. I am not sure what type of snake it was - I really didn't give it much thought because I had a grown woman melting down over the snake. I do not kill spiders. I put them outside, but I kill ants. At the time, I thought I was doing the right thing for my cousin. There are tons of snakes here - it's an 85 acre farm. There are rattlesnakes, copperheads, blacksnakes, and I'm sure there are an assortment of others. I believe this snake was just some sort of ribbon snake. But, honestly, I didn't look at it careful before I killed it. You all can think I'm mean or bad or whatever, but I know I did what I thought was best under the circumstances at the time. Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...