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[bobbiwoz]

Anyone here a DVC owner? We're seriously thinking about it.

We are! Empty nesters, and we bought in '03.

Bobbi

PS. About gardening! I don't do as much as I once did. Since I also spend part of my summer in Cape May NJ, I don't have time to care for my home garden. However, I do grow tomatoes, and cucumbers and I have a small amount of asparagus which is a perennial. I also have red raspberries. They are so hardy, just step back and they'll take over your whole lawn.

 

[mommytotwo]

Wish we could grown raspberries and blueberries here .

 

[bobbiwoz]

Wish we could grown raspberries and blueberries here .

I wish you could too! Blueberries are a bit harder in my opinioin. You need acid soil and for me, the trick was getting them ripe before the robins just came and ate them. Even if the berry was mostly green, but just the hint of a bit of blue, the robins figured, Done! I finally gave up. I travel to New Jersey in the summer, and I know there are other states that grow blueberries, NJ Blueberries are the best IMHO!

Bobbi

 

[mommytotwo]

The birds get to our mulberries all the time as well.

 

[bobbiwoz]

The birds get to our mulberries all the time as well.

Gosh, when I was young, there was a mulberry tree in our neighborhood. We children would always be picking the fruit! Hadn't thought about that in ages!

Bobbi

 

[kimbac3]

I travel to New Jersey in the summer, and I know there are other states that grow blueberries, NJ Blueberries are the best IMHO!

Bobbi

We do grow some yummy stuff here. People sometimes find it hard to believe because they think "North Jersey". We have so many farms around here. I LOVE Jersey corn!!! Mmmm...now I really can't wait till summer!
My kids are planning a garden this year. They promised to do all the work so we will see!!!
Kimba

 

[mommytotwo]

We do grow some yummy stuff here. People sometimes find it hard to believe because they think "North Jersey". We have so many farms around here. I LOVE Jersey corn!!! Mmmm...now I really can't wait till summer!
My kids are planning a garden this year. They promised to do all the work so we will see!!!
Kimba

What are your kids planning on planting?

 

[kimbac3]

What are your kids planning on planting?

They want...are you ready??
Corn
Tomatoes
Green Beans
Lima beans
potatoes
peanuts
watermelons
cucumbers
peas
oh and sunflowers

I think that's it! I could have missed something! Our neighbor has a tractor and he has offered to plow my back field. It's a small field...easy to manage. I told the kids I'd buy the seeds or starter plants and give them guidance but with my bad back I can't really get in there and plant and weed. So my 2 youngest - DS12 and DD8 volunteered to do it. They even volunteered their older sister to help too!! It should be fun!
Kimba

 

[mommytotwo]

They want...are you ready??
Corn
Tomatoes
Green Beans
Lima beans
potatoes
peanuts
watermelons
cucumbers
peas
oh and sunflowers

I think that's it! I could have missed something! Our neighbor has a tractor and he has offered to plow my back field. It's a small field...easy to manage. I told the kids I'd buy the seeds or starter plants and give them guidance but with my bad back I can't really get in there and plant and weed. So my 2 youngest - DS12 and DD8 volunteered to do it. They even volunteered their older sister to help too!! It should be fun!
Kimba

Wow, that is alot of planting. But at the same time, they should have alot of fun harvesting their goodies .
My dad planted lima beans and my daughter likes to pick them and help him take the beans out of the pod.
This afternoon, my daughter and I had planted sunflowers, pansies, and two other types of flowers .
Hopefully they will grow. For us the flowers and bulbs are a hit and miss thing compared to the veggies.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Hi Patsy, I was just wondering how you find life with your two children? I always thought that 1 was as easy as pie, (more or less) but it became more hectic in many ways with 2. And you have Blackie, I didn't get a dog until much later. By the way, I'm a DGM now, so I mostly admire the DGC from afar and have great fun with them!

Bobbi

PS. I don't mean to only address Patsy, we just said hi over on the games board. Really, how is it raising little ones these days? One thing, you have lots more gear, some required,than we did have in the '70s!

 

[mommytotwo]

Hi Bobbi,
I am very fortunate to have my parents always helping us. Especially when I have my stepson here as well, that means I have 3 kids to take care of . I am also a SAHM, so that really helps.

My daughter likes to go into the garden and bake with me, so we do those things together , and she likes to do projects, so I try to find her different things that she can do for different holidays. So if anyone has any ideas, feel free to send them my way .

I wonder how old I will be when we first see our first grandkids. I hope not anytime soon.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Hi Bobbi,
...
I wonder how old I will be when we first see our first grandkids. I hope not anytime soon.

But watch it, time does fly!

Well, today is groundhog day, and I don't know officially, but if he were in my back yard this morning, he wouldn't have seen his shadow...so I'm wishing for an early spring!

Bobbi

 

[kimbac3]

I just turned on the news! I can't believe what has happened in Florida overnight!! I feel so bad for those people. My thoughts and prayers are with them. Tornadoes are bad enough but when they happen while people are sleeping it makes it even worse.
I hope all our Disers are ok!

Kimba

 

[kimbac3]

Ok so last night DH and I took our kids to see Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance. My DDs are Irish dancers and they have been looking forward to this for months. Besides a minor detour in Philly (AKA:we got lost!) we had a blast. We got to meet the dancers and got pictures and autographs, then we got to tour their tour bus (it's amazing what happens when you ask!!). We met the promoter and he loved my kids, especially my youngest. He even gave her a stuffed animal.
So flash forward to about 30 mins later..we are headed home driving down the interstate. Doing about 65-70mph (NOTE: the speed limit on this road is 65) when out of no where and I mean no where..poof there is a huge deer and BANG we slam right into it!! At that same instant the two front air bags deployed..only DH is still driving...with the air bag in his face. The deer didn't stop us so we still had to navigate to the shoulder. For those of you that don't know..when your air bag deploys it releases smoke and a VERY smelly gas.
So the kids are screaming. I'm yelling "Are you guys alright !! Put the windows down!!" It was not fun! But Thank God we were all ok. DH's hand is bruised from the air bag. The kids are all shook up but fine. I got the worst of it. I inhaled alot of the fumes from the air bag and my throat and chest hurt still. Plus I was already suffering from 3 herniated discs so you can imagine my soreness today!
The truck is pretty much totalled. We don't have the official word yet but we slammed that deer on it's broad side. It had to be put on a roll back. I'm glad we were in a truck, had we been in a car I wouldn't be typing this today! They people behind us in the other lane pulled over. They said it looked like something out of a dream the deer just stepped out and stood there like "Hit Me!". We waited 45 mins for the police!! That really stunk because we had to leave the windows down with the engine off..it was FREEZING!!!!! My parents had to drive an hour and 45 mins to pick us up.
I'm just so thankful that everyone was ok. It could have been worse.
BUT..to top it off..this morning I was coming in from getting the mail and noticed someone paintball-d my house last night. It had to have happened before we got home. So I had my second chat with a Nj state trooper in less than 24 hours!!
I think I need to go back to bed!!! Sorry this is so long! I just needed to vent!!
Thanks for "listening"!
Kimba

 

[pilikia97]

Yikes! Glad you are all okay, Kimba! We have to dodge deer on a nightly basis in my town, our division has a resident herd, lol...

 

[bobbiwoz]

Oh, how scary! I hit a deer once, but was only going 25-30 mph. That was bad enough.

I hope you all recover from the shock. I'm sure it will be awhile until you drive with some of your old confidence. 2 years later, I'm still wary of roads with deer in the vicinity. Were you on the AC Expressway? There are so many deer along that highway, I just wish we had a sane/humane way of dealing with their population.

Bobbi

 

[kimbac3]

Thanks pilikia97 and Bobbi!!
My kids are still really shook up. My DS12 asked me when will he ever stop thinking about it. My DD8 said "I don't know why mom but I'm still really scared and upset.". So yeah it will be a while I think. This was a first for all of them.

Were you on the AC Expressway?
Bobbi

We were on Route 55, sort of the bay side "parkway". I know what you mean about the Expressway though. Lots of deer there too. Actually there are lots of deer everywhere in South Jersey.

Thanks again for your concern! I really appreciate it!
Kimba

 

[Luv2Roam]

So glad you appear to be no physically worse from the wear from the car wreck!
I swear by deer whistlers. I know many are not sure they work. But DH and I use to drive long, dark, narrow county roads to get to college and back (lower MI). With the deer whistlers we both noticed deer and other animals stop and wait by the side of the road.

In January 2006 an elder man made a left turn directly in front of me with his (new) car. I t-boned his car. (And I was going maybe 35 mph.)
My air bags deployed. And of course my vehicle's front end was shot too.
His insurance company totalled my vehicle without any delay due to my vehicles's airbags deployment and my selt belts locked up. (I was the only one in my vehicle.)
We were told those two systems alone are very expensive to be replaced. And they have to be replaced and not just fixed. Otherwise insurance companies will not cover the repaired vehicle.
So your vehicle may well be totalled due to the airbags too.

Good luck! I know the aftermath is a mess too!!

 

[mommytotwo]

I'm sorry to hear about your deer incident Kimbac.

How was your Superbowl day?

 

[kimbac3]

I'm sorry to hear about your deer incident Kimbac.

How was your Superbowl day?

Thanks Patsy We spent some of the day at the mall. Thankfully we can all fit in my DH's work truck-boy is that a bumpy ride!) My son's birthday is Saturday so we let him go to the skateboard shop and get a new board for his Bday.
Then DH took us all out to dinner. He said we needed it! It was nice. We told the waitress at restaurant about DS Bday and she brought him/us an AWESOME dessert. Some chocolate cake with ice cream and whip cream concoction. It was so good!!
I'm off to the car rental place today. Gotta get some wheels!

How was everyone else's Superbowl Sunday????