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I built a gravity fed pig feeder. I cannot tell you how wonderful i feel that i accomplished that.

Gathered all the wood.

Measured wood.

Cut wood.

Screwed it all together.

And viola! Happy Pigs!

Also happy me. I can fit three bags of feed in it, so I'm not hauling out buckets of food twice a day. I save that for water

Pigs, unlike goats, know when to stop eating. They get full. Goats, well they are "Pigs" and will eat until they quite literally explode....

Bonus: i can fill it from the outside of their pen.

That was Tuesdays project. Monday, though i managed to get stuff done, wasnt as satisfying. Came out to do feedings and was greeted by all of my goats, ie NOT in their pasture.

Their round hay bale came apart ON top of the electric fence knocking it down. I hadn't yet put up the gate for the wood fence i built. So that was Mondays job. However i was using the commercial grade chain link fence wh got. Most of them came already on the metal bars so we had huge panels. This was one not on the frame. Just the chainlink. So i built a wooden frame. 6 feet tall, ten feet long. Using scrap wood we had here meaning 2"×6"×10' boards. Heavy...

PSA: when using old wood make sure any old nails are hammered in good or pulled out. At one point while trying to lift it into place the whole thing came down On Me. Nail cut across my thigh and the wood bruised it all. Didn't rip my pants. Still scratching my head about that. Came very close to needing stitches and yes my tetnus is up to date.

Needless to say i had some choice words and I'm pretty sure the neighbour heard me lol

I did get the gate up, goats back in and all seemed ok. Until Tuesday morning. Goats not in pen... i didnt have U nails to attach the chainlink all along bottom board and they were pushing it out just enough to get out. Put a board on top and screwed it in place for now. That worked!

Wednesday and Thursday i spent extending the roof over the doors of the pig house and closing it in more to avoid any drafts. Put in 4 more bales of straw and its fun to watch them tunnel through it.

I could sit in their pen watching them all day.

A job well done, watching my grandsons play, leveling up in the game I'm playing...and knowing a song title & band/singer to add to the Song Title Game.

Finding Justice for a deserving person.

Watching my daughter as she tells me about her 'wonderful students' at the school.

Getting out my John Deere tractor and mulching all the leaves and finding green grass still underneath the leaves.

Finding out I really do love Banana Cream pies -- and eating almost an entire pie by myself. (remember, I'm trying to put some weight back on after surgery)

And Dragn, your posts bring me smiles and pleasure. I picture your goats like a classroom of unruly children and you trying to keep up with them.

Now that I'm single, no one to judge what or how I do in the home. Set up a shooting range in the living room (it's long) to shoot my 50 yr old traditional recurve bow (Redwing Hunter by Wing Archery). I'm becoming Robin Effing Hood.

knowing a song title & band/singer to add to the Song Title Game.

Oh i totally suck at that. Usually i second guess myself and my 2nd guess is always wrong.

And Dragn, your posts bring me smiles and pleasure. I picture your goats like a classroom of unruly children and you trying to keep up with them.

Unruly for sure! Daddy buck and his son are just so full of themselves. The two girls are total drama queens. They will baaa but make it sound like they are dying. the large fixed boy is a lovable jerk. Wants pets then out of the blue will just head butt ya. The dwarf fixed boy is skiddish and wants scratches. Hes also Mr. BLIMP. Always so round.

Set up a shooting range in the living room (it's long) to shoot my 50 yr old traditional recurve bow (Redwing Hunter by Wing Archery). I'm becoming Robin Effing Hood.

Now that is totally cool!!! My dd is a crack shot with a rifle, hand gun and bow. I bought her an archery set.

Challenging myself and accomplishing goals.

One year I gave up sugar - in all forms (except in fruits and vegetables). No bread - contains sugar. It wasn’t easy but I did it.

Another year I did not buy anything but necessities. Even at the supermarket Ice cream was not a necessity. I didn’t buy clothes or shoes or extras for one year.

This year I was determined to lose the weight I gained in 2020 from COVID overeating. And I lost all of it and I am back to my goal weight.

I’m a pretty happy person in general.

DragnHeart - quite the accomplishments!!

Thanks for making me think about this.

I don’t have anything right now, but I definitely need to think about it.

After 10 years of working in a large medical clinic (24 doctors) that was very stressful - especially the past couple of years with the added stress of covid - I recently retired. We have been blessed with a beautiful, mild autumn this year and I love sitting on my backyard deck with a cup of tea enjoying the peace and quiet, looking at the fall foliage and watching the squirrels scamper thru the trees. Does that make me sound old?

I love sitting on my backyard deck with a cup of tea enjoying the peace and quiet, looking at the fall foliage and watching the squirrels scamper thru the trees. Does that make me sound old? 

Not old at all.

I enjoy an evening tea out on the deck.

Heck i enjoy just sitting in the pig pen lol.

I love the quiet after wh leave for work before the kids wake up. The sun doesnt rise until after 7 am now but in the summer ill watch the sunrise in peace snd quiet.

I have these three great sweaters. In total they are probably were around $500 regular price. I absolutely love these sweaters. They are some kind of washable Ecco Sustainable wool. The colors are perfect. And I wear them with $100 Lululemon leggings. Or the perfectly broken in pair of skinny jeans. But the best part is I got the three sweaters on sale for around $75 total for all three of them. And my housemate won anything in the store up to something crazy like $98 in a drawing at Lululemon and gave the leggings to me because they knew I loved Lululemon leggings.

The nice clothes paired with my crazy socks (today it's pink with holiday penguins on them) make me feel really happy!

Add to that that I spend my time with people who genuinely love and care about and for me...yep things feel genuinely good. Great even.

Great topic!

Like you OP I am finding using my hands to accomplish tangible goals very rewarding right now. I've been renovating and landscaping my new place and it's making me feel amazing, even with blisters on every palm and blackberry cuts on all my limbs I'm a little amazed I can design and make what I want. I'm in some desperate need of some strength training because I get a bit exhausted-jelly-arm but it makes me so so happy to see what I'm accomplishing.

That and doing all the things I wasn't allowed to attempt because it was apparently "his job" so mowing the lawn, changing the oil, fishing, watering the garden even putting the bins out etc etc I'm fricking loving it!!

Goats, well they are "Pigs" and will eat until they quite literally explode....

This reinforces that Labs and Goats are genetically linked somehow. They too lack the gene that secretes the hormone that says you are full.

I find that I get the most satisfaction of completing a project, or doing something totally new on my own. There is a certain pride that comes with it. My current project is making a baby afghan for my soon to be great niece/nephew. I picked a completely new pattern and it's pretty dang complex, and it looks great so far.

I also get a lot of pleasure in doing projects with my spouse and having great outcomes. My H is one bag of duck decoys away from an episode of hoarders. We have been unable to park a car in our 2 car garage for 2 years, and 2 cars for longer. We spent all weekend the weekend before last cleaning it and reorganizing, and getting rid of junk from when the kids were small, like their first bikes.... We can now get one vehicle in the garage!!!! And if we had bad weather coming (hail) that we could quickly move a few things and get a truck in there too!!!!

I also take great pride in being really productive at work, and when patient's tell me that I am more helpful and did a better job than their Dr did in helping them understand their diseases, or medications.