Better then getting run over by a shuttle bus?
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Better then getting run over by a shuttle bus?
I'm not sure which one would be less painful!
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Well guess they got to find somebody to blame it on.
Last year I let all my herbs freeze. Really missed my sage when we made sausage last month. Had to use store bought.
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Becoming more civilized year by year. Installing a heat pump today. No more cutting firewood unless I want to! Old habits are to break though....
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Welcome to the 20th century Hash. Of course all those primitive talents you have acquired will always be there when you need them.
Think of all the warmings you're going to miss per stick of wood though.
1. Cut it
2. Load & haul it
3. Split it
4. Stack it
I doubt I ever quit cutting wood, the heart attack was kind of an eye opener for me.
Cleaned house this morning and working on eBay listings this afternoon.
Finally got the steroid shots, and feeling some better. Have an hour wait for the next bus so I can be on my way out of here.
What's left of the day is looking better! Lol
Well after over 10 years, I decided since there wasn't anything better to do,I'd take the T/C Contender pistol in 35 Rem. out and shoot the test shells I'd made with the hard cast bullets,over the chronograph. Even though I'll probably never use that particular bullet again,there's no reason for them to be collecting dust.
Better late than never
Better late than never
I got a heat pump.
and a wood stove,
Guess which one I use..(95%)
You gonna miss that wood heat.
It just warms the soul.
Jim
You forgot carry it in the house and burn it.
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I currently have a natural gas forced air furnace and in the attached garage a natural gas unitheater that could keep the house warm by opening the door between the garage and the living area.
The wood stove is in the garage awaiting the install and a heat pump has been selected but not yet purchased. I am a proponent of multiple heating appliances with at least one that doesn't require electricity.
The wood stove is in the garage awaiting the install and a heat pump has been selected but not yet purchased. I am a proponent of multiple heating appliances with at least one that doesn't require electricity.
My Amish neighbor Sawmill is now providing me with my firewood, all Red oak and Hickory
Got 5 pickup truck loads this week, some split,
Cost=$100 , $20 a load.+ Diesel for the truck $30
No more falling trees , trimming , cutting
Still gotta load, unload , split...I even quit pretty stacking.
Jim
Got 5 pickup truck loads this week, some split,
Cost=$100 , $20 a load.+ Diesel for the truck $30
No more falling trees , trimming , cutting
Still gotta load, unload , split...I even quit pretty stacking.
Jim
Perfect, now all you need is a dump box unit and sideboards on the bed.
A friend of mine has a big dump trailer(electric)..I can borrow it.
Then the Amish folks will just dump the drops(thats what they call the firewood) into the trailer.
I bring it home and dump it...zip zip.
Jim
I went shopping in the big town in the afternoon. I got a few groceries and a badly needed hair cut. I plan on a quite evening.
The dump trailer is one of the best things I have ever bought we use it daily.
@gumpy hope that your back feels better from the shots.
@Caribou we prefer the slow combustion stove for heating the house as it uses far less electricity and we can get our firewood for almost free apart from a little chain bar oil and fuel from the side of the road and friends farms too. Oh how I would love some of that hickory you are using for firewood for our smoker to smoke some meat here in our smoker. How wonderful you have such a great resource so close at hand.
@hashbrown got to admit it takes some effort to cut, split, stack and bring firewood in to heat your home for a year though.
@Caribou we prefer the slow combustion stove for heating the house as it uses far less electricity and we can get our firewood for almost free apart from a little chain bar oil and fuel from the side of the road and friends farms too. Oh how I would love some of that hickory you are using for firewood for our smoker to smoke some meat here in our smoker. How wonderful you have such a great resource so close at hand.
@hashbrown got to admit it takes some effort to cut, split, stack and bring firewood in to heat your home for a year though.
This is what most winter Saturdays look like here. Like I said I will always cut wood as long as I can, but maybe just not so much.
@hashbrown that is sophisticated the wood splitter we are still using a large axe here to split but will get a kenetic log splitter when we buy and move onto our property. At the moment we are minimising what we have to move where possible. It is already going to be a task with what we already have in this house. We will also be buying either a hydrolic tipper trailer or manual wind one to help a bit. Mechanising is the only way to work in our home with DH's injuries.
Understand with medical conditions that alternative ways have to be found to make life less straining.
Understand with medical conditions that alternative ways have to be found to make life less straining.
Started off the morning with DH washing up the dishes and cleaning the benches and myself drying and putting them away. DH then did some stain removing of clothing, put on a load of washing and hung it out.
In we went to town to pick up our grocery order we did online the last bit of the $350 for $300 e-voucher that some items were out of stock of. We did however get everything we ordered this time which was good and then we popped to the bank to deposit some money. Back home again and we had nice warm showers and made the bed with fresh sheets.
Just finished dating and putting away all of the groceries with newest to back oldest to front. Tonight's dinner was spam and cheese burgers.
In we went to town to pick up our grocery order we did online the last bit of the $350 for $300 e-voucher that some items were out of stock of. We did however get everything we ordered this time which was good and then we popped to the bank to deposit some money. Back home again and we had nice warm showers and made the bed with fresh sheets.
Just finished dating and putting away all of the groceries with newest to back oldest to front. Tonight's dinner was spam and cheese burgers.
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Three tenths inch of rain...hubby has already checked the garden and the rain gauge....came in holding one little yellow pear tomato....and then he pops it in his mouth and laughs at me...and makes a funny squeaky voice..."I can't help it, I love the little yellow ones".....mimicking me....LOL
You know you are country when you go to the store, and stop to watch a truck come by loaded with 14 round bales of the most beautiful hay....and you cannot wait to tell hubby about it the minute you get home....
You know you are country when you go to the store, and stop to watch a truck come by loaded with 14 round bales of the most beautiful hay....and you cannot wait to tell hubby about it the minute you get home....
Sitting at the cardiologist office with the kid. The endocrinologist said her blood sugar was low but not low enough to really be considered hypoglycemic and because of her medical history wanted her seen by a pediatric cardiologist, neurologist and gastroenterologist to make sure nothing else is going on. She also wants to do a 3hr glucose test in her office because the hospital didn't notate any of her symptoms and she wants to see what they are and how severe they get in a controlled setting.
On another note, we got rained on driving in to El Paso! Just for a minute but my truck got wet!
On another note, we got rained on driving in to El Paso! Just for a minute but my truck got wet!
I love driving behind those trucks. Fresh cut hay smells so good.
Yesterday I had nothing to do so I made a couple of primer powered, trip-wire perimeter alarms. I'm sure I will never use them but it was something to do.
Today I pulled all the solar panels off the roof of the RV. I had slowly added to them as I found a bargain and it ended up being a Hodge-podge mess. With them all removed I tried different combinations until I got them situated the way I want them. Now they look neater (even though no one but me will ever see them) and I needed to add a fresh coat of white roof coating to the RV anyway.
Today I pulled all the solar panels off the roof of the RV. I had slowly added to them as I found a bargain and it ended up being a Hodge-podge mess. With them all removed I tried different combinations until I got them situated the way I want them. Now they look neater (even though no one but me will ever see them) and I needed to add a fresh coat of white roof coating to the RV anyway.
Took my friend to the local grocery store today for sale day. Came home and made pumpkin dog treats (that's treats for dogs, not out of dogs) and cut up chicken for treats also. Took some eBay photos and am making nachos for dinner with the home canned taco meat. Have a quiet evening, ladies!
The doc thinks its POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.
Hubby has been calling her pots head all evening.
Hubby has been calling her pots head all evening.
Started off the morning with stain removing some clothing, putting on a load of washing and hanging it on the line and bringing it back in. DH watered some of the back yard with saved grey water from our showers and washing machine. I then deep cleaned the bathroom and toilet and brought in 2 loads of sweet potatoes for blanching and freezing and washed them.
We did the 2 loads of sweet potatoes in the 7.2lt stock pot steamer but had 2 sweet potatoes left over so DH washed some more from out the front and we did 3 loads. In between loads of sweet potatoes DH vacuumed the whole house. We ended up with another 20 bags of sweet potatoes but this time larger bags to make 51 meals for the freezer and only got another 50 bags to do for a years supply. We are starting to see a dent in the sweet potatoes we picked now and have blanched and frozen about half of them.
I found some ripe tomatoes also in the gardens that I picked and yes we are getting frosts but over the years I have saved seed from the ones that survived the frost so now we have tomatoes all year round, got to love acclimatising your crops to suit your weather conditions.
Tonight's dinner was pumpkin soup made with homegrown pumpkin and onions and store bought stock powder and we christened our new dutch oven and it works well and cooks with little heat too.
We did the 2 loads of sweet potatoes in the 7.2lt stock pot steamer but had 2 sweet potatoes left over so DH washed some more from out the front and we did 3 loads. In between loads of sweet potatoes DH vacuumed the whole house. We ended up with another 20 bags of sweet potatoes but this time larger bags to make 51 meals for the freezer and only got another 50 bags to do for a years supply. We are starting to see a dent in the sweet potatoes we picked now and have blanched and frozen about half of them.
I found some ripe tomatoes also in the gardens that I picked and yes we are getting frosts but over the years I have saved seed from the ones that survived the frost so now we have tomatoes all year round, got to love acclimatising your crops to suit your weather conditions.
Tonight's dinner was pumpkin soup made with homegrown pumpkin and onions and store bought stock powder and we christened our new dutch oven and it works well and cooks with little heat too.
