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No granddaughter today.
Dishes are done, floors vacuumed.
Beans soaking for ham and beans in the crockpot .
Still need to walk more today.
Might eat something substaintial today, more than a sandwich.
Started dusting furniture in living room.
Plants have been watered.
Windy outside, allergies are playing up.
Poked pinholes in soda bottles to plant in raised beds as drip watering irrigation.
Saw the idea on Pinterest.
Seems those old tomato seeds ie: 2010, 2011, and 2012 weren't so old after all.
Have seedings up from all those years.
They are sort of scraggly but have approx., 25-40 seedlings up about 3 inches tall.
So far only got 1 pepper plant up from seeds from 2009.
If all these seedlings live will definitely have to get more 5 gallon buckets to plant them in.
Hopefully will have enough that live that I can get salsa, juice, spaghetti sauce out of all of them.
Figure I will need about 75 pints of salsa(15 mild salsa, 25, medium salsa, 35 hot salsa) to last the winter.
Will need about 25-50 quarts of salsa to give as gifts at Christmas.
Also mild, medium, hot, hotter than heck.
Course I will visit local farmer's markets too for all the tomatoes I can get to can.
Haven't seen any green beans come up yet. But it's sort of early yet.
Estelle and I planted flowers in the whiskey barrel this week from old seed.
Maybe we will have nice array of flowers this summer and fall.
We planted lettuce in flower bowls for her to help Granny get it in the ground.
Next week we will plant onion sets in window boxes, along with garlic in flower pots.
Next week we will plant potatoes in 5 gallon bucket, never planted potatoes in a bucket before.
Would like to get 2 more raised beds for my garden area but have more pressing things to save for first.
Everybody have a good day, evening night keep safe wherever you are in the world.
 
Attended the quarterly meeting of the local Czech genealogy group. It is always interesting. Today was a potluck and as potlucks usually go, it was great. I took Czech noodle ham bake, call Sunkofleky.
Today's discussion was largely about traveling to Czechia (formerly Czech Republic) with tips and questions.
 
Today I'm playing freezer tetris with all the meat and frozen veg I brought.
I underestimated the amount of space I had so I'm going to have to get creative.

Yesterday hurt my brain as I was measuring out all the new garden beds
And figuring out where all the star pickets had to go.
I then pounded in half of the allocated pickets with the post dolly
And I was done and went inside and laid down.
I'm surprised that I didn't dislocate my shoulder again but I tried
to be careful not to bring my elbow higher than my shoulder.
That ment standing on a chair to get the dolly off the post once it was in and I put a spirt level against
it to see if they were straight.
I got 4 more pickets to put in and more measuring and string lines to run out to make sure that
the beds are the same width all the way down the row when I put down the compost garden blend soil.
 
Spent five hours on the phone arguing with Expedia over an error they made back in February and I have been trying to get fixed since. In the end, the actual correction took about 30seconds for them to do but I have literally dozens of hours and pages of emails invested in having it fixed. Since it was a taxation issue I had to keep at it. Then spent an hour and a half arguing with Apple support about a software issue that they say can’t happen, even after they have seen it with their own eyes and I have sent screen shots and videos of it to them, that has been going on since March. It has been re-escalated to software engineering.

You know, I have a simple philosophy, if it is wrong fix it. Don’t deny the problem. Don’t give me excuses. Don’t lie to me. Just acknowledge the problem exists and let’s work in getting it right. I guess that isn’t the way business is done anymore.

I get it. Things happen. It isnt in your job description, just put me through to someone who can help me ... don’t fight me every inch of the way

I don't do well with that kind of stuff. I get cranky and say unkind things. I have had a few hours with Costco over someone who keeps trying to have stuff sent to my address. It is done for harassment. When I finally told the man that this isn't the only mail I get for this person, and it is done to harassment, person has never lived here and never will, I finally made some progress. Sometimes it is what I say and how I say it.

finished another work week. Im finally off 5 10"s at least for now. Im thrilled I get my life back. I celebrated today , since it's Friday I went to the hotsprings and soaked for 45 minutes...It's been about 5 months since Ive been able to go to my favorite hotspring hangout.
I had plans to get a lot of outside stuff done this weekend but looks like the weather will be crappy..but Ive plenty to do inside still.
After my soak I came home to a wild thunderstorm that rolled in about 10 minutes after I did.
I got a fire going now and catching up..
I want to get caught up on news too but Im a tad tired..we'll see.
When I get relaxed at a hot springs, it is best that I not drive. It is the same when I get a massage. I have a reaction as though I am drunk.
 
Thank you @Tank-Girl that is really low postage and we are about 130 odd km round trip to the nearest Best and Less, Spotlight, Kmart and major department stores so we quite often order online because it is cheaper than driving there if we only need one thing. If we have muliple errands we will take a trip there as then it is cheaper than paying postage. The nearest supermarket from here is about 66 km round trip in two different directions to two towns from here too, but we usually combine trips there as the smaller supermarkets, discount variety stores, an ATM where we get a certain amount of money out each fortnight there as well as take a trip out to visit a friend who we do some work for on his property where we trade time for meat produced on his property.

We asked at the RSL club and they will also do cash out for us too as we help out there a lot so that is good to know and saves us a trip into one of the towns.
 
It was blowing 20-25 mph when a 5 gallon water jug blew by me in a parking lot. It could have come from anyplace for 1/2 mile upwind. I picked it up, bleached it out, ordered a top and just filled it with R/O water.
 
Started off the morning with some scripture study together being Sunday here. Then I emptied out both rubbish bins, DH has watered the bare patches in the back lawn with grey water from our tank and I moved next doors grey water hose to the mandarin tree in the paddock to water that. I then put on a loaf of bread in the breadmaking machine and it smells like it is just about ready.

This afternoon being our designated family home evening/day for us we will make a batch of chocolate brownies and then a quadruple batch of honey almond coconut oat and sultana granola to last us for around a month from items in our food storage. We find Sunday is easiest for us here rather than a Monday so we can get lots of things done during the week.
 
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I'm getting really fusterated. These stupid blue tooth headphones I bought today won't connect to my phone, tablet or the kids phone. Don't think its the headphones though as my phone and tablet aren't "seeing" each other or the kids phone either.
 
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You need some guinea fowl, Sewing. They'd eat all your ticks and are easy to care for.
Woke up to 3 more chicks hatch, so that's five. All 17 baby meat turkeys doing fine, even though two were shipped as "spares". I highly recommend Cackle Hatchery if anyone does mail order. Good birds.
Was going to clean out the trailer that son moved out of and move our stuff back in, but son got a new job yesterday, so is working today. So meanwhile I have 8 large totes of trailer stuff sitting in my front room that is ready to go in. He says it's clean, but it needs to be sewage dumped. I don't have the key to get in. Bummer. He has a day off later in the week. Grandson will be gone all day working on a Boy Scout project. Mopping, vacuuming on the list of stuff to do today. Buying more animal feed and stopping in at work for an hour. Need to go to the store for more produce, too.
 
Round 1 of today is that I have stain removed some clothing, washed and hung on the clothesline to dry and got the second load of laundry stain removed and going in the washing machine. I took the some tablecloths from the RSL to stain remove and wash for Anzac day so 3 are currently in the washing machine with our other white clothing. I also made another batch of our homemade clothing stain remover as we ran out too.

Filled up all of the water bottles in the house from the water jerry we have in the kitchen, filled up the hand washing water for the day and watered all the potted plants with the last of the rain water we collected off overflow from the tank roof when we had the last rains and some grey water saved from the washing machine for the ornamental potted flowers.

DH is doing another paid gardening job he got as a side referral from a gentleman who saw what a good job he did of the RSL club grounds.
 
Busy day. Did get the house somewhat cleaned...went to Tractor Supply to get feed and struck a deal on baby chicks that were 3 weeks old. Got 10 Red Rangers and 10 Speckled Suxex for a buck a piece. Have 8 of our chicks hatch, and the 17 baby turkeys, all in the front room. The African Grey Parrot is amused. Went to the Kroger Store for some odds and ends...I think weekends are a hard time to shop for clearance veg and bakery. They were cleaned out. Stuck to my list. Two daughters came for a visit and supper. One is thinking about quitting her job at a graveyard shift ER ultrasound tech and taking a traveling ultrasound job. She likes to travel and hates working graves. She'd be gone 3 months at a time. Husband is not happy.
 
Im bummed the weekend is almost over already...it was great!
Friday night I got caught up alittle but on news..I felt I had to lay down and relax so I had a star wars marathon until the wee hours of sat am..
I got up later sat than I wanted, around 10 but since the weather was crappy I put my rain jacket on and walked the dog anyways, forgot my rain pants tho..and my legs were soaked by the time we rolled home..
he had fun, the dog I mean so It's ok.
Hopped on the treadmill for 2 miles , and after taking a shower it was inside cleaning and projects until about 7. I had a toasty fire going and listening to news and last minute I got invited to ladies night at my buddies ranch. She forgot to text me earlier that the gals are getting together at her ranch down the road for wine and munchies.
So , off I go to join the local ladies night and spent a few hours chatting with my pals.
I shared my intro to my book im writing for feedback. It was well received and I made it clear I want brutal honesty. It's my intention for my book to be a success and I needed a honest opinion of the flow and content from folks I respect. I stoked it was well received and will be amending a few areas they suggested I probably need to fix. Overall it was cool to hear it read aloud as it's flow sounded mostly as I intended it to read.
Today, dispite getting up early I feel like I didn't get enough done. I took the dog for his walk before church. After church I headed to one of my gal pals house for lunch and half of us that were there the night before were at her place, a different ranch down the road. Since Ive been on a crazy work schedule I haven't had time to socialize much, but now I feel I need to reconnect a bit. I didn't get all that I wanted done but really enjoyed visiting with the gals and hubbies over a fine meal today.
I only stayed a few hours so I could get back to chores and since the weather was crappy again Im not to worried about all the fencing and outdoor stuff I have to do...Ill get to it when its nice.
I am really stoked to just be working a 8 hour shift again..I hope it stays this way for at least a little but..I need this break.
Oh my goat finally had her babies. A boy and a girl..My co-worker came out with his daughers to look and they want them..It's their first livestock ever since they are from the city and they are pretty stoked about it. They live fairly close by so I can help them fine tune any needs and education tips on goats. His teen daughter want to be a vet and has been preparing for them already. They were just interested in one at first but learned they don't do well alone and are wanting to keep both and will fix the male. The female will be eventually a milking goat but she will have her brother for company. It's a win win.. :)
 
Went to whiney 8 year old birthday party.
Survived without saying much to anyone.
Was bit of stretch for a while though.
Oldest son's lady had birthday party for her oldest and only son.
Her soon to ex-husband, bit of bully towards her and their daughters.
But thinks his 3 sons(18, 16 and 8 year old) can do no wrong.
Me I got up took a walk several times.
8 year old got everything on his list, whined about each and every gift.
Told the kid if you're unhappy with the gift I got you, No biggie, I'll just take it back and you get nothing.
Think his dad's people were shocked that I would even suggest a thing like that.
Too bad, bad manners, whiney doesn't work for me.
Only babies and puppies whine, get over it.
Thankfully she only has 1 more child that has a birthday in June.
Won't have to see these people again till June.
Her soon to be ex husband demanded that I not be invited to middle daughter's birthday party.
Her middle daughter piped up and said I like Granny (that's me). I want her at my party.
Other than that pretty uneventful day. And that was complete waste of time.
Could have been at home eating BonBons, painting my fingernails, toe nails, going fishing or anything else besides that.
His grandpa just laughed, said he hadn't heard that phrase in about 10 years.
I asked him what phrase.
He said Only babies and puppies whine get over it.
He's retired Navy, I'm retired Army.
He and I got to talking about different duty stations we have been too.
Had a good visit with him.
Nothing else going on.
Everybody stay safe.
 
Busy day. Did get the house somewhat cleaned...went to Tractor Supply to get feed and struck a deal on baby chicks that were 3 weeks old. Got 10 Red Rangers and 10 Speckled Suxex for a buck a piece. Have 8 of our chicks hatch, and the 17 baby turkeys, all in the front room. The African Grey Parrot is amused. Went to the Kroger Store for some odds and ends...I think weekends are a hard time to shop for clearance veg and bakery. They were cleaned out. Stuck to my list. Two daughters came for a visit and supper. One is thinking about quitting her job at a graveyard shift ER ultrasound tech and taking a traveling ultrasound job. She likes to travel and hates working graves. She'd be gone 3 months at a time. Husband is not happy.
Keep an eye on the Red Rangers. We butchered the rooster at 10wks and kept the hens but we lost all of them. They couldn't take the heat down here.
 
:LOL:sounds like something we would both say in this home too @MoBookworm1957. There are too many indulged children in the world but I will say there are many good parents out there that don't give into their children's every whim too.

DH and I looked after 10 children aged from 18 months to 3 years old and we never took any bad behaviour off any of them and the consequences of bad behaviour were the same for all. 4 of them were what I call "more robust" (some girls included in that), than the others but we soon got them into line.
 
Mo, maybe next time they won't invite the soon to be ex. Surprised he was there anyway. Ex's usually take their own day to celebrate with the birthday child.
Terri...I am chuckling about the Rangers, because the chicken guy at Tractor kept saying they were not meat chickens. The sign said they lay large brown eggs. Ha. We'll have to butcher before they get too hot. I read a review last night that someone preferred Cornish X just because they get so much bigger faster for meat. Like 2 lbs bigger. We'll see, never raised Rangers, but have had Cornish the last few years.
OOOHHHH....it's Monday. And I work late. Ugh.
 
Round 2 of today is DH finished his paid mowing job and got paid and while he was away I finished hanging the second load of washing on the clothes line and we have just brought it back in once dry.

Found some good prices on some bulk groceries we needed to stock up on from a website that @Tank-Girl gave us, thank you it is so good we compare notes on prepping, and we ordered cocoa powder, desiccated coconut, cinnamon, mild curry powder, nutmeg, cashews and walnuts. The RSL president also wants to take about 1/3 rd of the citric acid we purchased yesterday to clean the club facilities with as it was 1/5 th of the price he was paying for the smaller containers. That makes less things we have to buy at a far more expensive price at the supermarkets.

Tonight's dinner was honey soy chicken sandwiches and dessert tinned mangoes.
 
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8 year old got everything on his list, whined about each and every gift.
Told the kid if you're unhappy with the gift I got you, No biggie, I'll just take it back and you get nothing.
Think his dad's people were shocked that I would even suggest a thing like that.
Too bad, bad manners, whiney doesn't work for me.
Only babies and puppies whine, get over it....

:I agree::I agree:
 
My dad had another saying when we were kids.
No blood, no crying.
You fell down scraped knee, suck it up buttercup, no blood, no crying.
I cried when I fell(pushed) out of hayloft.
Broke my arm, brother cried when dad beat his behind.
That was the only exception to the rule, No Blood, no Crying.
Had a town kid cousin who tripped over rock in driveway
Hit the underside of tractor(big rig) door, split his head open.
He let out scream, me and my brother come running from garden.
Brother scrambled out of his shirt, I wrapped his head up in it.
Got to the house, his mother bout fainted at the site of him.
He stood tall looked at my dad and asked Uncle can I cry now.
Dad told him go ahead but only for 5 minutes.
Got his head cleaned up, dad told me go get the sewing needle, cat gut thread, stitch him up.
He got 4 tiny stitches that day, bandage was bigger than then cut.
Mom and kid didn't come back for long time.
Kid and my mom's little brother came back all the time.
To this day town kid still remembers asking my dad if it was okay to cry.
 
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My place is picked up.
Dab of dishes to do later.
Still have ham and baby lima bans in the crockpot.
Cleanned off the top of the microwave.
So far don't have granddaughter, but who knows.
The Lazy L and Caribou add to the post about No Blood , no crying.
Had granddaughter she was full of P&V.
She got her first time out today.
She kicked Strawberry who happen to be innocent this time.
Strawberry was laying on floor gnawing on new bone.
Granddaughter tried to take bone, Strawberry moved bone out of her reach.
Granddaughter kicked Strawberry to get bone.
Granny and grand daughter crying by time 5 minutes were up.
Grand daughter had to stand in corner.
Grand daughter didn't used to do things like this until son started dating his lady.
Her kids act like this all the time. And worst.
I cringe at the thought of my grand daughter around those unruly brats all the time.
I also cringe at the thought of Strawberry being over there all the time.
Will have to rethink everything.
Have until October to get my ducks in a row anyway.
Decisions, decisions...……
My safety or my grand daughter and Strawberry's safety.
Decisions, decisions...
 
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I didn't do much yesterday besides Church twice and running to the local grocery for sale items. Second load of laundry is already washed and waiting to dry today. One more load (rugs) and I'm done. Will sweep shortly and already made oatmeal to add to dogs food. Will hard boil some eggs for me and then have a mammogram at 2 pm. Will be glad to have that done!
 

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