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I forgot to mention the unused lamp (without shade and bulb), the decorated metal milk can and the cat scratching post I had to move from the bottom of the stairway to make room. Wife is a collector of 'stuff'.
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@The Lazy L, Does stuff ever just disappear from the house?
The people from the big box store just left, took the old stove away and the box. They set the new stove on casters for me. I need to clean up years of crap from the floor where it's going to sit. When I'm ready I'll slide the new stove into position and connect the gas line.
Used an old trick when I disconnected the gas line this morning... too be sure the gas is completely shut off I used a surgical glove and rubber band. I fixed the glove over the end of gas line. If gas were leaking, even a tiny amount, the glove would blow up like a balloon. I had no leaks, always a good thing.
I'm too exhausted to finish up today, still have to convert the stove to LP. Dad didn't sleep well at the hospital last night which means I didn't sleep well, got about 5 hours off and on. I slept another hour when I got home this morning.
Good thing I bought wings, don't need the stove to fry them up for dinner this evening. Here's hoping I have electricity... high winds and possible tornadoes are predicted for late afternoon. Going back to the hospital tonight... hope they have a sitter for dad so I can come home for a good nights sleep. I'll find out between 6 and 7pm.
Used an old trick when I disconnected the gas line this morning... too be sure the gas is completely shut off I used a surgical glove and rubber band. I fixed the glove over the end of gas line. If gas were leaking, even a tiny amount, the glove would blow up like a balloon. I had no leaks, always a good thing.
I'm too exhausted to finish up today, still have to convert the stove to LP. Dad didn't sleep well at the hospital last night which means I didn't sleep well, got about 5 hours off and on. I slept another hour when I got home this morning.
Good thing I bought wings, don't need the stove to fry them up for dinner this evening. Here's hoping I have electricity... high winds and possible tornadoes are predicted for late afternoon. Going back to the hospital tonight... hope they have a sitter for dad so I can come home for a good nights sleep. I'll find out between 6 and 7pm.
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Just found out I had a heavy exposure to influenza A during the last few days. Things keep getting better and better for my health...
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Hope you don't get sick!
Lazy L, I would start disappearing things when wife is gone. I do that with junk in the kid's rooms all the time. Ripped shirts they insist on wearing, stuff they shouldn't have. It gets disappeared and put in the bottom of the trash. Hold your ground with those 2 chairs that need to be gone first!
We have an Elementary School event tonight for little granddaughter. Families were asked to read aloud a copy of a book, and they're having sort of a book night on it tonight. I know it was a NY Times Bestseller, but I was not that impressed. And I've read a lot of children's books.
Lazy L, I would start disappearing things when wife is gone. I do that with junk in the kid's rooms all the time. Ripped shirts they insist on wearing, stuff they shouldn't have. It gets disappeared and put in the bottom of the trash. Hold your ground with those 2 chairs that need to be gone first!
We have an Elementary School event tonight for little granddaughter. Families were asked to read aloud a copy of a book, and they're having sort of a book night on it tonight. I know it was a NY Times Bestseller, but I was not that impressed. And I've read a lot of children's books.
I took my wife to see an eye doctor this morning. She is going to go in for cataract surgery as soon as we can get her in. Just her right eye is affected and if we do it now it should be a simple 20 minute out-patient surgery.
My little girl seems to be having a lot going on right now but she can be remade better, stronger and faster... oh, wait that was a TV show. I will make sure that I give the Creator all the help he needs to make her whole again.
My little girl seems to be having a lot going on right now but she can be remade better, stronger and faster... oh, wait that was a TV show. I will make sure that I give the Creator all the help he needs to make her whole again.
well recently there was a small bench in the garage. When I rearranged the corner to enable the hanging of her brooms, dust mops, dustpans and step stools the bench was hauled out and burned. If she has missed it she hasn’t said.
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LazyL mine are hanging in the hall on water heater closet door. Ecept my mop bucket and big mop they are outside.
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Spike hope you don't get a bad case of it. Get well and stay well.
SheepD hope the wife heals fast.For the wife,
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Wash room closet is full. Brooms and stuff got moved to the garage.
Got Tamiflu Preventative doses and also Amoxicillin for a sinus infection. I expect the cure might make me feel worse than the sickness. 
Will be downing probiotics for the next two weeks...
Will be downing probiotics for the next two weeks...
Back home now, sitter showed up at 7pm. I got dad an electric razor at wally's and got it charging in his room. He really needs a shave.
I have to be back down there at 7am in case there is no sitter... 200 miles each day just to check if a sitter is there will get old real quick.. Still, I hope they keep showing up... My niece baled on me this afternoon... Looks like I have the duty until next Tuesday by myself. At least I'll have time to give him that shave.
I'm exhausted... hope I can sleep tonight.
I have to be back down there at 7am in case there is no sitter... 200 miles each day just to check if a sitter is there will get old real quick.. Still, I hope they keep showing up... My niece baled on me this afternoon... Looks like I have the duty until next Tuesday by myself. At least I'll have time to give him that shave.
I'm exhausted... hope I can sleep tonight.
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Back home now, sitter showed up at 7pm. I got dad an electric razor at wally's and got it charging in his room. He really needs a shave.
I have to be back down there at 7am in case there is no sitter... 200 miles each day just to check if there is sitter is going to get old real quick.. Still I hope they keep showing up... My niece baled on me this afternoon... Looks like I have the duty until next Tuesday by myself. At least I'll have time to give him that shave.
I'm exhausted... hope I can sleep tonight.
Peanut try to take care of yourself. Hope circumstances chnge for the better and soon.
An extended stay motel with weekly rates might be cheaper (and safer for you) than driving back and forth every day.
Tuesday afternoon we got the two kitchen cupboards finished and deep cleaned.
Yesterday we harvested silverbeet, cucumber and cherry tomatoes in the rain with gum boots and rain jackets on which we had been putting off until the rain subsided but we are having a week or more of rain so they are predicting so had to be done. We harvested 5 bunches of silverbeet, 2 kg of cucumbers and about 150 g of cherry tomatoes.
We blanched and froze all the silverbeet and have 6 more meals of greens for the freezer and gave some silverbeet and a couple of cucumbers to our new neighbour. He was telling us that the price of fruit and vegetables are extortionate in the shops and in fact he called it highway robbery. Previous to moving here he grew all his own vegetables so was grateful that we gave him some of ours until his garden which he is planting now starts producing. We have agreed to trade produce amongst ourselves so if one doesn't have something the other will provide it if we have it growing. Always good to have a network for food.
Oh just to let everyone know I priced the cucumber and silverbeet we harvested online in our local supermarkets and they want $14 kg for cucumbers and $4.50 a bunch for silverbeet. At those prices they should be gold plated .
In the afternoon we cooked up a whole 2.66 kg chicken we got on special for $2.31 and had a roast chicken and steamed vegetable dinner and once the chicken cooled we broke the meat off the carcass and had enough for 3 more meals of chicken for the two of us.
Today so far DH has dug a trench around the last mulberry tree so it holds water when we water it and I have watered all of the potted trees with saved vegetable blanching and washing water from our vegetables last night. I don't think the vegetable patch needs any water with the amount of rain we have had today so a saving on town water there.
DH washed the dishes and cleaned the benches and I wiped them and put them away. I have just emptied the hand washing water bucket for the day onto an outdoor garden shrub in the gardens around the home, scrubbed it out and refilled it with fresh water for the day. DH has emptied the kitchen bin into the wheelie bin outside. I rearranged the rainwater buckets at the back of the garden rainwater tank shed to catch more runoff rainwater from the roof which we have been using to water potted fruit trees now for over a week and they are full again. Our rainwater tank pool where we have got all the water for deep cleaning the home is overfull again and draining onto the back lawn but we will still have enough water in there to finish deep cleaning the rest of the home without using any house connected rainwater or town water.
Not a lot done really today so a bit of a day of rest for us. Tonight's dinner will be stir fry chicken leftover from last night's dinner and vegetables.
Yesterday we harvested silverbeet, cucumber and cherry tomatoes in the rain with gum boots and rain jackets on which we had been putting off until the rain subsided but we are having a week or more of rain so they are predicting so had to be done. We harvested 5 bunches of silverbeet, 2 kg of cucumbers and about 150 g of cherry tomatoes.
We blanched and froze all the silverbeet and have 6 more meals of greens for the freezer and gave some silverbeet and a couple of cucumbers to our new neighbour. He was telling us that the price of fruit and vegetables are extortionate in the shops and in fact he called it highway robbery. Previous to moving here he grew all his own vegetables so was grateful that we gave him some of ours until his garden which he is planting now starts producing. We have agreed to trade produce amongst ourselves so if one doesn't have something the other will provide it if we have it growing. Always good to have a network for food.
Oh just to let everyone know I priced the cucumber and silverbeet we harvested online in our local supermarkets and they want $14 kg for cucumbers and $4.50 a bunch for silverbeet. At those prices they should be gold plated
.In the afternoon we cooked up a whole 2.66 kg chicken we got on special for $2.31 and had a roast chicken and steamed vegetable dinner and once the chicken cooled we broke the meat off the carcass and had enough for 3 more meals of chicken for the two of us.
Today so far DH has dug a trench around the last mulberry tree so it holds water when we water it and I have watered all of the potted trees with saved vegetable blanching and washing water from our vegetables last night. I don't think the vegetable patch needs any water with the amount of rain we have had today so a saving on town water there.
DH washed the dishes and cleaned the benches and I wiped them and put them away. I have just emptied the hand washing water bucket for the day onto an outdoor garden shrub in the gardens around the home, scrubbed it out and refilled it with fresh water for the day. DH has emptied the kitchen bin into the wheelie bin outside. I rearranged the rainwater buckets at the back of the garden rainwater tank shed to catch more runoff rainwater from the roof which we have been using to water potted fruit trees now for over a week and they are full again. Our rainwater tank pool where we have got all the water for deep cleaning the home is overfull again and draining onto the back lawn but we will still have enough water in there to finish deep cleaning the rest of the home without using any house connected rainwater or town water.
Not a lot done really today so a bit of a day of rest for us. Tonight's dinner will be stir fry chicken leftover from last night's dinner and vegetables.
The power went off a half a dozen times last night. It must have gone off again after I went to bed because my electric clock was flashing. Without the clock alarm I over slept. I called dad's room the hospital moments ago and the day shift sitter answered... She's on until 7pm.
So! I get to rest or at least not drive down there this morning. I plan to work on my new stove, get it converted to LP and positioned... after a nap!
So! I get to rest or at least not drive down there this morning. I plan to work on my new stove, get it converted to LP and positioned... after a nap!
@Sewingcreations15 So glad you are getting rains. I bet that's a good feeling to have all the tanks full (and buckets and barrels too.). Also, great that new neighbor also likes to garden and is willing to trade. Those are some pretty precious cukes!
@Peanut Yay! A day home can really do a person good. Glad you finally got your range. Hope it's easily converted and hooked up and works like a dream. Was beginning to think maybe you didn't really like pie and were using the stove as an excuse
@Peanut Yay! A day home can really do a person good. Glad you finally got your range. Hope it's easily converted and hooked up and works like a dream. Was beginning to think maybe you didn't really like pie and were using the stove as an excuse
Good morning, HCL. The sky is clear and blue, and the sun is bright here. It's going to be a good day, y'all!
LazyL:
This sounds all to familiar, although, give credit where credit is due, my Wife has done a much better job of actually getting rid of the junk that has been hauled up from the basement. Right now the front porch is pretty full of stuff to be donated. People are supposed to pick it up tomorrow. There is never a guarantee with that.
I am waiting for chapter 2 where you get to carry the two recliners back down to the basement. Plans changed.
That is what would happen at my house.
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Good morning and nice to see you back in swing of things.
Well, I might be back in the swing of things, but it's a slow swing. Whatever the crud is, whether it's influenza or just a cold, it hit me last night, with a fun little bout of coughing and a runny nose. But I was already getting on top of it with the doctor, and I feel relatively good today. The antibiotics haven't really kicked in yet though, and of course I expect some issues by the time that's done. Tamiflu is good stuff though, I've seen how well that knocked influenza down when my daughter had it.
What's most amazing, though, is just how much better a bright sunny day, without the wind howling, can make a person feel. It's no wonder why places like Wyoming have such high suicide rates...
Good morning all! Took DH to audiologist yesterday to get batteries and filters--86 miles round trip. last night I went to Church and helped finish up our clothing donation ministry job. Today, after exercise and running to store for oranges and lettuce, taking eBay photos and reading posts here, I'm going to play around with making a resume'. Just for kicks since DH needs me too often to actually work.
Highs in the 40's here today so no concrete block cleaning for me. Will have to find something more to do, I think.
Highs in the 40's here today so no concrete block cleaning for me. Will have to find something more to do, I think.
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Tuesday afternoon we got the two kitchen cupboards finished and deep cleaned.
Yesterday we harvested silverbeet, cucumber and cherry tomatoes in the rain with gum boots and rain jackets on which we had been putting off until the rain subsided but we are having a week or more of rain so they are predicting so had to be done. We harvested 5 bunches of silverbeet, 2 kg of cucumbers and about 150 g of cherry tomatoes.
We blanched and froze all the silverbeet and have 6 more meals of greens for the freezer and gave some silverbeet and a couple of cucumbers to our new neighbour. He was telling us that the price of fruit and vegetables are extortionate in the shops and in fact he called it highway robbery. Previous to moving here he grew all his own vegetables so was grateful that we gave him some of ours until his garden which he is planting now starts producing. We have agreed to trade produce amongst ourselves so if one doesn't have something the other will provide it if we have it growing. Always good to have a network for food.
Oh just to let everyone know I priced the cucumber and silverbeet we harvested online in our local supermarkets and they want $14 kg for cucumbers and $4.50 a bunch for silverbeet. At those prices they should be gold plated
In the afternoon we cooked up a whole 2.66 kg chicken we got on special for $2.31 and had a roast chicken and steamed vegetable dinner and once the chicken cooled we broke the meat off the carcass and had enough for 3 more meals of chicken for the two of us.
Today so far DH has dug a trench around the last mulberry tree so it holds water when we water it and I have watered all of the potted trees with saved vegetable blanching and washing water from our vegetables last night. I don't think the vegetable patch needs any water with the amount of rain we have had today so a saving on town water there.
DH washed the dishes and cleaned the benches and I wiped them and put them away. I have just emptied the hand washing water bucket for the day onto an outdoor garden shrub in the gardens around the home, scrubbed it out and refilled it with fresh water for the day. DH has emptied the kitchen bin into the wheelie bin outside. I rearranged the rainwater buckets at the back of the garden rainwater tank shed to catch more runoff rainwater from the roof which we have been using to water potted fruit trees now for over a week and they are full again. Our rainwater tank pool where we have got all the water for deep cleaning the home is overfull again and draining onto the back lawn but we will still have enough water in there to finish deep cleaning the rest of the home without using any house connected rainwater or town water.
Not a lot done really today so a bit of a day of rest for us. Tonight's dinner will be stir fry chicken leftover from last night's dinner and vegetables.
Sewing, are'nt you the busy little bee, thats great!
Happy Thursday to everyone.
Sounds like most of ya are moving in a positive direction.
That's so good to see.
Hope everyone has a great day .
I filled the woodbox , getting ready for a light snow tonight.
Too cold outside to Dilly dally in the garage.
Be going to lunch soon.
Jim
Sounds like most of ya are moving in a positive direction.
That's so good to see.
Hope everyone has a great day .
I filled the woodbox , getting ready for a light snow tonight.
Too cold outside to Dilly dally in the garage.
Be going to lunch soon.
Jim
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February is a no spend month for us. All bills, and standard expenses are being paid but not online orders, trips to Hobby Lobby etc. I also decided to try stretching out the grocery budget to see how long I can go before I have to got to get things like milk and cheese. So far no money has been spent and preps will not be affected.
To keep from going shopping I have been testing some new keto recipes as long as I have the ingredients in the house already. Last night I made keto maple frosted donuts. I tried one last night and like them. The girls can have one each for snack later. If they like them then the recipe will go in my folder and I'll make them again. I figure I'll try a new recipe every few days this month and it will help pass the time and take my mind off spending money I don't need to.
I am also trying to finish sewing projects for the girls. Nothing new just using what I have. I am planning on making the girls new princess dresses for their birthdays. I want to take them to the Disney Princess brunch and they always get great responses when I make their dresses. I have a lot of the fabric and trim for the dresses I want to make but it is still very early for their birthdays. (September and October) I like to think I am in the planning stages.
I am also looking into "zero waste" kitchens. I want to reduce our waste as much as I can. Any ideas
To keep from going shopping I have been testing some new keto recipes as long as I have the ingredients in the house already. Last night I made keto maple frosted donuts. I tried one last night and like them. The girls can have one each for snack later. If they like them then the recipe will go in my folder and I'll make them again. I figure I'll try a new recipe every few days this month and it will help pass the time and take my mind off spending money I don't need to.
I am also trying to finish sewing projects for the girls. Nothing new just using what I have. I am planning on making the girls new princess dresses for their birthdays. I want to take them to the Disney Princess brunch and they always get great responses when I make their dresses. I have a lot of the fabric and trim for the dresses I want to make but it is still very early for their birthdays. (September and October) I like to think I am in the planning stages.
I am also looking into "zero waste" kitchens. I want to reduce our waste as much as I can. Any ideas
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Grimm this sounds like fun for both you and the girls.
But I need some advice here about skin care.Seems the organicnon proecessed coconut oil is not working for my facial skin care. And I hear most olive oil is not olive oil now
. And suggestions?
Good to see you visiting again.
