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I am in the second day of my confinement. We have been forced to work from home. I hate it, and have fought it tooth and nail. We are ordered to work from home for the next two weeks. I will do my best not to go Postal. I know I should be happy to still have a job where this is even possible. I am saying a lot of prayers to St Jude to keep sane.
 
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Jim
 
Good day today,
Went to VA clinic .
Had some eggs , sausage, hash browns.
Filled firebox ..still cold .

Talked to y'all.

Now I lay me down to sleep, and pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.:)

I will visit with you tomorrow , Lord willing.

Good night folks.

Jim


Great prayer we say it evry night .I've been saying it since I was a kid.

Not sure what we will do today yet, been up since 6am but done nothing.
 
I would love more info on this Tincture. Do you have to dig up the poke root now? Just making sure, poke root is the weed that grows the purple berries, correct?

I'll post all the details with the photos under natural remedies when I have everything ready. Short answer, you can dig poke roots anytime. Yes to purple berries but so do lots of plants.

In the mean time.... I already posted some on poke with links to vids... It's there for the reading. Poke Sallet

I am in the second day of my confinement. We have been forced to work from home. I hate it... I will do my best not to go Postal. I am saying a lot of prayers to St Jude to keep sane.

So I was right! There was a run on garbage bags so people could hide body parts. 🤪
 
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Top o' the mornin' to ya 🧝‍♀️🍀🎻
First I should apologize for being grumpy yesterday. I realized my tolerance for stupidity needs working on. I had chatted w/ Snappy a bit as I'd never canned spuds and don't have a good place for storing them. Stopped into the store to grab a bag of spuds and found empty shelves etc. Some days I should not be allowed to be released in public. I didn't bite anybody, but probably could have. (Our gov. didn't help matters.) People were buying huge volumes of food. I sat and worked through some grumpy thoughts this morning and came to a conclusion that helped my mood tremendously. Since gov. shut down restaurants in the state, people have to cook for themselves and probably had no food in their homes. (That's sooo weird to me.) Anyhoo, aside from the political agenda that I had to release my brain from, I came to the conclusion that maybe this will have a positive affect bringing the pendulum back towards center a bit. It's lovely to see a sky without contrails. Home should be one's center and this is forcing folks to recognize their home. Maybe it's a wake up call to a good many folks, and I just need to let them figure it out. I did find some spuds this morning as they were restocking in a different store - not organic, but at least a few spuds. It will be well.
 
Top o' the mornin' to ya 🧝‍♀️🍀🎻
First I should apologize for being grumpy yesterday. I realized my tolerance for stupidity needs working on. I had chatted w/ Snappy a bit as I'd never canned spuds and don't have a good place for storing them. Stopped into the store to grab a bag of spuds and found empty shelves etc. Some days I should not be allowed to be released in public. I didn't bite anybody, but probably could have. (Our gov. didn't help matters.) People were buying huge volumes of food. I sat and worked through some grumpy thoughts this morning and came to a conclusion that helped my mood tremendously. Since gov. shut down restaurants in the state, people have to cook for themselves and probably had no food in their homes. (That's sooo weird to me.) Anyhoo, aside from the political agenda that I had to release my brain from, I came to the conclusion that maybe this will have a positive affect bringing the pendulum back towards center a bit. It's lovely to see a sky without contrails. Home should be one's center and this is forcing folks to recognize their home. Maybe it's a wake up call to a good many folks, and I just need to let them figure it out. I did find some spuds this morning as they were restocking in a different store - not organic, but at least a few spuds. It will be well.


We all have our bad days Ladyl. I find myself apologizing often these days.
 
Planned on making a quick recon trip into town today. Wife says she wants to go with me so I suspect a quick recon will turn into a half day shopping experience.

WalMart. Parking lot was half full. I don't know if that's normal or not for this time of weekday. Majority of the customers were on the grocery side. The canned goods, microwaveable meals and pasta shelves had considerable empty spaces BUT look like one case of everything was on display. No 5 gallon jugs of drinking water, shelves were bare.

Subway was open. Tables and chairs were stacked. Notice stated no inside dining.

Credit Union branch. Lobby was open.

Factory employee parking lots we passed were full.

Local power company has four trucks updating poles along our road.
 
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I was going to hit Walmart to pick up another RX and some more cheese (brother has been devouring it like there's no tomorrow) but I'm nauseous & having some stomach issues so I'm staying put. Brother went to his meeting this morning & hasn't returned yet. I assume they are clearing out all the perishable stuff from the kitchens. He was pretty mad about having to come in on his day off & he thinks they are going to make him go to work the rest of the week to do stuff bc they don't want to let people stay home, but who knows. The casino is officially closed, but that doesn't mean the employees actually get to stay home. In some ways it will be nice if he's not here eating all the food and making messes for me to clean up.

I went outside to look for my missing cat but still no sign of him & it started to rain within minutes.
 
Went to get some grub at the store, man, the stuff you see in the news and on FB is real. This is from one the largest mid west chains, Meijer.

Paper products, none, cleaning products virtually none existent, canned goods, nope, boxed goods, nope, pasta (I got me some Orzo love the stuff) but just a few boxes of stuff left. Many sections of the store was bare.

We were able to grab some milk and eggs, bread and some fresh fruit and a few other things we wanted. I wanted some chicken thighs, nope, the glass meat case was empty and lights off, there was absolutely no chicken, no pork except the most expensive cuts same with steak. No burger either.

The only thing we really wanted was the Meijer milk, we like it the best and at 1.69 a gallon it's a deal. Got three gallons of white and one chocolate.
 
Talked to my sis in Florida and nephew in Oklahoma and got info about how things are going there. Sis went into Walmart this a.m. and was saddened to see old people in shock that there's nothing left. Just got an email from our Kroger Store saying that the first hour in the morning that they're open is for seniors over 60 to do their shopping. Nephew needs to do more shopping...had a month of food for him and his wife, but daughter and 2 granddaughters just came to stay. He's in the country, and she came from a Texas city.
 
I was going to hit Walmart to pick up another RX and some more cheese (brother has been devouring it like there's no tomorrow) but I'm nauseous & having some stomach issues so I'm staying put. Brother went to his meeting this morning & hasn't returned yet. I assume they are clearing out all the perishable stuff from the kitchens. He was pretty mad about having to come in on his day off & he thinks they are going to make him go to work the rest of the week to do stuff bc they don't want to let people stay home, but who knows. The casino is officially closed, but that doesn't mean the employees actually get to stay home. In some ways it will be nice if he's not here eating all the food and making messes for me to clean up.

I went outside to look for my missing cat but still no sign of him & it started to rain within minutes.


Hope you feel better soon and find the cat.

Todaay I've been dealing with a truck problem and petting our dogs fro stress relief.
 
Well, it's been busy the last two days. The furnace decided it would go on strike so I have been forcing it to work and had two companies over for estimates to replace the whole 20 year old HVAC system.
The good news is that it will be complete in less than a week. The bad news is the cost. It is a good system but it will cost just a tad over $8300.
The bank has closed down the inside area to customers so, I got the money transferred to my checking account and wrote a check for half to get them started. The other will be paid on completion after the inspection is passed.

I am thankful that I am prepared for these little inconveniences. My wife didn't know about the savings but she is happy now! I also saved a couple of hundred by paying cash. :)
 
Just finished up rolling up the last of the yarn that was donated last week for Christmas presents for Veterans, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters. You would have thought with what they brought into my place, I would be over run with yarn. But nope, got it all rolled up and into 1 king size comforter set bag complete with zipper(to keep grand daughter out of it). And 1- 2 gallon Ziploc bag of fingerling baby yarn for the hats for the local Mennionite church for their church mission works.
Strawberry is sleeping here beside me in the recliner.
Got 9 quarts of homemade vegetable soup going in the pressure cooker/ canner, that will fed me for several days.
What I don't eat, I'll put in pint jars, can them in water bath canner for later meals.
I figure I got 1 more payment on the Internet bill then that will be paid off completely.
Slow and steady getting things paid off.
 
Got the potatoes canned yesterday. A 5# bag made 5 quarts and a pint.

Helped an older lady with some organizing this morning and brought her some dog food for her strays. Dry, not the home canned food. Will be cutting up my old potatoes for starts tomorrow and leaving them until the fellow comes to till up the plot. I have a sprouted onion to plant and maybe start a few seeds. Should be a relaxing home day. I will walk since we are not quarantined yet and I don't get close to anyone early in the morning.
 
Got the potatoes canned yesterday. A 5# bag made 5 quarts and a pint.

Helped an older lady with some organizing this morning and brought her some dog food for her strays. Dry, not the home canned food. Will be cutting up my old potatoes for starts tomorrow and leaving them until the fellow comes to till up the plot. I have a sprouted onion to plant and maybe start a few seeds. Should be a relaxing home day. I will walk since we are not quarantined yet and I don't get close to anyone early in the morning.

Snap we didn'y get any potato starts this year. Sounds like your ready for the summer and spring though. :thumbs:
 
I'm at Denver Psycho international airport now. Drove past the Satan Horse statue on the way in. Now I'm drinking some $5 bottled water and waiting to board the plane so I can get coronavirus from the air system... :rolleyes:

Spike you and my son have the kind of jobs mothers don't like!
Take care and be safe . :huggs: My son is always or was till this past week and he refused to fly national this time. I talked to him this morning and he was driving 14 hr trip and I said glad Trump stopped flights he said " I knew you'd be happy about that".
 
Spike you and my son have the kind of jobs mothers don't like!
Take care and be safe . :huggs: My son is always or was till this past week and he refused to fly national this time. I talked to him this morning and he was driving 14 hr trip and I said glad Trump stopped flights he said " I knew you'd be happy about that".
I'm over flying. It's too much aggravation. I actually like the flights, I just hate airports.

I'm actually looking at changing positions with my company. I want a local or regional job. It would mean about a 15k pay cut, but I'd be home most nights. And I could always go back out on the road if I had to. I'm just done with airports and hotels and crappy restaurant food and spending all night driving to God only knows where. It's time for a change...
 
Guy delivered 5 more Rick's of firewood today. He unlosded. It I put his money on his tailgate, waved goodbye.
Walnut, cherry , white ash.

1st CV 19 case in all of West KY confirmed today. 69 yo man.
In my little back woods county.

So I'm an idiot for staying home,? 6 days now, That's what many think. Like I care.

Im CV19 free

Will not be venturing out in public anytime soon.

Now I'm going to bed and sleep like a baby.
Jim
 
I'm at Denver Psycho international airport now.

I'm still wondering why they built the Denver Airport in Nebraska... 🤪

I'm over flying. It's too much aggravation. I'm just done with airports and hotels and crappy restaurant food and spending all night driving to God only knows where. It's time for a change...

I know that feeling... there were a couple of years I spent about 270-300 days on the road each year... I was sick of all of it... but especially airports. There were days I woke up wondering what city I was in. I was totally burned out.

It was an incredible relief when I stepped down. I took a pay cut too and it was worth every cent to spend most of my nights at home.
 
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At Denver airport there is a statue of a horse at the entrance. The horse is raring up and looks angry. It has weird veins popping out of it's skin and is strangely anatomically correct, right down to having a detailed anus. At night it's eyes glow red. The kicker is, it fell on its Creator and killed him before it was installed...it's just weird. That goes along with the weird Nazi artwork they had in the airport for a while...
 
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