This morning I've been overlooking the mess I made in kitchen last night. 
Time for more housework.
Time for more housework.
What's everybody doing today?
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Well.... that enameled cast iron cleaned-up nicely. I'll hang on to it. There's gotta be a good use for it - maybe as a parts cleaner.
Dishes are done and it raised the humidity in my house by a couple percentage points. Silver lining.
I've recovered from the physical damage, but the emotional impact lingers on. lol
Look for my next cooking episode to be posted in a thread titled: Old School's Cooking Fiascos.
Dishes are done and it raised the humidity in my house by a couple percentage points. Silver lining.
I've recovered from the physical damage, but the emotional impact lingers on. lol
Look for my next cooking episode to be posted in a thread titled: Old School's Cooking Fiascos.
Feeding tube is in place and will be operational this evening! Came through surgery beautifully. Nasal tube is gone and he looks like his old self. He’ll be fighting fit before we know it.
He'll feel better, more normal without the nasal tube! Big step forward!!
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You know what AI can do to itself
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Great news!
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Finally got to the post office today, after the last attempt when it was closed for J Carter day. Stopped in at the amish grocery and got a few things. Three loads of laundry done, microwave scrubbed out, more firewood brought in, more kindling....husband's napping, and I need a second wind for sure.
Trip to the big town for groceries and a haircut. Picked up popeye's chicken for dinner. Knew I'd be too tired to cook anything.
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I find it far easier to cook with gas than an electric cook top. In fact I’ll never buy electric again. Open flame and cast iron are a match made in heaven. I use a lodge #8 camp oven to fry in. It’s real easy to hold a constant temp but a little tricky to center it over a flame because of the feet.
But I fry wings, catfish, tots, homemade fries… anything that says fry on the box from the store. I bake a lot of chicken thighs, cheap and moist, always skin on. After baking I’ll toss them in the #8 to crisp up the skin, yummy!
I fry at least 3 nights a week. A #8 isn’t big enough for a whole catfish fillet so I cut it into 4 or 5 pieces, bread then fryem’ up! I like my batter anyway. I usually fry 2 fillets, one for dinner, the other for a catfish Po’boy the next day. So easy to fry with an IF thermometer...
I've a friend who bakes bread in a #8, Even makes her cornbread in it. I'm not much of a baker, just trying to learn now.
(i think a lodge #8 is also called a 2 quart camp oven)
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Well.... that enameled cast iron cleaned-up nicely. I'll hang on to it. There's gotta be a good use for it - maybe as a parts cleaner.
Dishes are done and it raised the humidity in my house by a couple percentage points. Silver lining.
I've recovered from the physical damage, but the emotional impact lingers on. lol
Look for my next cooking episode to be posted in a thread titled: Old School's Cooking Fiascos.
I find it far easier to cook with gas than an electric cook top. In fact I’ll never buy electric again. Open flame and cast iron are a match made in heaven. I use a lodge #8 camp oven to fry in. It’s real easy to hold a constant temp but a little tricky to center it over a flame because of the feet.
But I fry wings, catfish, tots, homemade fries… anything that says fry on the box from the store. I bake a lot of chicken thighs, cheap and moist, always skin on. After baking I’ll toss them in the #8 to crisp up the skin, yummy!
I fry at least 3 nights a week. A #8 isn’t big enough for a whole catfish fillet so I cut it into 4 or 5 pieces, bread then fryem’ up! I like my batter anyway. I usually fry 2 fillets, one for dinner, the other for a catfish Po’boy the next day. So easy to fry with an IF thermometer...
I've a friend who bakes bread in a #8, Even makes her cornbread in it. I'm not much of a baker, just trying to learn now.
(i think a lodge #8 is also called a 2 quart camp oven)
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Awake at 0430, coffee while staring at the moon...until my feet got cold. On yoga mat by 0510. Next shower and take kids to school, have early appt this morning and then my favorite... homework.
I was on a yoga mat this morning as well; at 5:30 and again at 7:30. It's my ground mat for when I'm under a school bus chaining up. I discovered they make great toboggans when there is a slight down slope on straight ice. I could barely stand up with ice grippers on.
I was out for five hours this morning and didn't make it to a single kid. All the chaining and unchaining was just to get the h3!! out of there. The mechanic gave me a donut when I finally got back to the shop.
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Puttered in the garden this morning and cleaned out the asparagus/strawberry bed, then dug a small trench and added some steer-gro, then covered with mulch. Keep hoping for a good asparagus harvest, but it's always been a struggle. Either too deep or too shallow or I've moved them......trying to find just the right spot for them to stay put. So far they've been in this bed 3 years and I see one breaking surface. Keeping my fingers crossed for many more.
Just finished making pup food for the week. It tastes soooo good! I'm tempted to have a bowl for dinner one day!
Sadly, it takes 2+ hours start to finish.
Sadly, it takes 2+ hours start to finish.
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Still down at the grocery store. It must be 40 degs here and no snow. I could almost get used to this, except summers are way too hot for me here.
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That sounds amazing to me right now. It's about 26 out and lots of snow.
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That's about the same as home. Our place is 75 miles north of here and 3,000 feet higher.
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I started my experiment to grow garlic from seeds today.
Since these are from seeds not cloves I have no idea what the new varieties will be. They will not produce cloves until summer 2026!
Ben
Since these are from seeds not cloves I have no idea what the new varieties will be. They will not produce cloves until summer 2026!
Ben
Not doing much more today!! My donkey is limping, not badly, a little heat in his right rear leg. Going to take Bear for a walk shortly. Just taking it easy tonight after a fun morning of moving furniture!!
My Internet has been down too.Internet sucks today, must be snow in the lines
Don't expect much from me, Dial Up would be faster.
My Irishman has decided.
With no protest from me for a change.
That he needs his own vehicle.
That way if he wants to go for a drive across town?
He can just hop in his vehicle and go.
While he has been deciding things.
He has decided he needs his own place too.
That way my apartment won't be too small all the time.
He can only stay at my place for so many days a month due to the lease.
Normally when he's in town, he just crashes at some else's house.
But everybody is getting a little tired of that.
I think everybody thinks it's time for him to put down roots somewhere.
It's been 10 years of nomad life for these guys.
Kinda like Spikedriver's life.
Their company is opening an office in Kansas City, Missouri.
All 6 of these men have applied for the job.
This way the other men, women and their families will have more time together.
We shall see how it goes.
We find out next week if the 6 men got the job and will be home every night.
It will be an adjustment for everyone involved.
With no protest from me for a change.
That he needs his own vehicle.
That way if he wants to go for a drive across town?
He can just hop in his vehicle and go.
While he has been deciding things.
He has decided he needs his own place too.
That way my apartment won't be too small all the time.
He can only stay at my place for so many days a month due to the lease.
Normally when he's in town, he just crashes at some else's house.
But everybody is getting a little tired of that.
I think everybody thinks it's time for him to put down roots somewhere.
It's been 10 years of nomad life for these guys.
Kinda like Spikedriver's life.
Their company is opening an office in Kansas City, Missouri.
All 6 of these men have applied for the job.
This way the other men, women and their families will have more time together.
We shall see how it goes.
We find out next week if the 6 men got the job and will be home every night.
It will be an adjustment for everyone involved.
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Just got home from our shopping trip. Ended up with about $400 worth of groceries. There were only a few coals left in the wood stove but the house was still at 70 degs inside. It was a long day and it's good to be home.
Been having a lot of back pain lately so I have an appointment tomorrow with a massage girl. Then I'm going up to pick up some plywood before it all goes to California or N Carolina.
Been having a lot of back pain lately so I have an appointment tomorrow with a massage girl. Then I'm going up to pick up some plywood before it all goes to California or N Carolina.
And @RJ2019 we ordered the pup’s collar online for the same reasons mentioned. We never put the dog’s name on the collar. Our last dog was very smart, people would steal him. This dog they probably wouldn’t want to keep
. We train them with hand signals as well as voice and don’t want strangers to be able to call our dog (he needs to listen to us). Again current k9 is a bit more of a challenge 
. Anyhoo so just phone numbers on the collar, names don’t matter.
Tuesday -- January 14th 2025
9.17 pm
Right now 7f
Busy day shopvac and washing dirty floors
Putting away clothes I dont wear anymore
someone else will wear it
Got a phone call from George ..he was in his wood shack
talking about animals and politics
Pets almost all set for the night ...
Miss Ruben wants to sit on my lap
All together happy about my day
I have to put more clothes away tomorrow
Hope all of you got a good day
and
Will have a relaxing evening/night
9.17 pm
Right now 7f
Busy day shopvac and washing dirty floors
Putting away clothes I dont wear anymore
someone else will wear it
Got a phone call from George ..he was in his wood shack
talking about animals and politics
Pets almost all set for the night ...
Miss Ruben wants to sit on my lap
All together happy about my day
I have to put more clothes away tomorrow
Hope all of you got a good day
and
Will have a relaxing evening/night
