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  1. Hello friends! Jeepers checked in on me and I promised I would post an update. Believe it or not, we are still trying to get everything moved, emptied, sorted and pitched while still living here at the homestead. Hubby is working part time for our Pastor. He manages some rental properties for an out of state owner, and just cannot find reliable workers...figure that! Any way...I am absolutely loving our home. We went ahead and put down some temporary Berger carpet in the living room to hid the hardwood floor defects and subsequently decided we liked the warmer floors with the carpet. We still have a lot of finishing to do, but it's not going to happen this year. I've been doing a lot of baking in my gas stove. Love the thing! We are doing a "sort of" pantry challenge of not buying anything from the stores...and started in December when we had to pay all our RE taxes and personal property taxes...on 3 properties. The "other place" isn't really hurting us now other than utilities, and we did a lot of toning down on the heat etc., to keep things lower. Pretty much the same thing we've done for years at the Roost! LOL We'll be selling the othe4r place and eventually finishing the remodel at the Roost to rent it out for additional income. Hubby tackled a massive winterization project here, to close up all the gaps, holes etc., to keep the head in and the cold out. What a job! BUT...the laundry room that used to need heat nearly all the time, now only stays about 40 or so with a small amount of heat kicking in once in awhile. We sealed off the stair way to upstairs and I use that for "cold" storage! LOL Also sealed off the spice/oil room and keep an Eden Pur in there to keep it warm. It was nightmare getting our internet and land line switched over, but we finally got it done (may have mentioned that already) and things seem to be running smoother in that area. Yesterday hubby emptied about 20 5 gallon long term storage buckets down to the basement now that he's got that area sealed up pretty good, but still needs the sump pump to keep things dryer. Hoping to get the "bucket" room emptied for other things we need to do in there. It's a large room off our extended pantry. The dining room is "stuffed" with the boxes we move here gradually, and unpack and put away. I need to keep home running smoothing ya know! Abby girl is totally enjoying her spaces both inside and out! She's got her usual youth mattress etc., on my side, then her "thunder pad" on hubby's side and then a comfy bed in front of the loveseat! LOL She "sleep around"! LOL I washed some laundry this morning and hung it out to dry, so I need to go bring it in. It's after 4. I use the dryer when it's too cold or wet, but I still enjoy hanging my laundry outside when I can. Gives me some additional Vit.D! I'll pop back in here much sooner!
  2. I watched a video of Doug Billings as he had a guest on...Karen? Kingston. I just sat, watched, listened and wept.
  3. The pretty much finished work. Not everything looks prime and proper...but we live here now! Hubby built me two nice shelves to put some of my "stuff" on...over my wonderful big kitchen windows! Gas stove will get hooked up AFTER my washer is hooked up! LOL
  4. these are what we made up from old book shelves. Hubby painted them to match. The bins were from $Tree and I already had baskets from my n"collection".
  5. These are pix of the bathroom before it was completely finished. Hubby used an old shower door mirror to mount on one wall and we really enjoy it...except when we're commando! LOL
  6. Just ducking in for a moment. We're pretty much moved in, but still packing boxes from the old place and bringing them home to unpack and try to put away...LOL Abby-girl is truly enjoying her big space inside and out. Hubby is getting ready to finish a work project for a customer and then will be working part time for/with our Pastor. The additional dollars will help tremendously in doing more project here etc. He's also working to get my washer hooked up here so I don't have to go to the other place, wash and then bring them here to dry...inside or out. He's moved my clotheslines here (home) which I love, but I really need my washer hooked up. My gas stove still isn't hooked up yet so I'm using all my kitchen gadgets to keep up with our meals. I "adore" my countertop induction plate because I can use my cast iron skillet on it. I use my 2 burner hot plate for other stuff, and my microwave too. One thing I'm learning is carpet hides a lot of stuff! No wonder people have allergies! These hard wood floors let you know about every little dust or doggie hair so I get to vacuum then mop them with my DIY orange essential oil mix. Smells wonderful...for awhile! LOL The floors really are a mess until we get them sanded down where the doggie's did their thing on the old carpeting and pad. Mom didn't know just how much they did their stuff on the carpeting. Sharing a pix of our girl...stretched out on the LR floor! LOL Also sharing a pic of a pretty quilt our Pastor's wife made for me. I put it on the loveseat...I really enjoy it! Also some pics of our livingroom area (near the fireplace and the TV/laptop setup. Bedroom and some of the kitchen. Hubby built me some shelves for all my jars etc. as well as putting in a plastic drawer rack for some of my cooking spoons etc. Eventually the deep freeze will move to the laundry/mud room and my rolling island will go where it sits. Lots of work to still do. Still have to put the rest of my cabinet pulls on, and eventually re-paint all the cabs and woodwork etc. But it sure feels comfy! Take care peoples and I've not forgotten ya's!
  7. Yes, we have been busy! About 80% moved, and the hardest part is ahead od us...sorting, pitching and cleaning up the mess we've made there. Got slowed down a bit when farmer friends needed to leave state to help one of their sons, so ask us to harvest their garden and keep the goodies. So we were busy every 2 or 3 days picking green beans, bell peppers, sweet peppers, poblano's, tomatoes and a few jalapeno's. We've been eating the bells like crazy and have pretty much finished them off. Now...I have 2 or 3 bags of poblano's that I'm going to put in my food processer and add a touch of jalapeno's and made myself some green chillies to jar up for the pantry...half pints will do us. Hubby had our heat pump check out and it was low on freon, so recharged it. Should operate even better now. Also found a yard full of yellow jacket nests! He sprinkled them heavily with some Sevin and DE...hopefully this will kill them! Waited all day today for ATT to get our land line hooked up. No go. When I called, they told me that we had done everything right but their end had messed up...so no land line until...? At least we have gotten our internet up and running, but hubby did lose his Amazon link for his personal account. But we're able to use my account to watch the shows he likes to watch. Abby is truly enjoying her extra space, inside and out! Glad we found the wasp nests though, they may have swarmed her and then possibly killed her! So we're watching very carefully how the DE etc., handles them. If not, we'll spray the tops with Canola Oil, Dawn and Water. That will stop a wasp dead in it's tracks...we've used it many times before. Son got his settlement so he was able to buy himself a very nice car. Won't have to wait for an aide or ?? to pick him up and take him to doctors, shopping etc. I'm glad for him. The relationship he thought he had found didn't work out...as usual. Some of these women he finds online are truly weird! Picked 4 grocery bags of Elderberries from our same farmer friends, froze them and hubby is shaking them down and putting them in gallon bags for me to process at a later date. Our bushes that we planted the starts last year bloomed and gave us several florets for out freezer! We'll take a few more starts off them when we cut them back this fall, and replant the ones that didn't survive and plant a few more. If I can get 6 or more quarts of the juice that will make us happy. Well I guess I better get busy cleaning up supper dishes. Take care everybody...and that's why we've been quiet! LOL
  8. We have pretty much moved in...about 80% We have moved box by box, several at a time, put them away, then go again! 5
  9. Still working our tails off! But...we're just about ready to move our mattress over to the homestead. When we do we'll not have internet for ???? Yesterday I sat in my rocker and he sat on the loveseat, and we laughed about how it really would not bother us too much to not have internet for a bit. We have tons of DVD's, VCR's, several boom box's to play music, a whole library upstairs and are loading our lovely bookshelves in the livingroom with the books we want to have handy. Not to mention a lot of work still to do! He still needs to hang me some clotheslines so I can hang my laundry out...I'll still need to wash them here at the little house. But it will be much easier to work there and come here when we need to. Our Abby-girl is loving the hardwood floors and room to really stretch out, not to mention a big yard to romp in and a wrap around porch to lay on "when she wants to". Losing my nephew so unexpectedly is still very hard. He loved the Lord, but was in so much pain from a severe back injury a couple of years ago, that he had been asking God to relieve him of the pain. The autopsy hasn't been completed yet, so it will be up to my sis to reveal whatever she decides. I'm okay with that. My own son is doing "okay" as far as health. He does have a lovely woman friend, so I'm praying it works out for both of them. She's a Christian as well and son believes she's the one he's been asking God for. Our health is good. We are doing what we need to do to keep our body's strong. We listened to an Epedimiologist (?) and are following what he says...enough said. We do not wear masks (unless a store requires it...and if necessary...shop somewhere else) and don't intend to. Let them call us what they want.
  10. Sorry...DJT still owns it. He has been shown on several clips saying "I did everything opposite of what the rat told me to do". I did NOT vote for any dumb donkeys just to make myself clear.
  11. Tough day for our family today. My sister's oldest son was killed in a car accident last night. He was 54...and so young. We just hung out at home and I stayed in touch with family.
  12. Did any of you see the picture (can't remember if it was on youtube or ??? ... but Prez T was being shown "Med Beds". Very interesting. I guess the main thing about them is they draw the heavy metals from your body and your body begins to heal itself. Interesting.
  13. I worked as a real estate private assistant for many, many years. WF has always been "dirty".
  14. 2nd book by Deeann Gist. Sort of comical.
  15. I'm so far behind reading you all's post ... but things are really on the move...literally...here! We're putting in 4-6 hours a day nearly every day packing boxes here, loading in the truck, taking the homestead, carrying them in and putting them away. Then we play catch up mowing all the yards. About the only real relief is when we go to church/gathering each week. I've worked my tail off sprucing up the old dressers with Old English Furniture stain/polish. They look so nice! The kitchen is "useable" but the gas line isn't hooked up yet to my stove so will use all my kitchen "equipment". Washing nearly every day, hanging on outside lines, and vacuum sealing the stuff to put into our storage totes...winter wear etc. Our Abby-girl is truly loving stretching out on the hardwood floors! She's still a bit confused about the bedroom though, so I put a blanket down on my side (the mattress isn't there yet) for her lay and get acquainted with her "space". Her mattress won't go until we move our mattress. We're determined not to completely wear ourselves out trying to do it all at once and we don't want people trying to help because then we have to label everything...too much bother. All in all, the bathroom, kitchen, bedroom are occupiable...and the livingroom also if we really needed to. Right now we're getting the space ready for our "long" dual computer desks that will occupy nearly a complete wall. His and hers! We've had the office equipment for many years...in storage of course! The weather has been very hot and humid, some rain here and there, and supposed to get more tomorrow late. Another good reason for us to take our time. We did sneak out this evening for a meal at Golden Corral...to celebrate our 12th anniversary. I've been very diligent to wear my rib brace and leather gloves. Many, many years ago I did some damage to my ribs (right side) and it's reared it's ugly head this past month...grrr! And leather gloves are a must. Every little bump leaves a nice purple spot on my hands or forearms. Well friends, I need to wash up, crawl in bed with my book, then lights out. I'm so looking forward to getting back to posting here on a more regular basis. Hugs to all!
  16. The WE2's

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    Posted a bit ago...we've up to our ears...in work! Still working out the internet stuff. Such a mess.
  17. We don't believe any of them...period! Everything is "covid" now...and these dumb assertions of "variants" ... they never could get even the "seasonal" flu right! This is not a vaccine...there's not one drop of the virus in it. It's all chemicals the "science" has put together. Regular flu shorts have some of the virus in it...this does not. If you're poked then you shouldn't have to worry about those of us who say nope. It's "control" ... wear a mask, don't wear a mask, don't take supplements and other currative meds, wear a mask, wear two masks, get a shot but still wear a mask. Try to intimidate those who won't conform. That's it. We will continue in our beliefs. This concoction they say is 98% effective. The recovery rate for the virus is 98% and above. Now they're telling people that they'll need "booster" shots.
  18. I bought some of the PUR jars and lids. They work fine. Available at Ace Hardware...that's all they carry. Several homesteaders have tried them and are pleased with them also. They have also tested them for lead etc., just in case...and they appear to be lead free.
  19. Thanks Jeepers for checking on us. As I replied, we are up to our ears moving to the homestead. This will be a long post so bear with me. We've been gradually moving things to the homestead, but ran into a road block when we called to get our internet etc., transferred. UVerse is the only thing available to us but when they came and hooked up the line, they couldn't go any further than the outside because of the "spaghetti" of old phone lines and dangerous wiring in the basement area. So hubby had to trace each and every electrical wire down to know where it went, and then re-wire it all with new and safer wiring. In order to do that we had to haul tons of old burnt wood and charcoal out fromhthe crawlspace so he could get under the house! Between the two of us we were able to fish all new wiring up through the walls (my forearms look a mess!) and into all new electrical boxes etc. Then we had to fish the CAT wire along the same paths. He finally got all the boxes covered and we'll call AT&T tomorrow to have them come out and do the final install. He's tired of it and for a hundred bucks, we'll let them do it. The kitchen is on hold as far as getting my gas stove hooked up. Once the internet etc., is done I'll be vacuuming and cleaning the bedroom so we can get our mattress moved over there as well as waxing down the dressers etc., so we can take our dresser clothes over there. The dining room is his "work area" so we can't do anything with that yet, and the livingroom only has our loveseat, coffee table and one end table. Behind that area is a catch all of the bookcases that are ceiling high and need to be be moved to their "place". I had a bit of a heat episode one weekend while were out and it's taken me quite some time to recover. Then an ear infection really slowed me down until the antibiotics etc., got it taken care of. Then I nearly passed out one early morning on my way from the bathroom. I had to lay on the floor and call for hubby, but he couldn't hear me. My Abby-girl stayed right there with me and would try to "go tell daddy" but would come right back. I was finally able to use her a tiny bit to get on my feet...but she didn't really like it. One I made it to bed then then I was able to wake hubby up so he could get me some water and watch over me until I had my witts about me. REALLY scary! It was a blood pressure drop, guess I just got up too quick. I have low blood pressure so it doesn't take much to go much too low. The weather here has been hot, muggy and rain, rain, rain, rain! It quit raining a bit this morning long enough for us to go to church and barely came home before it started again. Abby-girl and I have had some serious cabin fever when we can't go to the homestead and get out a bit. It's no sense sitting around there while hubby works when I have so much to do here. Sorting, packing and still trying to keep house here. I'm not complaining at all, it's just a big job...especially at our age. With all the storms etc., our Abby-girl has gotten quite use to come looking for me when it starts thundering. I say "squirt" and she waits for me to spray some calming spray on her shoulder, then "lick" and she sucks the dropper of Rescue Remedy, then eagerly awaits her "chews" which is a calming chew we buy. Once it all begins to work, she "goes to bed" ... but still paces a bit when it continues to thunder etc., but at least she isn't trembling and slobbering in fear. We also give her a "lick" when we dremel her toe nails...which we did tonight, but only the front. Tomorrow the back feet. Son is doing okay. His doc is in the process of getting him off all the pain killers and onto medical "lolly pops". His health is a mess. Diabetes, obesity, eye site problems, PTSD, lasiks for his fluid build up, high blood pressure...so much more. He has an aide that comes in and cleans etc., an takes him grocery shopping. Another nurse comes and puts all his meds in a container so he doesn't have to worry about what and when to take his meds. Grand daughter and grand son reached out to me on FB...what a blessing. I know it would set my daughters hair on fire if she knew, but they both said they're adults now and able to make their own decisions. Hopefully that will stand. We're hoping to have a "picnic" or some type of meeting but I left it up to them to set the date etc., since he's still under therapy etc. for his paralysis. I'm not trying to rush things since their folks cut them off from me when they were very young. I need to be careful because their other grand parents are very territorial, and I know the kids love them. Well, I guess that brings me pretty much up to date, but not sure when I'll be able to pop back in and say hello.
  20. I started using the one piece lids that I bought at one of our favorite Amish stores. They use them all the time, especially if you look on their shelves where they sell their jams, beets and other foods. They have one that's for "open kettle" canning which is water bath, and one for "high heat" canning which is for pressure canning. I've used them both. You just have to be careful not to tighten them down too tight, sorta like Tattlers. When I remove the lid for eating the foods, I wash them and they can be re-used for storage lids. I'm very comfortable with them. Just make sure they have the button on top.
  21. Been busy as usual. Rain curtailed several days but we've had a couple of nice days. Tomorrow though...snow!? Give us a break! I did get a load of laundry washed and hung up and dried today, but won't be able to do any more unless I take it to the homestead to dry in the dryer. I really love my laundry dried in the fresh air! Yesterday hubby vacuum sealed 3 big totes of a lot of his winter clothes, and today I did one. They're the 27 gallon totes from Menards (heavy duty) and we use a lot of the dollar tree bags bue t checked today and they were out so I used what I had and then we stopped at Harbor Freight and bought several boxes more. Also picked up a couple of Nitrile gloves...THEY ARE EXPENSIVE! The sign said they were having trouble getting them due to the materials they are made of. We stocked up on a lot of them that are upstairs in a tote at the homestead but we didn't want to open that up, so went ahead and bought a box my size and a box his size...they're over 25 a box! We've still got several totes to pack up. Trying to get a lot of stuff moved that we don't need right now. Abby-girl is totally enjoying having free run of all of the west side of our property! I hang a plastic bucket on the faucet of one of our rain water barrels and she loves the rain water from it. We've blocked off the area of the wrap around front porch that she used to jump up and into. She hurt herself a bit one time so it's off limits unless she comes with us through the house and onto the front porch when we're sitting out there in our chairs. Wasn't able to go to church Sunday. Pastor wasn't feeling well. Not the big C but perhaps a stomach bug. Take care everybody, stay out of troubles way and hugs to each of you!
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