Amishway Homesteaders

Oh, been there - done that! and they made the meow sound just like " I CAN"T believe you did that to me! LET ME IN!!!!!"

yes , thanks for posting pic's! alway nice to see what others have done. by the way I found a way to view photo's bigger on dial-up instead of waiting for them to load in new windows- I just change the zoom level to 400 and they are easy to see - just a bit blurry but you can see what they are.

thanks or askig as I didn't know to click past 24 ? but I did that and now things are fine.................................... for now anyway. LOL

...................... I have to find some way to get my Kindle to 'watch' youtube as for whenever I try it sys I need some program first? As here at home with dial-up it takes forever just to load the fisrt 20 seconds.

I think I would do the "living in the middle of the woods" better then in a "tent City" and I could do most of what would be needed to survive and have the 'tools' to do that already.

for me .................. Helped Butching 4 large hogs ( the dead was done yesterday and they were hung out late night) see shoutbox for details. But lots of meat was 'put up' and I got to bring home all kinds of good pork for us as well. A very fun day for me working with Amish Friends. Lori keeps saying I smell good! after a day of maning the fires and cook pork outside I should!

a seach of the net turned up both pro and con for sharpening your reel mower. We have done it in the past and it is a pain to get it done right so it still mows. Our Amish Friend does it for $15 (shearpen, sighten anything that needs it and oil parts) and seeing we have a small area to mow we can get by with doing it every other year. Plus we have 2 (plus a spare) so we can mow together.

.....................welcome back.

There are a few GREAT books in todays listings of the website wormie posts for us most days! There is a survival magazine ( a few stories from each issues) A few gook books on gardening (haven't had time to read but look good) and a few others........................ So go to any post he had and then look for todays books in Pam blog-site if you don't have it bookmarked aready? AND why haven't you done that yet?

Stopped by the next morning to check in on them (and bring more supplies) and all are doing better but resting at home for the next few days. Also got word to her sister so she can come over to help with cooking and laundry etc. Funny part is Mary is the one with Lyme disease problems and she was just feeling better the start of the week, she get tired a lot and needs to rest but was trying to do it all by herself. .

to start with there is the flu going around our Amish Friends again. Some Amish Friends have low water i wells or none form so little rain this summer and fall. Some homes are out on counrty roads with nobody living near by. Micheal was alone in van going from 1 Amish Family to another delievering messages while Lori was visiting and helping at 1 Amish Friends place. OK now that you have some backround........................... This story will remind you of old poineer days out west! This morning I was driving back to get Lori and took a side road on a back road to get there and when I was passing an Amish Friends house I heard someone calling my name? As I looked over to the porch (set back from the road) I saw Mary waving her arms for me to stop. As I pulled up she called out- "Everyone here is sick but me and we ran out of water and have no more Kerosene to cook with!" She said she had cans to put it in but can’t leave as Husband is too sick to even get out of bed and the two little ones are in bed as well. I told her to go back inside and I would get the kerosene can and some buckets for water and go get some for her. After I left I passed her Father in his buggy going over to another farm to get a load of wood and asked if I could go the their farm for stuff instead of going all the way into town for the Kerosene? YES! So I went and get it (and also told her Mother what was up)and then picked up Lori and we headed back in just a few minutes. Now- IF I had not gone that way? Or had not stopped to talk (to long) to an Amish Friend? Or who know what else? I could not have been right there at the right time to help. That seems to happen a lot with us…………………… and we are glad for it! Praise God

OK - I found this out............................. Go to chat and type something (so you are 'there')and then look to the right and there is a place to 'open a new window' for chat click that and a small box opens with the' chat room' and when you go back to the main page there is a number next to the chat listing (that be you) BUT if someone comes (number goes up) in just go to the chat page and type! COOL!

............... well it is a start. so we can see what is up right now.

Next day and it is a whole different world! Cold and windy maybe get to 40 if we are lucky. Snowing off and on but nothing on ground yet? Had to go back to jobsite but everyone had gone home for the day, good for them as the Flu is making it rounds and we done need anyone else sick in Amish area.

Hey Everyone! Very warm days here and it is December! worked with Amish crew today on pole barn raising and we all were working without coats on. still no snow on ground? Had to come in here everyday and wait for things to load just to say hello but we are doing fine and very busy.

Good Question! OK, for us anyway we use 'fresh' peppers and chop them up very fine. We have one (well 3 in all) of those white 'choppers' with the handle on top and the blade inside a plastic bowl thingy(?) that we use as it chops them up very well. Don't know about anything 'electric' and we don't have or use any of that in Kitchen. You want it to look like jam not jelly? so you can still see bits and pieces of the peppers and by the way colored peppers make it look 'PRETTY". Good Luck..................................

....................... going there in Friday.

Thanks- Been a few good ones the last few days.............................. Not keepers but a good quick read then dump.

Sorry- I have no idea why it did that and now I can't change it? I guess copy and paste doesn't work with the new system? Happy Birthday anyway!

OK I thought you all had one last year? So here we go again................................. Happy Birthday to YOU ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday to YOU ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪•.¸♥¸♪♫•* Happy Birthday dear (Everybody) ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪•.¸♥¸♪♫•* Happy Birthday to YOU ♪♫ •*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

We have been so busy - no time to even come in here for updates! Than the weekend hit!: BIG Dollhouse show and sale on Saturday - 12 dealers selling and our 20+ dollhouses on display! Big Auction on Sunday and ANOTHER one today! Flea Markets, Visiting Amish Friends and helping out here and there have Us very busy. ................... and then it snowed! COOL! Wish we had the shout box back or SOMETHING for quick 'hellos' when no time to post??????????????

............... and a Happy right back at you.

May I be the First one to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! Now REMEMBER don't eat too much today! right - like THAT wouldn't happen.

yup ............................ sometimes we have to live with change. Just will take time for me as I loved the old one. At least the posts are there and no name changes ? LOL

thank you ! that blue was to bright for me.