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  1. Nope, no matter of electric fence will keep a determined bear out. They rob bee trees and pay no attention to the stings, so be warned.
  2. Thank you, I made huckleberry muffins for everyone. Coffee and muffs on the patio this morning.
  3. Hello Dogmom4, It been a rocky, bumpy road for me the past year. I have hubby at home, but he is a stroke survivor and I have little time to surf through my favorite sites. Wishing everyone a bountiful harvest.
  4. If an old gal can add 2 cents worth. DON'T order the canner for her. If she is actually interested, SHE will bring the subject up again. So far, all I can see is your interest and helpfulness pushing her. If her home situation is as it is, step back. She needs to settle the problem between herself and hubby first.
  5. Dear Hazel stone, I pray that you might have a blessed Christmas. In my humble opinion, if I were you, I would create a Christmas peace WITHOUT your hubby or your parents. From what you have written, it comes down to a huge tug of war...with you in the center. This is not what Christmas is about. 1. Although they are your parents, they don't sound particually welcomming or flexable. 2. Ditto with hubby. Stay home and spend time in mass to communicate with your God. If you are interested, spend the time you would in travel, in church.. Be conservative...[read very frugal] with presents, spend time volunteering close to home. Please do not have children. You and hubby do not have a solid base/ concensus/flexability to bring children into your world. Please do not find this harsh and judgemental, I'm a realist.
  6. Congrats on the cow/calf. The best thing to do now is line up a second milking person, in case you are called away in an emergency. Bring then on board now, so she will be used to them in the future. Cows are very funny creatures of habit.
  7. Yes, the above. Hubby's family goes back to Welsh and English kings circa 1200's. Mine,...3 generations back to steerage passage and indentured servitude from Norway. But don't give up!
  8. C4C, GOOD FOR YOU!!!! Now kiss that husband of yours and then get busy with your papers!
  9. Some how, some where, deep inside you, you have to step out of your self and look at your parents as a stranger would. If you were a stranger to them, you would not allow them to use guilt and pressure you into giving them what they want. As irrational and impossible as it sounds, they are not loving you as a daughter, but as a person that helps them satisfy their now childish demands. I have been reading this thread for some time, and am not surprised when you report how cognizant they become when the change of guardianship was announced. I see patterns that help them maintain their 'status quo.' no matter what it takes, or who they hurt in the process to achieve that status. Sometimes our loved ones become people we don't even know. The why, has no satisfactory answer. Your folks are enabling each other, and they see no reason to stop that behavior. You have an upcoming goal in your education that will be a life changing event. Do not let your parents selfishly take that away from you. They should be encouraging you to beat the band, dropping balloons and cheering from the rooftops. As I'm old as your parents, I'm stepping in to say..."GO FOR IT. YOU GO GIRL, YEA FOR C4C, go ripping in there and get that dissertation finished. When you have completed your work, there will be time to revisit all of this, if you wish. Otherwise let the stream take this upset under the bridge and out to sea.
  10. A 57 variety rescue dog that's supposed to be med. sized. HA!
  11. I am doing fine, just busier than the 'one handed wall paper hanger.' Doing the homesteading thing with hubby, grandkids and a puppy that refuses to be trained. Thanks for asking!
  12. Thank you, as I get older I enjoy my birthday more!
  13. Don't forget beans and rice. Rice cooked and served as a hot cereal. Beans cooked with sausage seasonings, until soft, and then mashed. Form into patties, season again lightly and fry like patty sausage. Good any time of day when you are hungry. Do them with beef and/or chicken seasoning. Cook rice until soft and use the same way. Make patties, fry and them, make gravy. Add veggies, and/or dried reconstituted anything. Hunger will clean up anything gratefully.
  14. Go figure! I have "reply" at the bottom of Skagit but when I hit the button there I get your message! I'm tired of this mess!. Pansy

  15. I have a couple of Wagners, [found in an old burned down cabin] that were badly pitted. I used hubby's air grinder to smooth the pan's bottom surface. You do have to be careful with the angle that you hold the grinder, don't want to make the problem worse. But, this is a last ditch effort to restore a pan that should should be in service for another 100 years. Just don't wear nylon/polyester as it throws sparks. Can use an electric grinder, but an air tool will go higher rpm's.
  16. I have an old trick for hiding folding money on your person. For all who wear jeans, or wash pants, the inside fold of the zipper flap can be cut and and folded money inserted. It can be restitched with a few 'invisable' stitches. The money can be washed, so there is no need to remove it. It is easy to casually check several times a day to make sure it is still there. Like wise, jeans with 'coin or small watch' pockets can be used in the same way. Insert the money, sew it shut.. The pockets are seldom used, so normally wouldn't be checked. It would be un-noticed in a pat down; unless you had a significant amount in one place. Dresses, aprons, skirts can also have money stitched into hems, ties and waist bands. Money folded lengthwise into thirds or fourths is usually thin enough and pliable as to not call attention to itself. Use this idea in dark colored fabrics, so as not to use bleach. This can also be used in BOB bags, coats, boots. Think about what it is that you would have with you constantly , add a little 'something' .
  17. OK, please answer this honestly. When you wake up in the night with your house afire, are you going to save your family...or your cash. If you have 10 minutes to evacuate, are you going to spend 7 of the 10 opening your safe? I mention this because if you have to leave in a hurry; how many people are going to be in your home making sure 'you are not there"? All very official business, but curious neverless.
  18. A big YES to the idea of having a small but acceptable stash of cash/goodies to turn over in case of robbery. The main stash needs to be out of any building, in the non combustable ground. Our elders were correct when they buried their valuables. Thats what makes treasure hunting around old homesteads such fun. Or, you could also leave a note that says...'gotcha'!!
  19. I urge caution hiding valuables in anything that can be needed or used. All the above ideas are great. They show the degree of 'sneakyness' all us 'jus litttle ole me's' are capable of employing. In the coming problems, we do not know if we will be burgarlized for money, food, or captive slave. Before you employ food cans, clothes, or other items that may be used, think of yourself as a starving, rag tattered person in need of food, clothes and trade items. If you entered your house, what would be the first things you would take. Cans of food, IMHO are the worst hiding places possible.
  20. Commercial layer feed is NOT all organic. Just because you buy it at the friendly, neighborhood feed store, and bring it home to feed, DOES NOT mean it is organic. Please be aware. True organic is difficult to achieve. It usually takes more money and resources and dedication than individuals have the ability to accomplish. Read....there is usually a whole lotta hard work involved, the hands on kind!!! The last info I had on organic; it took 7 certiftifable years of organic farming to be awarded the seal. That includes the ground the chickens range on, they type of paint used in the coop, 7 years of receipts for feed that document organic grains. Organic buying organic usually means additional expense. Eggs at $6.00 a dozen would be about right to make a profit for a backyard farmer, claiming to be organic. Please be careful using the organic designation. Wholesome is more what you have, when you grow your own. Or incompareable on the egg 'yumability' scale.
  21. Don't forget; the old saying that says...'idle hands are the devil's playground.' When you are busy doing, you are pro active toward yourself, your family, your community and your country. You have finished your 'gathering in' haven't you? You have planned your meals, ruthlessly stormed the pantry for the gaps and holes that need extra? You have planned the holiday meals, haven't you? Isn't there a paper bag in the pantry that is the depositary for the 'extras' that make Thanksgiving and Christmas meals so special. The sauces, olives....you know...the special extras that you buy one can at a time and set aside for the 'big meal'. The sack of fresh cranberries that was bought on sale and slipped into the freezer. Pro active work. Cupboard cleaning, inventory of the expected needs of your family through the long winter. Make a list, know what you need when you take your hard earned, but few, dollars to the store. Reduce the sugar you use. Make holiday treats REALLY a treat. When your children are 40, they will thank you. They won't now, while they are whining for cookies, candy and goodies; but later, it will happen. Help yourself, take control. That is the best stress buster.
  22. Hey, I'm sure glad that the TTO helped.
  23. Tree tea oil is a FANTASTIC way to cure the ITCH / Pain of Shingles. Wet a cotton ball with TTO, hold in place with a bandaid. AHHHHHHHHHH. Apply 3 times daily.
  24. Cowgirl, we call those...banana slugs. About the same size. Not the same taste!!! If you have fillings in your teeth; slugs create a 'tingling' reaction in your mouth. Slug control is usually 1" strips of copper nailed on the planter box edges. Swallowing chewed up slugs creates a VERY STRONG gag reflex.
  25. Crispy fried liver and onions, Green salad and cornmeal muffins. Dessert treat was a huge, extra sweet orange.
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