ScrubbieLady

You can lightly scramble your eggs and pour into an ice cube tray. One ice cube is about a large egg. After they are frozen, you can pop them out and store in a ziplock bag in the freezer. Let thaw when needed and use. Obviously, won't work for fried eggs but for scrambled or baking. I make scrambled eggs when I don't want to use as many eggs. Of course, my scrambled eggs are usually not just eggs. Best thing we do is to scramble with a little bit of milk, some bell peppers, onions and maybe some tomatoes and then put into a flour tortilla. I can stretch a few eggs to feed more than a few people.

I wouldn't mix them until they are almost the same size. I keep my ducks together except when they are small. Learned my lesson when I lost one and almost lost another because I put them in with the adults (including the drakes).

The recipe I am using is Fels naptha, washing soda, Borax and Oxiclean. A neighbor uses baking soda in her mix also. Why? I use it dry. 1T per load.

Around here, the turkeys go on sale before Thanksgiving and Christmas (79 cents/lb for Riverside brand) and that is it. They don't go on sale after holidays. People tell me they buy some of their basics (flour, baking powder, etc) before Thanksgiving since they are on sale. Well, not here. Wish they did but they don't.

I need to try that. But, I do push-ups using my kitchen counter. Step back about 3', put hands on front of counter and push. Feels good. Just need to remember to do the 14 a day and keep track. Good idea.

I can get the mylar envelopes but they cost as much as the difference in postage. The PM ones available from USPS are too small for most of my quantities. In a lot of cases, just needing to us PM hurts. Used to make my own large envelopes out of brown kraft paper. USPS stated that they are packages so the rate is higher. Stopped when someone tore up two orders in a couple of weeks. Checked the tracking and both got damaged at the same sorting facility. One went on its way, took two weeks to go from me to the sorting facility (40 miles) and to the customer (same town as the sorting facility). One got damaged at the sorting facility and sent on to the northeast and then sent back to me instead of delivering to the customer about 10 miles away. The second one gave me a bonus. A collectible ornament was included in what was returned. Now I just try to use the lightest weight box or envelope I can find. Brown kraft envelopes are no longer available here in the size that I need. If you know of a source of reasonably priced mylar envelopes I would love to know. I am putting together an etsy store and really want to not have to charge large amounts of shipping.

I ship Scrubbies which are lightweight but bulky. Costs me some money because the size of the package and the weight determines the rate you pay at USPS. That is why the website asks what kind of packaging you are using. I can't use flat rate boxes because of the lightweight nature of my product. Now, the friend that ships soaps gets off really well because she can put some heavy stuff in those boxes and the price is the same.

Don't tilt the jars, just straight out of the canner and set to cool. In my case, after 24 hours, I take the rings off and wash the jars and lids in hot soapy water, rinse, dry and store. By the time the jars have set 24 hours, I have a little spot where the water evaporated. I would much rather see a little bit of water on the lid than lose the contents because the jars didn't seal right. I have to take my jars a few feet to set them down, so I take the jar out of the canner and hold the canner lid under it over to where I set them down. No drips on the floors.

This is normally at our house but this year is one of the rare ones where it will only be the three of us. In years past, we have had a lot of "strays". Friends son that don't have a place to go or can't get there due to other schedule conflicts (say only having Thursday off).

Earlier this month, I was listening to the radio(conservative host) and they said that the health insurance companies had been requested to withhold premium increases until after the election. SRM starting reporting today that copays and deductibles would go up. My son got the info on his insurance. He is young and healthy and it is an employer plan. He will have to pay $126 per month and from reading the info, that does not cover hospital in-patient services or ambulatory surgery clinics but the plan is compliant with the Affordable Care Act.

Last week, my hubby and I went to the big city (25 miles, 30,000 people) to do some shopping. Got home, unloaded and started emptying pockets. Oops, id wallet that I carry in my back pocket is not there. Where did I lose it? Went to the restroom, maybe there. Guy was going in to clean. Could have gotten in trouble since my carry permit is in the wallet, that is the purpose for carrying it in my pocket. Tried to call the store with the restroom. Just then hubby comes walking up to the backdoor with my id wallet with EVERYTHING IN IT. Says a car is out at the gate. So, I go out there. Seems that when I put the basket back at a different store, my id wallet fell out in the parking lot. I recognized him, he was parked next to me loading up when we did. He alone with his two children in car seats and his groceries. He found the wallet, looked up our address on GPS (he's lucky, his is new) and drove to our house and honked the horn at the gate until we heard and came out. I talked to him awhile and during the conversation found out where he lived. Wouldn't take anything for gas or anything. How far did he drive to bring that to me.....An extra 15 miles past his house, which means 30 miles out of his way. How old? I figure maybe 30 and he is an immigrant(not from the southern border). He works on computers for a living. I talked a little to him and instead of a standard "bring it by and I will look at it", he gave me his honest opinion about whether it was worth fixing (wasn't). Don't need his help right now but you can bet when I do, his number will be the first one I call.

Haven't eaten a duck egg fried or scrambled but that is what I prefer to use to bake with. Have someone at the farmers market that sells them (I have my own ducks) and he has discovered that some people that are allergic to chicken eggs can eat duck eggs without problem. The yolk is firmer and a larger percentage of the egg that in a chicken egg. They are usually the size of jumbo chicken eggs, at least in my experience.

Something I learned is to not run errands unless I carry a cooler. It is 7 miles to Dollar General and 22 miles to grocery stores. I just keep a folder cooler bag in my van. Never know when you decide to pick something up. Also good to carry some extra water for your short trips to town in case they turn into longer trips.

Don't have any recipes but a suggestion for getting the stinky black out of the pot. Sprinkle some baking soda on the black and then pour in HOT water and let set a little bit. My hubby makes great spaghetti sauce but almost always has a piece of burnt sauce in the middle of the pot he uses. I do this and then simmer the water a bit and the burnt sauce comes out mostly in one piece. The rest of it scrubs fairly easily after setting a bit.

I agree with tossing. If the taste is there, then the metal is in whatever you cooked in them.

I don't completely destem the elderberries because I only use them for jelly. The little stems on each berry don't necessarily all have to be removed if you are going to juice and strain. You can take them off the big stems and then freeze the elderberries if you don't have time to juice them. Or juice them and freeze the juice until you have time to make jelly or whatever with them.

If this is so bad, WHY are planes even landing or leaving an area with an Ebola outbreak? I know people would want to be back home but the threat to the people here is so much worse. It doesn't take much to cause a problem or the medical people would not be sick. So we have the facilities. What facilities that could not be provided there? What else do they have planned besides working on a vaccine? Of course, like someone said, we have such secure borders that we don't have to worry about anything spreading here. And if you believe that I have some ocean front property outside of Phoenix to sell you.

As I have heard, you keep your home as long as you live in your home (or it is still worth more than the mortgage). So, if you have to go into a nursing home or to long-term care, the loan comes due.

I hear all the time about beef prices going down (everyone is selling because of the drought), they didn't here. And prices going up (people lost cattle during the blizzard and the drought, huh?) but around here the prices stay pretty much the same which is high.

The peroxide will burn the skin. I had to treat a dog with a gunshot wound through the neck. Vet did the initial work with the stitches and staples. A week later, all sorts of gunk started flowing out. He said I could clean it with warm water and soap on the outside only.

I buy a lot of non-perishables at Sam's. Usually their prices on produce are too high for me. But I also buy things like cheese and cheese slices, margarine and oil there. I normally don't buy any meat products as their prices on those are much higher unless I can buy a case at a time which I usually cannot.

If it is started or has already spoiled, it is not good for pets either even when cooked.

great ideas. I have bookmarked, hubby is planning to clean out and reorganize his tool shed.