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  1. It has been ages since I have checked on here. Schedules have been crazy and I even spent half of 2020 laid up with a badly broken arm. At a convention with my brother and finally not having to run everywhere so I checked in here. A lot has happened in the past few years and tmes are getting crazy. Since 2020 I broke my arm in several places ending up with three surgeries on my arm in February ( this was after breaking the same arm at the wrist in August of 2019), I have added 2 great grandbabies with two more on the way and moved. When I moved , it was in the other half of a duplex that my daughter and grandkids lived in. So we now are making a much bigger garden than before, have quiet a few chickens, and several fruit trees and berry bushes. It is a rental property, but we have free range to do anything that improves the property. it is crazy at times. Because of the terms of the custody agreement, the kids can ride the bus to school when with their dad ( half the week) but we have to drive the kids to and from school. My daughter got a promotion to store manager so she is constantly at work. That means I end up doing most of the transportation which is horrible with the cost of gas now. My other daughter switched jobs so has a much longer commute to work (from 10 minutes to a 30-40 minute drive) and she doesn't drive. I spend a good part of the day in a car between school, kids sports and driving my daughter to work or taking my brothers shopping. I am semi-retired but plan on fully retiring at the end of the year. Unfortunately with everyone's work schedules I am responsible for most of the gardening and am sure I will never keep up with it as the summer progresses. I have yet to have a really successful garden. I am worried that too much will fall on me and I will fail my family. However, living next door to my daughter is making a lot of things easier. She is pushing even more to prepare than I am. I feel i am way too far behind and can't seem to get settled in after the move. This place is small and has no storage. I know i will work it out, but frustrating anyway. So that is what I am up to. Hopefully i will find time to get on here more often.
  2. I know short isn’t my style. I tend to get wordy but right now I am injured and have to hunt and peck to type while holding the phone with the same hand. The situation we find ourselves in made me think of all of you and wonder how everyone is doing in all this. I was already “social distancing “ because I am not allowed to drive and as I am out of time I make it to doctors appointments. Maybe they will let me drive after my surgery on the 30th. I fell and shattered my elbow and now wear an external fixative. It is not fun. It also limits a lot of what I can do as I can not use my left arm at all. My family has as much chaos with those grandkids as it ever had. In fact one of the grandkids caused my broken arm. He was arguing with someone and I tried to stop it and got shoved and down I went. But I and my family are doing okay. About a year ago I even added a great grandson to my family. Enough for now. Just checking in. Will probably read more than respond right now because typing just isn’t. Easy and won’t be for a while. I developed wrist palsy so really can’t use my left hand at all right now. I am looking at a lot of therapy in my future. Take care and everyone stay healthy.
  3. I heard that they would probably do direct deposit since “they know all our contact info to get it to us” I also heard that they haven’t determined who would get it or exactly how much. They are debating the stimulus bill now. I admit right now an influx of money might be nice for me as I have been out of work due to an injury since mid-February. However one has to ask what would be the cost and I don’t meat financial but to our personal freedom. What will be the results to going down that road. Nothing in life is without cost, it is just a matter of what the cost is and is it worth the cost we will have to pay
  4. I like that. I remind my daughter that "This is the day the Lord has made." I tell her that he made today for today's worries, not yesterday. Remember, Thank him for making it to this day and make the best of it. I know that God is always there whether I notice Him or not. I just have to take time to notice Him and lean on Him. He will help us through. It is hard to remember that in the midst of something going wrong, but I try to.
  5. I swear so much seems to go on everyday, that i just haven't been here in a while. Of course it doesn't help that I am sharing a computer with my daughter again. I can't even remember what was going on in my life the last time I got on here. I know a lot of it has changed. For instance, I semi-retired last April. You would think that would mean I had a lot more time. Not a chance. It seems that as soon as you aren't working, everyone needs you to help with something. My younger daughter has a part time job. She has had it for a year now, but still has no license, so I have to get her back and forth to work. Part time does not mean less days. She works retail so she is working 4-6 hour shifts. My brother also got a job and is working full time now. He and my other brother moved out a little over a year. I was very happy that they got their own place. It is in town, so that means they can get to most of what they need done without me taking them. That helps a lot. Another bit of big news that I have mixed feelings about is I am going to be a great-grandma. It is mixed feelings because my granddaughter is not only unmarried, but she has mental health issues that make this very complicated. She left home as soon as she turned 18 and has been back and forth and on the street and with friends since she left home and off her medications. Her being a single mother worries me. I don't know if she will gain maturity being a mother or if she will only endanger herself and the baby. Part of this is reinforced by her actions Sunday night. She stole her mothers medications and tried to kill her self. Luckily she and the baby are fine. Can you believe the hospital first pink slipped her as a danger, then released her because they have no beds. So along with coming back on here again, I am going to ask for prayers for her and the baby. I am looking forward to my first great-grandchild, a boy if the ultrasound is right. I have had it with my car. It is now giving me trouble again. I have had this car for almost 2 years now. It has needed breaks, a transmission, new engine, and a bunch of little things. Now it is something with my front tire. The car makes noise there when ever I try to drive it. It had me so tense when I got home from work Sunday night that my back tensed up so much it completely seized up on me. I couldn't move. So back to taking it slow again so it can heal. I will try to get on here more. I am so far behind in my preps. we had mice destroy a lot of the dried goods, my freezer broke and I lost everything in it, so at least as far as food preps go I am starting from scratch. Between that and my car and finances being as tight as they are adjusting to less income, I am slowly trying to work to build it up again. Glad to be back again and as I said I hope to find myself getting back on here and getting to know all of you again
  6. hard to tell where I fit, since what I shop for varies a lot. I think I am below the thrifty as well. It is hard to see when money is so tight that you are eating your stores to feed the family. Unfortunately I see it getting worse. They are cutting days at work, at least one a week and I was already permanently cut by one day. That cut was supposed to be temporary, but happened 3 years ago. Now with me going to be off work for surgery, I don't know how we will stretch the budget. This week my food budget was $48 for the next two weeks. That was for animal food, gas and groceries. Our actual food we bought was pasta and a can of tomato paste. There wasn't money left for anything else no matter what the shopping list showed. I am glad I have the little put up that I do, but it isn't going to last long at this rate. And with the cost of everything going up, it will be way worse. We are not preparing for hard times, hard times are here.
  7. Probably won't be able to go. May be off work recuoerating from carpal tunnel surgery but will probably be too broke to go because of being out if work. I will have to olay it by ear. If I feel up to travel and have the money I could decide to go at the last minute. Having survery on August 8th for first hand and other hand not scheduled yet. Good chance will still be off work then but almost ready to go back to work. So if money is still available, who knows. Can't taje vacation because using vacation time for time off work so it will depend on money and when the doctor says I can go back to work.
  8. All that has been said is what I would recomend. I wi add calmoseptine ointment. It stings a little. When first applied but has always helped me when powder and keeping clean and dry àlone doesn't work
  9. All that has been said is what I would recomend. I wi add calmoseptine ointment. It stings a little. When first applied but has always helped me when powder and keeping clean and dry àlone doesn't work
  10. I use most of those except for the spicey food. I also use spray bottles with water and spray a mist from time to time to help me cool down.
  11. I like this one. Thanks for sharing. I want to thank all out vets and prayers for all those and the families who have given the ultimate sacrifice.
  12. Love this Idea. Right now my hand tools and gloves along with a sun hat are kept in a plastic crate that I then flip over to sit on for garden work. I like the mail box idea though. might have to use that. I have a shed on my property that is filled with so much junk that I either can't fit my garden tools or get to them once I have thanks to how everyone else has arranged things in the shed. I also have an old A-Frame from a swing. I am planning on enclosing that for a garden shed just for my use. They don't put up the tools either, so they will have to come to me or my daughter who does put things up for a key once it is done. I am tired of ruined tools because they won't take care of them. The mail box could be attached to the outside to access those small items without having to get a key to get the bigger tools. I really like the idea
  13. We were 3:89 today. Prices for everything seem to be going up, and gas is one area that it Definitely is going it. My daughter buys gift cards for Speedway and then buys her gas with it. She gets 5 cents off a gallon if she does it that way.
  14. This sounds like fun , but am pretty sure I won't be able to go. I am looking at probably carpal tunnel surgery this year and I am going to have to save my vacation time up for it. I would love to go, it fell through when I was going to go in the past. Now I have a decent car for the trip, I have my brothers to care for the pets and so I could manage that, but I need to find out if they are going to do the surgery or a different non-surgical approach. We have already tried exercises, splints and medication and my hands still keep going completely numb, so I think surgery might be all that is left. Once I see the speciallist I will have a better ides. One of these years I am going to make it.
  15. I would love to do this, but I just don't have the money for formal classes nor the time to take them. I am trying to learn what I can on my own, but wish I could find a mentor in the area to help me as this is one subject that strictly book learning could be lacking. I can learn what to use when, but can not learn to recognize the plants from a picture.
  16. I have read something about this before. I have even thought about trying it, but I have no access to free hay. Now next winter I was thinking of getting hay bales to put around my trailer to insulate from the wind. If I do that, I will then be able to use them to try this next year.
  17. I too am praying for you .I agree wifh the wonderful advice hou have been given. I would add to pieces of advice that may seem silly. First make sime time for yourself even if you have to start small with 5 minutes a day. Along with this make a positive journal where you write down god thoughts, memories or things you are greatful for. It could be as simple as you hair went right today or somene smiled at you or even that your dad slept throughthe night and so did you. (We have had family members with akzheimers and I work long term care. I know there are sometimes half way through my shift I am ready to pull my hair out. Your shift doesn't end which makes taking the chance to have 5 minutes to yourself even more important.) I have told my daughter who deals with chdonic health issuse for herself, husband and hildren the same thing. If you can not or will not take time to take care of yourself you will not be there for the ones whom you care for when they need you. The other advice is even sillier... You have probably heard the phrase "fake it till you can make it" There is alot of truth to that.Even whenyou don't feel like it or feel yiu have the time get uo dressed , put a smile in your face and go thruogh the motions of every thing you need tio do. develop a routine and try to put on a happy face. You still need to take cae of the diabefds and get the help you need including possibly medication, but going through the motions of taking care of yourself, eating right, exercise , and all those routines will have a positive effect. look into respite care for your dad. Even a day program will help you to have time for yourself. As I said my advice seems silky but sometimes if you foorce yourself to focus on the positive the negative doean't seem so bad. Medication for depression may be necessary even to let you gef to the point of being able to do this.Remember, medication may only be needed to equipt you to get over rough spots. I will keep praying foe you and your dad and that you get the local support that you need
  18. Deb2of9

    Focus...

    Rinsing is a method we are using for what I currently have. I will work on less salt in future stores/everyday usage. Rinsing helps a lot. What helped the most is when my daughter saw what was in a teaspoon of salt. I had been telling her for awhile to cut the salt for her uncles sake. She always had excuses. Showed her a chart that showed in a teaspoon of salt there is 2300 mg of Sodium. I am allowed 2000 mg a day. So one teaspoon is more than I am allowed all day. That and me ending up in the hospital has turned her into the Sodium Police. I just have to work on getting my new stores to be low sodium. I will not waste what I already have.
  19. Deb2of9

    Focus...

    You make a good point about being prepared. Too often we depend on others to do certain tasks. We should at least know how the major areas can be covered by each individual that is physically capable of doing so. So even preteens should know where to turn off water, power, or what to do if their parents aren't home or able to do it right then. Having everyone assigned to certain tasks, divides the work which is important, but we all must be able to handle the essential things that have to be done even if the normal person to handle that isn't there. If it is essential, someone has to be able to do it. We had a power outage this past year and my family was at a total loss. We were without power for a couple of days. Water was handled ( they need refilled now, most are empty.) They did not know where the batteries was, instead of candle holders they used plates for candles. They didn't even know what to take care of food. Without me there to organize it ( I was at work when it happened), they called me to bring food home because "they couldn't cook", they had moved stuff from fridge to freezer, but hadn't covered it. They didn't even get the candles and lanterns that I had already down. They didn't know where they were. Now when I moved in I set up a place above the washer/dryer for that stuff. I told everyone where that was.They couldn't find flashlight batteries ( in the desk drawer) or even most of the flashlights because someone moved them. They didn't even think to cook on the grill or even make cold sandwiches!!!! I came home to a dark home and everyone was lost. I was going to bed as it was after midnight, so we covered the fridge/freezer but left the rest for in the morning when we had light and I went to bed. The next morning they felt silly when they realized I had things there to take care of a blackout. My supplies are pitiful right now. I can cook on the grill but we would have to go outside for that. I have some food built up but not near enough. I am actually down to only a month on some things like meats and only a couple months on other things. Having double the people in my household than I was used to and the prices going up like they had while my income was cut by a fifth has hurt my preps. I need to manage to get them built back up again. I also am having a problem as the doctor's have me on a low sodium/ low fat diet and most of my preps are canned goods that are really too high in sodium for me. I need to manage to can my own stuff so I can stick to the diet with preps. Never have canned much except for tomatoes and fruits. I need to learn. Have both a water bath and a pressure canner, but have never used the pressure canner. I need to learn. I also need a place to do it. Can't can on my glass top stove. I wanted to buy a new outdoor stove to use for canning but that didn't happen this year. Right now my car doesn't even have a full tank of gas. I have been reviewing preps lately and have started to plan for the unexpected better the last few weeks. The first step is replenishing and updating BOB's for all of us. We only have one that is for me as it is now. I will work on a little each week till I am back up to where I was or better. I have never been as good as I wanted to be. Now I am also trying to keep the stress down, so worrying about what I don't have won't help. doing a little each day will.
  20. I had a regular activity with my kids when we were younger. It was called "going out for air conditioning." We would go to the mall, a movie, out to eat, anything that got us inside where there was ac and out of the heat. From this one of my kids loves to wander through the store looking at things but not buying, the other tries to get someone else to go to the store for her. She hates going to stores. I wonder if I caused that. Well, it was much cooler at the time. I worked midnights when my youngest was little and we would go see the latest Disney or other kids movie and she would watch the movie while I napped in the theater enjoying the air conditioning. Now we mostly just keep cool rags handy. We activate them and keep them in the fridge between use so we can rotate them when they get hot. we also use ice in front of the fan ( doesn't last long and we don't have the heat they have out west,) or putting our feet in a pan of cool water. Anything that will help cool off is tried. I admit that I miss the dry heat we had in California, the humidity we have here in Ohio is hard to handle sometimes. The air gets so heavy it is hard to breath.
  21. I hope you get back to normal soon. I will keep praying for you. Shoulder pain is bad because it is so hard to not move something that might make it hurt. Once it is healed I know that for bursitis, shoulder rotation exercises help to keep the shoulder less painful. Maybe it will help for you too.
  22. So sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
  23. i know what you are saying abou the car and embarassment. You should see mine. It gets me around, but it was bad enough before, before the deer took out half the front end. Slowly working on getting things fixed, but car repairs are so expensive. I am doing the repairs in order of importance. You know, the ones that affect safety first ( just got the brakes fixed), then the ones that affect the running ( car smokes from an oil leak that was supposed to be fixed already). Finally I will end up with any other repairs. Yesterday it was the tire that went flat on a Sunday. Do you know how hard it is to find a place to repair the tire the Sunday before Christmas? I hate those donuts. I have to find a spare rim to have a real spare tire for my van instead of the stupid donut. That and scissor jacks. I want a hydraulic jack. The scissor jacks aren't safe. Of course the best part of internet at home is I am sitting here at home waiting to go deliver papers because they are delayed an hour and I can get online while I wait. No waiting for the library to open, use the gas to get there and always remember something else I wanted to do after I am heading home.Without internet at home, I felt so cut off from everything and everyone.
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