Annarchy

MIL called, she’s coming back with me this month…she asked in December, but said she might not come….So, now I’m busy cleaning & clearing her room/my office/art room/sewing room and my closet out to accommodate her stuff. Drawers need to be emptied, her shower chair has to be reset, DH folded it up & put it in the shed…which is so full right now, you can’t walk 3 foot into it. I have to dig around to find it. Which is another thing that needs to happen. I ran over my sprinkler hose, yesterday, with the lawn mower, (a new/used Toro, our gardener gave me…. Self propelled! I almost had to jog behind it, lol). Anyway, I had to replace the hose, connections, and re-adjust the spray, today. And then, I need to do online research, for the boss, before MIL gets here in 2 weeks ……. Glad to hear everyone is hanging in there….

Soooo.. “…what’s been happening…?… here?…” January, I didn’t go to TX. Annual bookkeeping, closing the books, financial reports, LLC reports, meetings and taxes, plus the ATF inspections, all were expected. DH went in Feb. Mom called me, when he went shopping, “…I miss you…”. We talked a bit, & she felt better. DH brought home meat from Sam’s in TX, no sales tax, plus price per pound is approximately $2.00 cheaper than here. So, for $200. We got 10, 1lb pkgs of hmb, 5, 1” thick steaks, 4, 2 lb pot roasts, 3, 1 lb. Pkgs of sausage, 9, 1 lb pkg of pork chops, 6 1/lb pkg of thick cut bacon and an 11 lb brisket, which I hope to smoke tomorrow…9 hours, according to this site… DH really liked how it came out the last 2 times I’ve used his way…. In other news, IDK if you all remember the house that burned down across the street from us. A couple from Canada bought it, tore it down, flatted the property and covid hit…Canada wouldn’t let them come back, so they sold it. Months ago, another, “strange” neighbor was throwing all his trash in the lot. I woke up around 4 am and watched him….called the police and filed a complaint. I was having to pick up all his trash that the wind blew into my yard daily. He tried to tell the cops, it was his property. NOT! Soooo.. a contractor is now building an house there. Not bad, not open concept either. They got the framing done, the roof on & it rained hard, they loaded a dump truck with scraps, until it was full, covered in with a tarp and “tried” to back out. He sunk it 3-4’ in the ground! Work continued, they tried digging it out, but it was a foot above the gas line. It wouldn’t move. Then, the city came, 3 days ago, cut up the road, but, they let me move my vehicle, to park in front of our house… then they dug up the road to install the plumbing for that house. While they were doing that, the contractor tried to pull the dump truck forward, out of the hole it was buried in….Not a chance! He almost buried his big truck. Later in the day, the city used their front loader, to lift the rear of the truck while the 4x4 yanked & pulled it. It moved! To top that…the other neighbor, across the street, seems to be moving….put a large mattress, furniture on top, on a trailer, added all sorts of wood furniture, a plush couch and etc……. …..Then, that evening, it rained hard! Really, really, hard, making a muddy mess.. of the road, and soaking her stuff on her trailer…. iDK if she will be able to salvage her furniture. People driving our road, have hit a muddy mess, sink hole where they installed the plumbing but, because of the rain, they quit. I had to drive around it, the ground wasn’t compacted before the rain, and was creating a sink hole. And, soooo, this morning, they decided to fill it in. I “thought” they were going to pave it. Not a chance! The dust the sweeper kicked up, because of the traffic hitting the hole, was so intense, I couldn’t see across the street, let alone the equipment that they were using! The city owes us 3 car washes. His truck my veh, and his UTV.. good grief, I had to use my windshield washer to see out the front window! Being indoors, due to the dust they were kicking up, I made a batch of sourdough loaves….. DH had part of one loaf, sliced thin, buttered & toasted with his HOT menudo…. And, Soooo……that’s what has been happening around here…. Too much drama……. Wow, just wow….

Awwww (((((Momo))))) I think & pray for you daily, God knows!

6 quarts & 9 pints of roasted chicken bone broth…..

Thanksgiving, at MIL’s was ham steaks, from a ham I smoked, mashed potatoes and cauliflower fried with a touch of seasoning salt & sprinkled with mixed cheese. Friday was leftover, from the pot roast, she made, Tuesday night, (she forgot about it and burnt it crisp!….we cut off the charcoaled part) I turned it into mulchaca, with corn tortillas with sour cream & guacamole. Saturday, I got $30. off on 3 T-bone steaks, $20 for all, instead of $15/lb. BBQed them, with a small garden salad and a small package of cole slaw. Saturday was driving home….. defrosted 6 cheese sausages with macaroni and cheese. Sunday was, a rack of ribs, pressure cooked with my sauce, then, BBQ’ed on the grill to firm them up, while cooking his Papa Cantrell jalapeño cheese hot links with hickory smoke. Today, was green chili burritos… diced, boiled potatoes, fried, added minced onion, touch of garlic, cumin, & pepper, home roasted hot green chili and wrapped in a thin flour tortilla, fried like a chimichanga. 2 leftover, vacuum sealed for whenever he wants a microwaved quick meal in the middle of the night.

Home safe from TX……… hard, strong headwinds, lt, rt, and head on, both ways… my mileage sucked….usually 28 mpg, going there, 20, coming back , I finally got up to 22 mpg. Storm headed east. Sigh…. Today, Snowing on Mt. Graham, Sierra Vista and the northern part of the Catalina Mtns. Cold here, (I’m whining because the house heater is at 76° and the floors still feel really cold….). She keeps her house at 78°… we shut our bedroom door and opened the window, but, the rest of her house is hot…. I spent a lot of time outside with the dogs…….

Tell your friend, it’s back where it should be…

Long couple of weeks…. Took some time off the net. Really needed to. Canned 8 pints of pumpkin, from a pumpkin Twilight gave me, had 3 dinners of baked pumpkin for dinner. One jar broke in the canner, disappointed it was a Kerr instead of a generic jar. Still…. Nice to have extra. Preparing the garden for its sabbath, next year. All mulch goes in it. Dugup a few splices of spices… garden thyme & English thyme, and Italian oregano, for pots inside the house. Made a batch of potting soil using mulch, for every pot. Repotted a few house plant he likes, need to do the other. Non-edible, but he likes them…. Italian oregano had some aphids on it so I had to trim that…don’t need them reproducing in the house during the next year. God willing one of the 10 seeds of Carolina hot chili peppers will sprout.. He got a pkg of 10 seeds from our neighbor. The cayenne pepper plants are producing, I’m picking & drying them to encourage new growth. Business, has been constant, just transfers… $15 with a concealed carry permit or $20 otherwise. We gotta call it in, and hope TPTB, allow them to own whatever they bought. We make about $20 a week..🙄. WhoopDeeDoo. He spends it as soon as he gets it.. it’s a guy thing…. I guess. Preparing to go to TX, next week. Deee-Oohhhh-geee-zzeees…& DH…. Thanksgiving you know. Plus I need to set up her Christmas decorations…. Tis a tradition….for 20+ years…since FIL passed. Sigh. This year, it’s going to be, smoked ham, ( unsliced was $3.00/lb. Cheaper than sliced.) I’ll smoke it, slice some steaks, and vacuum seal them. The rest will be sliced, vacuum sealed and frozen, for future meals/sandwiches or salads. Plus, home made, scratch, mashed potatoes, she loves them but gets the pre-made with additives and preservatives. Nope. I want something I know what’s in it. Sorry I took so much time off the net, forgive me…. Wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes in divers places, the disregard for humanity….etc. he recommended I ‘take a break’ and focus on what is important for us. So here I am…. It’ll take me a while to catch up, I’m sure…. But….. I need to continue to prep for our trip to TX…. Ugh…the dogs need a bath and brushing, the car has to be washed…on, and, on, and on…….

Extremely stressful day.. Lost a dear precious friend… my fault….

Wow, everyone…so much drama! Jeepers, a law suit for the harm they caused…FYI, Lady… Drs had him on 2 different BP meds, plus heart meds. He got fed up & quit them all, except the low dose aspirin. All I heard from him the last month is how well he feels, cleared the mind fog, more energy, got rid of his balance issues, and… taking his BP daily…it dropped to normal. IDK. I’m having a hard time keeping up with him now. Ambergris, you get well soon. Miki, tough, taking care of our loved ones & providing support… same to Mt_Rider… Euphrasyne, I have family similar… years of crap… I’ve left them behind…I don’t want or need their issues or beliefs… Dinner tonight was Mexican zucchini/corn/onion/tomato with a touch of tomato bullion, topped with Mexican cheese-yellow. Cala va citas…my spelling sucks for Mexican words. Thinly sliced beef, sautéed with mild green chili, a touch of onion pwd, salt & pepper, served on a corn tortilla or flour tortilla with an avocado mushed up with a dash of salt.

Lady! Welcome back! Missed you…

Home safe, PTL!

Heading back home today….. Long week….

Pressure washed the house yesterday and painted it today….so tired…

Happy Birthday!

Try, 1/2 alcohol mixed with 1/2 AC vinegar…. 2 days & you won’t think you need it. A Dr. Recommended it to us when we had reoccurring ‘divers’ ears….we use it on the dogs also…. I still use it regularly, when I wash my hair daily. Alcohol dries & ACV killed bacteria etc…warming the solution to barely above body temperature, cleans wax residue. Don’t do what I did once, we were diving, I left the bottle in the truck, came back from a dive, but, didn’t realize how hot it was…. Scorched my ear…. But oddly enough, that ear has been clear and rarely gives me any trouble…. Lesson learned…I guess. Now, I put the dropper bottle in a glass of warm water….

My starter is alive! My first loaf, made in a cast iron Dutch oven, using parchment paper… Not the greatest, over cooked slightly…. Fed it 2 weeks and… decided to use one of my bread pans… I had a pan of water in the oven with it, probably should have let it ‘crisp’ for color, however, toasting it has worked great for that. I’m keeping about a cup active, it grows 1/2 its size, then, mellows out daily. I will refrigerate it when I go to TX next week. Hopefully, it’s still good when I get home. DH liked it.

Beware, we are being spammed….. Looking into how they are getting in, without registering…..

DH mentioned the police are now playing current music, around the, so called reporters. If they post a video & you can hear the music, they are able to arrest the ‘reporters’ for copyright infringement. Maybe put a radio in your workstation…. Lol

@themartianchick Is it possible to check with the administrators, to be able to get your information “redacted”, because of the threats? LEO’s are allowed to do it, to protect themselves. DH is still redacted and he’s been retired 15 years. We once had an official ‘alphabet’ employee come in, flashed his badge and demanded to see our department and employee files. Personnel with SO files. Most of our crew was cringing at his presence and demeanor. I looked him square in the eyes, and told him NO! Every one in our office, including him, looked shocked I was so bold. Administration had a discussion with him, called us, informing us what he was allowed to see. He came back with his tail between his legs and treated us respectfully. Yes, that type of reporting has become a trend. Terrible people wanting to create hate & discontent… Shameful…

….but I will continue to monitor our site… Thanks Midnightmom for bringing it to my attention…

Ivermectin! ASAP! BTDT….”I” has nipped it in the bud, within 24 hours, beginning to feel better…….