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  1. Oh my Jeepers! That’s exactly what is happening! Good grief! Yikes! I filled the new one up with everything from our older one…exactly as we had it in the older one, however, I was thinking it was similar, heavy stuff went into the basket at the bottom….. DH upped the temp, 10° F. I’m good with that. He used my Coleman thermometer, I carry in my BOB Nope ! Nada! & Nooo! The bottom basket fell out on my feet, and wouldn’t hold on the side bars, they are supposed to be designed to hold it up! Arg! I want my other freezer back! Which, I cleaned the seals, and let it dry out, today. Apparently, it was iced up. Took 2 days to quit leaking, plus some of the internal seals were misaligned. Fixed now, and it’s spotless. Went to the store, got our supplies, we needed replacing, came home, & began putting stuff away. Wow!….. I had to move all the ‘heavy’ stuff, meat, etc, up, and put stuff like veggies into that bottom drawer, so it doesn’t slide out, anytime I open the door. I’m so disappointed. Still, I can NOT believe how tightly it is sealed, without a locking key! Yikes! Even full, it is almost more than I can do, to pull the door open! It slides….
  2. Wow, Kappydell, that’s nice to hear thing are looking up, sounds like you will have your hands full of eggs soon & a canner full of roosters.. Yikes Miki, I hope your stone passes quickly… God knows… Looking forward to seeing the pics, Ambergris! LS, hopefully he will be able to work. Movement seems to help pass those stones. Kidney failure & dialysis sucks too..BTDT, more than I would admit. I worked on, organizing my transferred pictures for a while. Midnightmom, there was a lot on the old computer, I didn’t want to transfer, and was concerned, if I connected them, I would get stuff I didn’t want. Old vs new…. It just took time, with a 36 gb. thumb drive. (Thanks to the PTB for sending me a thumb drive I could reformat. LOL) So, the new freezer was delivered on schedule, 9 this morning. Home Depot had a sale, including free shipping for a unit as big as ours.. $600. They pulled it out of the truck & started to remove the box, but I stopped him…’no need’, I can use the cardboard, plus I didn’t want it to get scratched up going through the back gate & obstacles to get it to the back door. They wanted to install it, but, that too wasn’t feasible, because the old freezer was full & running. And DH didn’t want them to see his ‘business’ room. They left happy not to have to install it, plus told me Home Depot will come, free of charge and take the old one. Wow, I didn’t expect that, except it still works, so, it will be our backup. I got it out of the box & plugged it in, instructions said 4 hours. At 108°+ outside, & it turned off in an hour & came back on 2 hours later for 1/2 hour! Once DH got up, we removed the styrofoam base, after we got it in the house. I stepped on my skirt trying to cut the styrofoam base in half, & ended up working in just my slip skirt. Lol…. He was worried I wasn’t transferring the food quick enough, but, good grief, 1/2 was put into ice chests, I had brought in, cleaned & cooled off! A lot went into the frig, top shelf freezes anyway. I only had to discard one garbage bag of frozen food dated 2016-19. Because the seals were broken on the vac sealed bags. 2017 tamales were pitched, because his mom gets us 3-5 dozen, fresh every year… Yikes. The only other stuff I pitched was ‘fat/lard’ from smoking hams & other meats… he doesn’t need that in his diet, at all! Whew! A lot of work… had to clean the floor under the old one, before sliding the new one in there, because a desert toad had gotten in the house and lived under it, for a couple of weeks, before we discovered it and caught it…. Nasty, sticky pee…. It was coming out at night and using the dog water dish…. And we wondered why the pups had the pukes so often, during that time, poor babies. So, the new freezer is, slightly larger, weighs a lot less, empty, and, is supposed to keep its cold temperature, even up to 110° outside temps. We put the internal temperature to the coldest setting, without hitting the “Turbo” cool…. Also, defrosting an 11.5 lb. brisket, to cook tomorrow, if it’s unfrozen by then..should be, I hope. Dinner is done & leftovers put up, dishes are done and I’m bushed…. Tomorrow is another day…. Jeepers, I hope you have gotten all your $ from BoA…they just got hit with a tremendous amount of fines for fraud…
  3. OK, all, I think , all my pictures are transferred to the laptop. Deleted 40,000+ files & folders on my desk top...ran defrag...its working quicker than it ever has... especially since I downloaded Mrs S from GoDaddy...several years ago, so we could be here....... 58,000 files!!! No wonder the computer was sloooooowww! Been watching the screen saver cycle through my photo files.... thinking about revising my "blog" with a plethora of pics... just to keep them here... and share... replacing many that disappeard when I got deleted..... nuf said... many are gone forever.... but, we shall see how much I am able to add.. Still trying to 're-learn' how to use a keyboard, since most of the time I have been using my tablet... but I have dropped it a few times, arthritis, and it has some glitches in some of the program I use.... So, I don't want to trust it now....plus, the darn thing is over 10 years old....
  4. Ouch, Miki…will antibiotics help? Even oil of oregano? Glad you’re GS is doing better…. LS. Mt_Rider, it’s inspiring to hear how you are improving…keep it up Lady! Saturday, cleaned house. Had to clean under the frig, dust bunnies and dog hair clogging the coils. Couldn’t quite reach to the back, but, DH gave me an extension… and then, I cleaned all the top, back, & sides of the upright freezer…it wasn’t turning off! Now it does, but, he already measured it and has a new one coming on the 12th. Yikes! I need to figure out how to empty it, let alone where we are going to set the new one, until it freezes, (our electric system won’t let me plug it in the kitchen, without blowing a circuit breaker, it will need a long extension cord to find another plug), so I can transfer the food… plus, now that the old one, 20+ years old, is working again…he wants to keep it as a back up. Which means, more than likely, I will need to create a place for it in the stuffed shed! Especially, since the outside temps… morning…4 am -6am, before the sun crests the mountain, 80°+. Then, steadily rising to 100°+ by 10 am. By noon & afternoon, we are pushing 110°. Soooo, I will definitely need to, ‘get it done’ early in the morning. I got a touch of heat exhaustion, when I cooked/smoked the brisket, and am still trying to stay out of the heat… Now, he wants me to cook the other one, he got me a box of hickory chips and a roll of butcher paper….how thoughtful….. Guess what he got me for my Bday……? …..a shovel….for the garden…. A SHOVEL! It IS high end tho…. Nice platform for the feet, and all metal, black…yes black, handle…. I guess I will be using gloves…. Hot! Hot! Hot! Maybe I might spray the handle white…….. Isn’t it the thought that counts? (Even though I already have 4 other, working shovels…). Spent the last few days, transferring all my files, from my old desktop computer to the newer lap top. Good grief! 10-15 minutes to copy onto thumb drive, 1-2 minutes to transfer to the newer laptop. Go figure. I’m almost done, just need to double check, that I got everything. Then, I will need to delete much of it off the old machine, so mom can watch her news. Dinner is done, beef enchiladas, made with leftover taco meat, refried beans, from leftover beans when I make moms bean soup & some Mexican rice…. Next, is putting leftovers up & doing dishes…..
  5. Ha! Darlene thinks I’m young.. . Meh..what she don’t know…. Because I am still waiting for my hair to turn white…. Good grief, do I need to turn 90 before it changes?
  6. Jeepers, I see myself in the mirrors, in the house or the reflection, in the windows or on the vehicles. DH is mentioning he notices.. .. so I’ve been acutely aware…but when I have done too much the day before…I really don’t notice…until I see my reflection, Sigh…. Sucks to get old….
  7. Stamps went up! Yikes! Darn it…. Wow…. I use a lot…. I don’t like bill bay on line, I mail my checks & business paperwork. Sigh… Last batch I got was, .60¢ forever stamps … Glad your GS is doing well, Littlesister. Rice cooker corn bread, Ambergris? I don’t have one! Usually cook it in the oven….
  8. Gosh, Jeepers, it looks like they can start fixing your water mess… Miki, jalapeños! Awesome, I got one… at least the plant is surviving the heat. MM, DH has been commenting I am bent over a bit when I walk, tough with back problems and injuries… been watching myself in anything that reflects my image & “trying” to stand up straight…. Ouch, gives me leg cramps, even with my exercises…. Becca_Anne, still looking forward to those pictures you took……. Little sister, it’s very convenient you are getting rain, something we pray for around here…. Sprinkles only do so much, especially when our water sucks…. We don’t drink it…at all. So the brisket is off the grill, resting for an hour, before I cut it, God willing we will get a money shot. DH sent me a video, how to cook it, without cutting off the fat. It said, fathers, grands and greats, never cut it off…so I followed the recipe…. I normally don’t do YouTube, & had to pause after each step…. 5 am, got the coals lit, prepared the meat, put it on at 6, @ 275° with chunks of hickory…. Every hour adding charcoal and more, soaked hickory… 3, added the last of the hickory, then took it off at 4. Letting it sit, in the house, and will cut it in a few minutes…. I hope it comes out good…never done it that way before…. So… off the grill…… …and first slices….. He was impressed. ‘No trim’ recipe…here’s the YouTube he had me follow…
  9. I don’t do you tube…. Except today, DH wanted me to use a recipe from one of his subscribed cooks…. More in Daily Diary….
  10. Heard the first cicada yesterday!!!! 30 day and then we get rain! So, says the old wives tale…. Fresh veggies, and zucchini too! Awesome. I haven’t been able to get much from zucchini plants. One or two, before the bugs devour the leaves…or the heat… they also don’t grow well in the fall, I think it has to do with how much daylight they get. IDK. Right now, the only thing left in the garden is a few onions and carrots that have seeds…. The spice garden is still growing, enduring the heat…. 108° in the shade yesterday. Today, I am emptying the ‘hot tub’, cleaning it, and refilling with cold water, to watch the fireworks tomorrow…. Plus, I will probably prepare the brisket with a dry rub overnight, then, put it on the BBQ first thing in the morning.
  11. Absolutely prepared. Every year… like Mt_Rider likes to post, because she is also in a wild fire area…. BOB, with supplies, paperwork, animal preps, for that all important, “get out now” event. God forbid, but, in the event of a wild fire, close enough to threaten our house/home, we could evacuate within 5 minutes… every year brings the awareness us, acutely! So, our BOB is always ready, vehicles prepared, never without less than a half tank, BOB is updated/scrutinized 3-4 times a year, JIC. Right now, I weighed my updated BOB at 13 lbs. JIC I have to carry it, long distance, and DH isn’t here or with me on the road. My calculations, says I could potentially survive, with its contents alone, about a week. With my outdoor skills, even longer…JIC.
  12. BTW, the free app is called ‘My Radar’, you have to select the “fire” selection in the preferences. http://MyRadar.com/ Tap on the fire decal, on the map & you can see when it was reported, and how many acres it is, including a link to the National fire service, which will show more information about the fires.
  13. Sorry, Little Sister, I was being a brat. Yeah, I know, around here in AZ, most fires are caused by careless people, who have no clue how to extinguish a camp fire, blow off fireworks in the desert, because they can, or terrible people who toss their cig butts out the window…that’s one of my personal pet peeves! We were 115° today, most of the plants, here in the desert, are now dried up and a tinder box. I dislike, to the point of hating, people who don’t respect the desert. Been here over 60 years, and still can’t understand why people don’t care enough to prevent wildfires. Even youngsters, born here, are adamant about protecting the desert. Our Sonoran desert is unlike anything on earth, some of our plants, only grow here, period. Like the saguaro. It’s the only place on earth our species grow. Wildfires devastate their habitat and destroy the old growth. Some have been dated back 6-900 years old!!! Snowbirds, transplant northerners…. They don’t seem to care…. IDK… drives me bananas sometimes…..
  14. Yikes… isn’t that what they keep calling “global warming “?
  15. 114° here today…yup garden is toast. I am not planting until early September, if, I decide to plant…. Sabbath next year….
  16. Fire? I looked up on my map app…. North America is burning…..
  17. Dee, I peel, with a potato peeler, with gloves on, & slice, then, blanch mine about 2-3 minutes, strain, cool & freeze them. That has worked great for me and they are still on the crispy uncooked side when they are defrosted, so, I can either fry them in butter or microwave for fresh veggies. I also blanch the greens, strain & cool and freeze them. DH likes beet greens much better than spinach. The stems are done the same, cut in 2-3” sections. They are fried with a touch of seasoning.
  18. Jeepers, Jeepers, so terrible they did that to you. I wouldn’t have been as nice as you. I would have taken the check to my bank, deposited it and let them fight it out. Personally I despise several of the big banks, because of that. They wanted me to pay them for cash deposits, 35%! That didn’t happen and I will never utilize their services again! Also, contact your insurance company, tell them the bank stole your money…..
  19. Home safe…. Now to catch up on the work here…..
  20. Also, Jeepers, look up ivermectin…. It’s helped me. Do your research, you may have to show them a picture of your horse…. Safe in TX. Roads were good, a lot of one lane traffic slow downs, but mostly never actually stopped traffic. Whew!
  21. I swear, they do the upgrades on purpose when I an out of town! Good grief! A security upgrade?!? .. Did it….
  22. Sorry, I ran the upgrade….. The system is re-indexing the data base, it’ll take a few hours, especially if you try to search for something, so if’n you discover an error, PM me, but understand, the systems upgrade might take a bit to refresh….I’ve seen it take 24-72 hours to do its thing.
  23. Yikes,..just logged in…gotta do an update. 🙄 Been busy preparing to go to TX on Wednesday. Seems like everything has jumped my priority list…. I have had a few minutes to read, but never enough time to reply. You all are really doing well and dealing with the day to day emergencies rather efficiently. I’m looking forward to seeing how everything works out. Tomorrow I pack, & Wednesday I go back to TX. MIL has called, several times asking for me to bring this and that..so, it seems I will be busy there taking care of her “ToDo” list. Including fixing the sprinkler system…. I’ve got some supplies, don’t know exactly what else I will need, until I get there.
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