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That was a very thoughtful post Mt. Rider. I think it describes most of us very well. Non-standard-issue body parts indeed! Auto correct got me again. Its getting worse. It's making up words now. I don't think it likes me any more.

I woke up with a migraine starting. It's been a long time since I've had one. I used to get them all the time but since menopause, they have eased up a lot. Hormone triggered I suspect. I did go to the dumpster and dropped off two stinky bags of trash. Wal-Mart was right there so I went in to get some onion soup mix that I wanted. Mistake. It was a madhouse. I'm starting to really resent those great big carts the employees push around who are shopping for others. They are so big and in the way and block half of the aisle. I saw one actually bump into a lady once because the shopper couldn't see around it. I hate em. Now if I ran the world... here we go... they would only do shopping during certain hours once or twice a day. And, the greeters wouldn't be just standing there looking at their phone. Their job would be to to unstick those carts so all a person has to do is go in and grab a single cart without trying to wrestle one out of a whole line of mangled carts that are all stuck together. One more thing, piercing is a personal choice. I'm fine with them. But when I go through a drive-thru I don't want to see a nose piercing hanging down like their nose is running. Take it out while you are serving food. I only got a sweet tea but it looked gross. And I'm sick of everyone backing into a parking spot. It's thanks to the backup cameras in all the cars now. You pull up behind a car and all at once they want to back up half a mile so they can try to back into a parking spot. Or if you are walking in the parking lot, they nearly run you over because they aren't looking where they are going. They are staring at a camera screen. Just pull your car in so we all know where you are trying to go. You're going to have problems loading up your groceries with the trunk jammed up against the trunk of the car that backed in behind you anyway. It's very doubtful you are going to have to make a quick getaway. Unless you are shoplifting. In that case get a buddy to park close to the door for you. Crimony. I got in line next to a guy whose butt crack was half out because his pajamas were falling down. He was over weight. So am I but I don't wear my loose fitting jammies to the grocery store. He was in his 60's and should know better. And he smelled pretty bad too. I ususlly don't pick that up. So he must have been pretty bad. I wasn't in the mood. Summer is coming on so I guess we'll be seeing halter tops and short shorts before long. Bellies and thighs galore. People are beginning to annoy me. And autocorrect...if I type one single letter 'i' you know it is supposed to be capitalized. There is no single lower case i. <-- And you do know what a contraction is, right? Do your job. I feel so much better now. I've been holding it in for so long. Om. 🕉

I don't think it was me but I do like to have it in the pantry and I'm out of it now. So I probably did mention it. That looks soooo good. I've canned corned beef before though. I bought the big slab that you get at the store in the fresh meat section around St. Patrick's Day. I pressure cooked it, tore it all apart to get all the fat out of it (that was a real pain in the rear!) And pressure canned it in half pints for reuben's. It turned out good but it wasn't so much like a spread. It was more like roast beef. The only corned beef I've seen around here is corned beef hash. With potatoes in it. Something like Marys Kitchen or Armor brands. I've never heard of that brand but I'll certainly look for it.

You talkin to me? You talkin to me! Yeah, I'm talkin to you. Said in my best DeNiro accent from Taxi.

Becca-Anne, you aren't feeling sorry for yourself. Just assessing your strengths and weaknesses. You can still make your dream come true. Just not today. Slow and steady will win the race. I think we are all tortoises here.

It's Classico spaghetti sauce Necie. I have a few of those. They are very nice square jars with ATLAS embossed on two adjoining sides. I think the verdict is out whether they will stand up to pressure canning or not. Depending who you talk to I guess. I haven't tried canning with them but I wouldn't hesitate waterbath canning with them or vacuum sealing them.

It might be the same for me with quarts. I haven canned in quarts in such a long time. And the quart jars I have now are wide mouth bought for pie filling.

I got my Mom's jars in southern Indiana. That jar is definitely not a Moms jar. Mom's had a picture of an Aunt Bea (Mayberry) type of woman doing something with food embossed on it. And the word Mom's written across the top of the jar. Stacking jar issues is one of the reasons I like Kerr. They are all the same size. Even some of my wide mouth Ball jars are a a tad different in height. Same style of jar. Just not the same exact size. I only noticed it when I would try to stack them. Wide mouth jars are different. I can only fit 8 in my canner too. Regardless of whether they are Ball or Kerr. If I'm not mistaken, I can get 13 half pints in the bottom of my canner and only 12 in the top. It might be an issue with the rack but I use the same kind for the top and bottom of the canner. I could be wrong about that. I'll pay better attention next time I can.

I used to have some of the Moms canning jars. I got them in the late 1970's. They came out during the canning crisis when you couldn't get Ball jars or lids anywhere. It was worse then than it was during C-19. They were actually very nice. They were more square shaped and the pints seemed a little shorter than Ball jars. Still a pint but shaped differently. They had a picture of a woman in the kitchen, doing something, embossed on the front of each jar. I got rid of mine a number if years ago when I thought I was through canning. Yes, I've been canning since the 1970's.

Thanks OOTO. I didn't even think about olive oil. That I have. Will try it next week after I ship the monitor off. I have Tachycardia too. It's the T in POTS. Hopefully the cardiologist will have some answers in a few weeks. Littlesister, glad you got some help. Sure makes a difference, huh.

Whew, it was blustry at my house last night too. Last I heard winds were over 60 MPH. Lots of big trees down in my area. Nothing happened at my house unless my wobbly chimney cap blew off. Will have to check on that later today. I didn't lose power but it did blink once. A lot of people are still without power around me yet. Mt. Rider, it would be dangerous for your dog with those three dogs vying for her attention. Especially if she doesn't want it. Can you check out the newspapers or online for a dog sitter? Or maybe ask your vet for some safe recommendations? I made a huge vat of pasta salad yesterday and have been eating it non stop. I really missed not being able to make it at the hotel. No stove to boil the pasta. I'm making up for lost time with that and fried eggs. This is the time I miss my TV. I'd like to sit down in the recliner and watch a show with my pasta. No TV and no recliner. I've been eating most of my meals in a bed for a year and a half. I'll be glad to get back in the real/normal world. I just got my daily alert that I have four more days on this heart monitor. I'll be glad to get rid of it. My skin is pretty compromise around where the two sticky electrodes are attached. There is a gummy ring around where they are attached. Like that sticky black stuff left from an old bandaid. It isn't coming off in the bath tub. Goo gone...alcohol...time? But in the whole scheme of things, it wasn't a bad experience at all. Most of the time I forgot I had it on. Just annoying at night when I lay on my side and making sure throughout the night that it still stayed attached. It always did.

My glass door fronts slide back to stay open too. They have a magnet on the bottom to keep them closed tight. I pull them out and up and slide them back so it doesn't look like there are doors on the front if you'd want to use it like an open bookcase. It sounds like the kind I have. I love Amish made furniture too. It lasts for generations.

Becca-Anne is becoming a regular farmer. Color her thumb green => LOL Littlesister. Just pass the cheese. Glad to enable...er uh, I mean be of some help.

Miki, congrats on your newest family member!

I'm taking it slow today. I'm tired from canning. Still have carrots to do this week. Yesterday the pharmacy texted me that one my meds was in. Press 1 if I want it refilled. I did. So when I went to get it, they said I had to press 1 if I want it refilled. I showed her on my phone that I did do that. She said it would be about 15 minutes to fill it. (Then why did you text me it was ready...I thought). I told her I'd wait. Ten minutes later she said my insurance won't cover it until tomorrow, which is now today. So I went over and got it today. My insurance won't cover anything even one day early. Anyway, I'm not going to go try to pick up anything until one day after a text from them from now on. I stopped in at the Dollar Tree. I needed some containers. I know they are cheap but I only need them for awhile. I got a couple of pitchers to keep extra canning jar rings in. They are bigger than a bowl and taller to hold more. I think they will work out better. Then I saw some seeds. I wasn't really tempted by Dollar Tree seeds but figured I'd get some cheap herbs or flowers or something. Well, the seeds were 4/$1.00. They had all kinds of veggie seeds that are all Heirloom. Only thing I couldn't find were beets. They were pretty picked over. Wish I had known about them sooner. I looked at my local nursery store seeds last week and they are up close to $3.00 a pack. I'm trying to save money since that awful tax bill. I might have made a mistake buying them but for 25c a pack I figured I'd chance it. I got 40. Hopefully they will keep for another year. Then I remembered about JoAnn fabrics having a Bolt Sale. Save 15% on a bolt of fabric. I plan to start quilting again next winter and I use a lot of black and cream colors. Especially black. But there is a catch to the sale; 1. They don't have any new bolts in the stock room. Everything is out on display. I was hoping for a new plastic wrapped bolt of fabric. 2. They don't order new bolts for customers. 3. You have to find a bolt on the shelf that has to have atleast 8 yards on it. That is what they consider a bolt. 4. After the 8 yards, you have to take the rest of the material left on the bolt to get the 15% off. I almost walked out. But I will need the black. And it's on sale...in a round about way. I found some cream with 9 yards left. Got it. They only had one rather large bolt of black. She measured it out. 15 yards. It's either all or nothing. I asked her how much per yard with the 15% discount. She said I'd get an extra discount by buying all of it. So, $4.35 a yard. Sold! I have enough black 100% black cotton material to make all the quilts I want plus make some curtains if I want with a whole lot left over. My favorite color is black so I'm good to go. Still a little miffed about the rules at Joann's. I felt like it was akin to false advertising. I put it on the charge card so I'll get 2% back.

Sorry your knee and shoulder are still hurting you. But seriously, ask your GSIL to help you with your yard work for babysitting for them! Favors work both ways. Or even ask your GD. You can watch the baby while she does some yard work.

Well...I "trot nicely". Who knew! LOL I went to the post office today to mail off my tax checks. I go inside to mail important stuff. I also wanted them post marked. A guy was coming out as I was getting ready to go in. Have you ever been in that situation where someone was holding the door for you but you were still too far away and you wish they would just let the door shut because it was going to take you a minute to get up to the door? That's what happened to me. So there he stood holding open the door and I wasn't close enough to go through. So, I hurried up and started running a little bit. He told me to not worry and don't hurry, it's fine. But I was already in second gear by then. I got next to him and he said, "You trot nicely." Well dang, that's a first! I said thank you and gave a little curtsy. I've been smiling the rest of the day. Little things like that can sure brighten a person's day. At least he didn't say gallop.

Our nurseries deliver mulch by the truck loads too. Most people around here have it delivered in their driveway and use their wheelbarrow to take it where they want it. If they can't do it all in one day, they just cover it with a tarp for the couple of days it might take them. Being sure to check the weather report first.

I was watching a YouTube channel about canning. I can't remember what it was but it was about canners being flat and stable. The problem this person had was, she had cleaned her stove and didn't get the grates on her gas stove aligned perfectly. The one under her canner was tilted just a tad. Because her canner didn't set perfectly level over the fire, it messed up her canning process. I wish I could remember what all she said went wrong. I THINK it was that it took forever for the canner to build up pressure and most of her jars failed. If I ever run across the video, I'll watch it again to see what all she said. But the crux of the story was to make sure your canner sets level and not slanted to one side. Her canner was perfect but her stove grate wasn't on straight. So your canner might not can correctly but would make a good soup pot. I think you are right, Mother, about it running dry at one point. I saw a woman with a wobbly canner and she said it had run dry at one time. Or was it Midnightmom who said that? Anyway the d*mn thing went dry.

I was so excited that I just happened to have taken a picture of them. LOL. I got the price on the edge of the shelf in the picture. I was going to post it but still can't. I just now looked at it. They are $14.63 a dozen in my store too. I wouldn't pay $24.99 for those little bitty jars either! Actually I never would have ordered them online because I didn't think I'd like them. But after I saw them in person I thought about salsa etc. I'm the only one that eats it at my house so a bigger jar would gum up in the fridge befor I could finish it. And one jar means I won't over eat. Theoretically. I was surprised to see them east of the Mississippi. Oh, maybe can some cucumbers and onions in vinegar. I love those bombs. I eat them til my upper lip starts to sweat. A few other things that I thought of but can't remember now. I need a list. BtW, I bought some litmus paper to decide the acid content in food to determine waterbath safety. I haven't used any of it yet but I will on some tomato or vinegary foods. I saw carrots at Meijers for 97c a pound baby carrots washed and pealed. I'll probably go pick up a few bags tomorrow. They are sold in 2 pound bags.

Congrats on your GD house! As much as you do for your GD, I'm sure they will be there to help you. Your GGD will be getting more active soon and needing more of your time. And then maybe another one.

OMG. Guess what my Walmart had? I'm so excited, I just can't hide it. I'll tell ya. Kerr canning jars. They are the wide mouth half pints. I don't like the wide mouth half pints because they are really too short. I like their regular mouth jars because they are tall instead of short. But wait, there's more. Those squatty little jars will be perfect for salsa and Bar-B-Q sauce etc. Just right for a one person dipper. I might even try recanning a little bit of sauerkraut in some. I'm a rebel. Don't judge. I didn't have any of those jars. I have 6 cases now. ALL KERR JARS. Yes I have a canning jar obsession. All the same kind of jars all full and lined up. Kerr emblem facing forward with the writing on the lids all centered facing the front...sigh. OCD wurks fer me. Some days it don't take much. Ya know.

New Jersey is having them too. They had a 4.8 last week and a small one (after shock?) during the eclipse.

I got my green beans canned. I ended up with 36 half pints. I canned them in chicken broth. They are looking good. All sealed. I bought 4 pound bags of frozen whole green beans from Gordon Food Service. The are really nice. I thawed them in warm water before canning. They are limp (not soft) and fit very nicely in the jars. I could mash them down in the jars to get a good fit. Sort of like blanched beans. Two 4 pound bags made 24 half pints. If I remember correctly. I bought 3 bags and got 36 half pints. I have about a half a bag left. I bought them a long time ago and I can't remember what I paid for them. But $7.75 a bag is ringing a bell. Anyway, I can really recommend the GFS frozen whole green beans. Not one bad bean and only one little stem. Wish I could post pictures. I'm taking them and saving them in my phone.

Miki, my Jeep is old too. 2005 with well over a hundred miles and some rust and dings. I don't think son will want it personally, but when I die it will automatically be in his name so he will be able to trade it off without having to retitle it etc. Or chance probate. $$$ Littlesister, how will it work out if your grands buy a house and then he gets transfered? I got my banking squared away and will write out the checks for my taxes. I owe sooo much so I'm waiting to send in the checks. I'm going to go to the post office so they won't chance getting lost. It has happened in this town. They even had to change the style of drop off boxes there. I don't want any issues with the government. But I'm also in no hurry for them to use my money for interest. I've got 24 half pints of green beans in the canner. Next on the list will be carrots. Then I'm taking a break. I'm very tired. I think the only other veggie I want in the half pints will be pickled beets. Ugh, they are a mess and time consuming. Not looking forward to those. I do want some veggies canned in pint jars though. Mainly french green beans. Also potatoes and carrots canned together. Not looking forward to pealing potatoes either...back issues. I'm half tempted to get some of those little white baby potatoes and skip the peeling. Probably wouldn't prudent though. I need an assistant.