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Awww. Little piggies are so cute. Great price! Necie, if you see this, could you Bump up the seed post with the pictures you posted. I know you reposted after the first one was lost but I can't find it anywhere. I wanted to ask about seed saving. Or if anyone else sees this a bumpity-bump would be appreciated.

I really thought of that but I was afraid the bags would burst open. They are cheap Dollar Tree trash bags. I think I'll try it though. It's clothes and towels etc. If it's a bust (literally) you know who is getting the blame don't ya? Midnightmom told me to do it. I'm holding you responsible.

Awesome haul Annarchy. Hope I can find some deals in Indy for the freezer too. I feel like I'm missing out and falling further behind. Ugh. Neighbors. You know my story with the creep Jimbo next door. The one who loves me like a third grader needing my attention. . I was waiting for you to say they were going to pave a new road for you. Nope. The bread looks lovely! Drama? Us? LOL. Just a major glitch or hack. I don't know which but some of us had trouble signing on. Then we had a reset and lost some posts. But we are smooth sailing...for now. Sounds like you had an awesome day too Necie. I wish we had a Rural King in my area. None in Indy nor Ohio. I will Google them for Indy though. I don't mind driving a little ways. All we have at both places is Tractor Supply. Seems like I remember a cousin in southern Indiana talking about a farm store that had the word Red in it? It was a long time ago though. I slept through going to the bank and Olive Garden today. Dang it. My days and nights are messed up again. Maybe tomorrow. I'm so sick of typing on this phone with my fat fingers. Hopefully I can get to Best Buy tomorrow and look at a laptop.

I really need security lights too. I forgot about that. I have one lamp post out in the yard and that's it. It's messed up too. I have to turn it on manually instead of it doing it automatically at dusk to dawn. Then when I do turn it on, it also turns on the porch light. So if I turn the porch light off, the lamp post in the yard goes off too. I don't want either one of them burning 24/7/365. That will need an electrician. $$$

. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hope you had a great day friend.

I have been prepping with 'soft' goods in mind for the past couple of years. Things like bath/bed linens. Also health and beauty supplies. I have plenty of clothes to last forever except for jeans. Also getting my kitchen all supplied. Basically, things that will be shipped from overseas. Which is about everything. I'm concerned with shipping. And China has been shutting down a lot of their factories. We manufacture nothing. This summer I'm going to concentrate on garden tools and things for the garage. I have about all I need for inside the house now. But I'm going to have to spend some big bucks on updates like appliances, countertops, toilets and sinks etc. And a lot of outside yard work, that I can't do, needs done this year. That will cost me! The trim on the house needs painted but it can wait another year. All of the window screens need repaired too. I think I can do those myself though. And I need to do a lot of canning in my spare time. I never went the storage rental route but when my DIL mother passed, they rented a storage unit to put her stuff in so they could sell her house. DIL doesn't want the stuff but she doesn't want to get rid of it either. So they are paying month after month on stuff no one wants. Now its out of sight... out of mind. That needs addressed. I have 12 trash bags stuffed full to donate. They are sitting in the hallway staring at me. It will really clear up some space when I get them out of here. Getting them downstairs and out to the garage and into the car is holding that up. I don't wanna.

They haven't paid it all yet. Just $15.000 more. I'm still $47,000 short. Hope son's go ahead and accept the offer so they can stop paying for 2 houses. BTDT. I can't believe how much stuff is still in this house too. I've pitched and donated so much stuff already. I move stuff around too. LOL. I'm clearing out the bedrooms but as I pack it up I stick it in a walk-in closet. When ever I get the garage cleaned up, the stuff will go out there.

Darn Littlesister. It always something isn't it? Something always need to be done. When I get rid of this mess another one is waiting in Indy. Hope it isn't a money pit. I was just thinking that apartment life doesn't look so bad sometimes.

I sent in a check for the mortgage company to endorse. It arrived back today so I want to hurry and deposit it before Bank of America goes under. LOL, just kidding. Sort of. Anyway it is $15,000 so that brings the debt to the construction company to "only" $47,000. Those big numbers scare the stuffings out of me. I'm waiting to go to the bank until this after noon because I NEED a Olive Garden fix tonight for supper. Angel hair pasta and a big salad is calling my name. I also need to stop at the store for some fruit/veg. And I still need a bottle opener. I have 4 of them...in Indiana. My construction company is addressing my issue with the insurance company. Something about submitting a supplemental estimate. There are a few small things the construction company needs to fix. She told me that a 60 day lien wouldn't start until everything is fixed. She said that lien threat is mostly for "deadbeats" to protect their company. I'm not worried about it. Yet. Hopefully insurance will cough up some more money. If I'm not mistaken State Farm agreed to the construction estimate so they need to pay up. Son got an offer on their old house. Around twice what they paid for it about 8-9 years ago. One hitch is water in the crawl space that he would have to fix. So, not sure if they are going to accept the offer or not. But it is encouraging. At least there are nibbles out there willing to pay. Gives me hope. Forgot to add that the bank said they were going to contact State Farm too.

Thanks for the info Themartianchick. I knew Violet was a master canner. I donated lids to some of her classes she had for under privileged women. I didn't realize she had passed away. We could really rely on her canning expertise.

Living is a good thing. Sometimes that's about the best we can ask for at the moment.

Yikes Miki. That could have gone south really quick. Thanks for the heads up.

I didn't like the looks of the smooth sided canning jars. I think Ball issued them with crafters in mind. And to me, that's what they looked like...cheap thinner crafter jars. That's probably a misconception but that's what I think of when I see them. I prefer Kerr because of their shape. They seem to be just a little more squared. They are embossed on one side only. But that one side makes them easy to hold onto. I wash my jars under hot soapy water after they cool so I need a grip too. Kerr is mosty sold out west so I have to order my Kerr jars. I can't find a one in Ohio or Indiana locally. I have to order from either Amazon or Walmart. I'm pretty well stocked up since 2022.

I worked a little on de-junking one of the bedrooms. Will I ever get through all of this stuff? I seem to get slower and slower. I'm going to store all of the packed up stuff in my master bedroom walk in closet to try to get it all in one place. It's a big closet. Then, lug it to the garage as I find the strength. I hate these steps from upstairs to garage. It doesn't help that I'm not a lite packer. I should probably repack some of the heavy stuff. Especially with the stairs. WARNING: long rant ahead. Take a bio break and grab a cuppa. More issues with the insurance company. I called the construction company concerning payment and that mechanics lien. I told her of some issues I was having with the house such as leaking drains etc. She said she'd send someone out to do a walk through to get things fixed. And the sixty days toward a lean doesn't start until those are fixed. I told her to not put a lien on the house because I will beg, borrow or steal the money before I let it get that far. She told me to not worry about it yet. They just have to warn their clients it can happen. Deadbeats. She also said if one is ever put on a property, it can come off within a day or two. I don't want it on my record period. I really don't think they would because I've always given them money when insurance sent it even before they asked me for it and we haven't had any issues. Our working relationship has been very good. Plus I hired and paid them up-front for extra work not related to the flood. In theory, I could probably sell the house and use some of that money. But as it stands, four people sort of own this house. Bank of America, insurance company, construction company and finally me. When I sell this house I want to make a clean break and never look back. Construction called my insurance company for the money. They said they already paid me the total amount. They said I cashed the checks. Sigh. No they didn't! Construction company was confused. They told me maybe insurance sent the money to my mortgage company. I called them. No they didn't. Crimony. For once BoA was nice and helpful. She went through all of the checks insurance had sent us (3). They have to cosign all insurance checks with me because they hold the mortgage. Insurance sends the check to me, I sign it and send it out to California, they sign it and send it back to me and I deposit it in my bank and write the construction company a check. Convoluted. She threw out the thought that maybe insurance was counting all of the money they paid out for a hotel. Could that be possible? I never received any money for that. Insurance paid the hotel directly. So now I have a call in to my so called adjuster who will never return any of my calls, to see what is going on. BOA was a little angry at the situation. Not at me but toward the insurance company. She told me to tell them I want a tracking number to all of the checks they have issued to me and proof that I cashed them. She went through all of their transactions and they were the same as what I had. If I'm not mistaken, insurance has sent me a total of $58,000 divided into three checks that BoA also had to cosign. Total construction bill is just over $107,000. Also, before all the insurance was involved. I set up a separate checking account just for money dealing with this house reconstruction. Now I'm so glad I did! I checked all of the transactions on that account, online. It shows all of the checks photo copied that I received and all of the personal checks I sent to the construction company. The very first check was "only" less than $6,000 for a new furnace. That was about a month into this whole fiasco. A whole year ago. I feel only slightly better since I can sort of prove I didn't cash any checks. Mainly because any insurance checks were always made out to both me and BoA. I couldn't have cashed them on my own. I couldn't even deposit them without a BoA signature on them. I'm tired of fighting and having to prove myself. My stress level is right around 1000%. I really want this D O N E. I can't sell the house until the construction company is paid because they can come back and put a lien on the house. Insurance dragged the process out for over 7 months before they even made a decision to pay and another 2 months before they issued any money...except for the furnace. So you know where they can stick that hotel bill. I detest State Farm.

I've never seen those root veggies frozen either. Trying to fill up the shelves. Maybe for roasted vegetables that is so popular these days. Let us know how it turns out. Sounds good!

I had never heard of it either. Good article Necie. No matter how long you boil a jar of food, the temp will only reach 212*F. Pressure canning temperature reaches 240*F which is considered safe for non acid food preservation. I wouldn't trust canning food with this method. I don't even trust non acid food water bathed. But that's just me. I don't take too many chances with home canned food. I'm all for rebel canning to a certain degree when it comes to ingredients, but not when it comes to the safety process. Sounds too much like Russian Roulette to me. In this case, old ways are not better. We have learned safer ways to can food. Also, our food is different these days and new strains of bacteria have mutated. After boiling food for over 3 hours there probably isn't much nutrients left anyway. Don't chance it. But if you do, don't share that food with anyone. Nothing is 100% but that method isn't even 50%.

Well said Necie.

Not doing much. I still have errands to run. My To-Buy list is getting longer though. Fortunately all small stuff. I fixed my new phone the night before I was going to take it in. I lost all of the sound on everything. Went onto the settings and did everything. I went all night with no sound for my old time radio programs. Hint, radio = no video so I couldn't even closed caption it. Then I remembered it went out about the time I almost dropped it and grabbed for it. Long story short. I mashed the volume button and muted the phone. Sigh. Turned the volume up and viola. I need a nanny.

It's always the fine print...always the fine print. I saw $40 someplace and went with it. I'm gonna starve. What did you say your new address was. Asking for a friend.

It wouldn't have done me any good to take the challenge as I was living in a hotel for the past 13 months. My pantry was 2 small shelves. One on either side of the microwave. Plus cooking and stocking up for one is a lot different from maintaining a family. In other words. I'm not a very good candidate. Or rather a good judge of how it can be done. My $40 would have gone to microwave dinners and sandwich stuff. Your new job is going to come in very handy. Nearly all of my food supply got ruined when my house flooded and I had to throw it all away. So I'll be starting with a pretty bare pantry too. But one good thing for you and me is all of the stuff we add now will all be brand new with new expiration dates.

Since it said Classic Spam my first thought would be something more like ham rather than bacon. Most of those ingredients go with a baked ham. Not sure about the chocolate though.

Oh, girls just wanna have fun...

Congrats MT3B. It sounds perfect. Just long enough to bring in some extra prep money. If you get any good scoops be sure and let us know. We won't tell. But we might storm the grocery stores real fast. LOL When I worked, a couple pair of black, navy and khaki colored slacks took me through many years of working. Plus weddings, funerals, doctors and dinners out. I really could use a pair of black and navy slacks now. All of mine 'shrunk in the dryer'.

I think those people were just selfish and didn't care about anyone else. Typical. They only cared about getting to their destination. The wife was probably using the air plane barf bag. Where is it? If there were splatters, then the blood wasn't just oozing out of the man. What sort of hemorrhagic fevers are in Thailand? Where else had he been. Where is his wife? Who was that 'doctor'? Too many questions. Just thinking about the steps each passenger went through; deplaned into the terminal, boarded another plane, entered another terminal upon arrival, perhaps got a connecting flight to their destination involving another terminal, then get a ride home. Perhaps stopping someplace to eat. All in the same clothing and no shower. Times however many people who were on that plane. Then the same plane reloaded with passengers to make another trip. All the while the same air circulating around the plane. How many other other planes did each one of those people board until they finally made it home? I hope nothing comes of this but it is the perfect storm. Me? I'd call for an ambulance explaining the situation and get into the hospital ASAP.

Mission accomplished. I told ya it works. I have my stern voice too. Flat, quick and loud. Already grandson tested. Worked.