Judy Moist

Go to your local deli, and ask for the little plastic containers that they sale their macaroni salads and etc. in. You can usually get several for a couple of dollars, when you cook those chicken and dumplings, if there are any left, place them in these containers and freeze them, you have no waste and a quick meal for later....

One thing that I do to save money, is I always watch for sales on produce especially 5lb bags of onions, and bell peppers. when they are marked down or on sale, I will buy up a load of them and bring them home and chop them up and place in good freezer storage bags and place them in the freezer, they are great for omelets and soups and stews and stir frys. Doing it this way, I always have onions and peppers on hand, and none ever go to waste.

I too, buy the dog food in the large bags and then use them to dispose of other garbage. I put me up a clothes line and in compared the months before light bill, to the following months, (did not use my dryer for one month), I saved $30.00 that month on my bill.But of course, I had become the light switch police, made sure all lights were turned off in unused rooms, and did not run the air conditioner 24/7. and put up thermal drapes and made sure blinds were closed on the full sun windows in the heat of the day.......

We lost Mr. kitty, around 3:00 am this morning, my husband and I set out in the garage with him until the end. The whole family is tore up. Corey is writing a letter to Jesus right now as I am typing this asking him to make Mr. Kitty healthy again. Corey is only 7.

My family loves these cookies, we call them HOBB KNOBBS. I have to make them at least once a week.

Have spent a depressing day, tending to our cat. We have had him for 4 1/2 years. Sometime during the 4th holiday, we donot know if he was bit by a snake, or was in a fight, or if someone hit him. But he is deathly ill. We have administered medication to him and have done everything possible to make him comfortable. He was too far gone when we found him, the only option we felt we had was to make him as comfortable as possible and let him go around people who love him, I could not stand the thought of taking him to the vet and having him put to sleep, it will be soon now, we are just waiting. my son corey is very upset, that was his kitty , his name is Mr. Kitty.

Fran, even though we have never met, I have seen the worry and the love of all of your dear friends on MRS.S. Please know that you are thought of daily, and you are loved, and many are praying for your recovery..You are a lucky person to have such dear friends. Please get to feeling better soon.

We had severe storms,on Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon. The wind was blowing so hard, the trees were almost touching the ground. Very scary. But has cleared off, we actually have a heavy dew on the ground this morning, to the point of almost a light frost/ Checked my green beans, yesterday they are loaded with babies,so I will shortly be canning these. Can't wait. Time for all my little rug rats to get up,(we were up late last night, Wednesday night is BINGO night in our house, jackpot was $24,000.00< and I was only 3 numbers away from winning)We always fix finger foods, and dh aunt and his cousin and her dh come and play with us... It is our family game night....The kids love playing,,,

Nana: This last batch of crabapple jelly that I made, I had a hard time getting it to gel. It must have something to do with the humidity...But I reopened it and added more pectin to it and simmered it for40 minutes, it set up fine afterwards.........

I HAVE BEEN RETHINKING MY SHELTER IN PLACE, PLANS. I HAVE DECIDED TO USE MY BEDROOM. IT HAS A PRIVATE BATH IN IT. WITH A LINEN CLOSET AND PLENTY OF CABINETS. I CAN STORE ALL OF MY FOOD FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN THESE CABINETS. THE ROOM IS BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL 5 OF US TO HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM WITH OUT FALLING OVER EACH OTHER. I HAVE PLENTY OF PLASTIC AND DUCT TAPE, ALSO SAVE MY NEWSPAPERS TO COVER UP VENTS AND SHEETS OF PLYWOOD HANDY TO COVER UP WINDOWS. I HAVE ALSO PLACED EXTRA SHEETS AND TOWELS IN THIS BATHROOM, ALL I NEED TO DO IS GET THE KIDS A COUPLE CHANGES OF CLOTHES TO STORE IN HERE....I AM GOING TO SET UP MY SHELTER IN PLACE ROOM, TOMORROW. WITH THIS NEW SECURITY THREAT, IT MAY SOON BECOME A REALITY.....

I love to read and will read anything put before me, I have been trying to get to the library, just haven't had the time lately... hopefully I can get over there this sunday...

I understand greatly how you feel, there are no words to describe this kind of hurt, but like you said we will see them again one day.....But what gets to me is my brothers and sisters think that I am crazy, that I need psychological help, because of my depression. They can't understand that I am grieving for my mother. I spent more time with her, taking care of her when they brought her home than they did. and she did pass away on the same day she gave birth to me( my birthday) so of course, it is going to affect me more strongly than it does them...... Hang in there and if ever you need to talk, pm me........

ooh, now that sounds delicious... I love anything in watermelon..........

I just put up 5 half pints of crabapple jelly.

I know what you mean about the depression, every since losing my mother last year, I have terrible bouts of depression and anxiety. I mean I cry at the drop of a hat. Like you said, you have to take it one day at a time. But it really helps, when you have someone around who understands what you are going through. It gets rough, I just thank god I have my kids, they are what keeps me going....

Hello, to the Newbies (I too am still a newbie myself,) I just can't wait to get on my puter and check the daily postings. I believe you will like it here. I will bring a Coffee cake, to go with the rest of the morning breakfasts....

Any reports on mountainmommys hubby, how he is doing since his accident?

well, I guess I have to get back to work making more strawberry and blackberry jam. Our company tried my jams for breakfast. They ended up taking a dozen jars of it home with them. One friend works at dunkin donuts, his boss has heard alot about my jams and jellies and want to try them. He is talking about if my jams are that good that I need to market them. I TOLD HIM TO CLEAR ME OFF A SHELF RIGHT NEAR HIS BAGEls and croissants in his donut shop!!!!!!

I enjoy the 4th of july celebration, and all the preparations and decorating, but THANK GOD it is all over with now. We had 18 people show up, started off raining,one group of our company was friends from florida, the wife and daughter, griped and moaned the whole time about everything. Especially the fact that we eat real food, not junk out all time, we finally got everything set up outside for the party and finished with the bbqing, everyone was getting ready to sit down to eat, the gripy wife started complaining about the flies.....so to get her to shut up we took it all inside. Around 7:30 pm we all loaded up in cars and went to our towns firework display. They adverstised for 2 weeks how spectacular this event was to be. Well traffic was at an absolute standstill for about 5 miles.Cars were lined up for miles on the sides of the road (4 lane highway)so we u-turned and went to an open field so we could get a clear shot look at the display,(the fireworks we shoot off at home is better.)then we came home, ate again, and then we shot off our fire works. Now it will take me a week to get my house back in order.......oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

You still have time to get in a late harvest of green beans, if you put them in within the next couple of weeks....

Our black berry bushes aren't doing to well this year due to lack of rain. and was not able to go to the s trawberry festival this year to get my strawberries for my jams. But did go to the store and bought frozen strawberries and blackberries and made my jams from those. so far no one knows the difference. they are eating up as fast as I can make it.

also if you have one of those small dome tents, if the power goes out, you can set one of these up in the room you choose to stay if (if you close off the rest of your house), It will provide extra insulation while you sleep...

We do love them beans !!! Tonight for supper, I cooked a big mess of blackeye peas. mustard greens w/ big hunks of fat back and onion, fried potatoes, and crackling cornbread. Ate so much I was miserable......

Snowmom, in the chattanooga area, we have a local news channel with a spot on it called Luthers' community calendar. You can call in or email in notices on lost &found etc. But he also, will do little messages on the noon news. If any of (or all of you) would like to send her a little message of caring, I will post the email address of this station. All you would need to do is make sure that a family member or her nurse will set it up for her television to be tuned to WDEF TV 12 at Noon. Here is the information: news@wdef.com Just tell him what you want to do, and he is usually very good about posting these messages in such situations....

I have been in 2 accidents in my life. one 15 years ago and then this past january. Both times neither was my fault. Both with DODGE RAMS, around her apparently the trucks are too big that the people can't figure out how to keep them on the road!!!