Ambergris

Good luck.

I remember my older son took a plant identification course.  I tutored him, and loved it.  He humored me.  He was washed out in the first level of the testing at the end because he (admittedly) didn't listen to the questions asked.  For example, they asked which of these four baskets of tomatoes would make the best fried green tomatoes, and he picked the uniformly ripe tomatoes.  That was his last year in 4H.  

Hm.  On reflection, that test might not have gone with that class.  

Pancake pillows! 

It was either a possum or a fox that tore off a good part of my cat Stormy's face one time, years ago.  The vet said probably possum.  Possums never bothered full-sized cats around my place, but they would fight teenager cats for food (or whatever reason) and kittens were on the menu.

Stormy recovered, by the way.  Lived a long life, scarred but not scared.

You can rent a houseful of furniture for one week, have the rental people deliver and move everything to exactly where the realtor wants it.  If you need to, you can count the cost of the rental on your taxes as part of the cost of the house sale. 

Before she moved to California, Mary was in a couple of the Florida homesteading groups I was in.  She struck me as a knowledgeable grower long before the seed business took off.  

Makes sense.  If I break a pattern, I tend to forget everything associated with that pattern.  

Well, you will find out who believes you are worth it.  Try to acknowledge them.

https://meljoulwan.com/2014/03/25/roasted-cauliflower-rice/

A sample of Melissa Joulwan's recipes.

I would recommend looking at the "Well Fed" trilogy of cookbooks by, I think, Melissa Joulwan?  The supposed focus is paleo, but they have recipes for keto and Whole30, as well as instructions for moving some of the recipes from one diet to another.  The recipes are definitely not boring nor bland.  

Whole30 did me a world of good.  Now that my intestine is talking to me again, I'm on basically a relaxed W30 allowing limited amounts of cheese, butter, and whole grains (especially fermented/sprouted grains).  The "Stop Eating C.R.A.P." slogan definitely fits.

Welcome back

The droppings suggest a weasel-like animal, unfortunately.

One thing about laughing that I wish I'd known years ago is that a sizeable percentage of women have an instinct to laugh when terrified or shocked.  In high school, I lost some friends or potential friends for laughing hysterically when classmates had a car wreck right in front of us.  In college, I was put in a bad position (sexually) by some males who were friends, who kept going further because I was laughing so hard I could not speak clearly, and my repeated "stop" and "no" were accordingly not taken seriously.  My boyfriend later asked, "Well, why did you keep laughing, then?"  The answer was because I couldn't not laugh.  It was out of control.  A lot of women have this reaction, and it makes cops not take them seriously either.  It's a trauma response.  All this is not to hijack your thread, but to point out (in case you didn't realize it) that laughter is just as valid a trauma response as crying or screaming.  It's just not a trauma response that most people understand.

Even with the yard now fenced, something scared my birds so that they refuse to go into the dog cage they grew up sleeping in.  Now they are sleeping in the chair by my door.  My housekeeper and her nephew are coming next Saturday to build a coop (night-house) for them over by the cuy house.  The housekeeper suggested putting the houses side by side, but I explained I wanted to reach the lime tree behind them, so they're going to be offset by a couple of feet.  I hope she's got the same mental picture of matching architecture, because the cuy house is very attractive and matches the house.  I need attractive architecture with the landlord looking out over his domain from the top of the hill.

I've been off line for several days after accidentally hitting a link I was trying not to hit (twitchy/clumsy fingers) and having my computer go haywire.  Took a few days to get it scrubbed, and then a few more to figure out the reason I could not get back on this site.  I had to list it as an exception on my new antivirus.

But I'm back.  Yay.  

Sometimes.  It pays to do your research, because some trainers are in it for the money, and some are not.  https://epilepsyfoundation.org.au/understanding-epilepsy/epilepsy-and-seizure-management-tools/seizure-alert-dogs/

Most people can't tell I'm having a seizure.  My friend in Texas notices them because she was trained to spot them in a juvenile relative and in her brain-injured husband.  I knew something was going on from about 2017 but didn't get a real heads-up until 2019.  Then I had four EEGs that showed nothing before one this month that showed plenty.  Between 2019 and this month, they didn't know if I was having seizures or pseudo seizures.  Now they know.  Not that it's changed the medication or anything.  I can't drive because I never get six months past the last seizure.  I sometimes fall, too, but it's not as bad as yours because sometimes I go months or even more than a year between falls.  Just know you're not alone, and the more you know, the better off you are.

Juneau version:

https://www.healthycanning.com/wp-content/uploads/2014-Alaska-Class-Handout-Soups-Sauces.pdf

It looks like that link goes to a file on your personal computer.  For the Fairbanks version, try this https://cespubs.uaf.edu/index.php/download_file/1566/

Is his name Jimmy?

I guess Jimmy Crack Corn isn't sung anymore.

Uncracked corn would store a lot longer.

I'm buying broken corn and grinding it in my Corona mill, coarser for the chickens and finer for the cuy and for me.  It's much easier to grind if it's already broken.  The "six" bag is six kilos, roughly ten pounds, and is not that hard to carry the few blocks to the taxi stand.  By law, corn here is non-GMO.   The wheat I can get is not dehulled.

Excess sourdough starter is like excess money.  Who in the world has that?    Unless maybe you're on a temporary fast?

I don't know how many people your mom feeds, but one problem with freezer food is the quantity.  You want effectively a TV dinner, and there's all these big chunks of ice that overwhelm.

I would look more at a snack sized zip lock bag of yellow rice or the rice-a-roni sized egg noodles and a snack bag of blanched or frozen french-cut green beans, (with slivered almonds if that's how you eat them) together in a pint bag.  If you don't think she's up to adding the butter and spices herself, by all means add those too.

Also a baggie of starch with riced or grated carrots.

Also macaroni and cheese, tailored to them.

Seriously, pint-sized ziplock bags of converted rice, cooked, ready to heat and eat.  Ditto egg noodles.  When I was sick, I wanted those so badly.

Also soups, real soups, cream and clear and chunky, in a portion she would eat herself or would serve to him without having to deal with leftovers.  You could freeze them in bags inside mugs if she's patient enough to microwave them on "thaw" instead of trying to "cook" them and getting a dangerous geyser.  If you're not sure, freeze in flat baggies.