Katz25

Well I can't afford a old fashioned washer with ringer or the one listed above and I certainly am not handy at building. But was just wondering couldn't you just use a mop bucket with an attached ringer to wash clothes? Was looking at them today, not that expensive. I mean would probably take rollers off bottom, but you have a tank to work clothes around and a ringer. What do you guys think??

This recipe sounds great and east (which is good for me). My problem is I don't have a pizza peel or a stone. If I get one I would like to try it, wonder if you could use anything to substitute for those two items??

Freezer pickles today. I was going to get out the canner but i'm feeling lazy... so freezer pickles it is!

What are freezer pickles????

Look around her site when you have time....she has great ideas and tips. Like I said I subscribed to her blog and get an e-mail from everyday with different ideas....very good and interesting things she has redone.

Glad you all liked it!

I follow this lady's blog all the time and she has wonderful information on her site. Anyway this came in my e-mail this morning, thought I'd share the recipe. I'm going to get the ingredients and try it, I have arthritis all over my body and my hands hurt so bad (like my mom). Anyway its not a cure, but it might give a little relief: She bought everything online at Amazon, I think. Anyway check out some of her things, great ideas for everything.

http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/#

Homemade Pain Relieving Cream

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Coconut Oil<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; ">2 teaspoons Beeswax pellets<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; ">2 teaspoons Camphor crystals or 5 drops Camphor oil<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; ">2 teaspoons Menthol crystals or 5 drops Peppermint oil<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; ">5 drops Eucalyptus oil

Melt the coconut oil and beeswax together. You can do this in the microwave, in a double boiler, or what I did was set a small saucepan on the stove for a minute or two and then turned the burner off and added the coconut oil and beeswax. Stir until melted.

Allow the mixture to cool for a few minutes, then add the camphor crystals or oil, the menthol crystals or oil, and the eucalyptus oil.

Put in a container and allow to cool completely. When it is completely cooled it will be a solid rather than liquid…but the minute it hits your warm skin…it will liquify again. That’s what coconut oil does, which makes it perfect for massaging onto sore muscles and joints.

This amount of camphor, menthol and eucalyptus seems to be working for Kell…but you can increase the amount of each until you achieve the desired level of effectiveness for you without causing irritation.

or

And finally, if you don’t want to mess with making your own “base” cream….here is a A Super Simple Version of Homemade Pain Relieving Cream.

Just purchase a jar of Vitamin E Cream at just about any grocery, dollar or drug store and add the oils to that, and mix. Voila! Done.

And finally, if you don’t want to mess with making your own “base” cream….here is a A Super Simple Version of Homemade Pain Re

http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/factbox-new-virus-can-cause-fever-cough-breathing-problems

Factbox: New virus can cause fever, cough, breathing problems

LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a global alert about the emergence of a new virus that was previously unknown in humans and can cause a potentially fatal acute respiratory infection.

Here is an at-a-glance guide to the virus:

The virus belongs to a family called coronaviruses and has so far been confirmed in only two cases globally. Both occurred between July and September 2012.

The first case was in a 60-year-old man in Saudi Arabia and proved fatal. The second is in a 49-year-old Qatari man who recently visited Saudi Arabia. He had the infection diagnosed after travelling to London in early September.

The WHO has not yet given the virus a name, but scientists at Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) refer to it as "London1_novel CoV 2012".

Human coronaviruses were first identified in the mid-1960s and are named for the crown-like projections on the surface of the virus.

The family includes viruses that cause the common cold and SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which emerged in China in 2002 and killed about 10 percent of approximately 8,000 people infected worldwide.

Symptoms in the two confirmed cases include fever, cough and breathing difficulties. It is not yet clear whether these are typical or whether the virus could be circulating more widely but causing milder illness.

Coronaviruses are typically spread like other respiratory infections, such as flu, travelling in airborne droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

At this stage it is not clear where the virus came from. New infections can emerge from mutations to existing viruses, or be caught from infections circulating in the animal population. Human diseases that come from animal are called zoonoses.

SOURCES: World Health Organisation, Health Portection Agency

(Reporting by Kate Kelland; Editing by David Goodman)

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/09/18/deadly-uperbugs-on-rise-what-need-to-know/

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/09/18/deadly-uperbugs-on-rise-what-need-to-know/#ixzz26rLpt3A4

Deadly 'superbugs' on the rise: What you need to know

Concern has been raised once again over the threat of deadly ‘superbugs,’ after a seventh individual at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., died Friday after contracting an antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria.

According to the Washington Post, the boy from Minnesota contracted the bug while being treated at the hospital for complications from a bone marrow transplant. So far, he is the 19th patient at the NIH center to have contracted the bacteria – Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC). The bug’s outbreak was traced back to a single patient who was carrying the bacteria when he was admitted to the hospital in the summer of 2011.

While the NIH declined to be interviewed on the matter, the agency released a statement about the incident.

“We are deeply saddened by the deaths at the NIH Clinical Center related to [KPC],” the NIH said in a statement. “The health and welfare of patients is NIH's top priority, and NIH has – and will continue to – take every measure possible to protect patients at the Clinical Center and quell transmission.”

The NIH went on to add that “the Clinical Center is taking strong action to keep KPC from spreading further, redoubling its efforts to ensure that all the infection control and isolation strategies recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are followed stringently.” They agency is also continuing to test for KPC and amp up their de-contamination procedures.

This latest death raises serious questions about the rise of bugs no longer treatable with antibiotics. The emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria has become a recent dilemma in the past few years. A notable example has been the rise of the “staph” germ known as MRSA - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – which caused unease after the CDC reported 18,650 American deaths from MRSA in 2005.

According to infectious disease experts, both MRSA and KPC are results of the same problem – the overuse of antibiotics. Utilized in livestock feed, by medical professionals and by consumers just to treat the common cold, the abundance of antibiotics in our society has prompted evolution to select for the antibiotic-resistant trait.

“Bacteria are becoming more and more resistant as more and more antibiotics are being used – and they’re becoming smarter,” Dr. Joseph Rahimian, an infectious disease specialist at Village Park Medical in New York City, told FoxNews.com. “….There are limited choices for treatment. Only a few antibiotics work in that scenario, and they’re typically antibiotics we don’t frequently use – some affect the kidney, some aren’t readily available, and some don’t lead to [good] blood levels.”

What is KPC?

K. pneumonia is an organism that lives in the large bowel, which can cause the disease Klebsiella pneumonia – a condition marked by high fever, chills and the expulsion of a thick, viscous fluid called sputum from the lungs. To combat K. pneumonia, a class of antibiotics called Carbapenems is used; however, when the organism becomes resistant to Carbpaenems, it becomes known as Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase.

Rahimian noted KPC is one of the more dangerous strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Unlike MRSA – which has some other treatment options apart from antibiotics – KPC has very few options, making it much more difficult to combat.

The people most susceptible to contracting KPC are those who are critically ill or who have a weakened immune system, which is why outbreaks easily occur in hospitals. Although most of the cases have occurred at the NIH Clinical Center, all hospitals in the Northeast and beyond should be on the lookout for outbreaks of this kind.

“Since the 1990s, some drug resistant isolates of KPC have emerged,” Dr. Amy Ray, an infectious disease expert with UH Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, told FoxNews.com. “And certainly the Northeast has been a focus of concern, but no hospital in the United States is immune to KPC. In fact, the organism and KPC producing organism have been described worldwide – in Europe, Asia and South America.”

KPC spreads through direct contact of the skin, which can eventually lead to infection. According to Rahimian, a person can also be a carrier of the bacteria and not show any symptoms.

What you can do

“Unfortunately there’s not a lot you can do as a patient,” Rahimian said. “If other people are using unnecessary antibiotics, they are promoting the development of resistance, [which] might affect you even though you didn’t do anything.”

Because of its difficulty to identify and treat, both Rahimian and Ray say that prevention is key to combating KPC and other antibiotic-resistant bugs.

“The single biggest effort the hospitals can undertake is to ensure that their infection control and prevention departments are up to date,” Ray said. “Also that they are tracking and trending organisms such as these to understand their local epidemiology. And at the single health care worker level, the most important thing is hand hygiene and the use of standard precautions to prevent the transmission from person to person.”

For the average individual, taking proper precautions – such as thoroughly washing their hands and making sure their doctors are doing the same – is crucial.

Going beyond these anti-infection measures, many health care professionals and others are calling for more judicious use of antibiotics, in hopes to stop the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Numerous ‘antibiotic stewardship’ campaigns are in effect to stop people from taking or prescribing antibiotics when they are not truly necessary.

As far as research goes to develop smarter drugs to combat KPC, experts agree that funding and focus are lacking – meaning proper treatments may not be available for some time.

“We are facing a critical shortage of anti-microbial agents,” Ray said. “The field is desperate for drug discovery.”

For more information on how to combat KPC and similar bacteria strains, the CDC has provided a toolkit for both patients and health care professionals

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/09/18/deadly-uperbugs-on-rise-what-need-to-know/#ixzz26rM5JCvL

I'm working on some Prayer Shawls for a few of my friends that really are having some problems. I won't wait until Christmas because I feel they need them now. I hope they turn out pretty, but anyway they're done with love and prayers.

I was on my way to work, running late and had not turned the TV on to listen to news for the first time in years. As I was driving my local radio station came on with the news America had been attacked. It took me a minute to realize what he said. When it did, the words took my breath away and I had to pull to the side of the road, I felt sick. I knew it was coming, I knew it would happen someday, but today, I wasn't ready. I hurried to work only wanting to find out more and talk to family to know everyone was okay. I work at a Senior Center and my boss had turned the TV on in one of the game rooms, as I walked in to see the horrible pictures coming from the set I saw the faces of all the seniors, esp. the men. I could see it bringing back memories of WWII and Korea for them and they knew what was happening in their own unique way. I remember all I wanted was to be with my family and take care of them. I'll never forget that day or that feeling. That was a day like everything stopped, in some ways innocence was lost, my eyes were opened more, and I have never missed the news again since that morning. And I've never felt truly safe again.

Well last winter I had pneumonia and just a few weeks ago stomach virus (flu), so I'm fixing two flu boxes now. I was not prepared for that stomach flu. My dad has Alzheimers and its only the two of us, he was unable to do things anymore. I needed so many things, so I'm fixing a box now to sit beside my flu box.

My flu box is sparce so I'm having to add everything. Need to add some more cough syrup for sure from Vitacost.com, I think that's it, found it from on here. Only thing I've found I can take with all the meds I take and it works. So I've got to start getting that together.

BTW, does anyone know anything good to help build your immune system up so not to catch everything that comes along. I so don't want to get sick again this winter, esp. pneumonia, and I feel like my lungs are still weak. Still cough a lot a night. Just wondering.

This was on a lady's blog I ran across today and I thought her words were so true. So thought I'd share them here, sorry I couldn't find her name to give her credit. Made me stop in my day and think and appreciate what I do have.....Denise

Count your Blessings while they are still there to count.

Show your children you love them every day.

Don't solve the world's problems, turn them over to God.

Don't believe everything you read or hear! The media has become a 'god.'

Simple stuff is the best.

Don't be afraid to tell the truth and speak up. Be assertive and not confrontative.

Try to put yourself in someone else's place before you talk about them!

Send out myriad prayers constantly.

Be kind to you. Fill your glass so you can then help fill others.

All those little sayings in the old songs are true:

"walk a mile in my shoes,"

"Jesus loves the little children,"

"How many times can a man look up, before he can see the sky,"

"drink to me only with thine eyes,"

"Precious Memories", etc.

The source - "Emma Lemmon47"

http://emmalemmon47.blogspot.com/2010/02/triangle-wheelchair-prayer-shawl.html

Thank you Katz25!!! I have bookmarked the site...looks awesome!

Your Welcome - she does have a great site with lots of good ideas!

I just got an update from this site that I really love. I posted a few months ago about meals in a jar...well now she's posted some meals in mylar bags. I haven't had time to really look at it this week, but I thought I would share the site. She has great ideas on everything:

Here's the link:

http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-make-homemade-mylar-packed-52.html

Hope this helps.

Denise

I am finally up and going, but slow. I've never been so sick with this stuff like this time. Thank you all for your suggestions and help. I had high fever with it and man I've been sick. I had to go back to work Wed. because of a meeting & just barely made it thru the day. Still having dizzy spells and just get really sick stomach, my stomach just hurts. I think being very stressed in my personal life and tired made my resistance lower and this one just hit me hard. I know one thing I'm ready to feel better again. I've pretty much been living on crackers, 7-up/gingerale, potato soup. Thanks everybody for your help.

I'm barely able to type this, so if it makes no sense forgive me. My dad got a touch of the stoomach bug and I got it really good...the whole thing, stopped yesterday after two days, but my stomach feels likes it is spasming and I feel so bad. Is there something I can take or cook that will help me get better? I always remember my mom giving the potato soup and think I read where the broth off of potatoes boiled is good to settle your stomach. Any suggestions. I've got to go back to work tomorrow and I can hardly stand up and feel awful..Thank you...Denise

I am personally a fan of Weight Watchers. I started it summer of last year, and had to stop around October because I couldn't afford it anymore....the "meeting" type plan was $50 a month with the online tools. However, I discovered from an acquaintance at my kids' school that you can do WW online for only around $18 a month. With my DH's go-ahead, I signed up and am now in my first week of online WW.

 

I don't know about everyone else, but being a southern girl who loves her biscuits, gravy, and fried food, it is REALLY hard for me to keep track of what I'm eating if I am not being held accountable for it. I love the program I'm on now because I sit down and enter everything I eat, the points automatically pop up and are added into my day, and I can see how many I have left. In addition, I get 49 extra points a week to play with. I can either eat a little "treat" every day, or I can hoard them all and blast them on a big ol' Mexican dinner if I want to. It feels good to have that flexibility.

 

WW also helps me to be conscious of what I'm putting into the foods I make. For example, right now I am drinking a smoothie. Before, I would have made it with fruit (good), either some italian ice or sherbert (eh) and 2% milk (not so great for losing weight!). Today, I made a 2-point mango-cherry-orange smoothie with ice and a splash of soy milk and 1 cup of orange juice. It's just as creamy and yummy and I'm saving a lot of calories. Hooray!

 

My only difficulty is not jumping on my scale every day to see, "Did I lose weight????" I'm trying to set a pattern that I will only weigh myself at most two times a week.

 

So that's just my input into the conversation. I think that pretty much, whatever works for somebody is good as long as it is a healthy approach that encourages them to learn new patterns of eating behavior and isn't "punishing" their choices. I think that as humans, if we feel "punished," we'll just figure to heck with it...I'll eat what I want and stay chubby! (I can say that because I have totally done it before....more than once!)

 

Hugs to everyone!

Do you mind if I ask where you found it $18 month. I had to give up my membership because it was to expensive also?

LOL, well we might get to watch til about just after Christmas..... I am thinking things are going to get alot harder about then for many. Really hard because of real things going on that are being set in place now and have been set in place.

 

I am astounded that regular network tv may actually put on a show I would find interesting to watch though!

 

Remind us in the Fall! We can keep you informed of how the episodes go! Well, if I can afford cable still. I have time to have it on and watch or at least listen to it while I do stuff.

So what kind of things are you talking about "set in place" and being harder???

Jill, some of us get the cans of dehydrated foods and already cook with them. Its good to try them and see if you like them or can figure out what to make with them. Some things are going to be stronger flavored than you would think and you just have to fool around a bit. Powdered cheese is going to mix up well with rapid stirring and very hot water, almost boiling or it clumps up, and its fine for sauces and nachos and a dribble on a burrito or taco if you have no other cheese, as examples. I tend to make burritos and stews and soups. and she listed similar things and casseroles. or pasta dishes.

 

Even though I love fine foods just as much as the next person, delicately fixed and served, one can still make good meals with dehydrated foods. These are very handy to use and will provide protein and nutrients and carbs and such.

I enjoy using the dehydrated fruits and such too.

 

These can all be spiced up and I know she added spices for each dish that requires them and I add them too to whatever I am making with something like tvp stuff. It works pretty good.

 

I tried a few different ones at first and am learning to work with the veggies more now. Some I prefer to dehydrate myself though.

 

I thought it was great this chef put these meals together like that in a quart jar. Very handy and can make a nice gift for someone.

 

I would certainly like to stock up on more dehydrated goods that are sold like this. I can get far more servings in the space taken in my place, by the large can, than I can with individual regular canned goods and its very simple to rehydrate the items you are using in a bowl or two before you are ready to use the stove, if need be.

I haven't tried to many dehydrated or freeze dried foods, but some and they have all been pretty good. I agree just having everything together in one jar is a comfort and convenience sometimes. I just thought it was a very neat idea she had come up with. We use these packaged foods that only need water and they're pretty good, so I think if we fixed our own with our own seasonings and flavors we live it would be better. Just my thoughts. I have a long way to go. I'm also making a list and starting the frozen meals in a bag, like that idea, just what if no electricity, it would ruin. This seemed more long term. I also liked her idea to put an old tube sock over them in storing to help protect the jars.

 

I don't know if it has been posted before or not but I don't remember seeing it. Looks like I have some copy & pasting in my near future. Thanks!

 

Yeah me too!! I love the way everything is together and not searching for things. I'm going to make some of these up, she has many pages and I think coming out with a book. Anyway her posts are informative and great recipes!

I don't know if this has already posted before, but this lady has some great recipes using freeze dried and dehydrated ingredients for a complete meal. I am going to make some of these jars and put in storage. Make sure and read all the comments she gives more information and with the oxygen absorb. said they should last 5-7 yrs.

Here's the links to her page:

http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/2011/04/emergency-preparedness-and-everyday.html

http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/2011/07/4-new-convenience-meals-in-jar-recipes.html

Sorry if someone has already posted these.

Denise

Been getting sucked into Pinterest again. I would l love this coop! Don't love the price though...

 

http://eartheasy.com...en-coop-planter

 

 

Hey Annarchy, could you help me out please? I keep trying to put the image on and its not working...

Look on youtube, they have lots of homemade chicken coops that roll and how to do it. Some pretty good ideas!

I have Mt Lions, bears, coyotes [lots and lots of them!], feral dogs, bobcat [the WORST PROBLEM CUZ THEY CLIMB CHAIN LINK to eat my wintering ducks! :frying pan: ], and foxes.

 

 

...no feral cats tho Coyotes got 'em all.

 

 

****Katz...you could have poultry IF you have a covered run for them. Chain link on four sides AND the top! Like a dog kennel. Check Craig's list or something for used one's. I got mine from a foreclosure situation....had to take down and cart it away myself but it was a decent price.

 

 

 

For protection, my kitty is inside only; dog, goats, ducks are all inside at night. Only the equines stay outside at night.

 

 

:darth duck: Right now my dog had been stationed near the winter duck yard so they can come out of the duckhouse for some sunshine. After the BobbyCat stole poor 'Barbie Doll' (duck) last month, they've been inside unless I'm down there.

 

 

MtRider [livestock protection rin the Wild Wild West.... ]

That's so funny...look at all your battling and I'm worried about cats!! LOL!!!!!! I will find a way to get them, that's my plan, just need a place. Actually I have a place that use to have chickens in there, but needs lots of work..shoot I better get busy! Your my here MtRider-- you've kicked my butt into gear!!

......WHEELS......hmmmmm, that might be possible. Nasty, uneven ground but....I'll keep that in mind.

 

MtRider [...thanks! ]

I have a friend that built one with wheels and he just rolls it when he gets ready to change the place he wants to put it. He found the idea on youtube. I would love to have one.

I would love to have chickens, but live in the country and have lots of wild cats and afraid they would eat them and I don't have a good place for them. I love chickens, good eggs and fun to watch and raise.

Well since I just now am trying to learn crochet, I'm going to make some dishcloths, some crocheted towels that hang on kitcher door/drawers, and crocheted hangers. I love those to hang my clothes on, so I'm giving it a try. We'll see how well I do. Cross your fingers!!

I'm starting over with my flu box and am thinking about what I need.

 

peppermint candy-helps tummies

phyisium husk/soluble fiber-got this from C4C helps with diarrhea

chamomile tea

gloves/masks

lipbalm- ALDI"S had them for .50 last year

Charman tp-ultra soft

Kleenex

Ibuprofen

toothbrushes- change after being sick

Listerine

thermometers/ covers- each kid has thier own

disenfectant spray

small trash bags-I use Walmart bags, great size for used tissue and can tie handles together to toss out

caugh drops-DH likes Halls

Theraflu cold and sore throat-used this for the 1st time a few weeks ago and I liked it.DH can't use because of meds.

Gatorade

 

What should I add?

Well I'm finishing mine now but i put:

Oscillococcinum

Cold Calm

Flu Care

AM & PM Cough Syrup (homeopathic)

Tylenol

Ibuprofen

peroxide

Alcohol

Vicks Rub

Hand Sanitizer

Antibiotic Ointment

Anti Bacterial Wipes

AntiBacterial hand wash

Honey/Lemon cough drops

Citrus Cough Drops

Baby Wipes

Kleenex

Gatorade

Anti Bacterial Soap

Disinfectant Spray

Trash Bags

And I make sure I have lots of soup or things like that so if I'm sick I don't have to worry.

I'm sure there's other things, but right now that's all i can think of.