Littlesister

Working on switching out summer and winter clothes this morning. Need to go through all the summer clothes now to see what fits and what doesn't. Getting ready to open all the windows in the house to air it out. But waiting for the sun to go around the side of house before opening the front windows. Trying to see how long I can go before turning on the air conditioner. Went through more paperwork and will be paying bills later today. Hoping my knee will hold out so I can go for at least a short walk this evening.

I know how that spell check is. I hate it also. And why do they add and s on the end of words that you don't need an s added to. Spell check is good for that also.

MidnightMom, I think we were typing at the same time. All that is so funny but so true. And I am getting really mad at Alexa. I would be watching TV and tell Alexa to put a movie on and no answer. So, I would say Alexa wake up 2 or 3 times before I get a response. It's nighttime but I get good morning, how is your day. She needs to get off her cell phone and look at a clock.

Mt. Rider, it's getting closer for you and your DH to head to Maui. Hope you can find someone to care for the pup. I remember those days well. Going on vacation back in the day and had to board or get someone to take care of 2 cats and 2 dog. It's definitely not cheap. I have canes, wheelchair, bedside commode, and a lot of other things from my DH's dilemma. I also have a pull up bar with a seat on wheels to move a person around. Cleaned up kitchen from all the canning yesterday. Working on boxes again. Need to get the plastic containers I have emptied into the attic for the time being. They are in the way, and I need to empty the living room to move the furniture from den back to the living room. Then move the dining room table into the den. Holding off on buying anymore furniture due to the economy. Possible collapse of the dollar. But at least I will have the rooms set up in the areas I need them to be. Just stuck with the China hutch still in the dining room as it is too tall for the den. without covering up my pictures. But I can work around that. GS is off tomorrow, so will have him either working on the wood pile or helping me with moving things into attic or both depending on what time he gets up tomorrow. He has been really tired as he has been stocking mainly by himself for the whole store all week. Not much in the line of help and one that either calls in, or when he does come in, he stays in bathroom or disappears outside, and GS has to put his stock up. They are assigned isles to do. GS has his 2 which are the can goods and boxed cereals and such but ends up doing at least 4 isles a night. The one guy is getting ready to get fired. Seems people only want a paycheck but not do the work.

Jeepers, you just won't do. That was so funny. And yes, we will be seeing more butt cracks and shorts that don't cover much. Summer is around the corner and no telling what else we will be seeing. I'm over the men that can't keep their pants up where they belong. I remember a guy coming into the Bennett's Creek market and DH's cousin interviewed him. Went through the whole spill with this guy and then asked him how he was going to carry hot food and other things as it takes two hands to do the job. And from the looks of him he needed one hand to hold up his pants and the other one to work and this job takes both hands. And then told him he couldn't use him. Necie, that soup looks really good. Maybe I should be picking dandelions. They are growing all over my yard and flower beds this year.

I have never heard of or seen that brand around here. The Reuben sandwich looks good. I have several cans of the corn beef hash in cans that I use to make corn beef and cabbage and other things. I also have the corned beef hash with the potatoes in it. That is great with eggs for breakfast. Checked my jars a while ago and all have sealed.

Becca Anne everything is looking great. Cleaned kitchen after all the canning was done. Jars are still sitting on counter to be labeled and put away tomorrow morning. Sat down for a bit and watched TV with the heating pad on my knee. I forgot to sign out earlier. I do that sometimes.

Canning is done. Got 12 pints of hamburger, one pint of shaved ribeye steak and 2 pints of top round thin steak. They were in the fridge and was not going to use them fast enough so figured I would finish filling the second canner with it. Really wasn't enough to can but all worked out in the end.

I do the same thing. but only water bath canning and dry canning. I have a lot of the Classico jars. Though I think they would work for pressure canning.

Didn't go to Church today. Overdid it with my knee. Woke up with it very swollen and sore. So decided not to drive today. So church was from home. I can watch the service on FB. Going to watch Jimmy Evans preaching later today also. Getting ready to can hamburger in a bit. Just getting things together that I forgot to do yesterday with everything going on. Knee is on ice and heating pad in between. Swelling is starting to go down some. Becca Anne, never give up hope on what you can and can't do. Just learn what triggers an episode and take it from there. If bending over for too long can cause that, you are already on it by getting a rolling seat for weeding the garden. You can also get the grandchildren to help with weeding when they are there. It would teach them about gardening also. Something all children should learn to do in this day and age. My DH had both a deliberator and pacemaker for years. He learned his limits and managed some days to work past those limits on his better days. Though his reason for having them was for a different reason, he managed to learn his limitations and move on. You will figure it all out. You will get your homestead up and running like you want, it just might take a little longer, but you will get there.

Becca Anne, I know where you are coming from. My family isn't on board either. But I think my GD and her DH are to a point. My GSIL said something about the water barrels and things and how the situation with war and this economy is going. He is in the Coast Guard, and they do a lot of talking. They did buy a small freezer and filled it with meat. I am hoping after my GD gets settled in the new house that she will take an interest in learning how to can. My GD in Washington State has been wanting to learn but I can't teach her being over 2000 miles away and she doesn't always follow the process. She will skip on things and that makes me leery to try to teach her. But she does other things like forging and dehydrating.

After my GD and her DH gets moved into the new house, they will be much closer to me. She wants us to start back doing what we did when they were living in the apartment near me. We picked Friday and alternated eating at each other's house for dinner. She wants us to start back doing that again. So, think that just might happen. We both enjoyed doing that and it gave each of us a day off with no cooking. Her DH did the dishes at both our houses on that day. Can't beat that. Did get a few more things out of the living room this afternoon but still a bit more to go. I have a lot of empty plastic tubs I need to maybe just put in attic for the time being just to move them out of the house. They are containers that I have already gone through and got rid of stuff from and now piled up down a wall in that living room. Jeepers, I really hope and pray that all goes well with that test. Good results are in order.

I am going to start filling my quarts with water and canning it. Cheaper than buying bottled water and if going somewhere that I want to take a bottle of water, I have stainless steel bottles for the car that I can pour a jar of water into my stainless-steel bottle. I also need to get my Berkey water system set back up. It got packed away during the remodel and construction and I never set it back up. I have it unpacked again now but just need to set it up again. Will be canning that hamburger tomorrow. With the price of meat going up again and the possibility that there will be even more shortages of it. I will be glad I got more of it to can up. Might do some of it for meat balls again also. Those were good.

MidnightMom, Gotta on that jar. I was thinking since we were talking about the mom's jars that I was thinking that was what that jar was. I have mostly Ball jars. I can get 8 wide mouth and 9 small mouth quarts in the canner. On the pints I can get 10 wide mouth and 12 small mouth. I cannot stack my jars as there is not enough head space between the stove top and the vent hood.

MidnightMom we were typing at the same time. Seeing that jar I have a couple of those jars. They have that same picture on them. Didn't know they were Mom's jars.

I also have been canning since the early 70's but I really don't remember the mom's canning jars or lids. Or maybe they didn't sale them on the east coast of VA. I thought for a while my canning days were over till, I married my DH in 1985. I have been heavy into canning again ever since. It has slowed down a bit since DH's passing but I am still canning.

Necie, you can put those in the antique section. They are really old. Glad they will still work. Never heard of Mom's mason jar lids. Bet they don't make that brand any longer. I am canning hamburger tomorrow.

Jeepers, you will make through the monitor yet. 4 days left. It will be done and over before you know it. We also have had this blustery wind. No issues other than the trashcans are empty and they were getting blown over. Mt. Rider, I hope you can find a dog sitter for the pup. I wouldn't want to put her with the Pitbull's either. You never know they might get along and then again might not. Hope you will be able to find someone to take care of her. Went back to the furniture store today and got the bookcase and the dresser. Both are Amish made. The dresser is solid oak and heavy. That will be what my craft and some sewing things will be in. All together in one place finally. My GD and GLIL helped met me there and put it on his truck and got a friend to meet him at my house to help get them into the house. Then we had lunch. And they went back home. Baby needed a nap. She was all giggles this morning. She's starting to stand up holding on to things. So, I need to hurry up and get the house in order. GSIL and GD got all the Christmas boxes out of the dining room and up in loft in shed. So, all of that is out of the way now. Dining room feels empty now. So just dusting and cleaning up. Will have the dresser in the dining room even though the dining room furniture hasn't sold yet. That is the room it will be in anyway so just sitting in there for now. Just can't place it where I want it yet in that room yet. Resting my knee now as I did a bit too much today on it. I am beginning to feel like there really is a light at the end of the tunnel. Just trying to get organized and get things in its place. Still a lot of things to get rid of but it's getting there.

Jeepers, I think this had a magnet on the bottom also. It will be great to not have to keep dusting all those CD's and DVD's. That is so time consuming. And will look a lot better than what I have now. Tomorrow will be a lot of running around to get things done and then Sunday afternoon will be canning hamburger. I got a total of 12 1lb packs in 2 trips. But I got it and that will make my hamburger quota for the year. Just waiting on a great price on Boston butts. But not in a hurry right now for that.

Ran up to Food Lion a while ago to pick up some things for subs. GS wanted subs for dinner. So, he now has everything for them. He discovered while at work that Food Lion is selling the Subway sauces. So, he bought a couple of different ones. So, I ran up there and got the sub rolls, tomatoes and red onion. Already had green peppers and cheese. Went back to see if they had anymore hamburger as I had bought the last 4 packs they had the other day. They had refilled the meat case and I got 6 more packs. So, will be canning hamburger again if not tomorrow will do it Sunday afternoon. It was on sale for $4.89 and it is usually up to around $8.00 for the 93%. So wasn't going to let that price go. That will give me enough hamburger to get me through a year with what I had already canned.

Jeepers, I never thought I would find something like that for my CD's and DVDs. I like this one because the 3 doors open from bottom to top and then slides in, so you don't have to hold them open when putting things on the shelves. they have 2 of them but they are different. So, need to see which one I want. I have always loved the Amish furniture but nowhere to find any. Never thought I would find it in that furniture store. They have mostly antiques but a lot of new furniture also.

The baby loves carrots. So, GD and I talked about my canning some baby food that she will be able to have on the ready. She is going to puree it with bits of chunks in it and I will can it in the smallest jars. So will be doing carrots, green beans, potatoes, and not sure what else yet. Potatoes will be so all she needs to do is mash them up. That would be an easy thing. We are only going to do enough that when she doesn't have time to fix it up in the baby blender or whatever it is she has to make baby food. The baby didn't go for the chunks of food to well but is doing good when it is pureed.

Congratulations on your new pup Miki. Got my next-door neighbor out of house this morning and we went to an antique furniture store. She has antique Furniture in a house that they had in Florida and wants to sell it but didn't have any idea what type of prices to put on it. So that helped her with pricing but needs to get it back to VA from Florida. Then we went to lunch. And Jeepers, you are a rat. All that Amish furniture and especially that one you have that is the bookcase with the glass doors. Well, when I saw your pictures of house and saw that, I said that would be perfect for my CD's and DVDs to keep the dust off of them. That furniture store has 2 of them and one now has my name on it. Yep, they had a lot of Amish furniture. My DGD and her DH are coming in the morning with truck to go pick it up and then going to help me get the Christmas things in shed up in the loft. And get the mulch. So finally, I am getting help, and they are the ones that offered. And nope I was not turning down that help. Kept the baby this afternoon so they could go do the house inspection. Everything went well other than an old oil tank in back that has to be removed. About $600, so the owners will do that, and they now are the proud owners of a new house. Talked with my DD a bit and she lost her pet Opossum this morning. So poor Leo was laid to rest. He was a non-release Opossum she had for 3 years. She still has the squirrel. So, nothing got done in the house today. But tomorrow will make up for it. Just getting the help with mulch and putting away the Christmas boxes and now the trip to furniture store, I will be in good shape.

Mt. Rider, I do hope and pray you will feel better soon. That hot and cold could also mean a fever. But other things as well. When that happens again, check to see if you are running a fever. I hope the riding goes well for you. I know it does help. So far, no rain, but looking a bit rough right now. Sun is trying to come out. Working on bedroom closet and cleaning it up and mopping the floor. Trying to figure out a better way to organize my vits. etc. Not the easiest thing to do. I think it is worse than organizing the spices. Will put that aside for now till I finish going through and swapping out winter and summer clothes. Then I will go back to working on that.

Jeepers, my GD has offered to help, and I have asked but they seem to always be busy with something and no help. A time is coming when they are going to need help and I am going to have to say no. It's their choice. Seems this family is in its own little world and no time to help family. But I am going to ask again but also, they are going to be moving probably in the next month. The inspection is on Friday, and they want me to babysit. So, another day of not getting things done in house. And I know what is coming when the time comes to pack up and move and then the unpacking. I will be babysitting a lot and just getting further and further behind getting this house back together. All this should have been done and finished a year ago. Not going another year with not being able to get this house back together, finish the painting and getting it back like I want it.