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Someone asked about Mayonnaise Rolls.

Mayo Rolls

1 c flour

1 1/2 t baking powder

1/2 t salt

1/2 c milk

2 T mayo

seasonings to taste

 Mix all together and stir to get out all lumps.  Bake 375F 18-20m in greased muffin cups.  Start with room temperature ingredients for fluffy rolls.  If you use cold ingredients, it will NOT rise and will be flat and brickish.  I usually set everything out on the counter after lunch to make them for dinner.  

When I was on metformin a few years back I had major bathroom issues and they had to switch me to Janumet which fixed that issue.  It was significantly more expensive though.  

Some people boil their laundry in a pot to sterilize it (especially baby clothes, cheesecloth, my face mask ^^,   etc.)  It can get that hot in a pot.  I have done this in my biggest stock pot when something was especially nasty but I wanted to keep it.  

L. M. Montgomery  Anne of Green Gables series and other books

Jules Verne  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and other works

Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan series and other works

My kids like Erin Hunter  Warrior Cats series

My cousin-in-law's wife made this mask fastener.  It is amazing.  It is basically a strip that Velcros and catches the loops.    I'm seriously inspired.  

Ties like ear loops and buttons sewn to hats to loop them around.  If you can go to the extra effort, you can do either buttons on the masks or on the hat and put button holes on the other.  

I had to go out for a doctor appointment so I stopped at the Aldi by his office on the way home.   I don't like it as much as the one on the other side, but I picked up a few more shelf stable items to fill round out my spreadsheet numbers where they should be.  I'm not bothering with anything else that has to be frozen because my freezers are FULL.  Both the one on the fridge bottom and the upright are completely full to  the point where things will fall out if opened.  I told DH that if he comes home with anything at all we will have to plug in the RV and use the freezer in it.  

DH had to return to work yesterday, but he took off sick today because he is feeling terrible.  Friday is his RDO, but he will have to start commuting again on Monday so we will need to make sure he has wipes and cleaner in his car for things.  I am unhappy because 90% of his day is sitting in front of autocad on the computer and phone calls--all of which could easily be telecommuted.  But the DoD says it must be one at the office location, so to the office he goes.  

Family night was last night and we played the board game Pandemic.  It was a huge hit and the kids loved playing a cooperative win/lose game.  We took a chance and ordered the no contact pizza delivery.  It went well.  (My brother is the manager for a pizza place and I feel for all the businesses hurting.)

Today there should be no rain, so I have to figure out where to plant the watermelon and maybe get the hydrangeas planted.  

Must be a trend.  DH buzzed his down to basically bald last week.  It might be 1/16" and its the shortest I've seen him have it.  

Yesterday we added a few cans to the larder and a few more plants to the garden.  Today I worked on updating the inventory and some yardwork and gardening with the new plants.  We are rearranging the inventory a bit to be less visible.  

My mother and grandmother always told me that thunder was the devil beating his wife and the rain was her tears.  

1 hour ago, Cowgirl said:

But given our health challenges, we cannot scale up for grain production, which we would need to do for sufficient calories. We have enough land, good soil,  and a good food producing climate — in theory we could be entirely self-sufficient. But I don’t have the physical ability to provide the needed labor. So, our garden homestead can only be a part of our food survival, not all of it.

I've always liked the quote "Do what you can with what you have where you are."   

I had a panic attack this morning and a meltdown; it was not pretty.  When I finally managed to move past it, we made a grocery run to Walmart and BJs.   I managed to stock up on most of what was missing in my stock, and things for celebrations coming up in the next two weeks: anniversary,  DD turns 12, and Easter.   I had no frosting and very little powdered sugar so I got plenty of both.  I could have made powdered sugar in the food processor but that takes forever and tends to overheat the blades a bit.   So now I have 12 pounds from BJs in the pantry.  

We also managed to find a box of 400ct latex gloves,  some protein shakes, 25 lb of jasmine rice, more dried beans, 2 1200 ct boxes of BABY WIPES (*Hallelujah Chorus going through my head* I use them for cleaning), 2 dozen half gallon mason jars, and a bunch of other miscellaneous stuff.   We were unable to find TP anywhere.  I'm glad we have plenty from my pre-covid19 usual couponing stock up, but eventually even we shall run out.  I may have to start letting the kids use the bidet in our master bath.  

https://thesavvycouple.com/stimulus-checks/

$1200 individuals making less than 75K AGI

$2400 couples filing jointly making less than $150K AGI

$500 per each individual child.   

So married filing jointly with 2 kids ~ $3400

We had to pay taxes on the last stimulus check that went out with Obama, so I'm imagining that we will need to claim this on next year's taxes as income like that one was.  

So sometimes I do taxes for others (informally, mostly family and close friends) and I can say that I'm a SAHM and I always file jointly--taxes almost always work out better that way.  Just because you don't have to 'pay' taxes doesn't mean you cannot file taxes.  File owing zero.    Retirement does not exempt you from paying taxes as retirement income IS considered income.  Children who have income must still file taxes  if it is over a certain amount and the same with students.  Depending on income, certain types of disability can get you more back than you owe or pay in and sheltered workers are usually considered disabled.  

9 hours ago, Ambergris said:

54,893 US confirmed cases

26,374 of them in NY

No state is untouched.

783 US deaths

March 24, 10 p.m. Eastern update.

 

For you gamers, Greenland and Madagascar are infected.
 

OMG!  Plague/Pandemic!   I love that game  XD

I haven't done a Walmart pick up in the last few weeks, but I usually do about one per month.  I order it online, I park and they bring it out to me and load my car.  I usually love it.  I'd have to say it was no more germy than me going to get the items in question.    Most of the stores that do payment out front have a card swiper that looks like tablet or an attachment on a tablet usb port.  You just swipe your card and it debits like normal.  A lot of the smaller places I normally shop use that anyway.  

Provided I had power, I would keep my Kitchen Aid stand mixer (over 20 years old now) with attachments and my 'good' stainless steel mixing spoons and toss everything else.  Those things are my power horses.  

The hilarious thing is that we don't believe in 'the zombie apocalypse.'  We make fun of all those sales  LOL.  DD16 is hearing impaired with an executive functioning disorder (special ed) and just blanked when he asked her why she should prep.  We talked about it when she got home and she knew all the reasons: economic crisis--personal and larger, sickness/injury personal and pandemic, weather problems, etc.  She just forgot everything when he started yelling and the only thing she could think was 'zombies' ROFLMAO.  It was devastating at the time, but she managed to move past it and is taking every opportunity to rub it in his face now.  He is just as unprepared as ever.  Luckily he lives way down south by his mom and she gardens and cans a lot so they should be ok even though she is getting very old.  

My ex & his mom, DH's mom and sister, and DD23 are all going to be severely impacted by this because they have no idea how to plan.   My mom is hoarder and my uncle a prepper,  so they and my grandmother will be fine.  My brother is iffy, but he manages a restaurant so he has stock from that he said he would use if it came to it.  DD16 and DD11 are here with me and they seem understand prepping and usually help with that.  My biggest hope is that no one shows up on my doorstep expecting me to support them. 

My family keeps asking me why I have so much flour when I cant eat most carbs.  DOH.  Because yall like bread, pancakes, and muffins twits.  Apparently I haven't made homemade pasta in awhile (can't eat it myself anymore) and the younger one's eyes got big when I showed her the kitchen aid attachment for it.    

My DD16 had a small meltdown when visiting her dad last summer.  They don't keep much food in the house and she did not know how to cook the exotic fresh ingredients they had.  His mom called to check on them midmorning one day and DD16 said she wasn't sure about lunch.  So my ex shows up for dinner and yells at her for telling his mom there was no food.  Then he asked her why they needed more food on hand and she was so upset all she could think to say was 'zombie apocalypse'.   So he screamed at her and made fun of her for an hour until she was completely in tears.   

Oooof that was some therapy sessions when she got back.   Fast forward to last week when she Skyped  him:  'Its the zombie apocalypse.  I told you that you should have shelf or freezer staples.'

I don't mind the staying home, it is usually my favorite thing.  I did homeschool for a year a long time ago, but we are in a great school district now and my DD16 definitely does better in a classroom setting with special ed support.  I'm fine on all my food, medical, and cleaning preps, but I hope it settles down in time for me to stock for this baby we're having in September. My youngest is currently 11, so I'm basically starting over.  I may put in a garden this year if we can get the supplies and DH is telecommuting.  Life has been a roller coaster since I moved up here and we just haven't bothered with anything but a few containers on the deck.   

DH had to go to work today, but he had a text from his boss about doing some things this morning that indicate he should be on telework within the next week or so.  80% of his job is autocad on the computer so that should be fairly easy to do here.  I will need to implement quiet hours with the kids so he can work in peace.  I am really blessed that he is such a great provider with a strong work ethic.  

I gave DH some Rx from my stash and he is feeling a little better.  They were welding without any ventilation on the boat along with several other major health issues and my husband busted them on it.  It gave several of his team bronchial infections.   I'm not sure if I have what he had or I have my own sinus infection, but here is coughing and MUCUS everywhere.  OOF.  draining down the back of my throat and there is a very limited amount of things I can take because of the GI surgery and the baby.  Benadryl to the rescue.  My hands are feeling a bit better now that the weather is warming, and I have rather a lot of yarn on hand so I'm going to crochet a baby blanket for winter and a fillet wall hanging for the nursery.  I'm thinking maybe a woodland animal theme.  Squirrel!

DH flew home to this crazy quarantine yesterday after being sent to work up a boat in CA for a month.  He is exhausted and the air quality was terrible so he has a bad cough along with a few other guys who were there.  They all have bronchial infections--no corona thank goodness.   He is going to take some sick days next week to recover from the trip and then see if he can  possibly telecommute for a bit.  We went out and got a few comfort items and some extra ammo today just in case of people being crazy. 

I had a slight scare at the OB last week, but the ultrasound shows that everything is right on target with the baby.  I've lost 5 pounds, but all of my pants are too small.   The older children are thrilled and worried about being out of school, but I have some ideas in the back of my head. The kids and I spent the afternoon reorganizing some things to be less visible.   I had to have a 'gray man' talk with them today.  We practiced saying "we don't have much.  I'm worried"  --just like all their friends keep saying.  My middle child was amused that someone showing his 'hoarding' in an online video had less than we have on say...a random Tuesday in winter.  This led to an excellent math lesson and some algebra on calculating usage and need per person in a given time period.  E=Mc^2 goes over her head, but by gosh she can tell you how many cans of green beans you will need for a given number of people for 7 months.  

Virginia closed schools for the next 2 weeks.

If you are looking to add carbs, potatoes, rice, and pearl barley all go well in most soups.

Things are going ok.  My cat died on Monday so we're a bit sad.  The baby was well at the last appointment and I have another next week to keep a close check on it.  

I'm sorry you had such an issue.  I order from amazon and pantry a lot and haven't had many problems.   Some regular amazon stuff has arrived damaged or incorrect item with wrong barcode on box and it was easy to return it by clicking on the item in the order area.  We just printed off the return slip and put it in a24/7 'amazon locker' at the gas station up the road.  There is a 'return or replace item' button on the website if you look at your order.  It was super simple and I didn't have to talk to anyone which was a bonus for me since the whole reason I use pantry is so that I don't have to deal with people.  

The dollar store plastic trash cans that are about 9" high and 10" across are a godsend.  They easily hold a plastic bag or can just be cleaned and sterilized with bleach in a dishwasher.  When something goes through the house, everyone gets their own trash can to vomit in.  They are a great size to catch everything--wide enough for aim not to be an issue and just deep enough to not splash yet still be easy to clean.  They also come in several colors so I can color code which one belongs to who.  They are also great at containing all the specific items needed for 'this sickness this person' to limit cross contamination.  

Do not forget to throw out toothbrushes after you are well!  

Lidil has a 'rotating junk' isle that is in the back corner near the frozen.  I often find really good deals like .50 for a can of coconut milk or canned artichoke for a dollar.  You have to look through all the other overpriced stuff, but they often have a few good, cheap items there.  Also they usually have the cheapest Italian sausages and fancy cheeses-- which is hubbies favorite dinner.