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  1. Ummm, is this supposed to be Candy? Or a protein snack? I suppose it’s kind of like chocolate covered bacon? I really hope someone tries this and lets us know …..why!
  2. You so rarely find canned rutabagas. Margaret Holmes brand makes them and you can find them at Amazon but they are $5 a can and are a bit mushy for my taste. I have never canned them myself because I have difficulties growing them though turnips grow beautifully. Most of what we find here in the stores are waxed but the ones I just got were not. I’m not sure how long they will keep but I got eight of them and plan to cook some for the freezer. At $.99 a pound I would have bought more but DD bought all they had. We love them cooked and mashed with turnips and butter. The orange and white looks so bright and the taste is quite different than either alone.
  3. I’m not sure what the general price is but DD just picked up some amazingly priced turnips, rutabagas, parsnips, and sweet potatoes at Krogers. (Also cabbage, cauliflower, and bok choy were very reasonable.) I store sweet potatoes in a cool room but store the others in a refrigerator and they keep for weeks, no processing needed. I also keep kohlrabi and carrots that way but they weren’t on sale. For about $40 dollars I got enough root veggies to last the two of us two months or more. You got to love a DD who knows what we eat and finds the bargains for us.
  4. Momo, I have been where you are but I have a couple back ups. I have a travel scooter that we bought used but it was still over $700. It can be disassembled to fit in a vehicle. It is small and low to the ground but it really helps when my wheelchair needs repairs. I also have a very old electric scooter we bought at a flea market years ago. It’s old and not real good in the house but it’s wheels. I keep them all charged and ready to use just in case. I have a manual wheelchair but it belonged to my MIL and is very small, too small for me, but I probably could use it if needed. I rarely leave the property but I do love to get out of the house and be able to enjoy the nice weather. I can get to my deck with the walker and both my mobility scooters and my wheelchair can be easily used on the shallow ramp DGS built onto the deck. I was totally house bound for weeks with the deep snow we had recently. And that was the pits!! So am sending you hugs and hopes your wheels are repaired soon.
  5. It’s kind of fun being a trend before it’s a trend!
  6. ((((((((((Euphrasyne))))))))))
  7. I like Frank Loyd’s Wright too and am fortunate enough to live near some of his homes. Eclectic is good. I never could annoy my kids though. They were just as eclectic if not more so. We had a wonderful time while they were growing up and they are such interesting adults.
  8. I hadn’t heard the term but it is certainly not new. I have been into cottagecore since I was in my early teens if not before. Thanks for the info, Ambergris.
  9. CAT! A birthday?? And we missed it??? Well we will just have to celebrate again today!!! 🍕🎂🍨🍦🍗🍿🧋🍾🍷☕️🎁🎈🎉
  10. I hope you had a wonderful day .
  11. Happy birthday, Kappy! Enjoy your stroll.
  12. Oh noooooooo, please don’t stay any too long if you can help it…….
  13. We used sill insulation to weave in and out of our glass jars when we were traveling in the Motorhome. It is a thin foam that is fairly cheap )cheaper than bubble wrap) and comes in large rolls about four inches wide. You will find it in building supply stores like Lowe’s and Home Depot. It is used to insulate between the sill on a house and the walls set on those ‘sills’.
  14. So this is what I’ve found so far…. I have been finding it difficult to figure out the cost of food each week. If I use the receipt totals it figure out about $75 a week for the two of us but that total also includes non grocery items as well as stock up items that may have been on sale. Then there is the food items I use from our pantry that I no longer have the price for so don’t have an amount. Even things like baking soda or salt or other condiments come from our pantry. We live our preps and buy mostly to replenish them as they are used. I hesitate to try to lower that cost as it would be at the expense of our preps. Like others, we have also been trying to use the older supplies, especially those in the freezers and extra refrigerator I use to store grain and flour. I have not been replacing those as I hope to shut down at least one of the three freezers and one or two of the four refrigerators. Way too many for just the two of us now. I try to follow an AIP (Autoimmune Protocol or Autoimmune Paleo) diet and that calls for quite a bit of fresh and frozen produce. I buy what is on sale and use one extra refrigerator to store those. Because of this challenge though I have found that sometimes it’s cheaper to buy frozen, on sale, and it’s also easier. The problem I have with that is fresh or frozen, either one, they are not good candidates for long term or disaster storage. The diet plays havoc with my prepping. Canned, even home canned which I no longer am able to do, doesn’t always work with this diet but I do store them. An AIP certified coach is trying to find the scientific data on using dehydrated foods with the diet. That might be one option.
  15. MT3T, I am finding the same thing. I’m taking tips from you and am trying to come up with menus that stick to a budget. I put a few items in my Amazon and my local grocery carts and each time I go to put another in one or more of the first ones have gone up in price. So I’ve had to revise my budget to include for that. I need to speed up my ordering to take advantage of the lower prices….
  16. I hope you have a super day.
  17. Virginia, thank you. It’s rather fun celebrating my birthday several times without getting older! It’s even more fun to know people care.
  18. Thank you, Darlene. I’ve called Mrs. S home for a whole lot of years and the members are like family.
  19. Thank you, Snowmom. Cake and ice cream,
  20. Ambergris, You might want to forego the adventures for a while and just hide out!!!
  21. Mother

    Walking again

    Momo, I had that very same thought!
  22. Jeepers, have you thought about riting down the story of the ants, bonnets, pottery nd things and putting them inside or someho attaching them to the object? DH’s mom did that as well as kept records and pictures of the item in a book. She had dementia and couldn’t tell them herself but it was such fun for us to go through her things and read the stories. History, even yours, can form the future. I love the instruments and how you display them. I always wanted a Zither. Do you have music sheets to place under the strings?
  23. Thank you all for your birthday wishes. I had a very quiet day but will have family coming tomorrow or Sunday to celebrate my birthday and Christmas. Illness and weather got in the way of both. Oh, and thanks for the cake and flowers and balloons and the music. Mrs S is such a fun family.
  24. I love that room and that table is beautiful. I belong to a Facebook blog set up by friends of mine. It is called Marc and Linda’s Amish Blog. We have a growing Amish community here and the blog is intended to help people understand the Amish lifestyle. They often have pictures and articles about the Amish, some from Pennsylvania, some from Ohio, some from elsewhere. The pictures of the interiors of Amish homes is a lot like your dining room. The exception is the hats and bonnets are not used as wall decor but are usually on hooks or on a shelf. I really like your decor. Will you be near any Amish communities in Indiana? DH and I have traveled to a few there, in Illinois, and in Iowa and are pleased we have a growing community of Amish in our neck of the woods. They already have a small order only Home bakery and a small bulk food store though I haven’t been to either. I’m told I might be able to order some bulk foods and have them picked up but they don’t have a list of available foods yet. Someday perhaps. Thanks for the pictures. I like your new home.
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