Sunday, October 11, 2026

okay... here we go LOL

 Son 2 got his walker and is like a little kid on Christmas... then they made sure he understood they was still going to make sure he could walk again. He is using the walker to walk from his front door around the sidewalk (he is on the corner) and then back to his back door. He is happy to be able to go out side.

 We have below freezing in forecast in 2 wks so I will either cover my peas or pull them and deal with my kale. I will start sprouts the following Monday.

We decided all rebates, interest earned , coupons, refunds , tax refunds, what ever ($90 from gov't) was going to go on the mortgage. Saving from coupons (including Amazon) will go in this also.

We have money in saving for emergency and another for when our meat comes in. I already put aside the money for  turkeys and the prime rib*Christmas.

I am going through my seeds this week and decide what needs replaced and make an order up to. I order in late Nov as I start my own plants in Jan.

End of this week I will be dealing with our Medicare, etc stuff. Following week is vaccines and getting our eyeglasses done. Migraine for sure.

I need to find someone that has eggs for sale. My "supplier" has had her family grow big enough that she barely gets enough for her own family.

I got the mechanical room cleaned and end of month I will order our 15 bags of softener salt. The freezer room is cleaned.

Still need to finish the Bucket room and straighten the pantry before I put together the dry mix pantry jars.

Hubby is going to order our gas and diesel fuel this coming week also.

That will finish what we need delivered.

We have 1 more wagon load of wood blocks to come in within a week or two. Hubby is working on the night wood and a large half dead tree that dropped in elderly lady's yard that her son was supposed to deal with and hasn't. She called Hubby and asked if he could at least cut the limbs of so the other neighbor could use them as a bonfire for her great grandkids over Halloween.

Busy time for sure





TART CHERRY and canning jars

My link is not working

In search bar of Amazon 

GoodGrove Tart Cherry Extract 3600MG

GMP USA


Canning jars are for more of 18 months BUT daily is 3 meat, 3-4 fruit, 4-5 veggies, jam or jelly or fruit butter... broth or sauces or soups . There are times we eat 5-6 meals when working 16 hrs days out in the gardens or cutting wood for heat.

This year I will be putting dry mixes in canning jars. Tara Stephenson wrote Dry Mix Pantry Cookbook . She has 151 recipes that you put the dry mix in canning jar and note when to add to make/cook it. I plan to do at least some if not all of them.