Faint in the back ground but it's there.
Hubby is doing well... our clothes washer stopped spinning out and I am now recovering from a nasty bout of flu (Doc said due to worrying about Hubby) that involved dry heaves.I think I picked it up at Walmart when I went to get my glasses fixed (yes they broke of course) and went and got bread. The store was packed!!! Since I have the flu, I rescheduled the repairman for the washer, no sense sharing this crap. He was grateful as his grandmother (80s) lives with him. THEN my filling came out of my tooth SIGH. That will be fixed after I quit runing a fever for 5 days.
House needs cleaned but it has been aired out daily for at least an hour. Wood stove is back on after 4 days off. Means windows are open to keep the temp below 80. We air out daily when wood stove is on, Doc told us to do it even with regular furnance is on... I used to when the kids were in school and my kids didn't get sick like the other kids did.
After laying on the bathroom floor for 2 days I took to laying on the bed for another day. Yesterday I moved around slowly. Did work on the budget for next year.
The hog and 1/2 side of beef we bought is paid in full. That will be processed end of Nov or middle of Dec. That will give us enough meat for at least 1 yr if not a yr and a couple months. I asked an Elder Amish lady (just her and her hubby) how she makes sure she has enough and she gave some good advice since I am now trying to get away from the stores as much. She processes her meat then divides it out by month... say she processes 120 lbs of pork, and she wants it to last 14 months (says you always want a few month extra incase of bad times). That means pork is served 8 times a month. I will still have to buy my smoked sausage. Do the same with beef. I can do that with poultry , just have to think about getting it done. She thought it would help with meal planning also... She does 14 meals of beef, 8 meals of pork, 16 meals of poultry, 12 meals of eggs and 10 meals of beans and 30 meals of leftovers as soup or casserole... that's eating 3 times a day for a month. She used to go to the store twice a month.... I was shocked until she told me what she was getting was to fill in. So she started growing winter squash for when potatoes run low, and using more soup beans.Cut her costs in half. To use up stale bread she made French toast or bread pudding or stuffing or all of it.
Anyways. Since I am still not wanting to eat much at all LOL.I did decide to work on the menu so that info helps.I have pushed grocery store to every 6 wks except for milk every two weeks. I cut the food budget down to half, even with helping Son2 with groceries.He should be okay now if he stays careful with his shopping.
Blessed be everyone
Stay safe.
prayers for peace
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