Recent content by flowerbug

kudoes! :) i'm decluttering more and can send you a participation trophy? :)

i am definitely simplifying and getting rid of clutter and more to do for sure but making no promises or resolutions. :)

those are a lot more efficient than the type of propane fireplace we have (which has the ceramic fake firewood that doesn't actually burn but does collect soot) and what i would have liked to put in instead when we had the fireplace converted to use propane. plus the version you have at least...

after recent warm spell that melted all the snow off we went back to some snow again and so the first night there was not any tracks in the snow but the 2nd morning there were all sorts of mice tracks going towards the cover to the crawlspace entrance cover. i figured they'd started another...

use spray foam and put some wax paper over it and close it... if you want to build a little edge to hold in the shape and use a lot less foam or try it a few times it is probably not too expensive of an experiment to do. sharp blade would remove it if you make a mistake and want to do...

Mom has been cranking the heat up, it is too warm for me at times, i like to adapt to whatever season it is. i don't like to be either cold or hot but i also like to sweat off some of this extra weight when it does get hot enough outside. as for the cold and killing off some of the bugs out...

interesting because for us i've only had a few jars that don't match well with most of the rings we have and i've discarded those or used them as a decoration someplace or something so i don't reuse them again. they were older jars with very thick glass and rims. also when it comes down to...

yes, and also i remember when grandparents talked about how they would get train cars of grapes for making wine sent from out west.

it's colder here now but last night was mostly rain up until nearly dawn as then i could hear the change in the wind and how loud the rain was/wasn't on the roof. not much snow coming down at the moment and looks like a break for a while before more might land later. we'll see...

oranges keep your vitamin C going in the winter. there was when i was a kid the idea of ordering a bushel of oranges or grapefruits from the south.

chili turned out excellent. :) the only things i didn't have on hand were some extra onions and the ground chuck - everything else came from the pantry. i'll get two weeks or more of meals from it as i'll put some in the freezer and also share some with my nephew.

we'll be heading into some rains and then shifting to snows and high winds (enough that i don't think Mom will be out tomorrow). seeing this coming but also because i wanted to make chili anyways i made sure to get out yesterday to get all the ingredients i need to make chili today. i cooked...

still working on getting all the beans shelled. and after that's done they have to be gone through and checked and sorted. i love doing it and i don't mind taking my time. after all the most fun is in seeing the new beans that show up and being able to see how beans i'm working on are...

today is nice, tomorrow is a good chance of ice-storm. we'll see as the weather forecast may change. still i kinda doubt Mom will be going out tomorrow... today is a quiet day and that is good with me the only plan i have is to shell some beans and putter around doing not much else. i did...

a ton! :) welcome to SS from mid-Michigan.