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Catnip is a great antispasmodic. Skullcap and Valerian are both good for pain. Willow bark is a natural anti-inflammatory - but don't use it if you have trouble with aspirin, as that's the natural source of salysilic acid (aspirin). A liniment might help - cayenne, comfrey, myrrh, steeped in...

Just got a delivery from Safeway - 50 pounds of potatoes to can. And a bunch of canned soup for the pantry. We're currently working on refinancing. Hoping to cut our monthly mortgage payment by 1/3. But right now, I'm sitting in front of a nice fire in the fireplace with the rain coming down...

Has anyone noticed an increase in the cost of canned veggies? I was looking to stock up a bit for the house and nearly fell over.

:lau Totally agree.

Just did a Safeway order for delivery. Got Progresso soups for $.99 a can (we like having them for convenience foods). And 50 pounds of Russet potatoes at $.25 per pound. Gonna can those for french fries.

So, yesterday DH got paid. I got half the monthly grocery budget out in cash. Did a bit of shopping last night and today (Farmers Market and Trader Joes). Kept track of what I was spending. Don't know if it'll make me more mindful or not but for now, I'm much more concerned about not running out...

She's so beautiful! I love #3, just because you can see her hair. But all of them are beautiful.

I haven't had trouble with Chrome. Is it fixed now?

Do you can it in slices or what? With herbs or ...? I can beef stew meat in chunks but pork just seems like it would be better in slices...

Well, today DH got paid. So I started the envelope method today. Got out half the month's cash for groceries and picked up a few groceries.

What cut of pork do you can?

Canned beef is yummy! I will be canning beef stew meat tomorrow. (LOVE canned beef.)

Just saw that Bank of America is going to start charging $5 for using your debit card in stores, starting January. Tomorrow, DH gets paid and I'm going to take the grocery money out in cash and start using the envelope method of budgeting. I used to use the debit card, just because it allowed me...

Any updates? Hope it worked out for you.

I started sauerkraut today! Wish me luck.

I use a mosquito float to avoid larvae growing in mine. We have WNV here and Equine Encephalitis in our area too. So mosquitos are a bad thing.

I used thisdiverter kit to feed into two of these gorgeous 65-gallon barrels. Works well for me.

Well, I just started a pot of kraut today. So we'll see how it goes. And, I also canned 7 pints of ratatouille today. Woot!

I sometimes have to check if something I've just said makes sense "outside my head". I think you just had one of those moments... I'm sure it was funny in your head.:D

ETA: My apologies if I made things worse by my post. I am deleting all but the sympathy which I feel for you. :hugs