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52F in my hometown. Probably warmer than most of y’all locations though. Feels chilly, wet. So DH and HG are both playing outside and doing chores and I am in the rocker/recliner holding baby and sticking the pacifier back in as she catches up on her z’s. She is snoring. Apparently DS woke up...

Well I can tell you my underwear drawer obviously speaks of my previous profession. I no longer even have underwear in it but I still call it my underwear drawer. It’s full of maybe 6 different size bandages, betadine, coveted ace wraps 😆, non-sterile 3X3’s and such. A few OTC meds and a battery...

🤷‍♀️I think I have eggs somewhere but they are elusive. One day I’ll get all my ducks in a row. Oh yeah…my duck. Well she vanished about 4 weeks ago so 🤦‍♀️

I have been a nurse for 3 decades and mainly I just closed wounds with steri strips but the one time I needed to stitch a human was probably 15 years ago. He was refusing to go to the hospital. My oldest DD noticed I couldn’t pierce his skin with my sewing needles so she gave me some super sharp...

Scary!! It’s not like I also had been expecting company to show up but I needed to doctor up DD who insists on staying at the ex and I had so much to accomplish before leaving and the FLOOR!! Omg!! DH undresses wherever he wants to and just drops his clothes on the floor and forgets it there...

Only problem is I can’t really eat much of the coon because of the gout. Maybe just mess up some rice with the gravy it makes. And have a side with salad. I know we’ll have enough onions for the dish for sure. Coming back from DH’s appointment. The NP wants him to continue on MORE antibiotics...

I mean the only thing I can think of to keep an epinephrine injection ready to go next time and watch for at least half an hour but you need exact measurements for sure for epinephrine. I had a scare once after administering it to a 4 year old child. I get nervous with epinephrine. I have given...

DH’s nephew has been working with Grand Isle Shipyard and has to do ‘tests’…whatever that means 🤷‍♀️. So he has been knowing about a serious raccoon problem in the work area and he said he could fix the problem. He showed up with a bunch of traps he started putting in various locations and then...

I woke up cuz DH was jamming out to Cajun music. I swear I felt like I was 7 years old and at my grandparents house. I felt like coming out of the room and saying, “Shouldn’t I be smelling bacon frying and coffee brewing?” Well I did have the coffee. Omg he has been busy!! I was tempted to take...

I went to put a bid on a Tahoe the port commission was auctioning off but I was an hour too late. I really thought it was later 🤦‍♀️. My meds mess with my mind. I didn’t get the part time job as a bridge tender either. So just boost up frugality and homesteading as soon as I can get my left...

It’s been a minute. So I have a possible diagnosis of gout but for sure I have increased uric acid levels in my blood. My X-ray of my knee only reveals arthritis. So my plan is to avoid red meats for a while and drink more water and take my meds. The bed warmer feels better than ever. I have to...

Working a bit through my pain. Fortunately it’s just in my left knee. But I feel like I accomplished something major because I finally got the trash freezer emptied. I needed to use a big knife to free some of the stuff and I tore a few bags which dictated what I am now cooking. Ordinarily when...

Omg!! DH has some really awesome friends!! He gets a call this morning from his trawler friend who was sick of selling and he had some small size shrimp perfect for ettoufette and fricassee. I think he gave him about 40 pounds and DH bought the next size over for $1/pound. He bought $60 worth...

I’m not sure if comfort was the number one priority so much as desperation and necessity but I managed to pick up the dry clothes, hang up the two batches DH had cleaned and put two more to wash. At least the old freezer is slowly getting emptied.

If I give HG her way I will be surviving on credit cards and eating out every single day of the month. That gets real old fast. We have now been gifted with our entire flock of chickens in one way or the other (except for the 8 roosters we bought from the young couple a few weeks ago. We...

DH has motivated me. He didn’t mean to but that’s how it works. It was lunchtime and nothing was prepared. He asked if I had bought sandwich meat to which I asked, “You mean that stuff you put between two slices of bread? No I didn’t.” And he started talking about going to the store. I started...

I’ve got a box of chocolate cake mix I think I can use to make cookies with. At least it can get out of my pantry and serve a purpose 🤷‍♀️.

What I notice is as long as I make sure to buy at least one copy of the farmer’s almanac and put it in a conspicuous place that DH will study it. He consults with it frequently and actually pays attention to the moon cycles. He has several locals who call him for advice on when to plant root...

I used to have a small mill I used to grind things how ever fine I wanted. I imagine it’s trash now but maybe I still have it under my old house. I will ask DH to ask about the kind if possible. I can at least try to grind some and see what I can do in the kitchen. Maybe the grinder can be put...

Watched a video about Polk berries being good for arthritis but not to chew them because the seeds can’t be chewed. Must be swallowed. Man swears he has 34 broken bones from various rodeo’s and he loves to live pain free. I read the responses and a bunch of people were claiming it works great...