I resisted getting a cell phone for a long time, but now that I do I love it! Got a Droid last year, and it has been the bomb. I can text my daughter at college whenever I want, check news, weather, and Sufficient Self, find where I parked my car (with a great app called Car Matey, haha!), and...
I've got 4 quarts of butternut squash processing right now (good grief... 90 minutes?!). Big thanks to my friend at work who gave me these!
Gonna make some soup this winter
Yesterday I canned 7 quarts of beef broth and 4 pints of green beans.
I always figure peanut butter and crackers is a good short term food option. Make sure you. If you're on medications, make sure you always have about a week's worth.
years & years ago (like 40 - good grief!) , my parents used to get a magazine called ARIZONA HIGHWAYS which often featured pictures of amazing sunsets. What beauty scenery where you live!
This is why I love Freecycle so much. I get a real kick out of offering stuff that's been sitting around collecting dust, and finding folks so excited about getting it. So much more fun than just pitching it or taking it to Goodwill (although that does feel good, just getting rid of it).
Way to go, tortoise! I've been doing that for about a year; figured, what the heck, I surely couldn't mess it up any more than the hairdresser who had been cutting it. I always ended up trimming chunks she'd missed for the next two weeks anyway. I save $20 a pop, and get my hair trimmed just as...