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I got a call from one of the two ladies who share their Costco pickups with me. It was about 4:30. A man in a UHaul showed up to her farm with food. LOTS OF FOOD. Turns out, its Sunshine Division, down in Portland. https://sunshinedivision.org/history/ This old man was tasked with driving...

I just put four cases of Costco mushrooms, 12 containers per case, on the Food Bank outdoor bench yesterday. I've dehydrated, freeze dried, but never canned. Did you use a Ball or other approved recipe for canning mushrooms?

One of my fav cookies that Mother used to make were North Dakota Rocks. The recipe used seeded muscat raisins. About 10 years ago, I couldn't find muscat raisins anywhere. So I called the Raisin Board - the org that markets all sorts of raisins. An older gentleman told me that the demand for...

Grandfather Ehly, when they would visit us from Philly, would string a huge cowbell across the hallway. That way the 4 of us couldn't get to the tree. I continued that tradition with my kids. I still have the bell!!

Awww - I love this for you!!

A huge wind storm came thru at 1a.m.ish yesterday. We lost power at 1:30. It came back on at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. In the meantime, we had an OSHU appt for eye oncology at 10:20 this morning. I called them to see if they were open and yes, the entire hill had electricity. Hubs is healing...

I read early this morning that another levee broke. UGH

They are alot more high tech than even a few years ago. App for this, website for that. I prefer to enter things on my laptop, but I found yesterday that I had to enter photos from an app from my phone. Yes, they can teach an old dog new tricks.

I'm feeling poor lately. SS isn't covering our purchases, which are out of control. I used to do alot of Mystery Shopping back in 2018, 10 and early 20. It made ends meet for me, since I was delaying my SS until age 67. I did two Panda express shops today, and the two meals I ordered (and get...

I wonder what type of deer we have down here. "Eat all the vegetation in site" type, for sure. @Hinotori : we got 0.9" of rain between midnight and 5:30 a.m. I had to take hubs for a colonoscopy at 6 a.m., and boy was it hard to drive at that hour, with pouring rain and standing water.

Yes, Hinotori. We got 1.70" yesterday!! The massive long rain starts Sunday. The local fella on FB, who watches both major models, said we could get 5 - 8" of rain over 4 days. There will be small stream flooding and the rivers will rise a bit. I'm on a hill, but our natural springs will be...

We're tired of turkey fixin's. So I simmered the carcass and picked the meat and the softened bones for animal treats. Last nite I fried some leftover rice, added onions and red bells, and then scrambled eggs into it. Served with sweet potatoes and salad.

Thanks. Never heard of them. I'll have to go to Winco to see if they have them down here!

I had a company issued blackberry way back when...

I've done both. Hubs loves the dehydrated ones!!! Sooo tasty!!

What are jo-jos?

Mini: you could fly out to WA and eat with us. We are staying home and not going to DD's house. Hubs didn't want to. So it will just be the three of us. One more won't be a bother.

I tried to make butternut squash soup last nite. I had my home canned broth, cut up one of my garden butternuts, used some dehydrated celery and carrots, and spices. Got it all into the pot and could not for the life of me figure out how to make it work. I was tired and irritated so I put the...

I wanted to be a veterinarian all my life. I had way too much fun in college for that achievement!!:ya

Oh, and what happened to Creal Critter?