TanksHill...Roll on!!

[MorelCabin]

I hate panic attacks. I get them too, and they are NOT fun. Usually mine are food related. I can handle stress just fine IF I am eating right and drinking only 1/2 caf coffee. Give me a french fry and some stress at the same time and WHAM, I get hit hard. And lets not even talk about chocolate! It is the worst trigger for me and I will have major mental meltdowns for three days after a chocolate bar. Try thinking back to what you ate at the time, it might give you some clues.
Hope you're feeling better.

 

[TanksHill]

I have tried to post a reply four different times. Every time I get distracted, kids, dog, cat, house, garden, mess.....

I am busy, tired and a bit overwhelmed. The kids start school on the 17th. Thank goodness. I think I am going to sit for a week.

My sons 11th b day is tomorrow. We have plans to spend some time at SIL ranch. The kids will off road, ride horses and play. I am going to try and bbq'd for everyone. Hard enough to do at home let alone out of my RV. I will be driving home to tend the animals. I really think leaving at such a busy time is a bad idea.

But...... It should be fine.

I had a meat bird die yesterday. I have idea why. They all seen to be doing very well. Maybe this one had issues.

My garden is still doing well. I planted a block of carrots day before yesterday. The beans I planted in the fall plot are sprouting. Tomatoes are coming along.

I wad at the grocery store yesterday. A man standing next to me in one aisle made a comment like "when did everything get so expensive?"

Makes me think my dh should take a trip to the store. I don't thing he has had to shopper 10 years.

Well the kids are up and I have a 5yo sitting on me.

G

 

[Farmfresh]

This time of year has been such a panic for me for so many years I totally understand how you feel. Try not to work so hard on this little trip that you don't take time to enjoy yourself. Remember how refreshing it can be just to take that extra 30 minutes to lay back and look around at the beautiful scenery!

 

[FarmerChick]

I have tried to post a reply four different times. Every time I get distracted, kids, dog, cat, house, garden, mess..... G

and WHY DID YOU sign up for this mess?



my dh has no clue on price increases for food. he hasn't shopped in over 15yrs for food.....so if he sees a price, he just thinks it is normal

but ask him about tractor parts and price increases, oh yea, you hear him then :bun

Hope you are doing well G!

 

[TanksHill]

August 17th

Glory be for me it is the first day of school.

So I walked the girls down the hill at 7:30am

Came back up, putzed around a bit the drove my 11yo to his first day of Jr High. Thank goodness he is physically a big kid. I worry about him being so young. He has a good head on his shoulders though.

So whats going on around here????

Garden is doing well. The beans and beets I started in the Fall plot are sprouting. Corn is over run with ants. Not sure whats going to happen there. Maybe when it's ready I can just wash them off.

My Freedom Rangers are officially called "Meat Balls". They are doing great. Eating way more than I had expected. They have about 4 weeks left. They will be huge.

I saw the 3 Toms fighting today. Not good. I think freezer camp will come early for them.

Today I managed to get more house cleaning done in the first 3 hours after the kids left than in the last 3 weeks. Ok maybe not really but I did get things picked up and wiped down.

Laundry goes on and on.

Went camping over the weekend for DS 11th b day. We parked 4 rv's in the middle of my sil horse arena. She shuffled some horses around and made room for us. Grandpa went out last week and made a track for the kids to ride quads on. We had a blast. The good thing was it was 30 min from home, free and there was a river to sit in. :bun

Today I am canning tomato sauce. MY elderly neighbor introduced me to a local farm stand owner. I now have the best source for the greatest tomatoes. She is not certified organic but does not spray. I go back on Fri for two more boxes of seconds.

So I am listening to GB on the radio this morning. He was talking about the Verizon strike and how awful the unions are behaving. I thought of Lori and her family. I hope things smooth out for them.

What comes to mind next for me in the grocery unions are about to strike here in Ca. When on the ranch this weekend the topic came up and I made a comment about things getting rough. My sil knocked it down and proceeded to say I was worrying about nothing and the stores would not run out of food. I didn't actually say they would. But... the last time we had a grocery strike here the food rotted on the shelf. The stores smelled and were void of employees. The SIL pointed out that even though 3 of our 5 stores would strike there would still be places to shop. What I should have told her is that only 1 of the 2 she said were left to not take EBT cards. Where will all those shoppers be??? How will one store provide for the many that will shop there?

Just something to think about.

Well I guess I will get back to my spaghetti sauce.

Roll on!!!

g

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

grocery unions are about to strike here in Ca.

really!?!? this is a real thing??? wow. i had no idea - i've never heard of that. well wow. that will be a pickle for sure. and yeah - even tho it might be an inconvience to some folks...what about older people who cant walk/drive any further then their nearest store? hum.

sorry about the ants in the corn. great work with the meat balls! ha!

so.... whatcha gonna do with all your free time? hee hee hee
;-)

 

[TanksHill]

Hey ofg. free time???? Uhh????? dh is talking a job. I'm thinking animals.... on the hoof.

Hey wasn't that yo who got the big stainless stockpot last year??? How big was that thing? I need to get one but not sure what size. I want to use it for canning as well as dunking for processing. I guess it needs to be more than 21 q because thats what the canners are. And that's way not big enough.

hummmmm....


It does not surprise me that no one is talking about the grocery strike. The Unions are demanding a big medical deal.

g

 

[Farmfresh]

I have to use a muck bucket and boil the water then fill it to scald my turkeys. I am not sure how big those things are, but WAY bigger than my biggest pot.

I agree with you. I would be worried about the strike. Better be WELL stocked up before it hits.

 

[framing fowl]

Tanks -do you ever look in your local craigslist in the business section? When restaurants close around here, that is the section they advertise their equipment in. You might be able to get a big industrial one for cheap. Or the restaurant supply houses have the big stuff but you'd be paying retail...

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

Hey wasn't that yo who got the big stainless stockpot last year???

yep. but i only got a 16 quarter.... i need to scale up tho.

check in the listings for "restaurant supply stores" - some of them are new and used stuff. whooot!

do you want me to ship you out some goats!? ha!