We finally got settled in. We have so much work with this place ahead of us.Orion didn't like it at first but he has become a porch dog. We've cleaned up the yard and I have gotten the garden going, cleaned some of the inside of the house and just trying to figure out where everything belongs.
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Monday, July 29, 2013
Last Little bit of Time
Well I shut my Facebook down for now and trying to spend some time on here before we shut it down. I'm calling the local cable company over there to see what kind of internet service we can get. I really need to be online because I do some shopping and genealogy. It may be a month if I do get hooked up. So I won't be gone too long. But I hope they don't charge a arm and a leg. Hubstead likes to be online too.
Once we get going,I'm going to put my tabletop computer in the kitchen for cooking.I managed to get a lot of recipes from some online sites and have tried a few.I don't know yet how big my kitchen will be but so far I may have enough room to fix it up really good. We are not going to have enough room for all my fixer up projects to go in the uhaul so gonna have to do some selling this week and getting rid of a lot of stuff.I don't mind,I talked to my sister-in-law and she is going to take me down to a place with discount furniture. She already has a bead on me another washing machine and livingroom suite lol. Well not much now but I'm going to go ahead and sign off.I hope to write more and post some pictures. Just leave a comment and I'll WILL get back to you soon.Hope to have something for all of you next month.
Once we get going,I'm going to put my tabletop computer in the kitchen for cooking.I managed to get a lot of recipes from some online sites and have tried a few.I don't know yet how big my kitchen will be but so far I may have enough room to fix it up really good. We are not going to have enough room for all my fixer up projects to go in the uhaul so gonna have to do some selling this week and getting rid of a lot of stuff.I don't mind,I talked to my sister-in-law and she is going to take me down to a place with discount furniture. She already has a bead on me another washing machine and livingroom suite lol. Well not much now but I'm going to go ahead and sign off.I hope to write more and post some pictures. Just leave a comment and I'll WILL get back to you soon.Hope to have something for all of you next month.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
On a Rant Here about SALT
A few years back,I switched from regular salt to sea salt.I am not a salt person and less of pepper too.But nothing makes me madder than going to a nice restaurant and can barely eat the food because it taste too salty.We went to a local place here and it served Mexican food.We were saying goodbye to some friends. The food wasn't bad when they brought it out,you couldn't really taste the salt then but we brought home some and heated it up and it tasted like pure salt.Geesh!
When I cook,I have learned how to use herbs and spices instead of using salt. I do slide some pepper in sometimes but I can't eat food with too much of it.Ha ha hubstead just came in and said the same thing,he's eating his portion and he said it tasted like someone just poured it on there.He is one who has to salt everything HA!It breaks my heart to see him salt his food but I don't say nothing for the sake of an argument.
When I switched from regular salt to sea salt,it made a big difference in how the food tasted and how we felt.I learned how much to put in food. So if you're on regular try sea salt for awhile.I know I don't swell up as much or feel squishy.
I'll be paying for this tomorrow.
FROM THE MAYO CLINIC
Sea salt V Regular salt
Sea salt and table salt have the same basic nutritional value, despite the fact that sea salt is often marketed as a more natural and healthy alternative. The most notable differences between sea salt and table salt are in their taste, texture and processing.
Sea salt is produced through evaporation of ocean water or water from saltwater lakes, usually with little processing. Depending on the water source, this leaves behind certain trace minerals and elements. The minerals add flavor and color to sea salt, which also comes in a variety of coarseness levels.
Table salt is typically mined from underground salt deposits. Table salt is more heavily processed to eliminate minerals and usually contains an additive to prevent clumping. Most table salt also has added iodine, an essential nutrient that helps maintain a healthy thyroid.
By weight, sea salt and table salt contain the same amount of sodium.
Regardless of which type of salt you prefer, limit total sodium to less than 2,300 milligrams a day — or 1,500 milligrams if you:
Are 51 or older
Are black
Have high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease
How much is 1500mg of Salt? It is 3/4 of a teaspoon
Yeah I like sea salt a lot better.This may have been not too much of a rant but it still ticks me off when restaurants take perfectly good food and ruin it.Most food served is prepackaged I imagine and the salt is a preservative but dang man ease up.It's probably a good thing we don't eat out that much.
When I cook,I have learned how to use herbs and spices instead of using salt. I do slide some pepper in sometimes but I can't eat food with too much of it.Ha ha hubstead just came in and said the same thing,he's eating his portion and he said it tasted like someone just poured it on there.He is one who has to salt everything HA!It breaks my heart to see him salt his food but I don't say nothing for the sake of an argument.
When I switched from regular salt to sea salt,it made a big difference in how the food tasted and how we felt.I learned how much to put in food. So if you're on regular try sea salt for awhile.I know I don't swell up as much or feel squishy.
I'll be paying for this tomorrow.
FROM THE MAYO CLINIC
Sea salt V Regular salt
Sea salt and table salt have the same basic nutritional value, despite the fact that sea salt is often marketed as a more natural and healthy alternative. The most notable differences between sea salt and table salt are in their taste, texture and processing.
Sea salt is produced through evaporation of ocean water or water from saltwater lakes, usually with little processing. Depending on the water source, this leaves behind certain trace minerals and elements. The minerals add flavor and color to sea salt, which also comes in a variety of coarseness levels.
Table salt is typically mined from underground salt deposits. Table salt is more heavily processed to eliminate minerals and usually contains an additive to prevent clumping. Most table salt also has added iodine, an essential nutrient that helps maintain a healthy thyroid.
By weight, sea salt and table salt contain the same amount of sodium.
Regardless of which type of salt you prefer, limit total sodium to less than 2,300 milligrams a day — or 1,500 milligrams if you:
Are 51 or older
Are black
Have high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease
How much is 1500mg of Salt? It is 3/4 of a teaspoon
Yeah I like sea salt a lot better.This may have been not too much of a rant but it still ticks me off when restaurants take perfectly good food and ruin it.Most food served is prepackaged I imagine and the salt is a preservative but dang man ease up.It's probably a good thing we don't eat out that much.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Well It"s a Start
Ok I couldn't wait, I posted the picture on here. I love my porch and have a wonderful wooden bench to put there. I know my house plants will love it. I got my avocado tree started and it's going on the porch too. It's been raining there quite abit, the humidity, will be nice for them not including all the rain water for them. The tree line in the back looks close but we have a nice size back yard to fence in. Hubstead wants to keep the color on the outside the same,he said it looks more like a cabin sort of. Any suggestions on landscaping would be nice.I have some ideas but not until we get there. He's also looked at the fruit trees in the garden books to see what kind he wants lol. I think we may have some muscadine vines around there too. If we do oh boy how about some wine! Someone planted some gladiolus flowers there off to the side by the woods and I got some seeds already. I have some dark red hollyhocks to grow and a lot of daisy type flower seeds. Some marigolds and herbs.Just to give you an idea. I'd like to plant some roses too. We're going to plant blueberries and raspberries and a fig tree.
Whatcha think? I'd love some input.And yes we have to throw some grass seeds out there. I have no green front yard just dirt.
Whatcha think? I'd love some input.And yes we have to throw some grass seeds out there. I have no green front yard just dirt.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Finding Your Groove
Last night I think it sank in we were really moving back home.Wow.I have the picture of the house(that's what I call it)as a screen saver.Along with all the google earth pictures I looked at,I could actually see where I want to put stuff.
Now let me explain this groove thing. You know how you get lost in life? When you're younger you have all these dreams of seeing where you want to be(that's me anyway),and as you go thru life you find yourself on the 'roller coaster" and you just want to get off. When you do you don't know what to do or much less how to do. You have a tendency to muddle thru each day and you're still wandering not only in body but in soul too? You've lost your groove in life. You wonder when you will get it back if ever. When I want to get mine going, I put on some music that reminds me of a time I was in that state of mind. Well I have done that and I found my beat ,my music that's deep inside. My dance,my moves.I'm 53 and can still feel the happiness inside. We don't lose ourselves,we just have a bad habit of putting it on the backburner.I decided I'm tired of that. How you find your groove,your music,your inspiration,your moves,listen to your heart sometimes. Tell your head to shut up. Find that one thing that turns you on and turn up the volume! Feel silly expressing yourself?,don't be.If you look around you see people doing so many positive things with their life. I was raised in the 60s that should tell you something. But I wasn't raised in a hippie fashion,my parents were very strick. When I left home I went wandering all over this nation and seen some really strange things but I also saw people who were very charismatic,very open about how they should live their life. I have always wanted my home to express how I live.That's why I have been setting up a certain look that will keep me calm and relaxed. I've earned it.That is the kind of person I want to be who I should be.Someone told me long time ago,they said I was mean.I didn't think so but now looking back I was but didn't realize it.I was stressed out and mentally screwed up.And no matter how much I tried I stayed that way.Yes I tried meditation and yoga and all the other stuff but I still could not get into "that" frame of mind.Now I think I can.
I'm still going to see my shrink when I get home and see a regular doctor. I have to but I feel I can handle things better. I also think I may have been looking in the wrong place here.I thought being out here would ease some of my problems. It hasn't. I need to be in my atmosphere my kind of settings.I'm lost here. I'm a woodsy type of gal. I like the country settings,that's me. We all need to be quiet inside ourselves sometimes.
POINT BEING? Find who you are,do what calms you,don't let someone tell you it's wrong,be charismatic,have good vibrations,see the beauty in this world,love yourself and pamper yourself.
I can see if any of this does or doesn't make sense I'm just in a different frame of mind tonight and wanted to get it out.
Now let me explain this groove thing. You know how you get lost in life? When you're younger you have all these dreams of seeing where you want to be(that's me anyway),and as you go thru life you find yourself on the 'roller coaster" and you just want to get off. When you do you don't know what to do or much less how to do. You have a tendency to muddle thru each day and you're still wandering not only in body but in soul too? You've lost your groove in life. You wonder when you will get it back if ever. When I want to get mine going, I put on some music that reminds me of a time I was in that state of mind. Well I have done that and I found my beat ,my music that's deep inside. My dance,my moves.I'm 53 and can still feel the happiness inside. We don't lose ourselves,we just have a bad habit of putting it on the backburner.I decided I'm tired of that. How you find your groove,your music,your inspiration,your moves,listen to your heart sometimes. Tell your head to shut up. Find that one thing that turns you on and turn up the volume! Feel silly expressing yourself?,don't be.If you look around you see people doing so many positive things with their life. I was raised in the 60s that should tell you something. But I wasn't raised in a hippie fashion,my parents were very strick. When I left home I went wandering all over this nation and seen some really strange things but I also saw people who were very charismatic,very open about how they should live their life. I have always wanted my home to express how I live.That's why I have been setting up a certain look that will keep me calm and relaxed. I've earned it.That is the kind of person I want to be who I should be.Someone told me long time ago,they said I was mean.I didn't think so but now looking back I was but didn't realize it.I was stressed out and mentally screwed up.And no matter how much I tried I stayed that way.Yes I tried meditation and yoga and all the other stuff but I still could not get into "that" frame of mind.Now I think I can.
I'm still going to see my shrink when I get home and see a regular doctor. I have to but I feel I can handle things better. I also think I may have been looking in the wrong place here.I thought being out here would ease some of my problems. It hasn't. I need to be in my atmosphere my kind of settings.I'm lost here. I'm a woodsy type of gal. I like the country settings,that's me. We all need to be quiet inside ourselves sometimes.
POINT BEING? Find who you are,do what calms you,don't let someone tell you it's wrong,be charismatic,have good vibrations,see the beauty in this world,love yourself and pamper yourself.
I can see if any of this does or doesn't make sense I'm just in a different frame of mind tonight and wanted to get it out.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Getting Closer
Well our loan went thru and even the loan officer said he didn't know how we did it but we got what we requested on payments and I didn't bother to tell him that I prayed hard for this. This coming week will be a flurry of us trying to pack up and go thru the rest of this trailer. It's amazing how much junk we collected. Went to Sams and got our stainless steel mixing bowls we had been wanting. I have learned so much about cooking here and I want a nice kitchen setup when we get there. We got a really nice size kitchen to work with. The doublewide is a 28x56. 3 bedrooms,2 full baths, a gas fireplace, livingroom, and you see the porch. I also have a utility room. That's going to be a lot of painting and yes it needs it bad. We got more boxes and I finally ordered my southwest bedspread. I told my sister-in-law I got them a blanket for her and my brother from the same place and she said I didn't have to do that. I told yeah I did for all the running around they have done for me. I thought it was only fair. I wanted to showed how much I loved them and appreciated what they had done. I thought she was going start crying.Mostly we are going to be near a lake that my brother fishes at a lot. He is tickled we are coming home and can't wait. mmmm.
I don't know how long we will have to do without internet service.That's up in the air.Things are going to be tight for abit. Once we get there and get settled in we'll figure out what we have and if it's feesable.I would like to be back online so I can post pictures. I plan on taking pictures when we leave and on our trip. Mostly before and after pictures of the house while we fix it up. So I'll make sure I have extra batteries for the camera!
Orion has a lot of backyard to roam. It's going to be tough on him because all he knows is being here. I'll have to deal with fleas and ticks more often now.I know he'll be happier though.He knows something is going on because mommy and daddy are bringing in these boxes and they don't belong to him to play with. We got him a load of dogbones so he'll have a supply. Sometimes that helps being in a new place.I would like to see him just stay in the yard but I got one of those that you let him off the leash,you'll never see him.I guess its in his nature to do that. We're looking at doing some training on that front.He'll settled in.I know he'll enjoy not having to be scared of all the noises he gets here.
Ok will write more soon.Have a great Sunday!
I don't know how long we will have to do without internet service.That's up in the air.Things are going to be tight for abit. Once we get there and get settled in we'll figure out what we have and if it's feesable.I would like to be back online so I can post pictures. I plan on taking pictures when we leave and on our trip. Mostly before and after pictures of the house while we fix it up. So I'll make sure I have extra batteries for the camera!
Orion has a lot of backyard to roam. It's going to be tough on him because all he knows is being here. I'll have to deal with fleas and ticks more often now.I know he'll be happier though.He knows something is going on because mommy and daddy are bringing in these boxes and they don't belong to him to play with. We got him a load of dogbones so he'll have a supply. Sometimes that helps being in a new place.I would like to see him just stay in the yard but I got one of those that you let him off the leash,you'll never see him.I guess its in his nature to do that. We're looking at doing some training on that front.He'll settled in.I know he'll enjoy not having to be scared of all the noises he gets here.
Ok will write more soon.Have a great Sunday!
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Good News Coming
Ok I have tried to keep my mouth quiet BUT WE BOUGHT A PLACE! Now I have mentioned before I didn't want to go back home ,well,so happens for some reason I let my fingers do some surfing and all of a sudden something guided me to a website.I was looking for some property and land in Alabama,I don't know what happened but I went to a site in the area where we were going to buy that other piece of property.5 miles up the road there it was!
A dang doublewide on 3/4 acres. Need some TLC and a lot of paint inside but......
Got the paperwork being mailed and should get it this week. Hubby quit his job and we are ready to go except for more packing. It has 3 bedrooms,2 FULL baths, a livingroom,kitchen and a gas fireplace. It was a foreclosure and the bank wants to get rid of it.
Now my brother has already been there and gave us the scoup on it and even he said "Sis don't turn this one down!" I was shocked, still am. The only thing it doesn't have a fenced in yard and we'll have to put one up. We are a quarter of a mile from the lake so if I want to go fishing I can. I will keep everyone updated on what's going on.I'm excited.
A dang doublewide on 3/4 acres. Need some TLC and a lot of paint inside but......
Got the paperwork being mailed and should get it this week. Hubby quit his job and we are ready to go except for more packing. It has 3 bedrooms,2 FULL baths, a livingroom,kitchen and a gas fireplace. It was a foreclosure and the bank wants to get rid of it.
Now my brother has already been there and gave us the scoup on it and even he said "Sis don't turn this one down!" I was shocked, still am. The only thing it doesn't have a fenced in yard and we'll have to put one up. We are a quarter of a mile from the lake so if I want to go fishing I can. I will keep everyone updated on what's going on.I'm excited.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Change of Pace is in Order
Well hubstead quit his job at the plastic plant. He couldn't take the heat anymore. He has applied for any position at the state school here. Assisted Living thing. So we hope he'll get it. They have a lot of people come and go there but they liked the fact he had done security before.
If this doesn't work out, we will be moving back home. My brother is going to talk to a guy who sells used trailer(again)and see what he can get going for us. I told them as long as I can keep Orion I don't care, it's a roof over the head.We actually buy it so it will be home.
If this happens we got to decide what stays and what goes. We have collected so much stuff. The heat has been just unbearable here and have noticed a lot of people are moving out. It's 5:20 in the morning and it's 84 degrees. Yeah gotta get out of this mess! I'm sitting here, the air is on and I still have a fan blowing on me. That's warm.
I'm giving us until August to see what happens.I'll be posting up til then.Have a happy Saturday!
If this doesn't work out, we will be moving back home. My brother is going to talk to a guy who sells used trailer(again)and see what he can get going for us. I told them as long as I can keep Orion I don't care, it's a roof over the head.We actually buy it so it will be home.
If this happens we got to decide what stays and what goes. We have collected so much stuff. The heat has been just unbearable here and have noticed a lot of people are moving out. It's 5:20 in the morning and it's 84 degrees. Yeah gotta get out of this mess! I'm sitting here, the air is on and I still have a fan blowing on me. That's warm.
I'm giving us until August to see what happens.I'll be posting up til then.Have a happy Saturday!
Monday, June 24, 2013
Putting the Kabash on Alaska
Wow I read up on moving to Alaska and told hubstead "NO".He asked why and so I laid it all out to him.It is so expensive to move there not including going thru Canada.A person could take a ferry but that was expensive too.You either have to crate your dog or keep it in the truck and they have "pet call" three times a day so you can feed your hound.Orion wouldn't stand for that. Uhaul is the only moving van that goes that way and boy that would cost.
Long story short now ,he saw the light.I really like the mountains but geesh not that much.So I have throwed some ads out there and hope we'll get a bite.
Long story short now ,he saw the light.I really like the mountains but geesh not that much.So I have throwed some ads out there and hope we'll get a bite.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
I think WE have LOST our MINDS
I'm sitting here still stunned by the conversation I had with hubstead yesterday. I was sitting here thinking about the prices of this and that and hubstead walks in,sits, down looks over at me and says"I was thinking about what you said". UH? And he said "let's move to Alaska". What? Yeah.He told me no he wasn't kidding,he said I am tired of being hot and I want to go some place cooler.Yeah? He has been there before and he said as long as he can stay warm he didn't care. What did I think? Let me backtrack here,everyone knows we have had an up and down on finding property and Alaska has some nice property for sale there.I have looked there before but it was always 'NO".3905 miles to there from here. mmmm oh mercy.I'd have to check about passports Orion needs his shots,what are we gonna take?Thousands of things are running amok thru my brain right now. I'm thinking about calling my shrink for some pills.
I would love to see the Aurora Borealis and Mount McKinley.It was on my bucket list ya know.So what if I see it now.I am so surprised at this new concept.I really don't want to stay here where the heat is so oppressive and with all the other crap going on now I'm thinking it may be a good idea to do something different.There is no property to be has back east and it's getting hotter here in the west.I will let you know what is happening within a few days and see what comes about,it won't be however anytime this year so we are looking at March again.
I would love to see the Aurora Borealis and Mount McKinley.It was on my bucket list ya know.So what if I see it now.I am so surprised at this new concept.I really don't want to stay here where the heat is so oppressive and with all the other crap going on now I'm thinking it may be a good idea to do something different.There is no property to be has back east and it's getting hotter here in the west.I will let you know what is happening within a few days and see what comes about,it won't be however anytime this year so we are looking at March again.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
My new/old Project
Ok my newest project which I started sanding on this weekend.I have always wanted a wooden headboard and footboard.So it may not look like much but its mine.I am a fanatic about old furniture and redoing it .
The Way its Goes
What a strong storm we had come through here tonight. It has quieted down now but that wind was something else. Which has me thinking about our cabin plans. I still want it,no matter what the outcome of what all else is going on. Hubstead is looking for another job,he has had it with the company he is working for now.The heat gets unbearable during the summer in the warehouse and you add machines going on makes it even worse. We still have been looking for land in New Mexico. We have come to realize that there are no jobs back east much less places to buy or rent since the tornado went thru. I won't go back to Birmingham,no not this gal. Land prices are outrageous too in Alabama.
So, our best bet is to either find land west of here or some really cheap land in here in Texas.I don't think I have sold hubstead on the idea of off grid yet.He has a lot of questions and I try to answer them the best way I know how. You know you can really do a lot of research of the subject but until you get out there and "do it" you're pretty much in the dark.I tried to explain to him that we won't have electricity to begin with and will have to wait on getting solar panels.Heating is nothing and as long as I can cook and heat water for a bath I'm all good. And I told him about getting a garden started. Yep a lot of work but we'll see some progress in the first two years.And besides we get a generator it will help.Ok by this time I'm thinking "have I done lost my mind?" I pointed out about having more money after everything settles down.I have four more things to get for the cabin and I'm done.
He's old school where the man works a job 40 hours a week and brings home the bacon.Well the bacon is getting a little bit too lean and the price isn't worth it anymore. I think he sees that now.I don't think he will mind as long as he can stay warm during the winter.He's cold natured.I on the other hand don't like the heat too well.I got our plans put down on paper,buying food to last us til we get things going.All the stuff we are going to need and the things I have already gotten.Now it's a waiting game to see what comes up. I was kind of hoping he would wait til March of next year to quit his job but I think he maybe doing it sooner.First thing is to get this truck paid for.But we'll see.
In the mean time,everything is going good.I have been looking at everyones posts and your gardens.I can't wait to get mine going.When that storm came thru I piled up in the bed and didn't want to get out of it.Orion is getting his rabie shot this Thursday and unfortunately the vet has to come to him.I can not see taking him to get his shot with other dogs and cats and such because he isn't crowd friendly.So we got to pay a big extra for this vet but I heard he was good with ill tempered dogs like mine.I can't figure it,we have been so careful with him and very loving and kind and he still doesn't like people at all.Dang dog.
So here we are waiting and hoping something will open up. It really makes me aggravated that a lot of the large companies are coming in and buying all the available land.Pretty soon there won't be any.
So, our best bet is to either find land west of here or some really cheap land in here in Texas.I don't think I have sold hubstead on the idea of off grid yet.He has a lot of questions and I try to answer them the best way I know how. You know you can really do a lot of research of the subject but until you get out there and "do it" you're pretty much in the dark.I tried to explain to him that we won't have electricity to begin with and will have to wait on getting solar panels.Heating is nothing and as long as I can cook and heat water for a bath I'm all good. And I told him about getting a garden started. Yep a lot of work but we'll see some progress in the first two years.And besides we get a generator it will help.Ok by this time I'm thinking "have I done lost my mind?" I pointed out about having more money after everything settles down.I have four more things to get for the cabin and I'm done.
He's old school where the man works a job 40 hours a week and brings home the bacon.Well the bacon is getting a little bit too lean and the price isn't worth it anymore. I think he sees that now.I don't think he will mind as long as he can stay warm during the winter.He's cold natured.I on the other hand don't like the heat too well.I got our plans put down on paper,buying food to last us til we get things going.All the stuff we are going to need and the things I have already gotten.Now it's a waiting game to see what comes up. I was kind of hoping he would wait til March of next year to quit his job but I think he maybe doing it sooner.First thing is to get this truck paid for.But we'll see.
In the mean time,everything is going good.I have been looking at everyones posts and your gardens.I can't wait to get mine going.When that storm came thru I piled up in the bed and didn't want to get out of it.Orion is getting his rabie shot this Thursday and unfortunately the vet has to come to him.I can not see taking him to get his shot with other dogs and cats and such because he isn't crowd friendly.So we got to pay a big extra for this vet but I heard he was good with ill tempered dogs like mine.I can't figure it,we have been so careful with him and very loving and kind and he still doesn't like people at all.Dang dog.
So here we are waiting and hoping something will open up. It really makes me aggravated that a lot of the large companies are coming in and buying all the available land.Pretty soon there won't be any.
Friday, June 14, 2013
Flower Friday
Sometimes you just got to stop and take a picture of the flowers. This flower is very little so I had to get a close up of it. I have no idea what it is but I thought it was pretty.
Found a head board and foot board online. This thing is heavy and it feels like oak. But the wood is very dry and will have to be sanded and conditioned. Saturday is going to be busy for sure. I have a lot of sanding to do on it. All it needs is the rails. Smart deal for 35.00 I think. I have been looking for a bed for awhile now. I have been in remodeling mode for now hope it last!
Have a Happy Friday everyone!!!!
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Recycling watching,An unexpected visit
I got some stuff from a local swap meet thing on line this morning and we meet in public places which is a good idea to do, you never know, but they wanted to meet by a recycling center in the parking lot of my favorite grocery store. So I took off a little early and while I was sitting there waiting for them to show up I watched people pull up to the bins and drop stuff off. I was there about 30 minutes and I took notice of the ones who were there. Out of the six cars ,five were older people my age or more and one middle aged man. It got me to thinking about the generations who were taught to recycle and hoping the next coming up will do the same. I wish in a way that Texas had bins that you could put next to your home like some states do and you could recycle that way. We don't have any bins on the street where I live but back home in Alabama they would bring them out for you to use. Of course some people use the side of the road for theirs and I hate that. Texas is pretty clean with their roads and highways here. The only problem I have seen is those pesky plastic grocery bags flying high in trees and bushes.But they are trying to clean them up. Which makes me wonder if all the states had recycling laws, wouldn't it be better? Of course too there is more than one way to recycle your junk.
I'm sitting here and it's almost 3 in the morning. I have my front door open letting in some breeze. I love mornings like this.Orion is curled up on his bed and sleeping. Hubstead had to work for the last three days and yes he had to work on Memorial Day which he was not pleased about it, neither was I.
Well my sister decided to finally come around. I said I would tell a little about what happened with her so here it is. When we were in California, we kind of got stuck and I called her and asked her if we could come to Abilene and stay with her until we got a place, she said sure. Her son worked in the oil fields and was going to see if he could get hubstead a job which he did. So here we went and we stayed with her daughter at first. Now as much as I love my family they are the give me give me type of people. We left there and stayed with her son, he lives a few trailer up from us and my sister called one day wanting us to give her daughter some money. I asked her what for and she said so that they could pay the bills and I told her wait a minute we don't live there anymore and I had already gave her daughter all I was going to give her. We were paying her son rent at the time too and trying to get all the deposit for this place paid. Yep she got mad and said some things and I hung up on her. Now jumping to 5 years later, we got this new truck and new stuff for the house which some of you know why, now she is coming around again and acting like nothing happened. O.K. forgive and forget but I know why she is doing it. Not this time. I'm waiting though for her to come around asking for money like she always does. The grandkids have been back here asking for stuff already. The reason why we left her daughters house? Her daughter was having her doped up friends, yes smoking pot come in and eat food we bought for us. At the time things were going down hill pretty quick and we figured to break off that situation.
So opinion time here OK? What would you do if you were in a situation like this where you haven't seen somebody in 5 years and you get something and all of a sudden they show up? What would you think? I'm pretty aggravated about this whole thing.
Ok enough about that. I hope all of you had a nice Memorial Day weekend and hope the rest of the week gets better and better!
I'm sitting here and it's almost 3 in the morning. I have my front door open letting in some breeze. I love mornings like this.Orion is curled up on his bed and sleeping. Hubstead had to work for the last three days and yes he had to work on Memorial Day which he was not pleased about it, neither was I.
Well my sister decided to finally come around. I said I would tell a little about what happened with her so here it is. When we were in California, we kind of got stuck and I called her and asked her if we could come to Abilene and stay with her until we got a place, she said sure. Her son worked in the oil fields and was going to see if he could get hubstead a job which he did. So here we went and we stayed with her daughter at first. Now as much as I love my family they are the give me give me type of people. We left there and stayed with her son, he lives a few trailer up from us and my sister called one day wanting us to give her daughter some money. I asked her what for and she said so that they could pay the bills and I told her wait a minute we don't live there anymore and I had already gave her daughter all I was going to give her. We were paying her son rent at the time too and trying to get all the deposit for this place paid. Yep she got mad and said some things and I hung up on her. Now jumping to 5 years later, we got this new truck and new stuff for the house which some of you know why, now she is coming around again and acting like nothing happened. O.K. forgive and forget but I know why she is doing it. Not this time. I'm waiting though for her to come around asking for money like she always does. The grandkids have been back here asking for stuff already. The reason why we left her daughters house? Her daughter was having her doped up friends, yes smoking pot come in and eat food we bought for us. At the time things were going down hill pretty quick and we figured to break off that situation.
So opinion time here OK? What would you do if you were in a situation like this where you haven't seen somebody in 5 years and you get something and all of a sudden they show up? What would you think? I'm pretty aggravated about this whole thing.
Ok enough about that. I hope all of you had a nice Memorial Day weekend and hope the rest of the week gets better and better!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
I made this tonight,it's home made rice a roni with chicken.Ok not as perky as the box stuff but wow it was really good.I will make this again! So far since I've lived in Texas,I've learned how to make several things.I can finally make decent bisquits that hubstead will eat.I make different kinds of breads and pies,salsa and later tonight I'm making homemade ginger ale.Yeah I'm stuffed right now!Think I'll take a nap.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Next Project
My hatband I've been beading,got about 4 more inches and that will be done!
I had a chance yesterday to pickup a dresser for 10.00 and I knew the bottom drawer was missing but I got it anyway.This dresser is made of pine so after I looked at it I thought it would be good for the next project I got in mind.I'm going to dump the other bottom drawer and put a pine board all the way across the bottom and make it where it flips down and put a bottom underneath.I'm going to put hinges and latches on it.Use as a storage place.When we get our cabin I'll use this as either a counter to eat on or put a sink in the top.The back needs a new panel too and if we put a little wider top that over hangs,that would be a great table with storage,which I will need bad.Just have to add chairs.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Didn't know that could Happen
As everyone knows I have been trying to take better care of myself.So when hubstead said he wanted to go get some chicken yesterday from the local chicken place,you know who it is,I said sure I love their chicken.So we got coleslaw,corn,green beans,mac and cheese and mashed potatoes with gravy.We ate when we got home and ate on it on and off.Soooo...I went to bed later and when I got up my GOSH what a headache I had.I can not describe the pain .I said ok I won't do that again.This morning I am having to take advils and eat something better.WOW.We went to the store last night and I picked up my organic cereal and some almond milk.I'm so mad at myself but I didn't know that could happen.When you get use to eating one thing and try to eat another it does make a difference in your system.
A long time ago I talked to a guy who was working up in Yellowstone Park and he decided to go see a relative in Kansas.He had been use to eating the deer and elk and other wildlife there and he didn't think nothing of it so he stopped at a burger place and ate a hamburger.He said he got so sick cause his system was use to the rich wildlife food.This reminded me of how I felt this morning.I should of known better.But I'm back on the wagon today and I'm flushing myself out.It's so strange but not considering people talking about all the chemicals they put in food.I just thought I would write about this little experience and forward ya that it can hurt you if you fall off the wagon LOL!
A long time ago I talked to a guy who was working up in Yellowstone Park and he decided to go see a relative in Kansas.He had been use to eating the deer and elk and other wildlife there and he didn't think nothing of it so he stopped at a burger place and ate a hamburger.He said he got so sick cause his system was use to the rich wildlife food.This reminded me of how I felt this morning.I should of known better.But I'm back on the wagon today and I'm flushing myself out.It's so strange but not considering people talking about all the chemicals they put in food.I just thought I would write about this little experience and forward ya that it can hurt you if you fall off the wagon LOL!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
This was GOOD!
I made an white egg omelet with spinach and parmesan cheese added cayenne pepper on top for supper tonight.WOW!I used 3 eggs whites,boiled the spinach with nutmeg and lemon(remember the parmesan chicken?)I sprayed my little good skillet with Pam and cooked my egg whites on one side ,flipped it,added the spinach and cheese and folded the one side over.Put it on the plate and added a little spinach on top then sprinkle cayenne and grated cheese.Walla!It keeps me full for the rest of the night.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Sorry to be slow on Postings
Got over my allergies after two weeks.I have started my beaded strip for my cowboy hat,so I haven't been spending too much time on here,except FB,but I got relatives on there.The beaded strip is going very well and I will post the end results.I did bead a piece for a barette,it has little buebirds on it but I got to get some craft glue to finish it.The mobile home park finally put a new porch on the front.Hubstead almost broke his neck Sunday tripping in the door.He hurt his ankle a little.So Monday I got on the phone and told them what happened and it was about 30 minutes,here they come.I was thinking oh it takes someone almost breaking their foot to get you to fix it?I have been trying since last year to get them to fix the porch so I guess so.Oh I'll be so glad to get our own place.I know sometimes it's nice to have people to fix things and you don't get charged for it but it's another when you have to stay on them about it.So now the trailer looks nice with the porch and we got the grass cut.
I have been reading about the raw milk thing and my two cents here,if you want to drink it fine!We are getting too much and too many people making a fuss about all this.This includes small gardeners and farmers they may one day want to control.I am going to have a garden and I am going to have chickens and if I want to run around my house outside naked MIND your own business and don't look!What Graham Greene said on Maverick,Im going buy some land so God awful then maybe they will leave me alone.I have come to one conclusion,if you buy in the desert or in the swamps then people leave you alone lol!No seriously think about it,when you get too near a neighbor they can complain and the east is full of people.Damn I think I am trying to talk myself into staying here.Someone asked me one time why out west?I told them it's so open here that you can see someone coming from a mile off.This is my opinion and I'm sticking with it.Ok not too much going on but still packing and gathering stuff up we are going to need.We haven't decided where depends on property being available.Also heard about the wood burning stoves too,now they want you to have an EPA certified stove and you have to completely dismantle your old one unusable.What a crock of s#$T.Sorry I have been reading all this and it's like a nightmare to me.Heck by the time I'm ready to do the dew I won't be be able to do nothing.
I have been reading about the raw milk thing and my two cents here,if you want to drink it fine!We are getting too much and too many people making a fuss about all this.This includes small gardeners and farmers they may one day want to control.I am going to have a garden and I am going to have chickens and if I want to run around my house outside naked MIND your own business and don't look!What Graham Greene said on Maverick,Im going buy some land so God awful then maybe they will leave me alone.I have come to one conclusion,if you buy in the desert or in the swamps then people leave you alone lol!No seriously think about it,when you get too near a neighbor they can complain and the east is full of people.Damn I think I am trying to talk myself into staying here.Someone asked me one time why out west?I told them it's so open here that you can see someone coming from a mile off.This is my opinion and I'm sticking with it.Ok not too much going on but still packing and gathering stuff up we are going to need.We haven't decided where depends on property being available.Also heard about the wood burning stoves too,now they want you to have an EPA certified stove and you have to completely dismantle your old one unusable.What a crock of s#$T.Sorry I have been reading all this and it's like a nightmare to me.Heck by the time I'm ready to do the dew I won't be be able to do nothing.
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