Prep Genrl Weekly Prep Thread; April 27 ~ May 3, 2014
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I canned 10 pints of chicken and 8 of broth yesterday. I figure prices are only going to go up for meat and poultry (everything else too!) so anytime there's a good sale I want to add meat to my preps. Chicken is good because there is so much you can do with it. I buy 10 lb. bags of legs and thigh meat when its on sale. This time it was 88¢ a pound so adds up to $1.00 per pint.
Best prep -- I can't take credit for -- rain. We're still considered in extreme drought here so a rainy week in the forecast is excellent. It rained briefly today with lots of wind.
Best prep -- I can't take credit for -- rain. We're still considered in extreme drought here so a rainy week in the forecast is excellent. It rained briefly today with lots of wind.
worked my first day shift (I just switched from days to nights) Monday. I'll have to say, it went by fast. I feel like I'm already able to get a lot more done - we'll see if that lasts! Renee still puts me to shame! I've done up laundry (at least part of it) and cleaned the house, checked on summer school for youngest DD (sigh) and run errands. DH thought we were running low on ground soy for the pigfeed, so I picked up a few bags. Returned some planters to a neighbor who brought me strawberries last fall (that are doing beautifully), and made banana pudding using chocolate moon pies in place of vanilla wafers for dessert tonight. I started to pick up some lemon balm at the nursery, but it had no smell!! Guess I"ll be starting some from seed.
Now if the wind will die down some, I"ll get started on my bee boxes. I have bees coming in on Saturday, and I need too get them set up.
Now if the wind will die down some, I"ll get started on my bee boxes. I have bees coming in on Saturday, and I need too get them set up.
I planted 6 tomatoes, 6 bell peppers, 4 cayenne peppers, 12 cabbage and 12 broccoli plants today. Also set out elephant garlic cloves to make a 35 foot row of those. That adds the 3 rows of potatoes I planted on Good Friday. Garden season is just getting started here in south IN, so it is still too cold for beans and corn. This covers half of one garden plot, 30' x 80', and there are 2 more that size to work on. The soil is plowed and disked, but the weather is still too cold at night for many things. It's very wet, too. We've had a lot of rain and more coming the rest of this week. It will be another 2 to 4 weeks before we plant corn and beans, but I will sow lettuce, onions, radishes, and chard soon.
We don't really need to can anything this year, but we plant enough to give the kids some and whoever else.
I finished the engine mount on the wood splitter today. This is a very old "Brave" brand splitter whose engine I am replacing with a slightly different new engine. It took some cutting and welding, and an added bracket, but it came out nice. I will be cutting a lot of firewood soon, so this is sorely needed. This past winter we burned 50% more wood than usual for heat. I still have maybe enough for one winter remaining that is dry, but I try to have at least 2 years worth on hand. It sure paid off this past winter!
We don't really need to can anything this year, but we plant enough to give the kids some and whoever else.
I finished the engine mount on the wood splitter today. This is a very old "Brave" brand splitter whose engine I am replacing with a slightly different new engine. It took some cutting and welding, and an added bracket, but it came out nice. I will be cutting a lot of firewood soon, so this is sorely needed. This past winter we burned 50% more wood than usual for heat. I still have maybe enough for one winter remaining that is dry, but I try to have at least 2 years worth on hand. It sure paid off this past winter!
Not doing too much still feeling crummy with allergies...........found organic canned tomato sauce and org. diced tomatoes on closeout for .37 cents each.......bought a case of 24.....we can't garden and that's too cheap to pass up....salvage store nearby is selling dehydrated sliced potatoes for $1 a lb..........bought a 2 lb. bag and will buy more if they still have some.........internet sites charge at least $3 a lb for large buckets..........the wind today NW of Denver was really strong........but won't complain compared to the unfortunates hit by tornadoes...........imagine all your households gone in a split second.............so sad...........
NO!! Nonononono, Moldy! Do not start lemon balm from seed! PM me your addy and I will send you some starts of the blasted stuff - very lemony scented! And I will dance all the way to the post office 
I've been yanking the stuff out and throwing it on the burn pile!
I can't remember much about last week - seemed like I was running all week long! Had family over for Easter dinner, worked Mon/Tues nights, got off Wednesday morning and tilled 3 of the gardens and did some mowing, watched the boys Wendesday afternoon, then slept like the dead Wednesday night Finally got fed up and dragged Hubby to the doc on Thursday, and caught up on laundry and rested on Friday.
I've not gotten a whole lot done this week beyond mowing - which I didn't get finished due to having to go to work - some parts will have to be bush hogged when it finally dries up enough to mow again. We are on day 3 of rain; with 5 more days of rain forecast. Hubby was so bullheaded about going to the doc over his cold; by the time I finally dragged him in, it had gone into pneumonia; so he has been down since last Wednesday - which means my big rain water tank didn't get hooked up the downspout on the machine shed. I'm hopeful that he'll get it done sometime this week, when he gets to feeling better and if the weather cooperates.
Spent 5 hours on the mower Saturday (I need a milk cow to eat all this grass!); then went in to work that night and Sunday night, got off Monday morning and came straight home and fell into bed for a nap as daughter needed to bring the boys out at 12:30 for me to watch while she worked - her babysitter was without power. I managed to get a little cleaning up done in the yard while they were here, but then had to stop to run them home. Got home and threw in a load of laundry before I hit the shower and headed for bed. Got up this morning and stripped the beds, hung the laundry in the washer on the line, threw the feather throws in the washer, got the dishes done up, made a batch of lemonade and one of tea, had breakfast, hung the blankets on the line and tossed in a load of sheets, then decided to make some new compost bins to go in a difficult to till area in one of the gardens (there's an asparagus bed in the way), so hauled a half-dozen (free!!) skids out to the garden and managed to slog around in ankle deep mud long enough to get it started. I love zip ties
I'm going to have to con my co-worker buddy into taking me to pick up some more free skids so that I can fill that whole area with compost bins....
Got done with that in time to get cleaned up before lunch - ham salad on crackers and a banana; then hung the sheets on the line and threw in another load of laundry - I swear I don't know where it all comes from!! Had a plan to walk with the neighbor lady and was on my way to her house when daughter called - babysitter had bailed for the afternoon and she had a client coming at 2:30; could I pick up the boys? So we cut our walk just a little short and I headed for town and snagged the boys - totally forgetting to also snag the boots from our house - they'd worn them home Monday night; all they had were good sneakers and "I" thought it was too cold to be out barefoot, so we stayed inside. I manged to get another load of laundry done and hung most of it out to dry; saved the rest to dry with the load of towels I knew I'd be washing after the boys' baths Brought in the stuff that was on the line when I hung the last load; then snuck out the shed and brought in another couple boxes of canning jars and got them going in the dishwasher. I'd pulled some chicken out of the freezer to fix for supper; don't know why I pulled out two bags but was glad I did as daughter called as she was heading out to pick up the boys and wanted to know if they'd eaten yet; told her it was cooking, and she asked if there was enough for her as well. You betcha!! Homemade fried chicken strips, hashbrown cassarole, home canned green beans, biscuits with cream gravy, and home canned peaches - yum!! After supper, it started raining again - with the sun shining, so there was a gorgeous double rainbow; we took the boys out and showed it to them; then daughter let them take off their shoes and run around in the yard in the rain for just a bit. We brought them in and plopped them in the tub to warm up; I kept an eye on them while daughter cleaned up the kitchen, then we stuffed them into jammies and put them on Papaw's lap to watch cartoons while we sorted through some boxes of shoes to find the next sizes up for the boys. I'm betting she had to carry two snoozing little boys in the house when she got home
I work Wednesday and Thursday nights, so not sure what I'll be doing tomorrow; maybe working some more out in the machine shed -the dumpster the trash folks delivered is about 1/3 full already - and I don't even recognize some of this junk I'm tossing in!! Guess that's what happens when you and your family have lived in the same place for over 50 years!
I have to pick up the boys Friday morning when I get off work - daughter has found a new babysitter, but she doesn't start taking the boys there until Monday. Co-worker buddy is planning to stop by on his way home from an appointment; says he'll bring pizza for our lunch, so I won't have to worry about that. I've already threatened him not to get them too wound up - Heaven help me if they don't nap that afternoon; I'd be one tired Grammy by the time daughter picks them up lol!!
I didn't see any sales this week that were really great; only one I plan to do is a sunglasses sale at CVS. Children or adult sunglasses; buy 2; get a $5 ECB. Kid's sunglasses are $5.99 & $6.99, so I will buy 2, use a $5 pharmacy reward ECB to pay part of the cost, and get back the $5 ECB.
I will check in at the grocery store both days I work and the morning I pick up the boys - the store has ground chuck on sale for $2.99 lb - which means that if they grind too much, they will have it labeled 'Yesterday's Fresh Beef' and marked down to $1.99/lb the next day. I'd like to get enough to can 9 pints of ground beef, plus 18 pints of ground beef veggie soup for Hubby's lunches. I got a call today from someone wanting me to teach a canning class; was hoping for split chicken breast to be on sale for a decent price so that I could stock up on some of it for the class but may have to settle for whatever is on sale. Either that, or wait until the garden is producing something to can! Hmmm, might not be too bad of an idea - con the class into picking and snapping green beans
I've been yanking the stuff out and throwing it on the burn pile!I can't remember much about last week - seemed like I was running all week long! Had family over for Easter dinner, worked Mon/Tues nights, got off Wednesday morning and tilled 3 of the gardens and did some mowing, watched the boys Wendesday afternoon, then slept like the dead Wednesday night
Finally got fed up and dragged Hubby to the doc on Thursday, and caught up on laundry and rested on Friday.I've not gotten a whole lot done this week beyond mowing - which I didn't get finished due to having to go to work - some parts will have to be bush hogged when it finally dries up enough to mow again. We are on day 3 of rain; with 5 more days of rain forecast. Hubby was so bullheaded about going to the doc over his cold; by the time I finally dragged him in, it had gone into pneumonia; so he has been down since last Wednesday - which means my big rain water tank didn't get hooked up the downspout on the machine shed. I'm hopeful that he'll get it done sometime this week, when he gets to feeling better and if the weather cooperates.
Spent 5 hours on the mower Saturday (I need a milk cow to eat all this grass!); then went in to work that night and Sunday night, got off Monday morning and came straight home and fell into bed for a nap as daughter needed to bring the boys out at 12:30 for me to watch while she worked - her babysitter was without power. I managed to get a little cleaning up done in the yard while they were here, but then had to stop to run them home. Got home and threw in a load of laundry before I hit the shower and headed for bed. Got up this morning and stripped the beds, hung the laundry in the washer on the line, threw the feather throws in the washer, got the dishes done up, made a batch of lemonade and one of tea, had breakfast, hung the blankets on the line and tossed in a load of sheets, then decided to make some new compost bins to go in a difficult to till area in one of the gardens (there's an asparagus bed in the way), so hauled a half-dozen (free!!) skids out to the garden and managed to slog around in ankle deep mud long enough to get it started. I love zip ties
I'm going to have to con my co-worker buddy into taking me to pick up some more free skids so that I can fill that whole area with compost bins....Got done with that in time to get cleaned up before lunch - ham salad on crackers and a banana; then hung the sheets on the line and threw in another load of laundry - I swear I don't know where it all comes from!! Had a plan to walk with the neighbor lady and was on my way to her house when daughter called - babysitter had bailed for the afternoon and she had a client coming at 2:30; could I pick up the boys? So we cut our walk just a little short and I headed for town and snagged the boys - totally forgetting to also snag the boots from our house - they'd worn them home Monday night; all they had were good sneakers and "I" thought it was too cold to be out barefoot, so we stayed inside. I manged to get another load of laundry done and hung most of it out to dry; saved the rest to dry with the load of towels I knew I'd be washing after the boys' baths
Brought in the stuff that was on the line when I hung the last load; then snuck out the shed and brought in another couple boxes of canning jars and got them going in the dishwasher. I'd pulled some chicken out of the freezer to fix for supper; don't know why I pulled out two bags but was glad I did as daughter called as she was heading out to pick up the boys and wanted to know if they'd eaten yet; told her it was cooking, and she asked if there was enough for her as well. You betcha!! Homemade fried chicken strips, hashbrown cassarole, home canned green beans, biscuits with cream gravy, and home canned peaches - yum!! After supper, it started raining again - with the sun shining, so there was a gorgeous double rainbow; we took the boys out and showed it to them; then daughter let them take off their shoes and run around in the yard in the rain for just a bit. We brought them in and plopped them in the tub to warm up; I kept an eye on them while daughter cleaned up the kitchen, then we stuffed them into jammies and put them on Papaw's lap to watch cartoons while we sorted through some boxes of shoes to find the next sizes up for the boys. I'm betting she had to carry two snoozing little boys in the house when she got home I work Wednesday and Thursday nights, so not sure what I'll be doing tomorrow; maybe working some more out in the machine shed -the dumpster the trash folks delivered is about 1/3 full already - and I don't even recognize some of this junk I'm tossing in!! Guess that's what happens when you and your family have lived in the same place for over 50 years!
I have to pick up the boys Friday morning when I get off work - daughter has found a new babysitter, but she doesn't start taking the boys there until Monday. Co-worker buddy is planning to stop by on his way home from an appointment; says he'll bring pizza for our lunch, so I won't have to worry about that. I've already threatened him not to get them too wound up - Heaven help me if they don't nap that afternoon; I'd be one tired Grammy by the time daughter picks them up lol!!
I didn't see any sales this week that were really great; only one I plan to do is a sunglasses sale at CVS. Children or adult sunglasses; buy 2; get a $5 ECB. Kid's sunglasses are $5.99 & $6.99, so I will buy 2, use a $5 pharmacy reward ECB to pay part of the cost, and get back the $5 ECB.
I will check in at the grocery store both days I work and the morning I pick up the boys - the store has ground chuck on sale for $2.99 lb - which means that if they grind too much, they will have it labeled 'Yesterday's Fresh Beef' and marked down to $1.99/lb the next day. I'd like to get enough to can 9 pints of ground beef, plus 18 pints of ground beef veggie soup for Hubby's lunches. I got a call today from someone wanting me to teach a canning class; was hoping for split chicken breast to be on sale for a decent price so that I could stock up on some of it for the class but may have to settle for whatever is on sale. Either that, or wait until the garden is producing something to can! Hmmm, might not be too bad of an idea - con the class into picking and snapping green beans
Broken Arrow
Heathen Pagan Witch
Moldy I have lemon balm I can split off for you too.
I was sort of expecting the boys again this afternoon (but daughter decided it was too cold to go morel hunting) so this morning, I poked my nose in to the fridge to see if anything sounded good. Found 1.5 uncooked chicken breasts left from yesterday, 1.75 pounds of ground beef that needed something done with it soon, 2 slightly wrinkled orange bell peppers (99 cents on clearance), and half an onion.
Dumped some coconut oil in an iron skillet; while it heated, I cut the chicken breast into small chunks - inch or so. Tossed them in to brown and went to the pantry and got a bag of Campbell's Toasted Sesame Skillet sauce, a pkt of fried rice seasoning mix, pkt of onion soup mix, jar of spaghetti sauce, can of tomato sauce, and a jar of (uncooked) rice. Once the chicken was done, I lifted it out of the skillet and left it to drain, then dumped a cup of rice in the oil left in the skillet and stirred it around some until it looked sort of toasted. Added a bit over 2 cups of water, some dried peppers and celery, diced onion, frozen peas and carrots, and 1/2 the pkt of fried rice seasoning mix, stirred it all around and slapped a lid on the skillet. Then I got out the double boiler and made a batch of custard - 1/3 cup sugar, 4 T flour, scant salt, 2 cups milk, 3 egg yolks; cook in top of double boiler til thickened (stirring constantly), add 1 t vanilla when done - and used it to make layered banana pudding - shortbread cookies, no Nilla wafers here. Stirred the rice off an on; then used the ground beef, onion soup mix, canna tomato sauce, bread crumbs, and an egg to make meatloaf mix. Cut the peppers along the lobes to make 'boats' and cleaned out the seeds; then packed them full of meatloaf mix - had some left, so formed it into 4 large meatballs. Poured a nice layer of spaghetti sauce over the bottom of the crock pot, put the pepper boats and meatballs on top; then poured the rest of the spaghetti sauce over them and turned the crock pot on low. Rice was done by then, so divvied it up in go containers, then dumped the Sesame stuff and some extra chopped garlic-inna-jar into the skillet and got it to simmering before adding the chicken; then let it simmer some more while I put the rest of the batch of biscuits I made yesterday (sweet cream biscuits) into the toaster oven to bake and washed the dishes. Divvied up the chicken over the containers of fried rice, and stuffed 'em in the fridge.
So ~
5 lunch size servings sesame chicken over fried rice
6 stuffed pepper boats
4 giant meatballs
12 biscuits
1 medium size glass bread pan of banana pudding
And...
I'm eating leftover ham salad and a banana for lunch
Off to nap before work - take care, all; have a great day!
Dumped some coconut oil in an iron skillet; while it heated, I cut the chicken breast into small chunks - inch or so. Tossed them in to brown and went to the pantry and got a bag of Campbell's Toasted Sesame Skillet sauce, a pkt of fried rice seasoning mix, pkt of onion soup mix, jar of spaghetti sauce, can of tomato sauce, and a jar of (uncooked) rice. Once the chicken was done, I lifted it out of the skillet and left it to drain, then dumped a cup of rice in the oil left in the skillet and stirred it around some until it looked sort of toasted. Added a bit over 2 cups of water, some dried peppers and celery, diced onion, frozen peas and carrots, and 1/2 the pkt of fried rice seasoning mix, stirred it all around and slapped a lid on the skillet. Then I got out the double boiler and made a batch of custard - 1/3 cup sugar, 4 T flour, scant salt, 2 cups milk, 3 egg yolks; cook in top of double boiler til thickened (stirring constantly), add 1 t vanilla when done - and used it to make layered banana pudding - shortbread cookies, no Nilla wafers here. Stirred the rice off an on; then used the ground beef, onion soup mix, canna tomato sauce, bread crumbs, and an egg to make meatloaf mix. Cut the peppers along the lobes to make 'boats' and cleaned out the seeds; then packed them full of meatloaf mix - had some left, so formed it into 4 large meatballs. Poured a nice layer of spaghetti sauce over the bottom of the crock pot, put the pepper boats and meatballs on top; then poured the rest of the spaghetti sauce over them and turned the crock pot on low. Rice was done by then, so divvied it up in go containers, then dumped the Sesame stuff and some extra chopped garlic-inna-jar into the skillet and got it to simmering before adding the chicken; then let it simmer some more while I put the rest of the batch of biscuits I made yesterday (sweet cream biscuits) into the toaster oven to bake and washed the dishes. Divvied up the chicken over the containers of fried rice, and stuffed 'em in the fridge.
So ~
5 lunch size servings sesame chicken over fried rice
6 stuffed pepper boats
4 giant meatballs
12 biscuits
1 medium size glass bread pan of banana pudding
And...
I'm eating leftover ham salad and a banana for lunch
Off to nap before work - take care, all; have a great day!
My prepping lately has been limited to cleaning, sorting, discarding, donating and generally clearing out. We're going to town tomorrow and I'm taking a large box plus a backpack of dd's stuff to her (whether she wants it or not!). Also, found a bunch of cross-stitch patterns that I'm taking to dd. I have a large stack of quilting magazines to go to the library book store and books to return to the library. The goal is not to bring anything that's not on the shopping list back with us! Sunday's paper had a buy one/get one free for a meal at Kentucky Fried Chicken so we're going to treat ourselves to lunch. We usually try to go early enough that we're home for lunch. I hate spending $8 for fast food every time we go to town! If the blessed weather would ever warm up I'd pack a lunch for us to eat at a park. Of course, dh LOVES fast food so is always ready to go to Burger King or McD's. I resist as its expensive and not good for us -- especially him as he's diabetic.
Studying all my bee books to get ready for Saturday. I work Thurs and Fri, so will set up the boxes for the hives Saturday morning. Thinking of putting one in the back field and one at the north pasture (12 miles or so from our home place). WE have two wild hives here, but for a multitude of reasons can't access the honey. However, I don't want to kill off the wild bees - they're great polinators! Made pumpkin pies and pumpkin bread today, but caught a touch of food poisoning or something and wasn't able to eat dinner. DH brought me home an ice cream cake for my birthday and I managed to eat a tiny sliver of that (well, you know, he went to all that trouble and all....!)
SusieSunshine
Veteran Member
Happy Birthday Moldy!
I scored at my local HEB. I found boxes of powdered milk @ 50 cents. Cans of diced tomatoes with chilies @ 24 cents. A few other pantry items also. None had an expiration date under 15 months!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOLDY!!
Barb, I had a moment of sanity and took the banana pudding to work with me. Coworkers were happy to have it and I was happy not to have it tempting me lol! I need to work on cutting the recipe down to just a couple of servings!
I did have about a pint of bell pepper infused spaghetti sauce left in the crock pot after I lifted out the meatballs and stuffed pepper boats, and I noticed this morning when I got home from work that Hubby had put some sausage in the fridge to thaw. Wonder if he's thinking pizza, lasagne, stuffed shells, or...
Barb, I had a moment of sanity and took the banana pudding to work with me
. Coworkers were happy to have it and I was happy not to have it tempting me lol! I need to work on cutting the recipe down to just a couple of servings!I did have about a pint of bell pepper infused spaghetti sauce left in the crock pot after I lifted out the meatballs and stuffed pepper boats, and I noticed this morning when I got home from work that Hubby had put some sausage in the fridge to thaw. Wonder if he's thinking pizza, lasagne, stuffed shells, or...
I got put on call today (don't have to go in unless they call me, then I have to be in in 20 minutes). hasn't happened in a LONG while, so i'm thrilled! Already have sent oldest DD and DH to work and moved all the plants from the house to the green house (it's been cold at night, and I don't want to run the propane heaters for days at a time). Youngest DD went with a friend to fulfill their auction obligation. They were sold at an FFA auction back in October to a rancher from NE, so they are headed there to help with cattle and fix fence. DH will pick them up about 6 pm. The school checks everyone out, so I'm not worried. We've met this man a time or two, and he's bought kids for years. He tries to teach them as well as work them, so I"m glad he bought S.
Now I'm off to try to get some beehives placed since my bees come in tomorrow. Planning on brats with kraut and onions, some fried potatoes, and cinnamon apples for dinner.... and the rest of my cake. THanks for all the birthday wishes!
Now I'm off to try to get some beehives placed since my bees come in tomorrow. Planning on brats with kraut and onions, some fried potatoes, and cinnamon apples for dinner.... and the rest of my cake. THanks for all the birthday wishes!
This time of year is always a bear for me. My calendar looks like my highlighters threw up all over it as I try and keep track of everyone's schedule AND my things to do. May is a real bugaboo. 3rd is 15 yo's choreography recital and softball (assuming rain doesn't cancel) and college placement testing stuff, 7th is our wedding anniversary (26 years), 11th is Mother's Day, 14th is my mother's birthday, 15th is Senior Showcase and my graduating daughter is doing a piano duet with a friend (Dr. Who music), 16th is DD's high school graduation ceremony, 17th graduating daughter is going to a prom with a friend (second one she has been to), 18th is youngest's Spring production at church, my parents are coming down for DD's graduation and staying the weekend, 19th hopefully going to Webster flea market as I really need to restock some stuff ... and it goes on and on and on.
And now to add insult to injury we had a line of squalls come through with a ungodly late in the season cold front and we have a rental house that is flooded. Don't know how bad yet as we can't even get to it and more rain is expected through today and tomorrow. I've already called the Mayor's office and really let them have it as they built a $7 million pumping station practically next door to the property and that was supposed to take care of the flooding that has been going on for decades in that subdivision. First test of the new system and they have failed miserably. Makes me want to bang some heads into the concrete. I swear I could chew horseshoes and spit nails right now. It isn't the flooding so much - that's why we have flood insurance on the property - it is the incompetence of the city and how misspent our taxes are.
I don't know about everyone else but I'm feeling pressured like crazy. I've got holes in my inventory that need filling but every time I get a little money something happens that I've got to rearrange the budget yet again. One way or the other I have got to get some of this taken care of. Gak! I wish that blasted time fairy would get out of the hospital already ... I need more hours ... stat.
And now to add insult to injury we had a line of squalls come through with a ungodly late in the season cold front and we have a rental house that is flooded. Don't know how bad yet as we can't even get to it and more rain is expected through today and tomorrow. I've already called the Mayor's office and really let them have it as they built a $7 million pumping station practically next door to the property and that was supposed to take care of the flooding that has been going on for decades in that subdivision. First test of the new system and they have failed miserably. Makes me want to bang some heads into the concrete. I swear I could chew horseshoes and spit nails right now. It isn't the flooding so much - that's why we have flood insurance on the property - it is the incompetence of the city and how misspent our taxes are.
I don't know about everyone else but I'm feeling pressured like crazy. I've got holes in my inventory that need filling but every time I get a little money something happens that I've got to rearrange the budget yet again. One way or the other I have got to get some of this taken care of. Gak! I wish that blasted time fairy would get out of the hospital already ... I need more hours ... stat.
prudentwatcher
Veteran Member
I go on vacation next week, so I'm not doing much in the prepping department, but Publix did have Scott tp on sale, so I bought 3 4pks of the Extra Soft. THey also had some Heat Well patches on sale BOGO so I got 2 boxes of those. I've self diagnosed a Medial Collateral Ligament tear and heat helps with the pain. I'll see ortho when I get back from vacation, but this has been going on for 2 months and is not getting any better. I can still walk, I just have almost constant pain in that knee area and will take lots of Motrin and pain pills and heat patches with me to Iceland.
Prudentwatcher,
Be careful to eat before taking Motrin! I couldn't read the super fine print on the bottle when I used it for the first time a year ago. I ended up with a severe stomach erosion and carried a glass of milk around with me for almost a year. Prilosec and milk finally got it calmed down, but it has been miserable.
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Eating plenty of beef gelatin might help the ligament heal. I have a torn rotator cuff that happened many years ago. I didn't know what it was and just toughed it out. A chiropractor friend who studied nutrition told me use mega doses of glucosamine and chondroitin and that helped. He also sent me some Chinese herbs to make Dit Da Jow, (Google that) an oriental martial arts liniment. (NOT to be taken internally!!!) That stuff is amazing! It is specific for soft tissue damage. A martial arts supplier should have several varieties of the stuff.
The best Glucosanmine/Chondroitin I found was a vet preparation called Fluidflex. http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail....5&ccd=IGO043&gclid=CMHf1_CJkL4CFe5aMgodb38ADw
I dosed myself according to body weight, per the quart bottle from the farm store. IIRC, it came out to be a couple teaspoons a day for my 160 pounds. It contains several plant derived anti-inflammatory agents, notably Bromelain from pineapple. It will put a horse with tendon injuries back on their feet in a hurry. It did wonders for my shoulder. http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/nutrition/nutrition+tips/pineapple+helps+relieve+inflammation,11331
I wish you the best and hope you heal as soon as possible.
Be careful to eat before taking Motrin! I couldn't read the super fine print on the bottle when I used it for the first time a year ago. I ended up with a severe stomach erosion and carried a glass of milk around with me for almost a year. Prilosec and milk finally got it calmed down, but it has been miserable.
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Eating plenty of beef gelatin might help the ligament heal. I have a torn rotator cuff that happened many years ago. I didn't know what it was and just toughed it out. A chiropractor friend who studied nutrition told me use mega doses of glucosamine and chondroitin and that helped. He also sent me some Chinese herbs to make Dit Da Jow, (Google that) an oriental martial arts liniment. (NOT to be taken internally!!!) That stuff is amazing! It is specific for soft tissue damage. A martial arts supplier should have several varieties of the stuff.
The best Glucosanmine/Chondroitin I found was a vet preparation called Fluidflex. http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail....5&ccd=IGO043&gclid=CMHf1_CJkL4CFe5aMgodb38ADw
I dosed myself according to body weight, per the quart bottle from the farm store. IIRC, it came out to be a couple teaspoons a day for my 160 pounds. It contains several plant derived anti-inflammatory agents, notably Bromelain from pineapple. It will put a horse with tendon injuries back on their feet in a hurry. It did wonders for my shoulder. http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/nutrition/nutrition+tips/pineapple+helps+relieve+inflammation,11331
I wish you the best and hope you heal as soon as possible.
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prudentwatcher
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Thanks for the tips Patience! I'll look into the info.
Old Gray Mare
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Managed to get 4 quarts of chicken canned and bought rabbits to breed for the table. The critters are settling in but it is a major change in environment and they are still scared. I am looking forward to some rabbit stew in the future. I got them from a reputable breeder who had them in a backyard shed in town. IMHO they are the perfect prepper livestock, They don't: make much noise, take up much room, need a lot of time or care, cost much to feed or shelter. They also breed, well, like rabbits. I have the facilities to care and shelter them in place. They also have a good meat to feed ratio.
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