Prep Genrl Weekly Prep thread - January 28-February 3, 2024
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SouthernBreeze
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Home Fellowship this morning, so not a lot going on, today. The rest of the day will be for rest and relaxation. Cary wants to go after double carry-out pizzas tonight for our supper, so I don't even have to cook, today.
It's cold outside. Temps will be cold today at 48 degrees for highs, but by Tuesday, they will be back up in the mid 60's. No rain. Every night at 9 pm, Cary and Frisco go for a walk around our property fence line. Frisco does his final business for the night. Last night, it was snowing! Big flakes, too. Cary and I, both, had to do a double take on the temp. It was 46 degrees and snowing! Crazy. It melted as soon as it hit the ground.
Update on the spider bites......I'm finally over it all. No swelling, pain, or itching. Still a small red spot where the bites took place, but they are fading. Thing is, at times, the skin on my eyelid, brow, forehead, and cheek feels like it's crawling. Might be taking the nerves a bit longer to heal.
Prayers for all to have a safe and blessed week ahead! I have an appt. with my MD specialist, Tuesday.
It's cold outside. Temps will be cold today at 48 degrees for highs, but by Tuesday, they will be back up in the mid 60's. No rain. Every night at 9 pm, Cary and Frisco go for a walk around our property fence line. Frisco does his final business for the night. Last night, it was snowing! Big flakes, too. Cary and I, both, had to do a double take on the temp. It was 46 degrees and snowing! Crazy. It melted as soon as it hit the ground.
Update on the spider bites......I'm finally over it all. No swelling, pain, or itching. Still a small red spot where the bites took place, but they are fading. Thing is, at times, the skin on my eyelid, brow, forehead, and cheek feels like it's crawling. Might be taking the nerves a bit longer to heal.
Prayers for all to have a safe and blessed week ahead! I have an appt. with my MD specialist, Tuesday.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
Happy sunday morning, no sunshine, but its still the day the Lord has made, so I'm rejoyceing.
Church today, we haven't been in a couple of weeks. It will be nice to see people. We don't get out much, but we did see those precious children on Friday. I'm starting another box of things for them. #4 likes to read. So I'm pulling down some classic literature for her. although I have to be careful not to overwhelm. One I think she will like is Middlemarch and another one she might find interesting is 1001 Books. The two history books I took friday did peek her interest. She's almost 8. I've taken them a big stack of Mother Earth News and the children love them, along with the parents. Even the two year old boy had to have one.
Have a blessed day.
Church today, we haven't been in a couple of weeks. It will be nice to see people. We don't get out much, but we did see those precious children on Friday. I'm starting another box of things for them. #4 likes to read. So I'm pulling down some classic literature for her. although I have to be careful not to overwhelm. One I think she will like is Middlemarch and another one she might find interesting is 1001 Books. The two history books I took friday did peek her interest. She's almost 8. I've taken them a big stack of Mother Earth News and the children love them, along with the parents. Even the two year old boy had to have one.
Have a blessed day.
We had well problems that we discovered Thursday evening when I heard the house pump running too long. Our sand filter was out of water. We just flipped the breakers and waited till morning to begin trouble shooting. Thank goodness I still had the water drawn up from our ice storm that caused no problems. To make a long story short,we had a broken pipe at the old well from the extreme cold we experienced. We cut that off an capped it, put a new pressure switch, pressure gauge, and added air to the pressure tank, and we are back in business. We are going to replace the pressure tank and some pipe at the newer well before we call it done. We also need to get new parts to put back in the shop for future use. Having the parts on hand was a blessing.
Our old well does not have much water so we had a new well dug. It had plenty of water for our needs. We would switch between the wells until the pump in the original well gave out and now just use the new well. We are talking about having that dead pump pulled and installing a deep well hand pump. That is something I have wanted to do for a long time.
Yesterday was raining most of the day. We went to town and hopefully got all the parts we need to fix the plumbing right. We had to go to 2 stores to find everything. The stores have sold a lot of parts the last week or so.
We did get most of the fruit trees pruned that are here at the house. We still have the ones in the end of our hay field to do yet. The prunings are still laying on the ground though. I will hopefully get most of them hauled to the burn pile this week. It is too soggy to drove the tractor across the yard.
All the ponds are full to overflowing. But at least they are overflowing out the correct place since we worked on them. The pond that won't hold water is even full. The back side is running out slower than before this time. I wish it would seal itself off. We have been thinking of adding blue dye that I'd used to see where you spray chemicals on lawns. We think it might concentrate where the leak is on the water side of the pond. If so, we could work on that area to try to stop the leaks. I would love to have fish in another pond.
While we were in town getting plumbing parts, we ran in Kroger for the sale items. They were out of some items. Hubby even remarked on how low their stock was. But it was Saturday and we usually never shop on Saturday, so I don't know if that is normal or not. Eggs were all gone but the expensive ones. I used a digital coupon and bought the last 5 bags of the we like that was on the shelves. 5 is the limit with digital coupons. It saved me $3 a bag. I was not comfortable with what we had on hand, but 5 more bags puts me at a more comfortable level.
This week we will finish the work on the well. Hopefully, get the pruning finished and picked up. We need to do a movie day with the grandkids. They have a Troll movie on CD to bring over. I will make frozen pizza and popcorn. I will search the sale flyers for deals like every week. That is all we have planned so far.
Have a safe and blessed week everyone
Our old well does not have much water so we had a new well dug. It had plenty of water for our needs. We would switch between the wells until the pump in the original well gave out and now just use the new well. We are talking about having that dead pump pulled and installing a deep well hand pump. That is something I have wanted to do for a long time.
Yesterday was raining most of the day. We went to town and hopefully got all the parts we need to fix the plumbing right. We had to go to 2 stores to find everything. The stores have sold a lot of parts the last week or so.
We did get most of the fruit trees pruned that are here at the house. We still have the ones in the end of our hay field to do yet. The prunings are still laying on the ground though. I will hopefully get most of them hauled to the burn pile this week. It is too soggy to drove the tractor across the yard.
All the ponds are full to overflowing. But at least they are overflowing out the correct place since we worked on them. The pond that won't hold water is even full. The back side is running out slower than before this time. I wish it would seal itself off. We have been thinking of adding blue dye that I'd used to see where you spray chemicals on lawns. We think it might concentrate where the leak is on the water side of the pond. If so, we could work on that area to try to stop the leaks. I would love to have fish in another pond.
While we were in town getting plumbing parts, we ran in Kroger for the sale items. They were out of some items. Hubby even remarked on how low their stock was. But it was Saturday and we usually never shop on Saturday, so I don't know if that is normal or not. Eggs were all gone but the expensive ones. I used a digital coupon and bought the last 5 bags of the we like that was on the shelves. 5 is the limit with digital coupons. It saved me $3 a bag. I was not comfortable with what we had on hand, but 5 more bags puts me at a more comfortable level.
This week we will finish the work on the well. Hopefully, get the pruning finished and picked up. We need to do a movie day with the grandkids. They have a Troll movie on CD to bring over. I will make frozen pizza and popcorn. I will search the sale flyers for deals like every week. That is all we have planned so far.
Have a safe and blessed week everyone
Digger we too have finished most of the pruning but like you it is too wet to use tractor to pick up pruned limbs. Still have the vineyard to prune.
This week I plan to finish planting bulbs, get potato row ready, and make final decisions about direction we are taking with garden. Trying to simplify but keep variety available. We don’t use grocery store except in extreme circumstances and would like to limit those extremes to fewer trips. Bartered with a friend to get 2 nectarine trees on Saturday! A good day for me is when everything we use is home produced!
This week I plan to finish planting bulbs, get potato row ready, and make final decisions about direction we are taking with garden. Trying to simplify but keep variety available. We don’t use grocery store except in extreme circumstances and would like to limit those extremes to fewer trips. Bartered with a friend to get 2 nectarine trees on Saturday! A good day for me is when everything we use is home produced!
ugh - still so much to do and another dream last night to softly kick my rear to get in gear. And I'm still sitting in my nightgown! After I get dressed, I need to do up laundry and some cleaning. The baking I planned to do is getting postponed - I can use up stuff out of the freezer without a problem. Yesterday, I ended up straightening up one area of the pantry - but there is a lot more to do. I need to hit Safeway before Wednesday, too, for some freebies. tomorrow I go see the reflexologist - we'll see how it goes. I've tried nearly everything else for my trismus with mixed results - might as well try this. He works on a donation policy, so it won't be horribly expensive, but it is about an hour and a half drive each way.
Meemur
Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
It's 32 F and overcast. No complaints from me! 32 beats -5 anytime!
Finished the front closet this morning (new rod and hardware). My home office closet is next, but probably next weekend or something. I've got laundry going, and there's noodle soup simmering on top of the stove and a meatloaf and a whole chicken cooking in the oven (for meals this week).
I'll slice the meatloaf and chop the chicken when they are cooked and cool. Sides will mainly be steamed frozen veggies from the freezer, made as needed.
I need to go take my walk soon. I'm waiting until it warms up a few more degrees so that the ice melts. I'm going to the lake trail and then maybe to HyVee to check the loss leaders for this week.
Hope everyone is warm and dry!
Finished the front closet this morning (new rod and hardware). My home office closet is next, but probably next weekend or something. I've got laundry going, and there's noodle soup simmering on top of the stove and a meatloaf and a whole chicken cooking in the oven (for meals this week).
I'll slice the meatloaf and chop the chicken when they are cooked and cool. Sides will mainly be steamed frozen veggies from the freezer, made as needed.
I need to go take my walk soon. I'm waiting until it warms up a few more degrees so that the ice melts. I'm going to the lake trail and then maybe to HyVee to check the loss leaders for this week.
Hope everyone is warm and dry!
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paxsim2
Senior Member
The sun is out and no rain for at least 3 days. It's been dreary and wet for almost 3 weeks.
We'll be spending some time outside then watch the playoff games.
I need to straighten up the kitchen and do some laundry plus put up my groceries from the Walmart pickup.
I didn't feel well yesterday but I'm better today. Sniffles, cough and scratchy throat and lots of sneezing. No fever so I am calling it allergies. Sambucol, vitamin C and Allegra helped a lot.
I can't believe it's almost February! Stay safe everyone!
We'll be spending some time outside then watch the playoff games.
I need to straighten up the kitchen and do some laundry plus put up my groceries from the Walmart pickup.
I didn't feel well yesterday but I'm better today. Sniffles, cough and scratchy throat and lots of sneezing. No fever so I am calling it allergies. Sambucol, vitamin C and Allegra helped a lot.
I can't believe it's almost February! Stay safe everyone!
We have an extra well and I've always wanted a hand pump on it. The resale store in town had the prettiest old one with all the hardware a few years ago...I've kicked myself ever since for not buying it. It sold before I could get DH up there to check it out.
We will have to get a deep well hand pump. Our wells are 200 feet deep. We had a shallow well at my parents near you that had the best water. It was only about 30 feet deep. My parents drew water with a bucket for cooking and drinking. The well pump ran the house, but the water wasn't as good. I have a shallow well hand pump, but it won't pull water that far.
kyrsyan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
It is a gray day today. Son and I both woke with migraines. He decided he didn't want medicine, he just wanted to be grumpy and hitty. It took two doses of his med to break the headache. And then a very firm discussion to stop the "hit the walls" behavior that he had decided was funny. Now he's napping.
I'm about to take round two of OTC meds and hope that handles the worst of it. I've got the corner of the eye muscle spasm that says I really need to pay attention. If you haven't realized, I tend to block headaches/migraines from conscious knowledge. I end up drained with fritzy brain. It's not until my eyes literally hurt, or some other warning sign, that I realize I'm mentally blocking the pain warnings. I'm better about it than I used to be but when I'm over focused on things, like tax issues, my brain falls back into old pathways.
I'm about to go make lunch, take an hour, and then tackle my other client. After the headache is gone, hopefully, so that I am much less likely to make errors.
I'm about to take round two of OTC meds and hope that handles the worst of it. I've got the corner of the eye muscle spasm that says I really need to pay attention. If you haven't realized, I tend to block headaches/migraines from conscious knowledge. I end up drained with fritzy brain. It's not until my eyes literally hurt, or some other warning sign, that I realize I'm mentally blocking the pain warnings. I'm better about it than I used to be but when I'm over focused on things, like tax issues, my brain falls back into old pathways.
I'm about to go make lunch, take an hour, and then tackle my other client. After the headache is gone, hopefully, so that I am much less likely to make errors.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
Church was good today, it was about bitterness as in holding a grudge.
We went to the roadkill cafe after church, it just didn't seem as good as usual. Even the orange chicken had way to much breading and very little chicken, I didn't finish mine.
We to the smaller regional grocery store next door to the cafe. I found two steaks for about $7 each. Felt like splurging so I bought them for DH. And this store has Gorton's fish sticks, my wm has not had them since the plandemic. Its nice to have stuff like that for a fairly quick meal
I've been obsessing about wanting a king cake and so far what I've found is not worth 12.99. I found some kind cake decoracted cinimmon rolls. The icing is cream cheese and I love cream cheese.
The sun is shinning and the temps are brisk.
We went to the roadkill cafe after church, it just didn't seem as good as usual. Even the orange chicken had way to much breading and very little chicken, I didn't finish mine.
We to the smaller regional grocery store next door to the cafe. I found two steaks for about $7 each. Felt like splurging so I bought them for DH. And this store has Gorton's fish sticks, my wm has not had them since the plandemic. Its nice to have stuff like that for a fairly quick meal
I've been obsessing about wanting a king cake and so far what I've found is not worth 12.99. I found some kind cake decoracted cinimmon rolls. The icing is cream cheese and I love cream cheese.
The sun is shinning and the temps are brisk.
kyrsyan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Better evening. It seems that a chunk of my issue was the light spectrum. I switch to my Blokz lens and things settled a lot. Not gone but no longer building. Even when I'm not on the computer.
Son still has one.
Got 4 hours of work done. A whole pile of receipts entered. Etc, etc.
Now just chilling and planning an early bed time.
Son still has one.
Got 4 hours of work done. A whole pile of receipts entered. Etc, etc.
Now just chilling and planning an early bed time.
feralferret
Veteran Member
My wife has a recipe for "King Cake" that is quite delicious. It just doesn't have the little plastic baby in it.
feralferret
Veteran Member
I'll try to remember to do so after we finish moving. I used to have it on my computer, but it was lost when the hard drive it was on was accidentally formatted. Her recipe card is at the new house.
The newer well is a deep one too with an electric pump and we are pretty sure it is artesian...In all these years, it has never gone dry or even gotten low. The water has iron but the Berkey takes it out. Surprisingly, I like it better unfiltered for coffee but I fight iron stains on everything. Someday I would like a filter on it but that is at the bottom of a long list. Priority is getting DH's woodworking barn rebuilt after the fire.
The second and oldest well has been here since the S. family owned this land and it is shallow and in front of what is left of the little rock building. That's the one I want a hand pump on.
Judy if available try pork ribeyes.
We have HEB and they always have them.
Marinated they are my favorite now over beef.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I buy the family packs of boneless pork ribeye chops a lot. They are really cheap at the meat market. Sometimes, I use them just like beef rib eyes. They are very good, too. I marinate them in the fridge all day, before cooking them.
Ya'll don't laugh, but I've never heard of a "king cake". I guess I'll have to google it. Ya'll have my curiosity peaked, LOL.
Not a lot going on today other than our regular activities. Cary bringing in firewood and reloading ammo. Me, everyday household stuff.
Tomorrow is my MD specialist visit. We'll eat out, before coming home. It will be late. I always have a lot of testing done, and all of that takes forever even before I see her.
Wednesday, we get to stay home.
Thursday is grocery and other shopping day which includes going to the meat market in another town.
Friday, Cary and I plan to spend the day in Big Town shopping with all the gift cards we got for Christmas. We'll use one of the gift cards to go to a nice restaurant, too. It's been a long time, since we've spent the whole day in Big Town just doing what we like to do and going where we want to go.
Ya'll don't laugh, but I've never heard of a "king cake". I guess I'll have to google it. Ya'll have my curiosity peaked, LOL.
Not a lot going on today other than our regular activities. Cary bringing in firewood and reloading ammo. Me, everyday household stuff.
Tomorrow is my MD specialist visit. We'll eat out, before coming home. It will be late. I always have a lot of testing done, and all of that takes forever even before I see her.
Wednesday, we get to stay home.
Thursday is grocery and other shopping day which includes going to the meat market in another town.
Friday, Cary and I plan to spend the day in Big Town shopping with all the gift cards we got for Christmas. We'll use one of the gift cards to go to a nice restaurant, too. It's been a long time, since we've spent the whole day in Big Town just doing what we like to do and going where we want to go.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Yeah. I'd never heard of a king cake, until I googled it. Looking at one of the recipes, it sounds more like a sweet bread than a cake, though.
Meemur
Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
As for me, it's off to work in a minute. I've been trying to leave time to scan the news. I keep feeling like something is going to break.
For preps, I'm trying to get better about not letting my gas tank go below half full. No, I'm not going anywhere, but a tank full of gas allows me to recharge battery packs for the phone and such.
A tank full of gas just gives a prepper more options!
For preps, I'm trying to get better about not letting my gas tank go below half full. No, I'm not going anywhere, but a tank full of gas allows me to recharge battery packs for the phone and such.
A tank full of gas just gives a prepper more options!
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nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I sure wish we had an HEB near by. My brother who lived in San Antonio was a big fan.
Marseydoats
Veteran Member
I had to go to the big town to run errands (lord, I hate that place!) so decided I'd just bite the bullet and go to Aldi. It's supposed to rain again mid-week, and we're still flooded from last time. I've always known that the little farming community I live in is the last to get store stock, but my regular store hasn't had any of the junk cereal hubs likes in a month --- I even tried to get him some at WM with no luck.
Big Town Aldi fully stocked and parking lot full on a Monday morning. I got hubs 2 mos of cereal, and the generic Capt Crunch was .60 a box cheaper than what I usually pay. Milk was a quarter cheaper, and they had everything on my list except dog biscuits.
Big Town Aldi fully stocked and parking lot full on a Monday morning. I got hubs 2 mos of cereal, and the generic Capt Crunch was .60 a box cheaper than what I usually pay. Milk was a quarter cheaper, and they had everything on my list except dog biscuits.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
paczkies, these look better tasting than a King Cake. And yes SB, its more like a sweet bread than a cake. I don't know why I had such a taste for it, I really don't like it unless it has a lot of cream cheese on it, the original does not have cream cheese. Its tradition for Mardi Gras. And I certainly don't miss Mardi Gras, I quit going to parades years ago before I moved here. They have a parade in Natchitoches, I went once a long time ago and the children were obnoxious then so I'd hate to see how they act now, too dangerous.
I slept in this morning, stayed up too late last night I guess. Didn't mean to. But what a glorious day I woke up to. The sun is shinning and its 60 degrees. Its supposed to get up to 71 tomorrow. This is typical Louisiana weather.
My oldest son that is NOPD, is a motorcycle cop for Mardi Gras. or he was, I'm sure he still is. I pray for his safety, its been three years since I've talked to him.
I'm working on the second bath room today. And I bought a one pound package of bacon yesterday. I'm putting that in the oven. The bacon I baked the other days is all gone, we've not had bacon in a long time. We haven't been out to breakfast in a long time either, just not much of a thing in this neck of the woods. But I'd rather be here than in the New Orleans area, one thing its too expensive and just too dangerous for an old woman.
I slept in this morning, stayed up too late last night I guess. Didn't mean to. But what a glorious day I woke up to. The sun is shinning and its 60 degrees. Its supposed to get up to 71 tomorrow. This is typical Louisiana weather.
My oldest son that is NOPD, is a motorcycle cop for Mardi Gras. or he was, I'm sure he still is. I pray for his safety, its been three years since I've talked to him.
I'm working on the second bath room today. And I bought a one pound package of bacon yesterday. I'm putting that in the oven. The bacon I baked the other days is all gone, we've not had bacon in a long time. We haven't been out to breakfast in a long time either, just not much of a thing in this neck of the woods. But I'd rather be here than in the New Orleans area, one thing its too expensive and just too dangerous for an old woman.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Cary enjoys a junk cold cereal in the summer. It cools him off after working out in the heat. He'll only eat original Cheerios. During the summer is the only time I buy regular milk just for that purpose. I use canned milk in all my cooking.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
It's been 3 almost 4 years, since we talked to our estranged youngest son. He doesn't even want us to know his location. Only my mom knows where he is, and he made her promise not to tell. The last words spoken by him to us was that if he ever saw us again, he would kill us. He has severe anger issues and PTSD from his time spent in the US Army.
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nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I feel your pain, but life goes on.
And by the way my cooking the bacon in the oven was prompted by you bacon cooking comments, thanks.
kyrsyan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
My body did not want to move this morning. Everything hurt and it was resisting. Son woke with a headache. So I dosed us both.
Monday tried to Monday and I was just done with it. I mentally reached out and visualized grabbing it by the throat and making it behave. And it has been a bit better. I finished most of my baseline work already. This afternoon will be figuring out one of the new things and how it will fit into the new schedule of things.
My new to me pressure feet arrived today. Hopefully I will get to test them sometime this week. At least enough to make sure that they actually work with my machine like they are supposed to.
And I got a pattern for split waist skirts. I like how it works but I need an alternate to a tying waist. I don't like or need the extra bulk of long fabric ties.
My brain is starting to feel less abused. And that is a good thing.
Monday tried to Monday and I was just done with it. I mentally reached out and visualized grabbing it by the throat and making it behave. And it has been a bit better. I finished most of my baseline work already. This afternoon will be figuring out one of the new things and how it will fit into the new schedule of things.
My new to me pressure feet arrived today. Hopefully I will get to test them sometime this week. At least enough to make sure that they actually work with my machine like they are supposed to.
And I got a pattern for split waist skirts. I like how it works but I need an alternate to a tying waist. I don't like or need the extra bulk of long fabric ties.
My brain is starting to feel less abused. And that is a good thing.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Cooking it in the oven on a parchment paper or aluminum foil lined sheet pan saves a lot of time and cleanup. I just pour off the bacon grease into my grease can after every batch. I usually have to make two batches with a 1 1/2lb package. When I'm done, just put the parchment paper in the garbage and put the sheet pan back in the cabinet. The parchment paper keeps the pan clean.
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Toosh
Veteran Member
I'm ALL STOP on other projects and full devotion is now on preparing a fallout shelter. Of all my preps, this is my weakness. I have less planning, knowledge and practice for dealing with fallout. It wasn't high enough on my risk threat, before now.
The world just got a lot closer to war with the killing of American troops in Syria. Have you seen the tweets and reactions from our elected bozo's? They will drive the US into world war very soon and I'm thinking we'll see enemy fighting on American soil thanks to border jumpers. I also believe there will be a nuclear event. I'm not thinking nuclear war as much as terrorist dirty bombs. Sorry to be a downer on your Monday!
My location won't warrant an overhead mushroom but we could see major fallout if the yield is large enough. This past weekend I placed a small order on Amazon for items not available locally. I re-read my Cliff-notes from Nuclear War Survival Skills and built an Excel spreadsheet to calculate shielding/accumulated dose. Found I need more shielding in my intended fallout shelter and am now working on how to do that. This week I will get things organized; enough so I can be hunkered-down safely, in D+1hr. ...assuming we are at home when "it" happens.
The world just got a lot closer to war with the killing of American troops in Syria. Have you seen the tweets and reactions from our elected bozo's? They will drive the US into world war very soon and I'm thinking we'll see enemy fighting on American soil thanks to border jumpers. I also believe there will be a nuclear event. I'm not thinking nuclear war as much as terrorist dirty bombs. Sorry to be a downer on your Monday!
My location won't warrant an overhead mushroom but we could see major fallout if the yield is large enough. This past weekend I placed a small order on Amazon for items not available locally. I re-read my Cliff-notes from Nuclear War Survival Skills and built an Excel spreadsheet to calculate shielding/accumulated dose. Found I need more shielding in my intended fallout shelter and am now working on how to do that. This week I will get things organized; enough so I can be hunkered-down safely, in D+1hr. ...assuming we are at home when "it" happens.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
It's beyond our means to build any type of underground fallout shelter, and we don't have a basement. Our only choice in a limited nuclear event with potential fallout headed our way would be to pack important items and survival gear in the SUV and move for a period of time, until the threat of the fallout has passed us.
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SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
425 degrees. We don't like our bacon real crispy, so I watch it closely and take it out as soon as it begins to crisp. I leave it in the pan on the countertop for a bit to allow it to finish cooking a bit. It always turns out just the way we like it.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
No wonder my bacon was soggy, I baked it on 2.75. I like crispy and DH likes limp, so I try to find a happy medium. Thanks.
I've got all the crap that was in the bottom of the stand up shower cleaned out, now to wash it out. I'm doing the 5 minute work and 10 minute rest because of my back, so as not to take any thing for pain.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I'm getting that bathroom cleared out, slow, but its going. I have some buckets that have been in there for probably 4 years that I need to look at the contents. I'm so glad I stocked up on buckets 4 years ago when they were relatively cheap, the prices now are out of sight.
And I actually got the top of the freezer in the pantry room cleaned off, opened the top and immediately got overwhelmed. Lots of rice and beans on the top and saw two packages of frozen meat that is looks badly freezer burned but is store in a zip loc so the freezer burn is not surprising. I closed the lid, but I will get back in it sooner rather than later. I have two freezers that size that are stuffed.
thank you Jesus for the energy and stamina I'm having today. Resting helps
And I actually got the top of the freezer in the pantry room cleaned off, opened the top and immediately got overwhelmed. Lots of rice and beans on the top and saw two packages of frozen meat that is looks badly freezer burned but is store in a zip loc so the freezer burn is not surprising. I closed the lid, but I will get back in it sooner rather than later. I have two freezers that size that are stuffed.
thank you Jesus for the energy and stamina I'm having today. Resting helps
kyrsyan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Finally managed to go walk. The body both loves and hates me at the moment. It wanted and needed the walk. But I'm sore all over from it. In a good way though. Muscles are no longer locking up and the head has cleared some.
I need to sit down plan the grocery orders to get us through this month. They are going to be different from normal to compensate for my limitations after surgery. And I'm going to keep using disposable dishes and silverware until I'm back on my feet.
I'm going to go find my heated blanket and get it connected tonight. Something tells me it's way past time for that.
Son "popped" today and ended up in a forever shower with everything out the window. And then laughter as I had him clean it all, with no shortcuts.
I'm guessing something weatherwise let up today. My vision is still off but it's getting much better.
I need to sit down plan the grocery orders to get us through this month. They are going to be different from normal to compensate for my limitations after surgery. And I'm going to keep using disposable dishes and silverware until I'm back on my feet.
I'm going to go find my heated blanket and get it connected tonight. Something tells me it's way past time for that.
Son "popped" today and ended up in a forever shower with everything out the window. And then laughter as I had him clean it all, with no shortcuts.
I'm guessing something weatherwise let up today. My vision is still off but it's getting much better.
Toosh
Veteran Member
We all have limitations of some kind. We do what we can and leave the rest in God's hands. At least you've given it some thought and have outlined a plan - that's more than most have done.