Good Morning Everyone,
Well, we are now into the pretty cold air of the season now. During the night the panhandle of Nebraska got a winter storm and quite a bit of snow as well as Wyoming, Colorado, somewhere around 8-12 inches. Tis the season here and I am sure its here to stay for a while.
It is supposed to warm up again in the 50's and 60's here by the weekend.
I want to take the time to apologise for the rant yesterday. But for some reason, this really bothered me and I will tell you, it has really pissed my community off and probably not for the good. At least for people like me who live in trailers or modulars.
The city is now declaring war, so to speak on us who live in these this type of housing. I guess, I am just going to sit back, and just see what will happen next. This may spark a war on landlords like the one who owns this crappy park to clean up or have eminent domain waged upon them as the talk seems to be stemming towards. The only problem is the owner of my area, if you shove, he shoves harder and usually declared a personal war on individuals in his path. He is a spoiled kid who has been given pretty much anything and when someone plays in his cornflakes or sandbox, he becomes a hammer and makes life miserable for us who live in his areas. This news story about the kids in the dog kennel has really started something and I think that now the city officials have had their eyes opened to the fact that their fair town is not a perfect utopia like they thought is was. The city officials have blinders on around here and do not see the huge influx of drugs and distribution that we have here. It really is not safe here, especially after dark and I am noticing that not a lot of people go out after dark anymore. We also had a murder here last week, a stabbing attributed to drugs, so I think the community is on edge. The issue is, this is nothing new at all for this community. I see it here all the time. In fact, there is a single woman with kids living in the crappy unit behind me, and it is just like the place that was busted Monday night. Junk laying around, garbage strewn about, as she will not pick up the garbage at all or even take it to the garbage. I refuse to pick anything up anymore. I used to pick up around here, but since the snit with the owner, earlier this year, I quit picking up and mowing around the lot. Its his problem anymore. This community for some reason, always has blinders on, it wants to be a utopia, but with new people trying to move here from all over for jobs, which we do not have, these new immigrants bring with them the ills of the social world with them.
I had someone make a comment, which I did not post. She told me that she did not want to read of troubles of the area that I live in. Well my dear, I am afraid that where I live, we have urban troubles and though unfortunate, I will post things about the area I live in. It is not perfect, it is basically a slum in a rural community that seems to be perfect. Its not, I assure you, but like my blog says, living and making it the best I can. I am sorry that I cannot bring a lot of happy simple living to my blog, as I can't. I am extremely poor, and when you are poor, you are given an area in which to live that is affordable. The particulars of my area is the fact that this is the home of Union Pacific Railroad, and it is the hub of the rail yards. And since we have had this here since the railroad was built in the late 1860's, it has been a town of ill repute, and of gouging for your money. The cost to live in this community is 25% higher than any other community in the state, even the large urban areas of Omaha and Lincoln. The rents are equal to the cities, and the cost of groceries here, especially meat is mind boggling to say the least. Will this ever get solved, no it will not, in fact it will get worse, with worse things coming into the picture like the child abuse incident we had Monday night. With people not being able to afford better conditions, with landlords praying upon people who are lower income, and unable to afford better things because of no work or medical issues which you cannot qualify because you cannot pass a credit check or a background check, which is what this community does, and then this follows you all over town to everyone, as gossip is slung here like mud and shit.
So I really do not have a answer as to this. I know that this is all over the country, not just here, but everywhere. I just do not want people who read this blog to think that I have a utopia world here, I don't. It is a hillbilly hell here. And again, if you do not like the blog, then please do not read it. When I started the blog, it was meant for people who live in conditions like me, on how to live and coupe with the conditions. I am not an expert at all, but when you live in parks such as I do, it is a different world, different from a home or neighborhood, though, homes and neighborhoods have problems too, but when it is a trailer park, you are sort of in a collective, with generally an owner who is an idiot and doesn't care about anything but money, and puts the population of ill repute in these parks. And you are at the mercy of it as there really isn't any place to move that is better than the place you are in now. And forget about going to the city officials, as this has been done in the past with everything falling on deaf ears, but since this abuse case has gotten national attention, this may well be the straw which broke the camel's back, but to what extent if anything gets done. I am just afraid that it may target innocent people, the elderly and disabled who live in trailers as all rotten and now you will pay for your habitation in these units through harassment and intimidation from officials.
I am also going to take a look at the blog in general. Again, I do not live in rural, beautiful area where I have farmland, animals and a lovely atmosphere in which to post photos of. I have tons of farmland around me within a few miles, but I cannot just get in the car or walk too much to post photos. I wish I could, but with the price of gas, I cannot just get in the car and drive around without having somewhere to go. I cannot afford gas as a liberal expense to bring things to you. I wish I could. This year in general, has been a trying, and ill gotten year. I have many things going on, with only me doing it. I do not have family in which to ask for help, and to get help from outside sources here is a recipe for disaster as again, the town gossips and you don't know if you may end up in jail or some kind of trouble with officials. This community dwells on starting trouble and taking it too far. I cannot remember if I ever mentioned this or not, but when I was doing my herb sales at the farmers market last year, I damn near got into trouble with cops as I had brought some culinary mushrooms with me that I was growing at home, they were Shitaki mushrooms along with some other Japanese culinary mushrooms for cooking and medicinal use and some idiot who went through the market, told the cops who make their presence known came over and told me that someone came over to them and told them I had drug mushrooms and was selling them. Boy, I was pissed and so was the market director, who came to my rescue. I also had dried herbs there and they thought the containers were pot. This is what this community is as a whole and the mind set.
So I will sit back the rest of this week and take in what is going on. On the home front, D and I are getting ready to re finish floors, starting with the front bedroom, and smoothing out the rough spots and then I am applying several coats of poly floor paint and then bringing my large area rugs from the storage garage and then finish painting the walls and just fixing up things to make it more home-y. I am hoping that this helps me cope with all of the ills.
I want to again, thank all of you who have followed this blog. I love all of you, and respect your advice and opinions. And I just want to try to bring better things to you, hopefully the next year with a better blog. I am not a professional blogger, just a human trying to exist in a rough time.
Love and Hugs to all.
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Welcoming October and snippets of goings-on
Good Afternoon Everyone,
Well, it has been pretty busy here doing things that need to be done before we get cold weather or worse yet, SNOW, like we did a few years ago in October, being hit with three blizzards in the month. D and I cleared out the garden, I still have some hot peppers hanging on, I cover them when it may get cold and unwrap them when the sun warms up. I got my shallots, walking onions and garlic planted in my bucket brigade, been digging up nasty weeds and sand burrs and just general out side house work that needs to get done. Glenda, for your inspiration, the carport painted. We won't get to the porch until next year, as there are some major repairs that need to be done and not enough money, so till then, the cover goes up around the porch and also the carport to keep the snow from blowing around the patio area.
I haven't even started in cleaning the house, or anything. Since I broke my knee, I have been limited as to what I could do, and on top of things, I had a shingles attack in of all places, on my left hand, Oh, it is so very painful, and having your hands in water or cleaning water, is out of the question until it heals up, which will be a few weeks, so I bought a pair of latex gloves and cotton gloves to wear to protect the skin until it heals.
Yesterday, as I was going home from the grocery store, I stopped by our local nursery, and they were having a 50% off trees, shrubs and plants sale. I shouldn't have, but I bought 3 trees! The two on the south side of the house are a Honey Locust, and to the back, a Ornamental Pear. In the front, this tree is a WinterBerry.
We desperately need shade on the south side and front, and I had been looking for trees that would fit. Well, I found them and at a good price. The WinterBerry is a very hardy tree that gets around 15-20 ft tall and about that in width. This will be to cut the horrid summer sun from shining in the front window, which is my bedroom and without the Morning Glories in the front, that room will get around 130-150 degrees in that room, even with the air going. So I am anxious about this WinterBerry growing. The nursery man told me WinterBerry is very hardy in our zone, which is 5, truthfully, we are between zone 4 and 5 so I was glad to find a hardy tree for our zone, which the tree is hardy to -40* below zero. The other south trees are hardy in our zone, and are drought tolerant. So, yesterday, after I got home, D and I fired up the dually and went and picked the trees up and then spent the afternoon, digging holes, which I will tell you, by the time we finished late in the afternoon, we were both pooped totally. I am not young anymore to dig holes, but I am sure proud of the trees. I hope that they will do well.
I had several questions about the pepper spread and what you put it on. My grandmother made it for crackers, as she made her own cracker recipes. This is good on a hardy whole grain cracker or rye cracker. I suppose you could use this on just about anything that all of you would desire. Be a child again, just do it and let me know what you use it on.
Really, other than that, that is about all that is going on. Still quiet here, and I am sure enjoying it too.
Well, I need to run a few errands today, so I will catch everyone later and have a great weekend, all!
Hugs
Well, it has been pretty busy here doing things that need to be done before we get cold weather or worse yet, SNOW, like we did a few years ago in October, being hit with three blizzards in the month. D and I cleared out the garden, I still have some hot peppers hanging on, I cover them when it may get cold and unwrap them when the sun warms up. I got my shallots, walking onions and garlic planted in my bucket brigade, been digging up nasty weeds and sand burrs and just general out side house work that needs to get done. Glenda, for your inspiration, the carport painted. We won't get to the porch until next year, as there are some major repairs that need to be done and not enough money, so till then, the cover goes up around the porch and also the carport to keep the snow from blowing around the patio area.
I haven't even started in cleaning the house, or anything. Since I broke my knee, I have been limited as to what I could do, and on top of things, I had a shingles attack in of all places, on my left hand, Oh, it is so very painful, and having your hands in water or cleaning water, is out of the question until it heals up, which will be a few weeks, so I bought a pair of latex gloves and cotton gloves to wear to protect the skin until it heals.
Yesterday, as I was going home from the grocery store, I stopped by our local nursery, and they were having a 50% off trees, shrubs and plants sale. I shouldn't have, but I bought 3 trees! The two on the south side of the house are a Honey Locust, and to the back, a Ornamental Pear. In the front, this tree is a WinterBerry.
We desperately need shade on the south side and front, and I had been looking for trees that would fit. Well, I found them and at a good price. The WinterBerry is a very hardy tree that gets around 15-20 ft tall and about that in width. This will be to cut the horrid summer sun from shining in the front window, which is my bedroom and without the Morning Glories in the front, that room will get around 130-150 degrees in that room, even with the air going. So I am anxious about this WinterBerry growing. The nursery man told me WinterBerry is very hardy in our zone, which is 5, truthfully, we are between zone 4 and 5 so I was glad to find a hardy tree for our zone, which the tree is hardy to -40* below zero. The other south trees are hardy in our zone, and are drought tolerant. So, yesterday, after I got home, D and I fired up the dually and went and picked the trees up and then spent the afternoon, digging holes, which I will tell you, by the time we finished late in the afternoon, we were both pooped totally. I am not young anymore to dig holes, but I am sure proud of the trees. I hope that they will do well.
I had several questions about the pepper spread and what you put it on. My grandmother made it for crackers, as she made her own cracker recipes. This is good on a hardy whole grain cracker or rye cracker. I suppose you could use this on just about anything that all of you would desire. Be a child again, just do it and let me know what you use it on.
Really, other than that, that is about all that is going on. Still quiet here, and I am sure enjoying it too.
Well, I need to run a few errands today, so I will catch everyone later and have a great weekend, all!
Hugs
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
General Goings-on and This n' That
Good Morning Everyone,
I thought I would post because you'd think that I dropped off the face of the earth or floated into the ozone layer, I am sure some people around here wish I would do so.
We have had a few busy weeks here. My parents furnace quit and D has been trying to find a gas valve for a 26 year old furnace, which we finally did, and sometime this week, he has to put it in. My parents, like everyone else, cannot afford a heat tech's services, around here, it is almost unaffordable, but all that needs to be done is put the valve in, and hook everything up, and no tech. D is pretty handy, but we both have been snarling at each other lately, as he gets in my way in the kitchen and I am territorial in the kitchen, especially when I am canning or cooking, and I know that some of you know what I am talking about. I do not like someone hanging over my shoulder asking what I am doing, and I lose my train of thought or it derails completely and I have a melt down, in which I start snarling and yapping.
We also have been painting the carport. The owner, for some odd reason, wanted the all the carports painted, (hint, maybe he's wanting to sell it!, I have been told this), but he hired a tweeker, (a druggy) and my insurance lady specifically told me not to let this guy paint, as the owner, who does not carry a stitch of insurance on anything, to touch anything. She told me that if he fell on my place, I would be responsible for his work comp and the owner would probably pull a fast one on me and take my home away from me, which should tell all of you how much this man is hated in town.
I bought the paint early this spring when it went on sale, it was oil based barn and fence paint. We were going to paint this spring, but the weather was horrid for anything outside and then it got hot too fast and so we waited to paint til last week, the weather was nice, warm and the only thing I had to do was paint the supports and wasps. I did the lower parts and D did the higher parts of the carport as I am still crippling around with the knee, and it hurt but it had to get done. Now it is done and looks good, and it will last as it is oil based. The owner bought acrylic latex based interior paint and the rest of the carports look like crap, since he hired a tweeker, oh and by the way, this tweeker only got $10 a carport, this is what this guy pays in wages to whoever he hires.
I have been having a lot of pain lately in my spine and now the knee. I think that when I took the tumble off the porch, I threw something out of order. I still have things to do around the house, but not everything gets done. It really PO's me, to tell you the truth. Lately, I wish I could fly away somewhere, to get away from everything, but I can't.
Several people asked about my pepper recipe. I will try to post that this week. All it is it roasted red and orange peppers, I threw in a few green ones, some onion, and garlic, and a little bit of canola oil and roasted it in the oven and then the last half hour, I put them under the broiler. I was going to do them in the big grill I have, but that was when I broke my knee, so I didn't do it. It turned out good, I thought. I haven't tried any of the jars yet. I got 12 8 oz. jars of peppers. You can see from the photo of the peppers in the oven in the roaster. After I roasted them, I pulsed them through the food processor, and then placed them in my large crock pot to heat and not burn, then placed them in jars and processed them for 30 minutes in the pressure canner under 10 # of pressure.
Really other than that, that is about all that is going on here. So far, it has been pleasantly quiet here. The new people who moved in the open rentals are quiet, the ones next to me are great, a little scary to look at with the tattoos and rings, looking like a fishing lure, but they are nice, quiet, and pleasant, which is fine. They are also plant lovers so, everything in the world is ok at this moment.
Well, I will take my leave of you all. I will try to post more. I still have to tackle the garden, and clean up the tomato vines, I still have tomatoes coming in, so these I will freeze and I will process those later in the year. I planted garlic and shallots last week in between the painting, and other stuff going on. I surprised I can still think and function!
Take care all.
Hugs
I thought I would post because you'd think that I dropped off the face of the earth or floated into the ozone layer, I am sure some people around here wish I would do so.
We have had a few busy weeks here. My parents furnace quit and D has been trying to find a gas valve for a 26 year old furnace, which we finally did, and sometime this week, he has to put it in. My parents, like everyone else, cannot afford a heat tech's services, around here, it is almost unaffordable, but all that needs to be done is put the valve in, and hook everything up, and no tech. D is pretty handy, but we both have been snarling at each other lately, as he gets in my way in the kitchen and I am territorial in the kitchen, especially when I am canning or cooking, and I know that some of you know what I am talking about. I do not like someone hanging over my shoulder asking what I am doing, and I lose my train of thought or it derails completely and I have a melt down, in which I start snarling and yapping.
We also have been painting the carport. The owner, for some odd reason, wanted the all the carports painted, (hint, maybe he's wanting to sell it!, I have been told this), but he hired a tweeker, (a druggy) and my insurance lady specifically told me not to let this guy paint, as the owner, who does not carry a stitch of insurance on anything, to touch anything. She told me that if he fell on my place, I would be responsible for his work comp and the owner would probably pull a fast one on me and take my home away from me, which should tell all of you how much this man is hated in town.
I bought the paint early this spring when it went on sale, it was oil based barn and fence paint. We were going to paint this spring, but the weather was horrid for anything outside and then it got hot too fast and so we waited to paint til last week, the weather was nice, warm and the only thing I had to do was paint the supports and wasps. I did the lower parts and D did the higher parts of the carport as I am still crippling around with the knee, and it hurt but it had to get done. Now it is done and looks good, and it will last as it is oil based. The owner bought acrylic latex based interior paint and the rest of the carports look like crap, since he hired a tweeker, oh and by the way, this tweeker only got $10 a carport, this is what this guy pays in wages to whoever he hires.
I have been having a lot of pain lately in my spine and now the knee. I think that when I took the tumble off the porch, I threw something out of order. I still have things to do around the house, but not everything gets done. It really PO's me, to tell you the truth. Lately, I wish I could fly away somewhere, to get away from everything, but I can't.
Several people asked about my pepper recipe. I will try to post that this week. All it is it roasted red and orange peppers, I threw in a few green ones, some onion, and garlic, and a little bit of canola oil and roasted it in the oven and then the last half hour, I put them under the broiler. I was going to do them in the big grill I have, but that was when I broke my knee, so I didn't do it. It turned out good, I thought. I haven't tried any of the jars yet. I got 12 8 oz. jars of peppers. You can see from the photo of the peppers in the oven in the roaster. After I roasted them, I pulsed them through the food processor, and then placed them in my large crock pot to heat and not burn, then placed them in jars and processed them for 30 minutes in the pressure canner under 10 # of pressure.
Really other than that, that is about all that is going on here. So far, it has been pleasantly quiet here. The new people who moved in the open rentals are quiet, the ones next to me are great, a little scary to look at with the tattoos and rings, looking like a fishing lure, but they are nice, quiet, and pleasant, which is fine. They are also plant lovers so, everything in the world is ok at this moment.
Well, I will take my leave of you all. I will try to post more. I still have to tackle the garden, and clean up the tomato vines, I still have tomatoes coming in, so these I will freeze and I will process those later in the year. I planted garlic and shallots last week in between the painting, and other stuff going on. I surprised I can still think and function!
Take care all.
Hugs
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