Good Morning Everyone,
Well, I am waiting for an email from the Countryside magazine to get back to me to see if I can use their article or talk about this on my blog on this new rule that the USDA is wanting to implement on poultry and flock owners. It is a very lengthy article that the author wrote about this upcoming plan. It goes abbreviated as APHIS. Go to http://www.usda.gov/ and there is information on it there, but its the gov's web site.
In what I have read, it is supposed to trace disease, both in livestock and poultry, but they are not real clear about any particular disease or anything else, but I am reading it as a control factor to find out who has poultry, from large poultry operations to the small homestead/backyard flock. From the way it reads, backyard flock owners will have to have chicks banded and when ordering chicks and they have to register their chicks and flocks, the same thing as the animal id that the USDA wanted all farms and ranches to do to id livestock, which was pulled. That did not go well here in my state, and so this looks similar to the second coming of the same cavalry.
I would like to reprint this article, but I am seeking permission first, or if not, I am trying to find out when Countryside magazine will post their new March/April 2012 issue up on their website and you can read it from there, which may be better. The magazine website is: http://www.countrysidemag.com/
This is just another ploy to get money from the citizens and more control about what you are growing in your backyard, and how much you have, to eventually say that you have no right to local, fresh food, eggs, or what you put in your mouth. The PTB's (powers that be) will tell you what to put in your mouth, and how and by how much. This will affect everyone who has poultry from the farm to the suburbs and where ever. Now whether we can back them down like the last animal id ruling, is another story.
If you all have time, please look this up or research it. I contacted my farm bureau agent, and he hadn't even hear of it mentioned, in which I told he, well, I mentioned it, now he needs to look into it.
I am in the process of writing my representatvies, which I don't think does any good, but I am going to complain anyway. It seems that now all we have now are controls to tell you that you are an idiot and cannot run your life, that you do not know any better, but the government know everything on how to take care of you and what is good for you.
I am hoping to hear from the magazine, so I can get this out.
On the homefront, its calmed down. It snowed and rained a little here yesterday, the wind blew hard, and it acted like a some-what spring day, Some of my lettuces are up, and onions, but the rest, I think the seeds are old and did not germinate. I used the seedling mat, and it, for me works well as I really don't have a dedicated room for seeds and plants. I keep it a little cool in the house and it nice when I can get plants up and not put them on top of the hot water heater, and then I forget they are there, and then they are leggy and die.
I need to do a few errands today, so I will blog later.
Hugs to all.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Update
Good Morning Everyone,
Everything is somewhat quiet here. As far as I can go and have been getting information on, the fiasco with the doctor's office and my parents has been cleared up at the expense of the doctor's billing department. Seems billing did not submit something to my parents Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance plan from several years ago, and all because of this, it led to a almost tragic ending. My parents are on Medicare. They also carry and have carried a huge multi million dollar catastrophic health and hospital plan that they have had for years. This plan they pay out of their Social Security and have done so for many years. It pretty much takes care of almost all of the medical bills. This is something that they did so they would not put burdens on me if something happened. But something almost did happen, when my mother's blood pressure was 194/80, and was at stroke level, and a small bill made the decision to not fill prescriptions, which, as my attorney told me would of led to a law suit on the doctor's part and a mistake on his billing department. My attorney also told me, Nebraska has laws in place for elderly about having medicines and prescriptions being withheld, another no-no. So needless to say, it is sad that when your life is handled by someone who did not submit bills right, that it changes many things. The billing supervisor was fired, which is sad, but I am hoping that this maybe will bring changes so it does not happen to someone else's loved one. Needless to say, my mother is showing signs of damage from no meds and this is something now that the attorney is looking into, and now leaves me in more position to handle my parents affairs more than ever now, which I did not want to do until absolutely necessary, but now it looks that I will be handling all manners of bills, paperwork and medicals issues, I do it with absolutely no hesitation, but because of this fiasco, it has changed my mother and the way I look at people, and everyday issues that others do. This has now put me in a total no trust position with others, and on top of the issues with D's work comp attorney, compromising medical issues with his disability, and more worried about how much he (the attorney) would be getting in money to have the fancy lifestyle he wants instead of worrying about D's disability and future medical issues down the road has really changed me I fear for the worst. I was cautious before, now I am a total no trust person, period.
The only thing that I am doing is just taking each day as it comes now. That is all I can do. I also have health issues, but my attorney who I have had for years, is the only one I DO trust, and he has been a great help to me in getting things lined up and simplified so I can handle things even when I am not doing so good. My attorney has even contacted the idiot owner of the park, where I live, who was starting up problems again, just to start something, and told him to totally cease and desist as I have enough on my plate to handle without having their juvenile behaviors being inserted into something that they have no grounds to have issues with me anyway. So its been quiet and I just handle my day as it comes.
I am working on a post for my herb blog and should have that up sometime on the weekend. I am still reading the article on the new restrictions that are planning on being implemented for poultry, as it is a large article, and has many facets to it. When I post about it, I want to be sure what and how it reads, as from what I am reading, will try to stop people from having backyard flocks, or it could be used to stop backyard flocks. If anyone who reads this blog, knows anything about this, email me and let me know. This is just starting to come out and I am not sure how many people know about it.
Well, I need to disappear for a while, I have to pick up a few legal papers and do some running. I do want to take the time to say I am sorry that I have vented here. And if I have lost readership, then I guess, so be it. But what happened to me can happen to others by sheer mistakes that can cost someone a life or a serious change in someones life, which to me is unacceptable. I know mistakes are made, but some are costly when a life is in the middle of it. Again, I am sorry I have vented and ranted.
I wish everyone a wonderful, peaceful weekend. I will post later.
Hugs
Everything is somewhat quiet here. As far as I can go and have been getting information on, the fiasco with the doctor's office and my parents has been cleared up at the expense of the doctor's billing department. Seems billing did not submit something to my parents Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance plan from several years ago, and all because of this, it led to a almost tragic ending. My parents are on Medicare. They also carry and have carried a huge multi million dollar catastrophic health and hospital plan that they have had for years. This plan they pay out of their Social Security and have done so for many years. It pretty much takes care of almost all of the medical bills. This is something that they did so they would not put burdens on me if something happened. But something almost did happen, when my mother's blood pressure was 194/80, and was at stroke level, and a small bill made the decision to not fill prescriptions, which, as my attorney told me would of led to a law suit on the doctor's part and a mistake on his billing department. My attorney also told me, Nebraska has laws in place for elderly about having medicines and prescriptions being withheld, another no-no. So needless to say, it is sad that when your life is handled by someone who did not submit bills right, that it changes many things. The billing supervisor was fired, which is sad, but I am hoping that this maybe will bring changes so it does not happen to someone else's loved one. Needless to say, my mother is showing signs of damage from no meds and this is something now that the attorney is looking into, and now leaves me in more position to handle my parents affairs more than ever now, which I did not want to do until absolutely necessary, but now it looks that I will be handling all manners of bills, paperwork and medicals issues, I do it with absolutely no hesitation, but because of this fiasco, it has changed my mother and the way I look at people, and everyday issues that others do. This has now put me in a total no trust position with others, and on top of the issues with D's work comp attorney, compromising medical issues with his disability, and more worried about how much he (the attorney) would be getting in money to have the fancy lifestyle he wants instead of worrying about D's disability and future medical issues down the road has really changed me I fear for the worst. I was cautious before, now I am a total no trust person, period.
The only thing that I am doing is just taking each day as it comes now. That is all I can do. I also have health issues, but my attorney who I have had for years, is the only one I DO trust, and he has been a great help to me in getting things lined up and simplified so I can handle things even when I am not doing so good. My attorney has even contacted the idiot owner of the park, where I live, who was starting up problems again, just to start something, and told him to totally cease and desist as I have enough on my plate to handle without having their juvenile behaviors being inserted into something that they have no grounds to have issues with me anyway. So its been quiet and I just handle my day as it comes.
I am working on a post for my herb blog and should have that up sometime on the weekend. I am still reading the article on the new restrictions that are planning on being implemented for poultry, as it is a large article, and has many facets to it. When I post about it, I want to be sure what and how it reads, as from what I am reading, will try to stop people from having backyard flocks, or it could be used to stop backyard flocks. If anyone who reads this blog, knows anything about this, email me and let me know. This is just starting to come out and I am not sure how many people know about it.
Well, I need to disappear for a while, I have to pick up a few legal papers and do some running. I do want to take the time to say I am sorry that I have vented here. And if I have lost readership, then I guess, so be it. But what happened to me can happen to others by sheer mistakes that can cost someone a life or a serious change in someones life, which to me is unacceptable. I know mistakes are made, but some are costly when a life is in the middle of it. Again, I am sorry I have vented and ranted.
I wish everyone a wonderful, peaceful weekend. I will post later.
Hugs
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Trials and Tribulations of Life
Good Morning Everyone,
I thought I 'd better post so everyone would not think that I jumped ship like a rat. After a very upsetting and aggravating week I had last week and Monday, and Tuesday of this week being equally difficult, I was just about ready to strangle something, and then jump ship.
I had to think a little bit before I posted these thoughts and issues as it concerns me, family and the health care system that will eventually affects us down the road. I generally do not get political, and try to look at things in a perspective of both sides, but what had happened, angered me beyond anyone's imagination and it will affect all of us unless it is challenged and stopped.
Last Monday, I ran errands with my mother as usual. It was getting close to 5 pm and so I needed to get home, and she was getting tired, so I got in the driveway, and my mother had an episode of some sort, was very dizzy, and unsure of herself, and then on top of all of this, she popped her artificial hip out of joint, which it does do, if she isn't thinking about how she gets out of the car.
I ran in the house, told my dad I was running her right into the ER, which is about 3 blocks away from my parent's house. I was there in a flash, and got help to get her out of the car and into Triage.
Well, the ER doctor I am very familiar with. A very compassionate, and caring man who has put my mother's hips in before a few times when they pop out.
They started to get her prepped for a light sedation to slip the hip back in, and so Dr Smith, escorted me to the family room and said he would come get me as soon as he was done with everything.
About 20 minutes later, Dr Smith came in. My heart was in my throat, the look on his face was horrified, and it was a look I had never seen on his face before.
Vicki, I need to talk to you very seriously about something...I am totally PO'd at this and this needs to be addressed.
I was sure I had lost my mother, and the tears started to flow...No, Vicki, your mom is just fine, its her primary doctor I am totally PO'd at, he said. Did you know anything about this? No, doc, I didn't.
He proceeded to tell me that mom told him that her primary doctor had not refilled her blood pressure meds at all for over two months, and when we got her into the ER, her blood pressure was 194/80. My mother did not bother to tell me that the doctor was withholding meds, because they own a small $50 bill at the doctor's office,and because of it, they are now refusing to refill meds, period.
I was, frankly, beyond pissed. I was livid. And Dr. Smith was livid also. So, with his referral, Dr Smith got us to a new primary care doctor, and I took her to her appointment last Friday. This new doctor is just like Dr Smith, compassionate, caring and listened. He ran blood, and then changed her meds, and change a few other prescriptions and as of this week, my mother is doing somewhat better. Mentally, my mother is showing her age, and cannot keep track of bank accounts and money, and bills, so I also had to do something that right at the moment, my dad is mad at me, by getting power of attorney for both financial and medical paperwork work. I also went over to the other doctor who refused to give mom her meds and I blew up in the office and made a scene there also. It wasn't pretty.
Needless to say, after I blew up at the old doctor's office, the next morning, I did not feel good at all. I was having issues also. Probably my blood pressure was beyond the sky also. My stomach was knotted, twisted, and irritated, my head hurt, in fact, everything hurt. So I had been on a little hiatus for a little while until I calm down.
I am in disbelief of the way doctor's are now working. Denying medical help or medicines that people need, because of a small bill. I did not think that I would see it here, but I am afraid its here now.
I also started this week on Monday, firing D's work comp attorney and finding a new attorney in Iowa to handle it. The attorney handling the case before I fired him was compromising the case and letting things slide so I took matters into my hands again, and was the three headed dog. So I have had a lot of people really PO'd at me at the moment and just because I was standing up for basic rights and situations. I also had several cats who were very ill, and I lost one a few weeks back to liver failure, so its been very stressful and unhappy at my house.
So as you can see, it was trying, and very stressful for me. And I had to think about it before I posted as I don't like to post things like this, but the medical issues were too much for me to put up with, and I could not stand for any more treatment like that. I won't go into politics as that will send me over the edge right at the moment, still feeling a little rough around the edges with stress, but I will tell you, this will affect my vote all around. Enough said.
I did manage to play a little in some seedling dirt and plant some lettuces, and bunching onions. I have mesclun lettuces coming up now, and I thought I seen a tiny onion seed coming up, so that brightened my day a little. A little plant has such power.
In a few days, I am going to post about something else that I have just received in a new homestead magazine. I need to sit down and read it, but it is concerning people who keep poultry flocks and this included backyard flocks. Its something like the animal identity that the USDA started, but they dropped it, but it looks like now, the powers that be are starting up a new system to track who has birds, and how many. Another control and restriction planned. I will read this and post in a few days. It is in my new Countryside and Small Stock Journal magazine, for March/April 2012. I went to their website, (www.countrysidemag.com), and they still have the January/February 2012 magazine still up. The article is called "chicken crimes". If they get it up soon, please go through and read it. I am sure it will affect everyone who keeps poultry.
Well, I think that I belly ached enough. I don't know if I feel better. And I probably shouldn't of blabbed, but I was angry about this, and I am still angry about it.
I wish everyone a wonderful rest of the week. and I will sure try to find something else to be happy about. Til then, keep on, keeping on. Be Safe all. And stay warm.
Hugs
I thought I 'd better post so everyone would not think that I jumped ship like a rat. After a very upsetting and aggravating week I had last week and Monday, and Tuesday of this week being equally difficult, I was just about ready to strangle something, and then jump ship.
I had to think a little bit before I posted these thoughts and issues as it concerns me, family and the health care system that will eventually affects us down the road. I generally do not get political, and try to look at things in a perspective of both sides, but what had happened, angered me beyond anyone's imagination and it will affect all of us unless it is challenged and stopped.
Last Monday, I ran errands with my mother as usual. It was getting close to 5 pm and so I needed to get home, and she was getting tired, so I got in the driveway, and my mother had an episode of some sort, was very dizzy, and unsure of herself, and then on top of all of this, she popped her artificial hip out of joint, which it does do, if she isn't thinking about how she gets out of the car.
I ran in the house, told my dad I was running her right into the ER, which is about 3 blocks away from my parent's house. I was there in a flash, and got help to get her out of the car and into Triage.
Well, the ER doctor I am very familiar with. A very compassionate, and caring man who has put my mother's hips in before a few times when they pop out.
They started to get her prepped for a light sedation to slip the hip back in, and so Dr Smith, escorted me to the family room and said he would come get me as soon as he was done with everything.
About 20 minutes later, Dr Smith came in. My heart was in my throat, the look on his face was horrified, and it was a look I had never seen on his face before.
Vicki, I need to talk to you very seriously about something...I am totally PO'd at this and this needs to be addressed.
I was sure I had lost my mother, and the tears started to flow...No, Vicki, your mom is just fine, its her primary doctor I am totally PO'd at, he said. Did you know anything about this? No, doc, I didn't.
He proceeded to tell me that mom told him that her primary doctor had not refilled her blood pressure meds at all for over two months, and when we got her into the ER, her blood pressure was 194/80. My mother did not bother to tell me that the doctor was withholding meds, because they own a small $50 bill at the doctor's office,and because of it, they are now refusing to refill meds, period.
I was, frankly, beyond pissed. I was livid. And Dr. Smith was livid also. So, with his referral, Dr Smith got us to a new primary care doctor, and I took her to her appointment last Friday. This new doctor is just like Dr Smith, compassionate, caring and listened. He ran blood, and then changed her meds, and change a few other prescriptions and as of this week, my mother is doing somewhat better. Mentally, my mother is showing her age, and cannot keep track of bank accounts and money, and bills, so I also had to do something that right at the moment, my dad is mad at me, by getting power of attorney for both financial and medical paperwork work. I also went over to the other doctor who refused to give mom her meds and I blew up in the office and made a scene there also. It wasn't pretty.
Needless to say, after I blew up at the old doctor's office, the next morning, I did not feel good at all. I was having issues also. Probably my blood pressure was beyond the sky also. My stomach was knotted, twisted, and irritated, my head hurt, in fact, everything hurt. So I had been on a little hiatus for a little while until I calm down.
I am in disbelief of the way doctor's are now working. Denying medical help or medicines that people need, because of a small bill. I did not think that I would see it here, but I am afraid its here now.
I also started this week on Monday, firing D's work comp attorney and finding a new attorney in Iowa to handle it. The attorney handling the case before I fired him was compromising the case and letting things slide so I took matters into my hands again, and was the three headed dog. So I have had a lot of people really PO'd at me at the moment and just because I was standing up for basic rights and situations. I also had several cats who were very ill, and I lost one a few weeks back to liver failure, so its been very stressful and unhappy at my house.
So as you can see, it was trying, and very stressful for me. And I had to think about it before I posted as I don't like to post things like this, but the medical issues were too much for me to put up with, and I could not stand for any more treatment like that. I won't go into politics as that will send me over the edge right at the moment, still feeling a little rough around the edges with stress, but I will tell you, this will affect my vote all around. Enough said.
I did manage to play a little in some seedling dirt and plant some lettuces, and bunching onions. I have mesclun lettuces coming up now, and I thought I seen a tiny onion seed coming up, so that brightened my day a little. A little plant has such power.
In a few days, I am going to post about something else that I have just received in a new homestead magazine. I need to sit down and read it, but it is concerning people who keep poultry flocks and this included backyard flocks. Its something like the animal identity that the USDA started, but they dropped it, but it looks like now, the powers that be are starting up a new system to track who has birds, and how many. Another control and restriction planned. I will read this and post in a few days. It is in my new Countryside and Small Stock Journal magazine, for March/April 2012. I went to their website, (www.countrysidemag.com), and they still have the January/February 2012 magazine still up. The article is called "chicken crimes". If they get it up soon, please go through and read it. I am sure it will affect everyone who keeps poultry.
Well, I think that I belly ached enough. I don't know if I feel better. And I probably shouldn't of blabbed, but I was angry about this, and I am still angry about it.
I wish everyone a wonderful rest of the week. and I will sure try to find something else to be happy about. Til then, keep on, keeping on. Be Safe all. And stay warm.
Hugs
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day to Everyone
Good Morning Everyone,
I just want to post to wish all of you a most wonderful Valentine's Day. Your readership, friendship means so much to me, especially after a most trying and difficult last week and a tough week this will be.
I will post later as I have a very full, week ahead with life and I will fill in later.
Hugs to all of you, you mean so very much to me.
Hugs
I just want to post to wish all of you a most wonderful Valentine's Day. Your readership, friendship means so much to me, especially after a most trying and difficult last week and a tough week this will be.
I will post later as I have a very full, week ahead with life and I will fill in later.
Hugs to all of you, you mean so very much to me.
Hugs
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Not like it was cracked up to be.
Good afternoon everyone,
I just thought I would pop in and tell you all that, yes, we got a snow storm, a little wind, and about 9 inches of snow, BUT...it did not have the 35-45 mph winds behind it to give it the punch it needed to be a full blown blizzard. This was a baby storm compared to some I have been in, drove in, and lived through. I do know that Colorado got dumped on, and some parts of our area got over 15 inches, but here, it was a considerable baby storm, with a squeak instead of a roar.
Right now, its melting outside, about 32*F and probably by Monday, will be pretty much gone. It has been too warm here, to keep it on the ground, so its soaking into the ground, which my trees, and my garden need it so badly. So, I'm happy that it was the storm that wasn't.
So, I am ok, everything is as it should be. I am going to tackle my broth tomorrow (Sunday), and just kinda vegetate for a few days.
Everyone, take care and we will think of something to blog about next week.
Hugs to All
I just thought I would pop in and tell you all that, yes, we got a snow storm, a little wind, and about 9 inches of snow, BUT...it did not have the 35-45 mph winds behind it to give it the punch it needed to be a full blown blizzard. This was a baby storm compared to some I have been in, drove in, and lived through. I do know that Colorado got dumped on, and some parts of our area got over 15 inches, but here, it was a considerable baby storm, with a squeak instead of a roar.
Right now, its melting outside, about 32*F and probably by Monday, will be pretty much gone. It has been too warm here, to keep it on the ground, so its soaking into the ground, which my trees, and my garden need it so badly. So, I'm happy that it was the storm that wasn't.
So, I am ok, everything is as it should be. I am going to tackle my broth tomorrow (Sunday), and just kinda vegetate for a few days.
Everyone, take care and we will think of something to blog about next week.
Hugs to All
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Too much of a good thing or Be careful what you wish for
Very Good Morning Everyone,
Its a little early for me this morning, BUT, I needed to get up and start things early as we are in a BLIZZARD WARNING! Yep, first one this year, after all of the spring weather we had been getting, SEE, told ya so. I knew that we would pay for the nice weather.
Why a blizzard warning instead of a winter storm warning or an advisory, is because we are supposed to have 35-50 mph winds behind this snow, and with 8-12 inches like the weatherman is talking about, will make it worse than Saturday night at Dodge City. When you get sometimes gale force winds behind snow, you get a mess. So, guess what I;m doing this morning......
I am pretty much prepped anyway. As usual, I have pantry, fuel, and lamp oils etc. etc. stocked anyway, just because I do as part of my household anyway, nothing new in this. My snow removal guy is ready and will show up after all of this splats on the ground probably on Sunday, when this is supposed to quit and move out of the area.
I am just going out this morning to get some cat food, litter, and just a few items and I'm done and ready to hunker down for the long weekend. With the winds that they are talking about, I may lose power, so I may be down on the computer, but that is just part of living out here in hillbilly hell.
And for some of you who asked about if I am getting any quilting done. I am afraid that I need to start a stash. Money has been so tight, and I can't afford fabric at the fancy quilt shop we have here. Good grief, some her fabric is $12 a yard! I have been thinking that I may just start with a denim quilt, my name sake, which I love denim anyway, and just cut patches out of different colors of denim, which I have plenty of around here and do a bed quilt for D's bed. I need to haunt the second hand shops too, but I just cannot eake out money, even small amounts for cotton shirts. But I do have a small amount of shirts from my closet and I have been washing these and slicing them up and stacking them in a small plastic box with a lid and I'll work until I get something saved up to start something small, like a table runner or something. Thanks to all of you who sent links and ideas and suggestions, its just like everything else, you have to start out small and work up. This weekend would of been a wonderful time to quilt on something. Oh well.
If we keep the electricity up and going, I am going to just work in the kitchen and finish canning my chicken broth and chicken meat. When I started hearing about snow on Monday, I thought I'd just wait and then heat up the kitchen when its cold. So everything went in the freezer and I will pull it out probably tomorrow or Saturday and finish. I may also do another round of veggie broth. I use a lot of both in cooking. I won't be able to get to the store for beef shanks until after this storm so that's on the agenda next week. Also D and I are planning a trip to the small hometown meat processor about 50 miles from us so I can get some smoked sausage that they do and maybe a few other things.
Well, I had better get going. I am going to have a little breakfast, and then try to be out the door by 8:30 am and then get things done, as by the time the afternoon rolls around, people start getting off work, and decide that they had better get to the stores when its too late, and its a mad house around here when people are pushed. It amazes me, living around here that some people wait until its too late and then cry that there is nothing on the shelves when we have storms. Its usually very young people who are more worried about their smart phones working than keep their butts covered in a blizzard.
I will try to take some photos if I can. I never know about my little cheap camera.
I wish everyone a wonderful weekend.
Hugs
Its a little early for me this morning, BUT, I needed to get up and start things early as we are in a BLIZZARD WARNING! Yep, first one this year, after all of the spring weather we had been getting, SEE, told ya so. I knew that we would pay for the nice weather.
Why a blizzard warning instead of a winter storm warning or an advisory, is because we are supposed to have 35-50 mph winds behind this snow, and with 8-12 inches like the weatherman is talking about, will make it worse than Saturday night at Dodge City. When you get sometimes gale force winds behind snow, you get a mess. So, guess what I;m doing this morning......
I am pretty much prepped anyway. As usual, I have pantry, fuel, and lamp oils etc. etc. stocked anyway, just because I do as part of my household anyway, nothing new in this. My snow removal guy is ready and will show up after all of this splats on the ground probably on Sunday, when this is supposed to quit and move out of the area.
I am just going out this morning to get some cat food, litter, and just a few items and I'm done and ready to hunker down for the long weekend. With the winds that they are talking about, I may lose power, so I may be down on the computer, but that is just part of living out here in hillbilly hell.
And for some of you who asked about if I am getting any quilting done. I am afraid that I need to start a stash. Money has been so tight, and I can't afford fabric at the fancy quilt shop we have here. Good grief, some her fabric is $12 a yard! I have been thinking that I may just start with a denim quilt, my name sake, which I love denim anyway, and just cut patches out of different colors of denim, which I have plenty of around here and do a bed quilt for D's bed. I need to haunt the second hand shops too, but I just cannot eake out money, even small amounts for cotton shirts. But I do have a small amount of shirts from my closet and I have been washing these and slicing them up and stacking them in a small plastic box with a lid and I'll work until I get something saved up to start something small, like a table runner or something. Thanks to all of you who sent links and ideas and suggestions, its just like everything else, you have to start out small and work up. This weekend would of been a wonderful time to quilt on something. Oh well.
If we keep the electricity up and going, I am going to just work in the kitchen and finish canning my chicken broth and chicken meat. When I started hearing about snow on Monday, I thought I'd just wait and then heat up the kitchen when its cold. So everything went in the freezer and I will pull it out probably tomorrow or Saturday and finish. I may also do another round of veggie broth. I use a lot of both in cooking. I won't be able to get to the store for beef shanks until after this storm so that's on the agenda next week. Also D and I are planning a trip to the small hometown meat processor about 50 miles from us so I can get some smoked sausage that they do and maybe a few other things.
Well, I had better get going. I am going to have a little breakfast, and then try to be out the door by 8:30 am and then get things done, as by the time the afternoon rolls around, people start getting off work, and decide that they had better get to the stores when its too late, and its a mad house around here when people are pushed. It amazes me, living around here that some people wait until its too late and then cry that there is nothing on the shelves when we have storms. Its usually very young people who are more worried about their smart phones working than keep their butts covered in a blizzard.
I will try to take some photos if I can. I never know about my little cheap camera.
I wish everyone a wonderful weekend.
Hugs
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Here Chick, Chick....There Chick, Chick.....
Good Morning To All,
I am sorry for the gap in posting. It seems Blogger got its issues straightened out, and I can comment and read my favorites now. I am not sure at all what went on, but I am glad its figured out. I was afraid that I had issues with my blog from hackers or something. Also, remember, I'm a boring life entity, and right now, its cold here, even though we are having 50's and 60's here with an average of 40's on a daily basis, with very little snow. Its supposed to be close to 60* F today, for pity sakes! Where's winter? But I still cannot do anything in the garden, period, everything is frozen solid, and even though I love the fairly warm days, they are sure deceiving and all you want to do is start gardening. I can't even start some seeds yet, even though its starting to get a little warm. I am planning on bringing a couple of my ghetto buckets around to the south side to start warming up. It will take most of February to do this, and by then, in March, I can get my greens seeds in, and cover with my greenhouse plastic and just wait. Something that I haven't heard of is the fact we are getting Sand Hills cranes here now. They usually start showing up the end of February, but they are flying and some are gathering west of town along the North Platte river and out in the corn (maize) stubble the farmers leave for the cows to graze in. I have heard them overhead, way up high, but I have not seen them yet. I am sure, we get a few nice days I will start to see them fly closer down where you can see them.
Last weekend, I pressured canned the broth off of the turkey carcasses I had in the freezer along with the meat that was left on the bones. I was so proud of myself, Miss afraid of the pressure canner here. Today (Sunday, Jan 29th), I am having chicken dinner tonight, with the trimmings, and I am going to do chick broth and leftover meat and can that. I look back thinking how much of a wussy I was with pressure canners, and how much I have missed out on not being able to do what I wanted to do years ago, Funny how bad experiences with things alter your outlook, but then the need out ways the fear of getting things done if you have to provide food for your table, or need food for your health. Payday, I am hoping that I can spare a little extra so I can purchase a box of beef shanks so I can process the meat and broth. I need to purchase shanks here as when spring rolls around my part of the country, I can't get shanks anymore until next winter. My doctor wants me to get more beef broth, since I am showing signs of bone degeneration, since I do not have a thyroid, he urged me to take better care of myself, since I am caring for people, and I need to take time for me also. That's hard to, but I am taking his advice. Like he told me, sometimes the caregivers poop out before the people they care for by just being like a shrew, and burning your candle at both ends. Is that what it is? :-) I'm a shrew. I feel like a hamster, sometimes, in a wheel, but not a shrew.
I have retired my in home chef-ing for a while. A lot of my people are really cutting back on things, and expenses so all of us agreed upon stopping. My clients were struggling with coming up with money, I was struggling with trying to get them their meals, and yet providing for my parents and my charges here, including me. We all agreed that we were going to see what the spring brings and go from there. If there is improvement in the economy, I sure don't see it, at least here. I see so much poverty around me, funny that the rest of the community doesn't see it. But 90% of the poverty that is going on here in my community is the fact that it is brought on by people who are drug addicts and alcoholics and would prefer to buy their habits with money that should be used to provide for their families, which the families lose out, and then it falls upon the community food banks and churches to provide for these people who, by choice prefer their habits before their families. I shed tears for these kids and families who have parents or a parent who waste their life away with something so very fleeting. I sit here and thank each day I am able to wake up and be me, whether I feel good or not. What makes me angry is the fact that these parents make everyone else provide for them, just so they can have their habit, I am for giving a helping hand "up" but I do not like giving "hand-outs" to these people. I have had incidents here where I live where the renters wanted me to give them produce from my garden, which I would be so very glad to do, BUT, I had a stipulation that they come over to help me weed or water or trim in the garden for about an hour to help me out. The answer was always "no", and so I refused, simply on the fact that I feel you should work for your food, which I do as I have to provide as much as I can as I cannot go out and get help for my meals and no one is going to do it for me. I will assure you, I have made many enemies while the renters where living here. Oh well, off of my soap box.
Well, I need to get off of my fanny, and get my pans and chickens ready to start dinner for this afternoon. Then I will get my broth ready tonight, let it chill and then skim and can this tomorrow. I will have more time tomorrow to do it. I like quiet and peace when I do this.
Well, until I can come up with something else. I will leave all of you to have a wonderful, up coming week. Please take care all.
Hugs
I am sorry for the gap in posting. It seems Blogger got its issues straightened out, and I can comment and read my favorites now. I am not sure at all what went on, but I am glad its figured out. I was afraid that I had issues with my blog from hackers or something. Also, remember, I'm a boring life entity, and right now, its cold here, even though we are having 50's and 60's here with an average of 40's on a daily basis, with very little snow. Its supposed to be close to 60* F today, for pity sakes! Where's winter? But I still cannot do anything in the garden, period, everything is frozen solid, and even though I love the fairly warm days, they are sure deceiving and all you want to do is start gardening. I can't even start some seeds yet, even though its starting to get a little warm. I am planning on bringing a couple of my ghetto buckets around to the south side to start warming up. It will take most of February to do this, and by then, in March, I can get my greens seeds in, and cover with my greenhouse plastic and just wait. Something that I haven't heard of is the fact we are getting Sand Hills cranes here now. They usually start showing up the end of February, but they are flying and some are gathering west of town along the North Platte river and out in the corn (maize) stubble the farmers leave for the cows to graze in. I have heard them overhead, way up high, but I have not seen them yet. I am sure, we get a few nice days I will start to see them fly closer down where you can see them.
Last weekend, I pressured canned the broth off of the turkey carcasses I had in the freezer along with the meat that was left on the bones. I was so proud of myself, Miss afraid of the pressure canner here. Today (Sunday, Jan 29th), I am having chicken dinner tonight, with the trimmings, and I am going to do chick broth and leftover meat and can that. I look back thinking how much of a wussy I was with pressure canners, and how much I have missed out on not being able to do what I wanted to do years ago, Funny how bad experiences with things alter your outlook, but then the need out ways the fear of getting things done if you have to provide food for your table, or need food for your health. Payday, I am hoping that I can spare a little extra so I can purchase a box of beef shanks so I can process the meat and broth. I need to purchase shanks here as when spring rolls around my part of the country, I can't get shanks anymore until next winter. My doctor wants me to get more beef broth, since I am showing signs of bone degeneration, since I do not have a thyroid, he urged me to take better care of myself, since I am caring for people, and I need to take time for me also. That's hard to, but I am taking his advice. Like he told me, sometimes the caregivers poop out before the people they care for by just being like a shrew, and burning your candle at both ends. Is that what it is? :-) I'm a shrew. I feel like a hamster, sometimes, in a wheel, but not a shrew.
I have retired my in home chef-ing for a while. A lot of my people are really cutting back on things, and expenses so all of us agreed upon stopping. My clients were struggling with coming up with money, I was struggling with trying to get them their meals, and yet providing for my parents and my charges here, including me. We all agreed that we were going to see what the spring brings and go from there. If there is improvement in the economy, I sure don't see it, at least here. I see so much poverty around me, funny that the rest of the community doesn't see it. But 90% of the poverty that is going on here in my community is the fact that it is brought on by people who are drug addicts and alcoholics and would prefer to buy their habits with money that should be used to provide for their families, which the families lose out, and then it falls upon the community food banks and churches to provide for these people who, by choice prefer their habits before their families. I shed tears for these kids and families who have parents or a parent who waste their life away with something so very fleeting. I sit here and thank each day I am able to wake up and be me, whether I feel good or not. What makes me angry is the fact that these parents make everyone else provide for them, just so they can have their habit, I am for giving a helping hand "up" but I do not like giving "hand-outs" to these people. I have had incidents here where I live where the renters wanted me to give them produce from my garden, which I would be so very glad to do, BUT, I had a stipulation that they come over to help me weed or water or trim in the garden for about an hour to help me out. The answer was always "no", and so I refused, simply on the fact that I feel you should work for your food, which I do as I have to provide as much as I can as I cannot go out and get help for my meals and no one is going to do it for me. I will assure you, I have made many enemies while the renters where living here. Oh well, off of my soap box.
Well, I need to get off of my fanny, and get my pans and chickens ready to start dinner for this afternoon. Then I will get my broth ready tonight, let it chill and then skim and can this tomorrow. I will have more time tomorrow to do it. I like quiet and peace when I do this.
Well, until I can come up with something else. I will leave all of you to have a wonderful, up coming week. Please take care all.
Hugs
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