Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

Good morning y'all, coffee is ready. I went to town yesterday and got cream. Going to the Highway 80 Mission in Longview this morning to donate BJ's clothing.

 

[Mini Horses]

Good job Bay! I did same with my late's yrs ago. Someone with be glad to use them. Moms went to a women's center. It's something that needs to be done.

Yesterday I updated some areas in stores with new price strips on shelves. Again, price and/or size changes. Nothing got cheaper! My tip -- when buying check quantity. Ldry detergent drops several ounces per jug, same price. The previous size is normally left to "sell thru"....so look for that. Most resets are done for the year but I see huge price ticketing efforts. Some stores are very low product, others not so. If you need any TP...get it!!! Fav store out, go to another but don't wait.

Meats are already high and climbing faster. The things we raise are golden!! I have a setting hen, normally I'd break her up this late. Not this year. In fact, incubator comes to mind. And turkeys on sale this Fall....maybe not so much. Its what's happening. Higher prices, less available. Really, really hard for some folks who are income challenged. Got a neighbor in need, try to help.

So, on to more pleasant thoughts....cooler here but, still humid. Doesn't seem right. Since weekend predicted to be better I'm good with whatever comes. Like I could change it anyway! There's a goat auction this Sat, will go if nothing else comes up I'd rather do. It's just my social thing. cats are calling for breakfast...gotta go.

 

[rachels.haven]

Do you all just have one laundry basket?? We have three... Plus a sorter in the laundry room. One laundry basket for dirty laundry, that gets emptied into the sorter every couple of days. The other two baskets are for clean laundry, they sit there until we decide to fold laundry. Some days we do actually fold on the same day the clothes are cleaned.

We have two per bedroom because I hate sorting whites. I hate sorting so much in college I used to take off my dirty socks and pin them together so they would wash as a pair and I wouldn't have to sort them. Now all but DH's socks are the same color and same size so I still don't have to sort them, but I'd still prefer the pinning system if I could get away with it.

 

[promiseacres]

Made BLT's and fried eggplant for supper last night. A few nights ago I fried up some puffball mushrooms. Kid's loved it. We have them growing in the yard. Still mild temps, so we'll take it. I did get one buck of apples canned into applesauce. But out of regular sized lids... but a friend has extras. I have plenty of wide mouthed jars... but very few wide mouth jars. Plenty of the regular sized jars.
Might pick tomatoes to dehydrate.

@Alaskan barefoot! Couldn't afford to shoe 8 ponies/horses plus I think it's healthier.

 

[Thefarmofdreams]

Good morning everyone! Got my first cuppa... and am about to engage in the dreaded make believe with the babe. (i have always hated make believe... can't wait to go forest exploring instead!)

He's working on potty training so its a rigid 30m prompts for peeing so we don't go through 465 pair of underwear! lol. He does great naked, but the underwear are confusing. He's not a fan of prompts, just wants to be naked! But at 2yo with a size 6 butt.... he needs to be done with diapers. They don't come big enough for his chunk! (not at an affordable price anyways) He's gonna be potty trained before he talks at this rate!

 

[Alaskan]

Made BLT's and fried eggplant for supper last night. A few nights ago I fried up some puffball mushrooms. Kid's loved it. We have them growing in the yard. Still mild temps, so we'll take it. I did get one buck of apples canned into applesauce. But out of regular sized lids... but a friend has extras. I have plenty of wide mouthed jars... but very few wide mouth jars. Plenty of the regular sized jars.
Might pick tomatoes to dehydrate.

@Alaskan barefoot! Couldn't afford to shoe 8 ponies/horses plus I think it's healthier.
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I agree.

The percheron we had came with bad shoed feet. We had him go barefoot. It was interesting to see the hoof wall grow thicker and healthier. Barefoot is so much better. Easier to fully clean put the feet too if any hot or injury happens.

 

[Alaskan]

Good morning everyone! Got my first cuppa... and am about to engage in the dreaded make believe with the babe. (i have always hated make believe... can't wait to go forest exploring instead!)

He's working on potty training so its a rigid 30m prompts for peeing so we don't go through 465 pair of underwear! lol. He does great naked, but the underwear are confusing. He's not a fan of prompts, just wants to be naked! But at 2yo with a size 6 butt.... he needs to be done with diapers. They don't come big enough for his chunk! (not at an affordable price anyways) He's gonna be potty trained before he talks at this rate!

We just had the kids wear a big shirt in the house... naked bottom. or commando and overalls in public.

No underwear or they would pee themselves. Took maybe 6 months of going commando.

But... overalls are great. They keep the bottom nice and "free" so kid remembers not to pee himself.

 

[Thefarmofdreams]

@Alaskan overalls are an interesting idea... He is already doing better about underwear. But I'll have to keep baggy + commando in mind

Hubby got up this am to messages from the tenant downstairs that their ceiling was leaking, and had collapsed. So I got to climb out on the roof of their bedroom (1 story extension) and staple a tarp down till we can get a roofer out. Ugh. I HATE roofs. Almost as much as I hate ladders. I ended up climbing out the bedroom window that is over their roof in order to avoid the ladder. but I got it done. I need to make myself a list of maintenance tasks and schedule them in my calendar. Especially for the new house. Clearly hubby either doesn't know or can't organize himself to stay on top of them.

 

[Alaskan]

messages from the tenant downstairs that their ceiling was leaking, and had collapsed. So I got to climb out on the roof of their bedroom (1 story extension) and staple a tarp down

Flat rooves are evil!!! (And yes I have a bit of flat roof)

 

[Thefarmofdreams]

Flat rooves are evil!!! (And yes I have a bit of flat roof)

It's bit flat, not a huge slope, but enough I think. Just left much too long since it was last shingled. I know to pay attention to such things now!