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itations i use a grocery delivery service they call every other monday to take my order and deliver my groceries on thursday that week i make out my grocery list well in advance of the call and this time well in advance of the flu bug slapping me upside the head monday while in a flu induced fog i read off my list to the order taker hung up the phone and went back to bed it did not register with me until my groceries were delivered that i had failed to remove from the list 12 lbs of hamburger to use in canning a big batch of chili several large green peppers to use in canning sweet and sour chicken and 6 lbs of butter to add to the 4 lbs in the fridge also to be canned i suppose i could have put all of that into the freezer except that the freezer is already full to the top so i spent today prepping the food chicken breasts have been cut into bite sized pieces peppers have been cleaned and cut into pieces along with onions hamburger has been browned all are in plastic bags in the fridge quart jars of home canned tomatoes and cans of kidney beans along with a jar of chili powder are waiting on the end of my kitchen table as well as cans of pineapple chunks for the sweet and sour chicken tomorrow morning the canning will begin and guess what i feel better now than i have since the flu bug showed up i think i must be one of those people who feels better when doing something than when just laying about granted i had to take several rest breaks but even with that it sure is nice to be back in the land of the living posted by vicki at friday february 17 2017 12 comments wednesday february 15 2017 the jury is still out but the general opinion is that i will likely live after all still feel somewhat crappy and i have learned the art of hibernation but slowly i m beginning to feel somewhat human again the biggest thing i have done since monday is to open and heat jars of home canned soup my appetite is slowly returning and i added a sandwich to the menu this evening thank you for the comments and concern with any kind of luck i shall be back to annoying the general public in another couple of days posted by vicki at wednesday february 15 2017 12 comments monday february 13 2017 flu bug oldest son had the flu this past week missed a couple days of work he shared my own fault i asked him to come over to help me he is better i am not headed back to bed this flu bug isn t lethal just has given me that run over by a bus feeling i will be back as soon as possible to dazzle you with my brilliant posts but not today probably not tomorrow either i can be found under my green fuzzy blanket kleenex and cough syrup and fruit juice at hand i really hate this posted by vicki at monday february 13 2017 22 comments saturday february 11 2017 check list rugs vacuumed check meals prepared ahead for the weekend check laundry in progress check dishes washed and floor swept check sewing machine uncovered threaded and a fresh needle inserted check remaining weekend of sewing little pieces of fabric to other little pieces of fabric well under way other folks look at a weekend as a time to party this little old lady looks at the weekend as a time to create see you all next week with pictures have a great weekend doing what makes you happy posted by vicki at saturday february 11 2017 10 comments thursday february 9 2017 thursday ramble i think my get up and go has got up and left can t seem to get motivated to do much of anything today spent part of the morning wrapped in my green fuzzy blanket kindle in hand the rest of the morning was devoted to reading my favorite blogs and roaming about on the web there were several cups of coffee involved so it wasn t completely wasted time here in my little corner of suburbia mother nature seems to have developed a case of attention deficit disorder earlier this week the temps were just at the freezing point which made streets and sidewalks interesting when the misty rain froze to their surfaces early this morning the temperature hovered at 3 degrees rising to 13 by noon tomorrow temps in the 40 degree range are predicted and after that the weatherman s guess is as good as mine when i look out my window i see a few patches of ice and no snow which is unusual for this time of year even in my downtown location where streets are plowed and sidewalks shoveled i am not complaining could be like joisey where chickenmom lives she says they are expecting at least a foot of the white stuff today i have been just scanning the headlines of the day to keep myself somewhat informed about what is going on in the world around me i find myself becoming irritated at the childish antics of our lawmakers years back when children squabbled and hurled insults at one another their parents applied the palm of the hand to the seat of the pants and sent the miscreants to bed without supper i get an urge to do the same to those in congress considering they are more often than not acting like tantrum throwing toddlers guess i have goofed off long enough time to open a jar of ham and bean soup for lunch after that i think i can rouse myself enough to bake some cookies chocolate chip and maybe peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and a cold glass of milk makes the world look a bit brighter posted by vicki at thursday february 09 2017 10 comments monday february 6 2017 finishing up saturday sort of wore me out so i took sunday off turned into a slug i did watched a couple of movies did a bit of sewing on my quilt top read several chapters of my latest murder mystery drank coffee took naps it was a lovely day had a bit of a scare saturday evening oldest son was cooking supper when he fainted dead away scraped up his back some and hit his head on a chair on the way down lori took him to the emergency room where they ran an ekg a ct scan to make sure his brains weren t too badly scrambled and took x rays to make sure he hadn t done damage to his back the tests were all negative the doctors decided he was dehydrated and gave him some intravenous fluids a few hours later he was back home with a giant headache and very stiff back but thankfully all in one piece lori promised me she would make him mind and not overdo a difficult task considering he is at least as stubborn as his mother i don t care how old our children are they are still our babies and we worry i am just thankful lori was there to help this morning i pressure canned the ham cubes winding up with 20 half pint jars the half pints are just the right size for one person to use for ham sandwiches or ham and scrambled eggs or in omelets the next time i can ham i will use pint jars that is a good amount of meat for scalloped potatoes and ham or in soup or casseroles i washed the jars of potatoes and carrots wrote the contents and date on the lids and stocked them on the shelf i had filled 34 pint jars with half potato dices and half carrot dices my reasoning was that this would work well for smaller batches of soup or stew at times when i want a quick meal just add broth meat and seasonings there were more potatoes than carrots so i canned 10 pints of potato dices to be used mostly for fried breakfast potatoes they are fully cooked after processing so all i need to do is brown them in a frying pan and maybe toss in some onion or garlic the onions and cabbage went into the dehydrators late this afternoon they should be fully dried by morning i seem to go through a lot of onions so that is something i order in quantity at least once every couple of months to dehydrate i keep a few fresh onions but drying them seems to be the best way for me to keep them on hand and that i think is enough for one day time to fix a bit of supper fire up the kindle and read awhile it has been a good day posted by vicki at monday february 06 2017 14 comments saturday february 4 2017 canning season most folks who have a garden find themselves up to their hips in vegetables to can in the fall when it is time to harvest because i don t have a garden my canning season is whenever i find a good sale at the grocery store this week i ordered two of those boneless half hams they were 2 1 2 lbs each i also got 20 lbs of russet potatoes and 8 lbs of carrots and i have about 15 lbs of onions and one head of cabbage i spent the better part of friday prepping the ham and potatoes and carrots the ham was cut into 1 inch cubes the potatoes and carrots were run through my food chopper and turned into 1 2 inch cubes saturday morning i will run them through my pressure canner while the canner is doing its thing i will chop the onions and shred the cabbage for the dehydrator i know that i have already put back enough canned and dried food for at least a year oldest son has been working with me on this prepping thing for the last few years so i figure the amounts i need for his household and mine i had planned on sewing friday and saturday but it is a matter of priorities some say i am foolish to can and dehydrate so much but the meat i canned two years ago that i ate for supper cost considerably less when i bought it than it does now and the ham i bought this week will likely cost more next year and even though things seem to be looking a bit brighter now we still live in an uncertain world with more unrest here in the states than i can remember so i keep on adding to the pantry whenever i can just in case posted by vicki at saturday february 04 2017 16 comments thursday february 2 2017 it is a combination of things it seems that my muse opened the door to my apartment took a hard right galloped down the stairs and flung itself out into the street there must be a reason for that i have decided that there are several reasons why i can t seem to find anything to write about the most obvious is that it is february in minnesota the sun has stayed hidden for days at a time it is cold today the temp is holding at 13 degrees falling close to zero at night last week we enjoyed a heat wave in the mid forty degree range st paul holds their winter carnival the last week of january and the first week of february they build a huge ice palace and have ice and snow sculpture contests last week the sculptures were melting this week folks are dressed in snowmobile suits and felt lined boots i am just plain tired not so much sleepy tired but more worn down i was tired of politics long before the election and now that the inauguration has come and gone i am even more tired of the childish behavior of those on the left who are acting like spoiled toddlers throwing the mother of all temper tantrums you lost deal with it and to top it all off there was the march of the pink pussy hats really you think those stupid hats are going to make me take your causes seriously especially when you add to the mix a gaggle of foul mouthed celebrities i don t think so well now that i have turned this post into a bit of a rant i believe i shall go take a nap after which i will likely be back to my normal posts sometimes it helps to just blow off some steam posted by vicki at thursday february 02 2017 16 comments wednesday february 1 2017 just one of those days that i have nothing talk among yourselves or read those folks in the sidebar i ll be back in a couple of days when with any kind of luck i will have something worthwhile to write about posted by vicki at wednesday february 01 2017 6 comments newer posts older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me vicki mom of four grandma of six and great grandma of two who writes about events both past and present about preparedness and an occasional rant tossed in for good measure as well as anything else that happens to come to mind and who enjoys my retired life in general view my complete profile followers blog archive 2026 11 february 4 january 7 2025 20 may 1 april 6 march 5 february 7 january 1 2024 47 december 2 november 5 october 7 september 7 july 1 june 7 may 2 april 6 march 1 february 4 january 5 2023 48 december 6 november 2 october 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