Cooking without recipes
I’ve had many requests over the years to give recipes for the foods I cook. Honestly I’m not really good at using or writing recipes. I have lists of ingredients … Continue reading
Electronic devices are making our young STUPID
I have noticed for a few years that the young generation is not being taught to think for themselves. The electronic devices do all the thinking for them so they … Continue reading
Water saving progress
I sure wish I could read the water meter but those are kept cleverly hidden underground and not visible to the homeowner. I wouldn’t know how to read it anyway. … Continue reading
Non-electric air conditioner
I saw the news reports of the extremely high 120 degree heat in the southwest USA. I do hope readers living in those areas stay safe and stay cool. I … Continue reading
Hay box cooking
Grandma Mama had no electricity and cooked with a wood stove. During the really hot summer days she would sometimes use a small outside fire and a hay box to … Continue reading
Water saving tip
When I was a child we didn’t have running water in the house. We had a well and barrels to catch water off the roof during rain. Every bit of … Continue reading
I’ve had surgery
I suffered with a kidney stone. For three days I waited, taking pain pills, believing the stone would pass. I do drink water but apparently not enough to keep the … Continue reading
Rainbows and pots of gold
Sometimes hope comes to us in the most unexpected way. It could be in the form of a few minutes time spent with a special person or it could be … Continue reading
Growing old is hell
Today, memorial day, I remember my sons who have passed. I remember relatives too but its my grandmother that dominates my thoughts today. Grandma Mama. My mother was mentally ill and … Continue reading
Do I need a tin foil hat?
Just when I feel as if I’ve gotten my financial life in balance and running smoothly, something costs more. These days the sticker shocks and sucker punch fees are coming … Continue reading
Less grid living
Going completely off grid is not an option for me. The expense of solar panels and all that that entails is way beyond my limited budget. Also, some off … Continue reading
Canning jar mop
Grandma Mama had a jar mop made with rags tacked to the end of a short tree branch Grandpa Papa had made smooth with a carving knife. I wash lots … Continue reading
No mice or rats allowed – three
As I’ve said in the earlier posts when I say mice I mean rats too. These are the things I’ve learned that do or don’t work to get rid of … Continue reading
No mice or rats allowed – two
In this post I’m listing as much as I remember about making a house less attractive to mice and rats. You may think mice are only a country pest but … Continue reading
No mice or rats allowed – one
I want to mouse and rat proof my house. Well, as best I can anyway. At my old house mice and rats were just a fact of life in the … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day
God cannot be everywhere so he made mothers. Wishing all the mothers out there the happiest of days.
My baking cabinet
When I moved here last summer there were lots of spiders. Everywhere! I believe they may have been attracted to the meat eating ants in the kitchen and the carpenter … Continue reading
Twenty pounds of onions
What would you do with twenty pounds of onions? On my shopping trip last month I bought sweet onions buy one five pound bag for $4 get one bag free … Continue reading
My kitchen is not a trash can
Back in December I posted about how I no longer wanted to keep a trash can inside my house. A trash can in the kitchen is like an open invitation … Continue reading
