Yesterday evening, I finished the last of the boxes in the food storage room. Don't breathe a sigh of relief for me yet though. These are the boxes in the safe room. You can see that I've already emptied almost one whole column of boxes. I think there were 16 columns, each with 5 or 6 boxes. I'm going to give myself 10 days from today to have these boxes all unpacked and this room empty. So ...
Lights Out
I think we have a bit of a . . what's the word . . I don't want to sound unappreciative but, our electricity seems to go out often. Most of the time, it's for 10 minutes or less. We've been going back and forth for over two months now and I don't think there's been a single time we've come back that the washer, dryer, stove and microwave aren't blinking "PF" for power failure. Our power never goes ...
Things You Don’t Find In Texas
I should say central Texas because there are parts of Texas up in the panhandle that probably do get lots of snow . . I don't know though. A couple of weekends ago, Chad and Vince went to a bunch of flea markets. Vince came in, proud of himself, because he had found something for our new house. I don't mean to be unappreciative but . . I just don't know about this. I've thought about ...
Mouth Wash
Yesterday I read that there had been some study that simple OTC mouth wash may help you not get Covid-19. I'm not giving medical advice and I'm quite sure by this time next week, this theory will have been debunked but I figured . . what the heck . . I'll try anything. Except . . I cannot gargle. I have a bit of gag reflex. I try not to think about it and it really only bothers me when I go to ...
Cold is Relative
You all know I grew up in southwest Louisiana, not far at all from the Gulf so we never had much cold. We would go entire winters without a freeze. We could grow citrus trees . . my dad still has citrus trees . . if the hurricanes didn't kill them. Vince and I got married and moved to Kentucky, right on the Indiana line, and lived there 9 years. It got cold there and we had snow pretty much ...
Spinning Fiber
Yesterday I mentioned that I had ordered some spinning fiber from Etsy. I also talked to a lady at Paradise Fiber and ordered some that she recommended too. Those people there are so nice and helpful and she encouraged me to call back with questions about spinning and fiber. This is fiber that I had previously ordered from Etsy and it arrived yesterday. All are combed top roving. Some ...