Mama use to make hot chocolate with the canned milk and cocoa...it was so good. I remember her putting a splash of vanilla in it. I like to keep it but only really use it for cooking.We got a nice surprise this morning. It was raining. Forecast is for only 1/10th of an inch, but we'll take what we can get at this point. At least it's washing all the dust out of the air. 48 degrees right now, and that's our forecast high for today. Freeze warnings for Tuesday and Wednesday nights. 35 for tonight.
I had to throw out an 8 can case of evaporated milk last night. It was 3 years old, and the cans were sort of leaking. I could tell the outside paper on the cans had been wet. So, I need to add another case of that to my next shopping list. All the rest were still ok, but some of the cases need to be used sooner rather than later. We use fresh milk for drinking and canned milk for all my cooking and baking. I empty one can of milk into a quart canning jar and fill with water up to the lower rim. It works great, and I have shelf stable milk year around. It's not good for drinking, though.
Not much going on, today with the weather outside being all rainy and cold. I'll just be doing inside chores. Cary will be reloading.
He checked down at the country store about what's been going on. They didn't know anything, either. I checked with Mom this morning. She has a police scanner. She hadn't picked up anything, but she keeps it turned off half the time.
Mama use to make hot chocolate with the canned milk and cocoa...it was so good. I remember her putting a splash of vanilla in it. I like to keep it but only really use it for cooking.
I get the shelf stable milk from Dollar Tree and the grands help me keep it rotated because they love chocolate milk. DH and I both drink it chilled and it's not bad but I try to save it for prepping since it's a little more expensive than a gallon of regular milk plus it's ultra high temp pasturized. It's always good for at least a month or two after the exp. date. I've never tried it any further out than that because we have no problem keeping it rotated.
We see them (nosebleeds) in the ER all winter. Be sure to humidify your house and drink plenty of water.
Is your business online? I try to support local or like minded businesses.SouthernBreeze, so sorry to hear you are under the weather. I've heard of more nosebleeds in the last couple years than ever before. Be sure to check your blood pressure. Prayers up that it's just the sniffles.
It's cold here too and I never take the first cold days very well but I have to get moving today! I have an open house this weekend at one of my booths and that thing is not going to stock it's self!
DH and I went to the garden a couple evenings ago because I knew I had a bunch of bell peppers in one of my raised beds and a freeze was coming. We got about two bushels full and were shocked to find about half a bushel of tomatoes...mostly green. I've been jealous of everyone on here that got surprise tomatoes, not realizing the big guy rewarded me with abundance I didn't even pray for. I thanked him appropriately as I gathered all of it.
As soon as I get my booths restocked, my next project will be a deep clean on this house and canning all the things I can that come from the grocery store...can't wait to get some more cole slaw done. That stuff is so good with just about anything.
Also, yesterday, I ordered a lot of supplies for my business. At the last minute, I cut the order in half. I'd plan to order a year's worth of everything but got a gut feeling to put half the money in food preps. The shipping was equal to 1/3 of the total order. I had to discontinue wholesale because of cost of goods sold...just couldn't keep my prices low enough but my brain is still in large quantity mode when I order. I'm so relieved to only be doing retail now and having fun with it plus more profit.
What genres do you like? I have a couple favs from KU.Managed to get through Merchant's Trick or Treat last evening - it was pretty chilly but I had my fleece lined long underwear, both bottoms and tops, plus a toasty warm deer costume on top. Poor daughter darn near froze - her costume was an inflatable and the air circulating inside was ccccold! We had enough treats left over that we can use for trick or treat at daughter's this evening - if she's up to it. I'll be riding with her to her dental appointment, then driving her back home, so I need to go downstairs and find a book to take with me or look at what Kindle Unlimited has to offer.
I am not looking forward to dropping another $300 on medical co-pays in the next two weeks.
Today should be the last of our below-freezing mornings for a while. Rain arrives tonight or tomorrow morning and our highs AND lows will be around 50-55 for the next few weeks. Probably longer.
Sigh. I **like** the cold temps. It's much nicer to feed animals by walking on TOP of the mud, rather than slogging through 6 inches of it. And a fire in the woodstove just makes me happy.
SB, you can add a cinnamon stick or two to your tea kettle on the stove and it makes the house smell nice, too. Just don't let it steam all the way dry. I have a wood stove steamer and when I fill it with water in the morning, I add cinnamon sticks, a sliced up orange, and a tablespoon of vanilla. The house smells SO good.
I could say the same about my reading. I highly recommend Brynne Asher on KU. A bit of romance, adventure, decent storyline, strong male character who isn’t a jerk, etc. I started with her Killers Series - first one is Vines. I will eventually read ALL of hers. I really enjoy them!Thank You, Briches After 24 years as an RN, with 23 of those spent on an inpatient psychiatric ward, I'm a fan of happy endings. I don't read significant blood/gore/people hurting people, etc...
I've found that a lot of my formerly favorite authors from the past 40 years have stopped writing, or have slowed way down. Plus side - I don't mind re-reading books, especially if it's been a while since I last read it. I ended up going downstairs to the bookshelves and grabbing a couple at random; I'm going to finish the one I started while waiting on daughter so that should keep me occupied for a bit.
Thanks John Deere Girl. It's not right now but it could go that direction eventually. I haven't found my new normal yet since I'm no longer doing wholesale. I never had time before even though some of my wholesale customers sold my products online. On the other hand, this semi retired thing is not bad lol.Is your business online? I try to support local or like minded businesses.
Is this the comfrey salve you are talking about. I could do that with some I've purchased.I made my salve in a double boiler. I cut the roots as fine as I could; no bigger the 1/4 inch. I added finely cut dried leaves too. Covered it all in coconut oil and heated low for a couple of hours. I did not add wax but it is working ok without it.
Thanks so much for that recipe.I made my mullein salve in a double boiler. I cut the roots as fine as I could; no bigger the 1/4 inch. I added finely cut dried leaves too. Covered it all in coconut oil and heated low for a couple of hours. I did not add wax but it is working ok without it.
Sorry to hear this. I hope the trip is calm and uneventful beyond the obvious.The best laid plans etc. My brother texted me at 1:00 pm that our mother’s last remaining sibling had passed away. He had no other details. I was able to get ahold of a cousin and found out the funeral is tomorrow at 1pm. So after a mad dash and a 2 hour drive, I’m sitting in Boston airport waiting for my 9 pm flight to Iceland!! Return trip is Friday so first thing Saturday I’ll start on the darn cookies.