Lloyd - Just shy of 88 here. While I never had a farm, I did grow up at one.  We had some prize cows and very rich milk. Some day I may post my life story, but tend to avoid it. Some here know it. It's too bad you are so far away as I probably have some stuff you could use. Stashed away I have some items I'll probably never use - Thickness Plainer, Jointer, good Chop Saw, and a bunch of hand tools - Hand Plains, Chisels, a small drill press, an old DeWalt saw.  I just can't use these any more.  Some of this stuff was my son's but he's no longer with us. I learned a lot growing up where I did, and at that time it was OK for kids to be put to work.

 RAMMEL Thanks Nice gurnsey corect. I just bought one not in as goodd shape as that girl looke but is getting better we got some goof stancion geed and let her have about as much as she wants.we have here up at our deaughter and SIL. as soon as we get feince up here we are going to bring her and also the grand's goats home and we are going to build a milk barn. I do not miend milking. goats is going to be a learn9ng experance. our deaughter milks the goats now so i should be abel to master it. I in the past have milked a farley heard for a while and also as few is four at a time both with milking machine and also by hand. I had a much larger post ready and hit somenthing  andthe grimlan got it And icould not fiend it. this is alright But I think if we get skype would be better. Good night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Good morning..
A mild rain threated day out this morning. A day of playing catch up again. Will get my corned beef and cabbage ready for supper tonight and bake a pie for dessert.

Shirley, I was so tickled to see Dropwing..wasn't sure he would make it through the winter .  He was the recipient of the last piece of strawberry pie Glad to hear Missy made it back  .

Rick, she is beautiful!! I milked a Jersey by hand and a Holstein. Jersey cream made into butter!!

Gloria, shelves have a lot of bare spots here , now we are stocked backed up. How is Yvette doing?

Phyllis, corned beef and cabbage done in the IP in 90 min.....works for me!!

Patricia, still getting snow your way? If we get rain today and on the weekend there will be a lot of flooding.

Better scoot.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.


 

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I didn't make it in to say "Good Night" last night but I guess it was OK.  It's raining here this morning but it's not going to bother me.  The veggie soup is already simmering on the stove but I'm not going to start the canning until Frankie leaves for work around 11.  Today's gonna be a busy day!

I have the jars ready and I'm READY!  Once this is done I can start planning my trip!

SHIRLEY, sounds like you had a miserable day yesterday.  I hope today is an improvement!

AMY, Corned Beef and Cabbage sounds like a good supper.  Nice to hear Drop Wing made it back.  SHIRLEY, your birdie too but I forgot the name!

I have birdies at my new bird feeder.  Sometimes I see them and sometimes I don't.  They're so far away that I have yet to identify them.  If I try to get closer, they fly away.  I guess they're not used to me yet!

I better get dressed and get back to work or it won't get done.  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good Morning everyone.It looks Like I was Last one in lastnight and first one in this Morning. Hope you all have a great day just like you like it.  RAMMEL I hope we can conect today about where you live. and some how I can get your phone #.well I was typeing away and finley looked and I had not put the cusser up so blank page.  RAMMEL I was saying looked like I put us too bed and am the first one in this morning, I would like to get your phone # some how. I have free long distance I could call you. and we could talk in persion like peter winstanley used to do. I also asked if you have skype, and said I have a creamara and if you do we could talk Like, Like peter winstanley and did. I would Like to get your home addres. we Have a clas A motor home.we could come see you If you have a place to park it near you. we have a trailer and put our van on it  and we travel park in truck stop or a Rv park for a while it also has a genarater so for a while we can use it has it,s owen holding tank so no mess and can go to road side parks , and dump it in there vacility. and fill the fresh watter tank. so we are good to go.hope we can work out the phone #s.

Lloyd







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St. Patrick would get soaked here today.  Rained most of the night and still drizzling.  Not a good day for the St. Patrick's Day paraders.

My car failed inspection.  They discovered a nail in one of the tires and said it couldn't be fixed so tire has to be replaced.  Called around to try to find a tire and hopefully I have one coming.  My registration renewal is due on the 31st of this month so I'm getting a little anxious about getting a pass in time.  Life just keeps getting complicated around here.

Cabbage and I don't agree, Amy, but corned beef sounds nice.   Unfortunately, without a working car right now I can't get to the grocery store.....or rather, David can't get to the store to pick up groceries that I order on line. 

Take care, All.

I tried watching The St. Patrick's Day Parade from NYC on NBC. Very disappointing. It was more about the three Studio Biggies trying to narrate the Parade. If they showed me the Parade they wouldn't have to tell me about it. There was loads of chit chat between them but very poor coverage of the parade.  Any band that was playing was so far from a mike it seemed to be in the background. Then there was the 911 Ceremony. I have nothing against that but not during a Parade for another purpose.         

Good morning, snow seems to have stopped last weekend, and the cold seems to be slowly lifting. We're in the high twenties for afternoon highs and overnight lows in minus threes, fours, and fives. They're forecasting lows in the pluses starting on the twenty-third, and we won't see plus fifty until the third week in April. A fitting end to a most unusual year! We had no snow and a sunny spring for Easter only three years ago!

Nothing new here, Farrah has been fed, watered, and snuggled with, and I've had my first mug of coffee. I've had my morning round of texts and calls, Laundry's done, and no more scheduled trips to town for now. The last trip wasn't good. I had the cashier and bagger discussing a brass-gold pen I purchased, totally ignoring that I was right there.

The cashier held up the pen to show the bagger, who replied, "Nice!" Then said, "wants to be fancy." I said, "Hello!" And they looked at me rather blankly. The pen was a whole $8.99, but what poor taste, even if it was thousands. I'm still mulling over making a complaint, but then my rational side says to let it go.

Rammel, I never watched televised parades because of the commentary back when I had a television. I gave my last television, a 19" away, in 1997 after realizing I hadn't turned it on for some time. I didn't have a computer then; not many did. And that was the season that seemed to be all about the reruns.

 I worked late shifts and never was that into television and still aren't. But, if I was, plenty of shows on Youtube, and if needed, I could even stream TV shows via my Kindle or computer. I don't want to.

I'M BEAT!  But I have 7 quarts and 8 pints of vegetable soup so far to show for my efforts.  I also have 3 loads of clean laundry to show.  And I put some of the leftover soup in the Hidey Hole for all of you to try!  I had some for my lunch and I thought it was one of my better efforts!

Now I'm going in the living room and do absolutely nothing for the rest of the day! 

I finally ate lunch ... at supper time so was a lupper again!  Getting to be a habit.

Amy, my fav robin (Missy) came back for 8 years but she died before Cas did. I was so thrilled she made it back that last year but when she was working on her 3rd nest for the summer, in a tree across the street, I watched her try to take a piece of insulation she'd found up to put in her nest, about 8x10 size, & it fell several time before she gave up and came over to sit on my porch & die. I watched out the window until she fell over & waited a while before I went out to put her little body in a box to bury her down by the river. I was pretty sure her mate (Toto) knew what happened, never saw him again.

Phyll, I'm surprised the nail caused the test to fail... of course you can get things like that fixed, but I thought the check was for all lights working & brakes in good shape, stuff like that. Been a lot of years since we had to do that. I've had nails in tires, with all the wind storms & roofs replaced it is a common hazzard in KS. I've had mine repaired at Walmart or Sam's & never any trouble out of them until time to get new tires. They have "plugs" they put in. Guess it's like finding oxygen sold in cans in Walmarts in CO, where there is a need....

Sorry about the extra trouble, kinda like with that darn battery yesterday.... spent more than 3 hours in the Walmart parking lot & do hope the new battery holds up.... they checked the accessory battery because it would start it like the day before, but it tested "low but not dead". If it ain't one thing 'tis another!

Rick, I have all those things you mentioned & offered to my sons but they already have everything. I think they just want to use them here until I'm gone, they still help a lot. Nice looking cow, I've been around them on uncles farms but it was the boy cousins that milked & girl cousins that helped in the kitchen. I hid out. 

Patricia, I hate it when people talk right "over" you like you don't exist. I also don't like non-English speaking people talking & rolling eyes, like whispering, insulting.

Jane, soup sounds good, that's a lot for one day! I'm ready to fall over. The kids brought the little camper back to it's nest in the garage. Got everything put back & he even drained the gas out of the snow blower & put it in storage. I'm watching rain moving in but only a chance of snow. Watch us get 6" & snow blower is put away!

🍀🍀🍀HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY🍀🍀🍀

My quick trip to visit my Dad was FANTASTIC🥰🥰🥰 My son took the best care of me getting there and back and we all enjoyed our time together.  It was FAST....left at 5AM SUNDAY Morning with daylight savings time change over going on.....and returned at 8AM on Monday. Whirlwind for sure, but a short visit beats out a NO VISIT!

Got home Monday in time to go to my pulmonologist appointment.  The doctor was wonderful.....very caring....not in a hurry at all.  She does not anticipate me having any serious issues at all, but wants me to do 4 tests that will rule out any problems at all.  I hope I pass them but if I do not at least I will know about them and get them taken care of‼️ Of course these tests are nearly a month down the road. 

So sad and upsetting to continue hearing such sad news from Ukraine.  I wish we could help them more without it sending Putin over the edge😡😡 How dare he kill all the innocent people in that country.  I am not old enough to have first hand knowledge and feeling of hate for Hitler.  That being said, I learned why he was such a terrible man.  Putin is someone I have known to not trust and now I have a personal reason to know that he IS INDEED a very hateful man. 

I hope our Good Lord will help this country through these horrendous times......we all want to help them out and are doing this, but I wish the air strikes could have been avoided.  😱😱

Best of thoughts and luck to all today🍀🍀

Jenny

Glad to read it was a good trip visiting your father, Jenny. Did you find him "up to par" or worse than you expected?  I'm hoping your visit perked him up a lot & sounds like it also helped your outlook. I feel like we've lost 2 years completely, only thing I can compare with was the WWII years. We didn't take time to be "politically correct" those days, we had chants & lots of sayings we couldn't use today, but my internal thoughts rank Putin in with the worst of the dictators from my early years. Like I used glue instead of lipstick for everyday talk (inside joke) trying to keep my vile thoughts to myself.  Glad you got home safely.

Sweet dreams & God Bless, love y'all.  Shirley

OK I quit, I started reading and typing almost an hour ago and guess what happened. yes every thing disappeared. I was down to Patricia's remark about the pen the cashier were talking about. I think I would have looked for the manager after leaving those 2 and reporting them right away and might have insisted he go to that check out to let them know they cannot  ignore a customer and be so rude.

I did mention the parades on TV, can no longer enjoy then with commercials when floats are going by so miss those and all the talking over the bands so cannot hear them.

I like watching old movies. At times on YouTube I will search some of the old musical movies from the 1940's

JANE  my oldest son and DIL started canning 3 years ago. Then his 2 sons got together and got them a good Dehydrator for Christmas a couple of years ago. He dried a lot from his garden last year. Now he has bought a thing to freeze-dry food, takes up even less room. Also expensive to start, need Mylar bags to keep the dried food in. My daughter has been doing that a couple of years already and now he is telling her how to do it. No matter how one preserves food it is a lot of work but so good to have when times get tight.

SHIRLEY  I have 2 meals a day breakfast and Lupper  I have to be awake at least an hour before I can eat anything but have 2 mugs full of coffee while being here in the SS. Then eat again around 4:30 before my Skype date with my daughter, cannot  eat much later because it will keep me awake.

JENNY  I am so happy for you to get that quick trip to see your Dad. I hate the thought of sending our troops to someone else's war to be killed. Reading history seems like there has always been a war someplace.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Good morning..

Yesterday seemed to fly by..little chores that had been put aside were done. I did do the corned beef in the IP and it came out fork tender.

Today, well, not sure how it is going to go....think Kyle has used up most of his lumber. He has 3 trugs on the verandah and one on the lawn.  Maybe that will do till we see how things are going to go.

Gloria, you are right about canning etc it is a lot of work but at least you know what is in it and how it was prepared.

Shirley, my friends Mom has wild turkeys coming to her door to be fed. My other friend has a partridge that comes like clock work to get the feed they put out. We all enjoy watching them and the antics they go through.

Jenny, that was a quick visit with your Dad but I bet you enjoyed every minute of it!!

Jane, goodness that is a lot of work but well worth it. Nice to go to the pantry and grab a jar. Hope you had a good nights rest.

Better get ready to meet the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

I'm up and attem!  The last load of laundry is in the dryer...oops, it just stopped!  Another job waiting to be done!

I have the last of the soup ready to be canned and that will be today's job.  Maybe tw canners of pints...maybe only one and a half.

Took a minute off and folded the last load of laundry and put it away!

JENNY, how wonderful that your son took you to visit your Dad!  I'm so glad to hear that you had a nice visit! 

Question:  Does anyone have a recipe that uses already cooked beef either with a jar of broth or without?  It could be a casserole, a dinner or soup.  I'm not fussy.  I just want to use up the rest of the beef I cooked.  It's already been frozen but one a casserole or soup is made from it, it can be stored safely.

I'm off to the canning room to finish up the veggie soup!  I'll check back when I can and see if anyone has an idea!  If there's already a recipe posted, point me in the right direction!

It's going to reach 71 degrees today but it's so foggy you can't see your hand in front of your face right now.  No Cooper today so no Frankie on the road!  YaY!!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Still dark but have the pool lights on & snow is coming down to beat the band!  So be it, beautiful big flakes, the kind that stick to the tree branches. Did my running yesterday. I won't be tempted to clean the driveway because the snow blower was drained & put away until next winter season!

Glad I'm not the only one that can't hear, don't want to hear, background talk or noise, even that "thump-thump" the younger radio jocks play while telling the news. I've had a local station tuned in from the time my kids were teens because they gave local accident reports & traffic conditions until 9:00 am (by then my kids were where they were going). Now a younger person is on a lot & I don't understand half what he says because of the sounds he plays in the background. I'm debating whether to make a phone call to explain why we older folks will be changing stations or just give up. The part I listen to has received some national awards & since these changes I haven't talked to an older person that likes it. Got that off my chest bright & early!

Have to wait until 9:00 to call the city person about my 30 day extention. Yesterday was the deadline but when I called I got the voice mail. I left a message since it said she'd call back as soon as possible, but I had to run errands before the kids got here to put the camper away... and you know how that goes, every stop light turned red as I got to it & by the time I got home the kids called & were on their way over. I have stuff stored between my car & the camper that must be moved to get it in & out so a job, then son drained the snow blower to get it out of the garage so more time out of phone range... but I left a message that I would call back for that reason. Then all of a sudden it was past their going home time so I'm a basket case whether I'll get that extention. Stress level is over the top.

I hope the snow melts off fast so I can plug the power back in on the motorhome & make sure both batteries are charged up. Filled my car yesterday & was shocked at how much it cost, didn't have the dollars off per gallon & the total for that little car was unbelievable compared with few months ago prices & no discount! No long trips for me this year. Lloyd, bet your motorhome doesn't get any better mileage than mine! 

Amy, I was watching a couple squirrels eating out of the 2 new metal-mesh feeders hanging on the shepherd's hook out front. They live in the sweet gum tree across the streets & couple houses west so I can watch them fill up & race home. The new basket feeders are like playground equipment & when they hop on the baskets swirl around like crazy & they eat the whole time. So far the squirrels are only critters eating those raisins. At one time (before cats) we had lots of rabbits & one got so tame it would take food right out of my hand.

Light enough now to see the trees down along the river are blowing all directions. Hope it blows the snow off instead of breaking the branches down. Can see chunks the size of snowballs falling off the branches now.

So now to feed cats & fix my breakfast. Wishing all a happy day, those days are as scarce as hen's teeth, right?  Work on it!

Oops, Jane, you slipped in. My fav meal is some beef & gravy over mashed potatoes & bread cut in in triangle on either side (open face sandwich). Can you make a gravy to can with the meat & instant mashed potatoes work for me when ready to eat, so there you go!

Jane are you talking roast or hamburg??

No snow here...thank goodness.  Bright sun and temp. will go up to near 80 deg.  More rain coming in tonight with the possibility of high winds or even tornadoes. 

I hope we can wind up the car inspection "nonsense" today and get my registration renewed and the vehicle tax paid.  New tire is on the car and I can't think what else they could find to refuse to pass the car.  There are many good things about living in NC but one of the bad things is everything that the state can think of to tax they do it.  I don't know if we pay higher taxes than anywhere else but I think it must be close.

I know we need gov't. regulations otherwise it would be chaos.  But, it seems sometimes as though there is nothing that is not taxed.....or HAS to be insured with ever increasing insurance premiums.

OK, rant over.  At least for now.  Take care, All.

AMY, it's cooked beef roast left over from the veggie soup.  I made too much.  I have about 4 cups.  I think I'll separate it so I can try SHIRLEY's idea but there's a lot of it.  A casserole would be nice.  I'm really into soup and casseroles these days.  They're easy to get past a lip that's half numb and they swallow easy. 

Phyllis -
Try N.Y. for high taxes. When they run out of taxes they start with Surcharges and "Fees". For some "fun", look at the detail of one of your Utility Bills or your Phone Bill. About 25% of my cell phone bill is taxes and charges.

Jane, what about Shepherds pie?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=recipes+for+cooked+roast+beef&atb=v303-1&ia=recipes

well good Morning everyone. ItIs 44º and cloudy here this morning.  RAMMEL when you get time I would Like to Know where you live? state rute or town. like we live rule rute Lature Mo. our trash service is on the bulhead mood or strike and Our dumpster is over piled, they are fussing in court, the good one we had sold out and the take over is not cutting the mustard so to speak.it Is a cumity dumpster for severial houses.  Now you all were talking about supe. we used to butcher a oldd cow, de bone it,cut It up cook it with little new patoes, and can it in quart jars. that would Make a meal in it,s owen self. when you were cooking or warming Up you could mix a little flour in to thiken it up. Bad for the waste line but feels good inthe tummey. Have a great day.

Lloyd

Jane, here is a few more for you

https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/100-years-of-casseroles/


Patricia, thank you, I am also enjoying your url

Amy, after looking at yours & saving several, I couldn't resist...Jane will be sorry she asked!
 

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=roadst+beef+in+a+recipew&atb=v303-1&ia=web

Especially this one,

https://thekitchencommunity.org/leftover-roast-beef-recipes/

 

NOT SORRY I ASKED!!!  I took SHIRLEY'S notes, and makred both of the recipe sits (now a third one) form AMY and PATRICIa.  I actually printed one of the recipes called (I think) Leftover Beef Stew and I'm going to try it tomorrow.

The soup is all finished.  The last of it is cooling and the the last two canners are waiting to be wiped and labeled and then put away. The kitchen is all cleaned up and the canner is washed, dried, packed up and put away.  I'M FINISHED for today!!  And I'm already beat!

I'm thinking I'll take Cooper for a walk and pick up my mail and after Frankie picks up Cooper, I'll just collapse!  Hope you're all having a good day.  Our temps have reached the high 60s and we're supposed to have 71 before they start down for the night.

Interesting, that the new heading is suspiciously similar to my recent searches... https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/the-secret-ingredient-that-will-change-your-pot-roast-forever/ar-AAVd8gr?ocid=msedgntp

Good Night Everyfriend!  The soup is finished and so am I!  I'm all in but my shoestrings and they're coming in fast so I'm heading for the haystack.  Tomorrow is shopping day with Cathy and I hope it's not too early.  It's also Frankie's weekend to work so I'll have Cooper!  It's also the weekend for "Leftover Roast Beef Stew" from the recipes to which PATRICIA directed me!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

well my computer is all of tune again, it is still got yester days post and saying today, it Is 5:13 AM SATam,MAR 19.  RAMMEL I asked where you Live contry rul rut or city I do have all of the equipement you have, but not as good as I did have before the court Battle an booted out of our home. Hope you have a good day, and get this today, we have clas A motor home. and when and If I can get my wife in the mood to go with Me I would like to do some more travleing. we Have free long distance for most all of the USA. I fi hd your phone # I would enjoy a phone visit with you. the picture of the cow you posted  is fatter and slicker than our Is, but we are feeding her better than she was I guse when we bought her. she is starting to fill out and look much better. I in past have gental cattle, but not asmuch as this cow for the most part. our great grand childeran clime over and under her, and she loves the attion. am anchus for her to have her calf. hope that dose not change her mood. we can pin her baby up some of the time and get some good Milk.gearnsey,s have good rich cream in there Milk. I have had some of them in the Past. Have a good day.

Lloyd

It must be still out Of tune.It said ithad the folling eres said some one was posting while I was typeing,but I do not see any such post when I looked.

Lloyd