COOL GIVEAWAY

THE FOLKS AT FOOD STORAGE AND SURVIVAL ARE HAVING A GREAT GIVE AWAY. THIS IS A GREAT BLOG ON SURVIVAL SKILLS. HOPE YOU GO GIVE THEM A LOOK.

WINTER STORM

I know the poor folks in the North East roll their eyes when we in Texas get a winter storm but HOLY COW the wind sounds like a freight train outside. It is times like this that I KNOW how blessed I am to have a warm home.

But I will be working from home because I don't drive on ice. Looking at the winter storm heading toward the NE, the front of that storm is almost 2000 miles long.

Please pray for those people if you are a praying person. I talk to these people all day long and it is not a good situation.

I HATE SPENDING MONEY

BUT I HAD TO BUY A DISHWASHER. I CANT KEEP UP WITH MY DISHES. SINCE I DECIDED THAT I WOULD NOT PURCHASE ANY MORE PRE-PACKAGED FOOD AND WOULD BE COOKING REAL FOOD, I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DISHES. I KNOW THIS IS HORRIBLE BUT SOMETIMES I GET IN FROM WORK, CUBSCOUTS, ERRANDS AFTER 8PM. SO EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE A LUXURY I AM HAVING A DISHWASHER DELIVERED AND INSTALLED AND THE OLD UNIT TAKEN AWAY.

DERBY DAY

One took 3rd and a trophy. They other only got a certificate. Learning to be a gracious loser is one of the hardest life lessons that scouts helps with.Sorry about the fuzzy pics. Boys just don't stop moving.

A NEW FAVORITE

We had a chili cook off last week at work. As I was leaving it I ended up walking down the all with my bosses bosses boss. He is very friendly and was telling me about his favorite chili and he had to buy it online because they don't sell it here in TX. Yesterday I was leaving work and he walked up and gave me a packet of it!

Here is is:




If any of you can get some you won't regret it. But it has a very distinct taste and he says that it is traditionally served over spaghetti.

If you do get it please figure out what the spice is that is in it. It is very familiar and I know I should know it but can't figure it out.

LEUCAENA IS HERE!

I am so excited. Really my area is too cold for this plant but I will do my best in the late fall to heavily mulch and cover them so that the roots don't die.

This is a high protien legume that makes a good livestock feed. I will be feeding this to my rabbits and my chickens.

THE TO DO LIST

Here is this weekend's to do list:

1. Work with grand boys to earn their Bear and Wolf badges

2. Clean and press their uniforms and change their pack numbers, add their belt loops and add their badges

3. Go to the farm and get milk

4. Make chicken soup for a sick friend

5. Take all bunnies out of the cages, clip toenails, brush them and check their ears.

6. Move the fuzzy rabbits somewhere else. Go get a new cage for momma rabbit and move her to her own cage. (new babies are due in 2 wks)

7. Do Laundry

8. Help boys clean their room

9. Have boys help me pack the metal box that is in the bed of my truck and talk about emergency preparedness.

10. Work with boys on arts and crafts and whittling

I hope I get all of this done. I would love to also clean out my frig.

Hope your weekend is full of wonder and grand boys