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My favorites are of course my pressure canner which I use year round to can meat, spaghetti sauce, chili and other soups as well as veggies and fruit. I've got the biggest All American that they make because I like to do BIG batches as I have a BIG family. I also use my pressure canner as a...

One of our adopted sons has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and he gets really OCD about some stuff from time to time. Just worries or obsesses about something until you think YOU'RE going crazy. Like right now, he wants a ventriloquist doll and he's just nuts worrying about whether he'll be able to...

I want a fish pond....

It's all about priorities. Yours are just different than theirs and there's nothing wrong with that just as there's nothing wrong with their priorities. I would LOVE a swimming pool. It's one of the best ways to exercise when you get to be my age and think of the fun the kids would have but...

I LOVE that purse and I'm not the kind of person who gets excited about purses. That's wonderful! Too bad I'm not crafty enough and don't have the supplies because I'd have one of those if I could.

Well, what I'd LIKE to do is can up some cream of mushroom and chicken soup but that would require a trip to the store and oh yeah, MONEY so that's not happening. The meat chickens need to be moved to larger quarters, though they never move more than a foot or so so I don't know why. Guess...

Well, I grew up in Iowa so tornadoes don't even phase me but they have some kind of giant waterbug thing down there too-looks like a giant cockroach but they come crawling out of drains and live in bathrooms....(shudder) Do you know I had never seen a cockroach until I moved to Texas?

Fire ants and brown recluse spiders. I have a friend who has a hole in his hip big enough to put your fist in from being bitten by a brown recluse.

The things I hated about Texas: You can't walk outside barefoot-fire ants will eat you alive. It's ultra Christian conservative in most areas. When you turn on the radio you're listening to some preacher going on about hellfire or you're listening to whiny country music-those are your choices...

I breed turkeys-organic, free range, heritage turkeys but yes, I will be going after those five dollar turkeys in the store and I will can those suckers for quick easy meals. Maybe when our breeding stock is larger and we have lots more birds to cull I'll eat more of my own but for now my...

I am! ::::raising my hand:::::: I HATE these negative, lying political ads. If the only way you can win your campaign is to lie about the competition you don't deserve the job. Just get up there and tell me why I should HIRE you and PAY you to do a job for me....ME, not the big businesses...

I keep getting ads on the page against Ken Buck-a local nutcase politician so I guess they know who we are and what things we're interested in. Big Brother always watchin'.....

I am the original sleep nazi. I believe in the motto that parents must pick their battles and kids not getting enough sleep is mine. I insist that the babies take naps, the kids go to bed early and even the teenagers must get adequate sleep. Chores are important. This is not my house, this...

From your list, I'm a sucker for a good snickerdoodle. Kids love some peanut butter blossoms but generally speaking their favorite Christmas cookies usually involve chocolate like haystacks, chocolate no bakes, FUDGE (okay, I know it's not a cookie but that's something that goes over BIG at...

We took our meaties to the processor last time basically because there were too many and too little time to do them all. Costs about 2 bucks per bird but they're a good hour drive from here. But THIS year we had a little lady come over and take some of our extra roos and I swear it wasn't even...

We had a very beloved teacher murdered here in our tiny, rural town. That sort of put a scare into me as I tend to leave doors unlocked, cars unlocked and have even been known to leave a car running while I run into a gas station or post office. I know that statistically robbers will stake out...

When I can chicken I sacrifice a couple pieces to make a nice rich stock. You can use the backs, brown them really well and then boil them for several hours with some onion and celery. While that's happening I throw a few chickens in the pressure cooker and cook them JUST until they're done...

One thing I do for my chickens is to soak up bread in bacon grease and throw it out to them. They love that stuff. I used to give it to the dogs (great for shiny coats) but they're getting very old now and can't their tummies aren't good with stuff like that anymore.

The worst part of canning sweet potatoes is peeling the buggers. I wonder if the blanching method we use on tomatoes would work? Hmmmmm..... Anyway, you just peel them, chunk them up to fit in the jar add water to about an inch from the top, a little salt and pressure can for 45 minutes per...

I had to go out and buy more pint jars today as I'm canning more turkey. Do you think there might be a 12-step program for canners who are out of control? While I was at the store I picked up 25 pounds of dry beans to can too.