The calm before the storm!

Are you prepared?
How do you prepare?

Does it stress you out when we get a forecast like this?

It didn't use to bother me, as long as the pantry and freezer was stocked, a little snow isn't a huge deal.

Then we lost electricity for a week. Others were out much longer. It seemed like forever, we live in the country so water is connected to the power. In a week your freezer thaws, you can't keep your fridge cold, the house can't stay warm, cause the blower on the furnace doesn't work. You can't clean cause no water, you can't watch tv and use your computer.
How spoiled are we. I am preparing, I am stopping at the library for a couple good books. I am filling a couple jugs with water and taking a long hot bath this afternoon.


It looks like maybe we will get the snow and not so much ice. And ice is what causes the power outages out here. (at least in the past).
So pray for the saftey for all of those who will be affected.

Enjoy the calm before and remember again this storm shall pass.

Do you know what you are eating?

Do you? Do you care?
Does it matter where it is grown? or what it is feed?

How do you determine the quality? or is it just the quantity and price that matters?


The government is not your friend in this. There is not enough of them to do quality control from imports. Only about 2 percent is tested. Not very much is tested if grown in the US either.

Cows should eat grass, chickens - bugs, pigs - nuts, fish-other fish, they shouldn't all eat corn.

Cricut

How many of you are using your tools?

Have you found any new or cool techniques that you want to share?

I can't seem to get motivated even when I have a few minutes.

Need some input.

Thanksgiving to New Year

Do you pay attention to all the hype on how to eat correctly during the 6 weeks or so over the holidays?
Do you follow all the info on how we should not eat this or we will gain that.

Maybe we do need to eat healthy thru the holidays, but we really should be watching more between New Years and Christmas than watching it so much between Christmas and New Year.

Reba

Reba and Melissa have a new show starting Friday, on CMT It is called working class.
Hopefully it will be as good as Reba was.

Jake Shafer

It must be very difficult to watch your child, brother, cousin, nephew, friend pass from a horrible disease.

Prayers for the Shafer family and all of those who loved Jake.

Concerning!

How many of you have children or grandchildren from broken homes?
How are they doing?

Something I realized is that some that I know, no longer have a home.

They go to mom's or dad's but they don't go home.

How sad is that? Do they feel that way, really?

They don't go home for the holidays, they don't go home.