Well, I still cannot add photos over at my other blog. Grrrr! It's annoying, to say the least.
Nothing special going on around here. It's cold this morning...yes, I will concede and say that 29 outside is what I'd consider cold. Brisk, at least. It's sunny already, although we have rains moving in they say. The heat kicked in last night...must have been rather cool. I have it set at something like 62 or so. I'm not a heat person at all.
It was great having Dewey home all weekend. What a surprise to have him show up Thursday. I talked to him several times on the phone Thursday and he never once said a word about being in the truck heading this way. Sneaky. It was about 7 pm when he pulled in, and I was talking to him at the time. The children yelled and said Bro Mike was here to collect the pigs...I had just taken my covering off and pulled my hair down, so told him I'd talk to him later and I hung up. LOL...everyone headed outside to help load pigs while I grabbed a different covering (one that didn't need a bun in my hair...). I'm snapping it and suddenly someone is standing in my bedroom door. I about hit the ceiling! There's Dad, Emily grabbing his neck with a force and whispering "my daddy" into his beard and his ears
He talked me into having Jennifer go back with him for the next couple of weeks. Something about not being able to cook for himself and being tired of McDonald's and Subway for dinner. Poor man...you'd think he's never had to fend for himself...well, ok, he hasn't had to for about 21 years (or such, since I really started getting better at cooking!). They will be back up for Thanksgiving weekend. My house seems so empty with eldest son and his finance, Dewey and now eldest daughter being gone. I only have 8 to cook for now....so I took a huge pot of chicken and vegetable spaghetti, some homemade bread and a couple of pies up to church last night "just because". Told them it was because we are having evening meetings earlier now with the time change.
I'm ordering some meat from the butcher today -- earned $150 for those two hogzilla beasts out here. Honestly, I'd have given them away just to have them gone, but he wanted to pay something. I'd have been tickled with $50 for the both of them, but $150?! Maybe it isn't much to some who deal in hogs, but it's more than enough for me. So, I'm ordering meat to get picked up Wednesday before Thanksgiving....
100# of ground beef
100# of ground sausage
100# of stewing chunks
25# of bacon, sliced
I might need to go with more...what do you think? I picked up 20# of sausage already, and 5# of bacon, then decided at the last minute to get 10# of stewing chunks to can up for Dewey to take with him. That 10# canned up into 7quarts -- so my hundred pounds should glean somewhere around 72 qts, I'm guessing. I think it's about a pound, give or take, ground beef to a quart, so I'l have around 100 qts of that. I'll only do up 25# of the sausage into patties and put by in the pantry. Everything else, Lord Willing, will be in the chest freezer.
What else might I need to stock, do you think? The ground and stew chunks were the only things that came to mind standing in the shopthere. Any other thoughts?
can you get some bones? the butcher might throw those in for free. I had 25 lbs of bones and I got 21 quart bottles of beef stock. I am a big believer in stocking stock, LOL! It does take a while to make, but it is soooo worth it.
~~I will definitely ask. I know they had some sign up in the shop about the backbones...I figured it was for that "mad deer" disease whose name escapes me :o(
Yes, stocking stock is very worthwhile!
I hit 5 different stores today and no one, NO ONE, has any jars at all. Most wouldn't even think of ordering them for me. The little mom & pop shop did say they can order quarts and jelly jars for me, so I placed an order. I'm looking at getting at least 50 cases, plus a good 12 cases of lids. I need to get better stocked here than I am.
Deanna
Edited by HandsNHearts on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 02:30
No indulgences of self will can be trivial, no denial unprofitable; Heaven or Hell depends on this alone. A parent who studies to subdue it in his child works together with God in the renewing and saving of their soul. The parent who indulges it does the devil's work, makes religion impractical, salvation unattainable, and does all that in him lies to damn his child, soul and body, forever.
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We are a Christian family desiring to raise our children with the primary focus of Training their Hearts!
I have no greater joy, than to hear my children walk in truth... III John 1:4
Train up the child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it... Proverbs 22:6
Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!... Deuteronomy 5:29
Our mission in life is not to go to some far-off foreign land, but to work at home and in our churches and home communities. Our goal should not be to leave behind riches and possessions, farms and homes for our children, but a priceless heritage they will cherish enough to work fervently to pass along to their children. It has been done for generations and with God's help it can still be done. In teaching our children, we are striving toward a deep understanding of who they are In Christ. I am . . . a child of God, a gift to my parents and my country. I'm a person of great value because God made me. I can . . . do all things through Christ who strengthens me. God has made me able to do everything required of me. I ought . . . to do my duty to obey God, to submit to my parents and everyone in authority over me, to be of service to others, and to keep myself healthy with proper food and rest so my body is ready to serve. I will . . . resolve to keep a watch over my thoughts and choose what's right even if it's not what I want.
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