Greetings everyone.
The unusual tornadic activity in unsettling and I hope all of you are safe. Be careful. We are not experiencing your problems. Hubby maintains the website for our Ham Radio Club. He added a severe storm tracker to it. I have been daily informed of the storms down Texas way, on the East Coast, tornadoes, hail, etc. I finally had to tell him – stop telling me about storms that are 1,000 miles away, just the ones that are coming our way. But, because he was tracking storms, he found out that the ones that hit our state were not mentioned at all. He spoke to the NWS, and was told it was probably because the barometric pressure was not low enough to register on that site. We still had a couple tornadoes, though. So, don’t rely on just one source.
We have no children at home and I am wondering how we did it when they were at home and how the families that have “five” children manage it. We have been to programs/events for all 5 grandchildren; more than one in a couple of cases, and at five different locations. Visited someone else’s graduation party. We are tired of driving, yet have three more events this week, including, Grandson #1’s graduation, with his party on the Sunday after that.
Son-in-law turned 50 over Mem. Weekend. His parents and sister came to the lake for the day. There were a lot of people. It is nice that we can all be together and get along: in-laws and ex s. Just don’t talk politics.
Namelus: I have not heard of biofilm. It will be worth it to me to check it out. I can go several days now without “issues,” and have learned my “signs” so things are improving. (Eating smaller meals help, too.) I was disappointed to see that Kombucha is made from tea. The info said the caffeine content was like ½ or less of the regular tea. Still, I cannot handle caffeine well, so, I am drinking a type of Kefir.
Columbia River: Thanks for the ideal about the battery operated fan. It will be ideal for tents.
Little Sister: Congratulations about teaching friends to can. It is nice to have others that you can talk to, and help. Plus get help when needed when they expand into territory you have not ventured into; yet.
Old Mt. Woman: Sending you more speedy recovery thoughts.
Muffy 1938: Yup, gardening and reducing a meal does really help trim that tummy and tighten those legs. It is too bad I cannot exhaust myself in the garden every week. I have dropped about 5 pounds in the past month with the garden work and the indigestion.
Muffy, can you just cover your plants with a cheesecloth type fabric so you do not need to spray?
Grandson #1 is getting ready to take his driving test, too. I hate that he has to drive in the big city with so many cars. It isust unsafe for new drivers in the winter. Wishing them safe driving.
Corsaire: Steady as you go. 75% is better than you had. You can do it.
Interesting substitutions for eggs. I will need to copy them.
It has been cool and rainy. I finally turned on the AC yesterday when the temps hit 87.
Gardens are way behind because we could not till the wet soil. The seedlings are tiny because I had them outside in a plastic “greenhouse” and not inside where it was warmer. They are still too small to plant. I wish I could wave a magic wand and get them to grow. At least the peas and green beans are up. We bought pepper plants since none of those seeds sprouted, and will probably have very few tomatoes because they are way too small. I think I need to rig a greenhouse over the garden beds. On the other hand, we have too many squash seedlings. It may be an orange winter. I will need more recipes.
Speaking of winter squash. How do you all handle the different winter squash plants. Can you put them together and not worry about cross-pollination if we do not use the seeds? Pumpkin, canteloupe, acorn, butternut, buttercup, Kershaw, and spaghetti squash. I have at least six of each and I have never had that many sprout before. So no tomatoes, but plenty of squash this year…hopefully no squash bugs — or deer.
Take care everyone. Watch the weather and be safe.