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MRS. S. NEWSLETTER OCT. NOV. DEC.

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2012


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October is: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

OCTOBER


October is . . . . Adopt-A-Dog Month, Computer Learning Month, National Apple Jack Month, National Car Care Month, National Clock Month, National Cosmetology Month, National Dessert Month, National Pickled Pepper Month, National Popcorn Poppin' Month, National Pretzel Month, National Sarcastics Month, National Seafood Month, National Kitchen and Bath Month, and Vegetarian Awareness Month

October 7 is . . . . . National Frappe DayOctober 12 is . . . . International Moment Of Frustration Scream Day
October 23 is . . . . National Mole Day
October 31 is . . . . National Magic Day and Increase Your Pyschic Powers Day

OCTOBER:


1. Sukkot
8. Columbus Day (USA)
8. Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
12. Columbus Day Traditional (USA)
15. New Moon
16. National Boss Day (USA)
29. Full Moon
31. Halloween


October 8 – The First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.
October 16 – Bulgarian pilots Radul Minkov and Prodan Toprakchiev perform the first bombing with an airplane in history, at the railway station of Karaagac near Edirne against Turkey.
October 17 – Krupp engineers Benno Strauss and Eduard Maurer patent austenitic stainless steel.[2]
October 18 – Italy and the Ottoman Empire signed a treaty in Ouchy near Lausanne ending the Italo-Turkish War.

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November is: November is American Diabetes Month

NOVEMBER:

NOVEMBER.... International Drum Month, Peanut Butter Lover's Month, and Slaughter Month

November 4 is . . . . . Waiting For The Barbarians Day
November 14 is . . . . Operation Room Nurse Day
November 22 is . . . . Start Your Own Country Day
November 29 is . . . . Square Dance Day

NOVEMBER:

1. All Saints Day
4. Daylight Savings Time Ends
6. Election Day (USA)
11. Veterans Day (USA)
11. Remembrance Day (Canada)
13. New Moon
22. Thanksgiving Day (USA)
28. Full Moon

November 28 – Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire.

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December is: National Awareness Month


DECEMBER . . . Hi Neighbor Month, National Stress Free Family Holiday Month, Bingo's Birthday Month, and Read A New Book Month

DECEMBER:

December 6 is . . . . . National Gazpacho Day and Mitten Tree Day
December 11 is . . . . National Noodle Ring Day
December 21 is . . . . Look At The Bright Side Day, National Flashlight Day
December 29 is . . . . Pepper Pot Day


DECEMBER:

7. Pearl Harbor Day USA
9. Chanukah
13. New Moon
21. Winter Begins
25. Christmas Day
26. Boxing Day Canada
28. Full Moon

December 18 – Piltdown Man, thought to be the fossilized skull of a hitherto unknown form of early human, presented to the Geological Society of London. It is revealed to be a hoax in 1953.

December 24 – Merck files patent applications in Germany for synthesis of the entactogenic drug MDMA (Ecstasy), developed by Anton Köllisch.[3]

December 30 – The First Balkan War ends temporarily: Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League countries) sign an armistice with Turkey, ending the two-month-long war.

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Now for the forums.

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1. Streams In The Desert:

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Be Anxious For Nothing by: AMarthaByHeart

Posted 27 August 2012 - 11:09 PM

I have been on very little this summer as we have been moving to a new location, all unplanned. DH came in one day early June and said it is time to move. I nearly passed out because he wouldn't even talk about this. Long story short (maybe), we found a location to our liking close to friends and a lake. I started claiming and standing on this verse as I felt the Lord had impressed me . He knows me better than I know myself. I want everything done yesterday and for it to go as I had planned. Our plans were to take our time and try and be moved by November. Well, the Lord had different plans.

Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

SO

1. Made offer on 4 lots at half of asking price. (Be anxious for nothing...) He took it.
There was a old trailer on it that had been redone so we could stay there while preparing the land, then it would be used as storage and as an extra bedroom when needed.

2.Started moving all of garage preps, storage building preps, and what was in house. I was startled at what there was. Took a while but had help of friends, sons, and grandkids. Bad thing about it was now they know what we have. ((be anxious for nothing...)

3. Met neighbors and they are like minded people, canning, freezing, etc. preparing for hard times according to 92 year old grandma. (saying the Lord is our strength because we are to be anxious for nothing...)

4. Got electricity, water, pad for home in two weeks time span after being told it would probably take a month (Be anxious for nothing...)

5. Septic system was suppose to be aerobic but after testing distance from water, ground condition, rock content we could have regular septic at 1/3 the cost. So by the end of the third week we had septic. Passed inspection by state with flying colors at the end of fourth week. (Be anxious for nothing...)

6. Found new double wide in a close out just a few thousand more that the repossessed 1996 home we were looking at. (Be anxious for nothing...)

7. Wanted large garden tub taken out -needed storage cabinets worse than a tub, found man who as putting up skirting on home would do it for very little. Got cabinets on sale plus 20% more off at Home Depot (Be anxious for nothing...)

8. Needed steps built so could be used with a walker--church friend of septic man-did them for a very reasonable price, steps that came with home too steep for me with my knees. (Be anxious for nothing...)

9. Needed more storage so business we had bought our storage building from where we lived told us instead of buying a new one, he would move ours to new location for less than $400. (Be anxious for nothing...)

10. We were going to use pickups and trailers to move us. Out of clear blue,I felt led to call U-haul. They had a special that weekend for a 22 ft. truck for $108.00 if we returned it back to them instead of where we were moving. Son who lived there drove it for us and returned it back costing only $53.00 in gas. It would have cost a lot more in gas for 5 pickups. (Be anxious for nothing...)

11. Gandsons starting football August 1 so we moved third weekend in July because sons 'encouraged' us to move then so we would have lots of help since we are "getting up there"-68 & 62. Admitting, it was harder than 8 years ago. We sure aren't in as good of shape. We were all sore, hot, sweaty,and tired but no one got hurt and only a little torn piece of linoleum in the utility room. Praise God that was all. A friend who knows me well kicked in helping to make decisions when I needed to be in several places at once.With her grandkids and mine-7 of them- their dads and grandads we had everything out of truck in less than three hours, beds up, and boxes in rooms stacked waiting for me to put it up. No tempers flared and all relaxed over chicken and dumplings and chicken and spagetti. The final move went really smooth. Kids even got to go swimming all afternoon and play some basketball. (Be anxious for nothing ..)


12. No TV or computer until middle of August but this was a blessing as I learned we really could do without it at least for a little while. It was harder than I thought it would be. But it allowed me more time with the Lord and to put stuff up (Be anxious for nothing...)

13.Now big garage sale this weekend if it is not raining--which is badly needed. So (Be anxious for nothing...)

14. Now we need to desperately need to sell our home at a fair and reasonable price. (Be anxious for nothing....)***************************PRAYER REQUEST


It almost seems as if there was an urgency for us to get this done. It sure isn't November but at least it is over. We are at peace with our decision and know that God's hand has been in this all along. Without HIM , we would have been basket cases but now I have really learned that there is so much truth in trusting HIM totally. When I would start losing my peace, I would start quoting this among other verses and it would always work out according to HIM even surprising us at times. HE is faithful and true never leaving us nor forsaking us. For a worrier, this has been a good lesson. May I always remember this. God bless.
Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;


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Exciting Monday Morning by: Dee

We have a new calf. A beautiful little Jersey bull calf. Born sometime in the night out in the cold, 30 degree or maybe lower, pasture. She would not come into the building. She was going to have this calf outside where SHE decided, no matter the temp. Both mama and calf are fine this morning and he's soooooooooo cute. I'll take a picture when she lets me close enough.

DH is hoping to combine today. I say hoping because one never knows if equipment will keep working or not.

I've got a couple of rooms organized for winter, cupboards and drawers emptied, sorted and things put back. The problem is I have lots more cupboards and drawers to get that accomplished in so hoping to start on one of them this morning.

I hope you all have a good today and maybe something fun and exciting will come your way today too!!!

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Cows are known to do what they want.

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Postage Stamp Humor by: Amishway Homesteaders

One day a man decided to go sit on his porch and watch the sun rise and set. The next thing you know there is a blonde running to her mailbox. She kept running back and forth from her house to the mailbox for a good ten minutes. Finally the man got tired of wondering, and asked, "Why do you keep running back and forth to the mailbox?"

The blonde replied, "My computer keeps saying I've got mail."


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5. Nature's Perscriptions:

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Cherries Health Benefits by: bhealthy

For centuries cherries and cherry products such as cherry concentrate or extract has been use to treat inflammatory conditions such as gout and arthritis. Now that modern science can look inside the makeup of fruits and vegetables we find that they contain even more health benefits. Here is a great article on the subject for anyone interested.
www.cherrieshealthbenefits.com

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6. Preserving the Harvest


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Hot pack vs raw pack Chicken by: Deerslayer

So which is better to you and why?? Hot pack or raw packing chicken...

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For answers, see the thread.


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7. Nature's Bounty:


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Need to harvest garlic, now by: Jori

My garlic needs to be harvested now. Long and short of the story, it's the garlic we planted last spring that didn't do anything. Well, it came up this spring and the stalks are brown and falling.

How should I dry it since it's the middle of summer? Just bring it in the house with the ac? Things to learn, remember to plant garlic in the fall......

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8. The Spa:


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Read those labels by: Momo

For those of us who are watching our diets for health reasons..don't take anything for granted.

I have noticed that manufacturers are adding sugar to many canned vegetables. It is pretty common in corn and peas. Today though I was at the grocery store and saw sugar listed as an ingredient in kidney beans!! Kidney beans! I wasn't expecting that one.



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9. Are You Really Ready:

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Violet, Arby, and other diabetics................... by: Midnightmom

This post is aimed at Type II diabetics.

Taking insulin and trying to lose weight is an oxymoron---especially if you think you need to eat carbs. The very job of insulin is to change excess carbs to fat storage for future use!

Contrary to the ADA (Am Diabetic Ass), I do not believe you need to consume many carbs, if any at all. No, I am NOT a diabetic educator, or a nutritionist, or a nurse, or any other kind of medical professional. I have just read lots of info on the subject because I am Type II myself.
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An article I have come across is "Diabetes is NOT a Disease of Blood Sugar!" by Ron Rosedale, MD. http://articles.merc...es-disease.aspx

In another article, Dr Rosedale writes, I have been incensed about the traditional medical treatment of diabetes for decades. Diabetics have been told that they can eat meals multiple times daily that turn into sugar and even sugar itself, as long as they take enough insulin to lower their blood sugar. The importance of limiting the intake of sugar and foods that turn into sugar has been almost totally ignored. There has been virtually no recognition that high levels of insulin are at least as much of an insult to a person's health as high levels of sugar (see Insulin and its Metabolic Effectshttp://articles.merc...n-part-one.aspx). (It is a pretty long article, but concentrate on the sections dealing with Insulin, sugar, and grains.)

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And don't be afraid of dietary fats either! "The Soft Science of Dietary Fat" by Gary Taubes discusses how we were sold on a low-fat diet being "good" for us. PDF: http://garytaubes.co...etary-fat-2.pdf

"What Really Makes Us Fat," also by Gary Taubes. http://www.nytimes.c...s-fat.html?_r=1
"Why We Get Fat" - Gary Taubes at OSUMC...................... http://www.youtube.c...feature=related
"What If Its All Been a Big Fat Lie?" ...........(interview)....................... http://www.youtube.c...feature=related
"Good Calories, Bad Calories" .................................... http://www.youtube.c...h?v=M6vpFV6Wkl4

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"Sugar: The Bitter Truth" ................................. http://www.youtube.c...&feature=relmfu

NEW series with Dr. Lustig "The Skinny on Obesity" http://www.uctv.tv/skinny-on-obesity. Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 16717]

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William Davis - "The Dangers of Wheat" ............................... http://www.youtube.c...feature=related He explains how modern wheat (developed in the 1970s) is an opiate and appetite stimulant. Dr. Davis also breaks down the internal components of wheat and how they interact with the body in negative ways linked to a slew of health problems. He also explains the great lie of gluten free bread.


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A Farm for the Future A BBC documentary on the precient global farming and food crisis by: CoM

This is a very good 5 part video series on the precient global farming and food crisis .

Part 1 of 5 !

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I just sat here and watched all 5 parts. It is really interesting. If you haven't watched this, please take the time to do so.

Snowmom
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Apple Peels by: indy gal preps

I just barely cover apple peels & cores with water and boil down till mushy then put in a strainer and use the liquid to make apple jelly adding more water if necessary for the amount needed for recipe,most take 4 cups liquid

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You need to read the rest of the thread, as there are other ideas in there as well.

Snowmom

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Sparking interest ideas? teenagers... by: lumabean

My son (16) is slacking with things, esp. homeschooling. I was wondering if other moms of teenagers have any ideas for sparking interest - when I think back to how eager and dedicated he was when he was younger and we first started homeschooling, it's sort of depressing now. When he hit 15 and 16, he went from being enthusiastic to doing bare minimum.

I would be appreciative of any tips He's an only child, so I don't have to divide my attention with other kids.

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Please read the thread to find some answers.

Snowmom

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13. DIY


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Hot showers from the compostheap by: Christy

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Most interesting how they managed to get 500 showers over two months from the heath of the compostheap. And cheap and easy, KISS is my favourite.

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This is an older thread, but, it sure is interesting.

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14. Holiday and Gift Central:


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Canning Jar Solar Lights by: Jeepers

I thought these were pretty nifty. It makes the lights more stable when you want to use them in a place there you can't pound them in the ground. And they are pretty too.

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I hope you all have a great Fall. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas everyone.

Remember to set your clocks back one hour on the 3rd of November.

Snowmom

[Dee]

Good newsletter, as always, Snowie.....thanks!!!!

[Snowmom]

Mrs. S. Newsletter

Happy New Year
2013

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JANUARY:

January is . . . . National Careers in Cosmetology Month, National Eye Health Care Month, National Fiber Focus Month, National Hobby Month, National Soup Month, Hot Tea Month, Oatmeal Month, Prune Breakfast Month
January 8 is . . . . .National JoyGerm Day and Man Watcher's Day
January 18 is . . . . Winnie the Pooh Day
January 24 is . . . . Eskimo Pie Patent Day
January 31 is . . . . National Popcorn Day and Child Labor Day
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January 1: New Year's Day
January 6: Epiphany
January 11: New Moon
January 16: Persian Gulf War Begins
January 21: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 27: Full Moon
January 27: Signing of teh Vietnam Peace Accord
January 28: U.S.-Vietnam Cease Fire
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FEBRUARY:

February is . . . . National Blah Buster Month, National Embroidery Month, National Grapefruit Month, National Snack Food Month, National Weddings Month, Responsible Pet Owner Month, Return Carts to the Supermarket Month, Creative Romance Month, International Twit Award Month, Canned Food Month
February 7 is . . . . . Charles Dickens Day
February 18 is . . . . National Battery Day
February 24 is . . . . National Tortilla Chip Day
February 28 is . . . . Public Sleeping Day

February 1: National Freedom Day
February 2: Groundhog Day
February 10: New Moon
February 12: Lincoln's Birthday
February 13: Ash Wednesday
February 14: Valentine's Day
February 15: Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
February 18: Presidents' Day USA
February 22: Washington's Birthday
February 25: Full Moon
February 27: Battle of Java Sea
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MARCH:

March is . . . . Foot Health Month, Humorists Are Artist Month, National Furniture Refinishing Month, National Frozen Food Month, National Noodle Month, and National Peanut Month
March 6 is . . . . . National Frozen Food Day
March 18 is . . . . Supreme Sacrifice Day
March 24 is . . . . National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
March 31 is . . . . Bunsen Burner Day and National Clams On The Half Shell Day
March 1: St. David's Day (Canada)
March 10: Daylight-Saving Time Begins
March 11: New Moon
March 17: St. Patrick's Day
March 20: Spring Begins
March 24: Palm Sunday
March 26: Passover
March 27: Full Moon
March 29: Good Friday
March 31: Easter Sunday

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SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN HISTORY
From: http://en.wikipedia....ki/January_1913
January 1, 1913:
Louis Armstrong, as an 11-year-old boy in New Orleans, was arrested by police after firing his stepfather's pistol to celebrate the arrival of the new year. He was sentenced by the juvenile court to 18 months at the Colored Waifs' Home, where his musical talent would be perfected, and he would go on to fame as one of America's greatest jazz artists.[4]
January 9, 1913:
The explosion of a boiler on the riverboat James T. Staples killed 26 people and injured 21 others.[18]
January 27, 1913:
The first new American five-cent pieces, known as the "Buffalo nickel", were manufactured at the Philadelphia mint.[55]
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Also, New England had snow in June as well as frost in July and August.
JANUARY:
January 6 – Tsar Alexander I of Russia signs an order for the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Russian Empire.
January 7 – Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
January 17 – Fire nearly destroys the city of St. John's, Newfoundland.
January 18 – Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville debuts at Teatro Argentina, with a fiasco.
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FEBRUARY:
February 1, 1913:
President Taft signed the bill authorizing the construction of a memorial to Abraham Lincoln in Washington's Potomac Park.[3]
February 9, 1913:
Meteor procession of February 9, 1913: At 9:05 pm Toronto time, astronomer C. A. Chant observed a series of brilliant meteors streaking across the sky. The phenomenon, visible across eastern North America and as far south as Bermuda, was called the "Cyrillids" because the event happened on St. Cyril's Day. In 2000, author Patrick Moore would write, "Nothing similar had ever been seen before, and nothing similar has been seen since." [22]
February 25, 1913:

U.S. Secretary of State Philander Knox proclaimed that the Sixteenth Amendment had been ratified by the necessary three-fourths of the states, officially making a federal income tax part of the Constitution.[66] An 1894 attempt by the U.S. government to collect income taxes had been found unconstitutional; the first federal income tax laws that were passed after the Amendment took effect provided for a rate of one percent for incomes of $20,000 or less.[67]
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MARCH:
March 2, 1913:
Soldiers of the Ninth U.S. Cavalry, stationed in Douglas, Arizona, traded gunfire with Mexican Army troops who were across the border in Agua Prieta, in a skirmish between the border patrols of both nations. Reportedly, four Mexican federal soldiers were killed, and some of the U.S. Army soldiers charged across the border into Mexico to pursue the retreating Mexican troops.[5]
March 15, 1913:
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson assembled about 100 reporters in his office and began the practice of holding a regular "presidential press conference". President Wilson's secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty, arranged the first and subsequent events and introduced the President on each occasion, becoming, in effect, the first White House Press Secretary.[30]
March 23, 1913:
On Easter Sunday, tornadoes swept through Omaha, Nebraska and killed 150 people.[36] The storm activity was followed by heavy rainfall as it moved eastward over the next four days, killing more than 1,000 people in "the most widespread natural disaster the United States had ever endured." [46]

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Farewell, dear Westbrook...
Started by Cat, Dec 06 2012 05:34 PM
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Posted by: blessedhomemaker71
Clothesline basics and a poem
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THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES:

(If you don't even know what clotheslines are, better skip this.)

1. You had to hang the socks by the toes... NOT the top.

2. You hung pants by the BOTTOM/cuffs... NOT the waistbands.

3. You had to WASH the clothesline(s) before hanging any clothes - walk the entire length of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.

4. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.

5. You NEVER hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail! What would the neighbors think?

6. Wash day on a Monday! NEVER hang clothes on the weekend, or on Sunday, for Heaven's sake!

7. Hang the sheets and towels on the OUTSIDE lines so you could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)

8. It didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather... Clothes would "freeze-dry."

9. ALWAYS gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky"!

10. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item.

11. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.

12. IRONED???!! Well, that's a whole OTHER subject!

[There is one thing that's left out. We had a long wooden pole (clothes pole) that was used to push the clotheslines up so that longer items (sheets/pants/etc.) didn't brush the ground and get dirty. You have to be a "certain age" to appreciate this one.... (But you YOUNGER ones can read about "The GOOD ol' days"!!) I can hear my mother now.....]


And now a POEM ...

A clothesline was a news forecast,

To neighbours passing by,

There were no secrets you could keep,

When clothes were hung to dry.

It also was a friendly link,

For neighbours always knew

If company had stopped on by,

To spend a night or two.

For then you'd see the "fancy sheets",

And towels upon the line;

You'd see the "company table cloths",

With intricate designs.

The line announced a baby's birth,

From folks who lived inside,

As brand new infant clothes were hung,

So carefully with pride!

The ages of the children could,

So readily be known

By watching how the sizes changed,

You'd know how much they'd grown!

It also told when illness struck,

As extra sheets were hung;

Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe too,

Haphazardly were strung.

It also said, "On vacation now",

When lines hung limp and bare.

It told, "We're back!" when full lines sagged,

With not an inch to spare!

New folks in town were scorned upon,

If wash was dingy and gray,

As neighbours’ carefully raised their brows,

And looked the other way.

But clotheslines now are of the past,

For dryers make work much less.

Now what goes on inside a home,

Is anybody's guess!

I really miss that way of life,

It was a friendly sign

When neighbours’ knew each other best...
By what hung out on that line.
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Posted by: Midnightmom
Memorial Day Photo-Op Blocks Families, Vets From D.C. Vietnam Memorial Wall
On Memorial Day, the Vietnam Memorial in D.C. is supposed to look like this:
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There is a Picture that shows what it should be like and then several showing what it was like. Sad. Please take a look at this and say it is right.

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3. Where The Heart Is:
http://mrssurvival.c...php?showforum=2

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=46721
Thought for the Day
Posted by: Katz25
This was on a lady's blog I ran across today and I thought her words were so true. So thought I'd share them here, sorry I couldn't find her name to give her credit. Made me stop in my day and think and appreciate what I do have.....Denise

Count your Blessings while they are still there to count.
Show your children you love them every day.
Don't solve the world's problems, turn them over to God.
Don't believe everything you read or hear! The media has become a 'god.'
Simple stuff is the best.
Don't be afraid to tell the truth and speak up. Be assertive and not confrontative.

Try to put yourself in someone else's place before you talk about them!
Send out myriad prayers constantly.
Be kind to you. Fill your glass so you can then help fill others.

All those little sayings in the old songs are true:
"walk a mile in my shoes,"
"Jesus loves the little children,"
"How many times can a man look up, before he can see the sky,"
"drink to me only with thine eyes,"
"Precious Memories", etc.

The source - "Emma Lemmon47"

http://emmalemmon47....ayer-shawl.html
Edited by Cat, 08 September 2012 - 04:39 PM.
(Edited for clarity, and I think I found the link.)
Denise
I want to be the kind of woman that when my feet hit the floor each morning,
the devil says, "Oh crap, she's up!"

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4. The Family Tree:

http://mrssurvival.c...php?showforum=7
Posted by: Wheeler
Revolutionary War Pension Files...
http://mrssurvival.c...?showtopic=9633
Posted 11 April 2005 - 07:54 PM
I have a subscription to The Godfrey Library in Middletown, Ct. and through this site HeritageQuest has 'some' Revolutionary War Pension Files online and they can be downloaded and read with the Adobe Acrobat Reader program that most people have on their computers. If you have ancestors who served during the American Revolution and are not a subscriber to HeritageQuest I would be happy to do lookups for you. I would need a first and last name and the state that they lived in. I have found several of my ancestors pension files there and they're a lot clearer than the ones that I ordered from the National Archives in Washington, DC. But... the National Archives sent me a copy of every page and HeritageQuest just has what they considered to be the most important pages... Hope this helps somebody...

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5. MrsSurvival Chat Archive
[http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=32
The Chat Archives are just that and if you want to read them, that is fine, but, I am not printing any of it here.
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6. The Flu Clinic:
http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=24
Posted by: Motherhen
http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=44406
Posted 27 October 2011 - 06:37 PM
Just read this on Thriftyfun.com.....what do you think of this cold preventative?
I have not had a cold for 8 years, except for once when I neglected to do this preventive method. I take 1 Tbsp. of honey mixed with 1 Tbsp. of cider vinegar, each day. No, it doesn't taste good, but it is tolerable, and best of all, I don't get colds! Only once in 8 years have I had a cold. It was the two months I stayed with my daughter and neglected to continue with my home remedy.

I learned about this from a friend, who was a teacher of third grade children, and she never missed work from colds. As you know, teachers are targets for those pesky germs abundant in the classroom. Also years later, this teacher, who always had HER children take this home remedy, had a son that graduated from High School winning an award for never missing ONE day of school from Kindergarten to High School Graduation.

P.S. This teacher's father was a Pediatric Doctor!
By snooks from Lincoln, NE
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7. The Kitchen:
http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=10

Posted by: HazelStone
http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=47128
Alternates to butter in fudge?
Posted 11 November 2012 - 03:07 PM
Okay... for a while I've wanted to do up cookie/candy tins for friends and family at Christmas. Well, being unemployed I now have the time and energy!
This weekend I made the classic Hershey cocoa fudge...and am sneaking bites every time I'm in the kitchen. Shhhh! I will wrap up and throw at least half of it in the freezer for later but dang... I nailed this.


While the recipe uses "only" a half stick of butter, the stuff isn't getting any cheaper. For better inventory management I want to find out if there are any "shelf stable" fats that would work for fudge? (or frosting... but preferably not Crisco-ish stuff). Sweetie pushes back any time I try to stow lots of butter in the freezer. Or just knowing about alternatives is helpful in case of running out of the "usual" source of fat in a recipe.

In the debates about what kind of fats are "best," coconut oil comes up a lot. The cost is a little higher than butter but it is shelf stable.

Have any of you seen any info about using alternate fat sources in candy-making? 95% of any fudge recipes/write ups I see on the Internet are on the chocolate chip and condensed milk "method" for fudge. I'm just interested in other things I can rig up off the shelf should butter prices get worse or I find a great deal on different fat sources.
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8. 2 Bits, 4 Bits, 6 Bits a Dollar!
http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=37
Posted by: So many of Mrs. S. people.
There are so many things posted in here that I can't pick just one.
Please know that there are soaps, lotions, wringers for washers, yarn and even a dog.
So, please go and check it all out.

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9. Urban Homesteading:
http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=35
Posted by: Jayceef
http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=35565
What type of kerosene stove and lanterns
Posted 25 June 2009 - 06:48 AM
Can someone help me please!!!!! I am having the hardest time with decisions about what type of kerosene stove and lantern to get. I have looked at the Family Preparedness kit from stpaulmercantile.com and there are a couple of things that I don't need like the flashlight and radio, but otherwise it looks like a great kit. Of course there is the issue of telling DH how much the larger kit costs and I think he would frown upon that. Any thoughts?
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10. Pinching Pennies:

http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=17
Posted by: Violet
http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=47463
Posted Yesterday, 07:51 AM
Being frugal is important to all of us. So, yesterday I bought markdown Christmas candies for 48 cents a lb. Red, green and white gumdrops and red and green jelly beans.
I am going to sit and separated the colors. Voila ! Instand red and white for Valentine's day and green for St.Patrick's Day !
They are fruit flavored, no Santas, bells, or trees. Just plain candies. You can freeze them if you are afraid they will get stale. The hard part is not eating them all between now and the other holidays ! I think I should have gotten more of the gumdrops, though. You can use them in gumdrop cookies.

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11. Homemade Memories:
http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=14
Posted by: snapshotmiki
http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=45421
Bird Seed Wreath!
Posted 04 April 2012 - 07:31 PM
Still apparently have too much time and too little room on my hands! This is my newest endeavor and here is the link.

http://familycorner....eed-wreath.html

I found the bundt pan at the thrift shop for 50 cents. Now if I can learn how to tie a pretty bow...
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12. Within These Pages:
http://mrssurvival.c...php?showforum=4
Posted by: WormGuy
http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=47383

12-16-12 Free Kindle Books
Posted 16 December 2012 - 06:31 PM
This will be the last post I make for free books unless ya'll tell me otherwise. Hopefully those who follow these post have bookmarked the bolg site they come from.

Today goodies.

Cake Pop Splendor. 70+ Superb Recipes

The Second Thanksgiving

Tiny But Mighty - Lentil Recipes

Paleo Lifestyle Magazine - Issue #5 - December 2012

Paleo Lifestyle Magazine - Issue #4 - November 2012

The Power of Sleep: How to Get to Sleep and Stay Asleep Naturally

Paleo Lifestyle Magazine Interviews - Issue #2 - September 2012

Blue Collar Wealth: Money Lessons from the Middle Class

How to Have a Stress Free Xmas and an Amazing New Year

This Week in the Civil War - November 23rd - 29th, 1862

Mushroom Farming 21 Rules for Success

The rest of my picks can be found on my blog.

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13. WWW:
http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=12
Posted by: lumabean
http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=46849
wireless printer keeps going offline...
Posted 29 September 2012 - 09:01 AM
We have a wireless printer (Brother MFC-J410W) and the silly thing keeps saying it's 'offline' whenever I try to print something. In order to get it back to where it will print, I have to shut down the computer, then the printer, then restart the computer, then restart the printer and *usually* this will work (sometimes it takes more than one try). I can't figure out what I could be doing wrong, my husband set the printer up, and I go through the trouble shooting, but it seems everything is in order, yet This even happens if I do the restarting thing, print something off, and later try to print something off again, the same issue arises. The other day I printed one page off, then immediately tried to print another, and again offline.

I was wondering if anyone had an idea as to what we may be overlooking with this.
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14. Mrs. Survival's Survival and Preparation Manual:
http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=25

Posted by: gardnmom
http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=11284
Snow Storms and Ice Storms
Posted 01 November 2005 - 08:37 PM
Snow Storms and Ice Storms
In this chapter we will address the challenges that we should be ready to meet, in these emergencies.
In a snow storm or blizzard we may get so much snow as to make the roads impassable.
Heavy wet snow can take down the power lines, when that happens, and our furnace is powered by electric, we have no heat, in some cases no way to cook, or provide light.
Secondary sources for all of these should be at hand.
Heat in the form of:
1. Wood stove and enough firewood keep you warm for 3 days to a week. More if you can manage it.
2. There are also kerosene heaters, (filled outside) or a small propane heater that will work off a 20 or 30# tank like you use on a camper.
3.Candles or kerosene lamps (filled outside)- these are not as warm as the first 2 but will keep you from freezing. Close off one room and light several candles or 2 or 3 kerosene lanterns. They give off heat as well as light and the body heat also helps keep a small area warmer.
You will need extra quilts or blankets and warm clothing.
Wear a hat as you lose most of your heat through your head.
Keep enough kerosene , propane, and candles to last for the length of time you believe you may be snowed in.
Light
1. Battery powered lamps and extra batteries and extra bulbs.
2. Kerosene or propane lamps and candles. These need to be protected from active children and pets. The kerosene lanterns should always be filled outside.
Cooking
1. If you have a gas range or a propane stove or a grill, you have a way to cook.
Do not use a grill in the house, put it on a porch that is well ventilated.
You can light your gas range burners with matches or a long butane lighter.
You can bake in the grill if it closes or use a metal dishpan or large metal roaster to cover
your biscuits or whatever you have to bake.
2. A small folding stove that is 4 to 6 inches square to place a can of sterno in.
A sterno stove can be made from a large coffee can. Using a punch can opener,
Punch several wedge shaped holes in the side of the can at the bottom, and 6 or 7 holes around the sides at the open top. At the first indented ring from the bottom, Using a nail, put 6 holes that line up for inserting 3 heavy wires, such as from a coat hanger, straight across to place the sterno on. Make sure it is sitting on something heat proof when using.
You can also put a column candle in it, to provide a little more heat
You will need:
2 gallon of water per person per day for drinking and cooking.
Food enough for your family for the number of days you are prepping.
Additional prescriptions for that number of days.
If you can flush, enough water to flush your toilet for X number of days or a pail lined with a double plastic bag with cat litter to absorb fluids.
This can be changed as often as you have bags to cover, to save on bags, have a tight fitting cover for the pail.
Baby wipes to help keep clean.
First aid supplies, such as triple antibiotics, assorted band aids, disinfectant, aspirin, Tylenol etc.
Something to help pass the time, playing cards, coloring books and crayons, books, board games and crafts.
This is a first draft.
Now is the time to make suggestions to add to this to make it more complete.

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The following is from: http://www.50states....cts/alabama.htm

DID YOU KNOW

1.Alabama introduced the Mardi Gras to the western world. The celebration is held on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent begins.
2.Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.
3.The world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.
4.Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.
5.Montgomery is the capital and the birthplace of the Confederate States of America.
6.The Confederate flag was designed and first flown in Alabama in 1861.
7.Alabama became the 22nd state on December 14, 1819.
8.The town of Enterprise houses the Boll Weevil Monument to acknowledge the role this destructive insect played in encouraging farmers to grow crops other than cotton.
9.Baseball player Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron was born in Mobile in 1934.
10.Boxer Joe Louis was born in Lexington in 1914. He died in 1981.
11."Alabama" is the official state song.
12.Baseball player Willie Howard Mays was born in Westfield in 1931.
13.A skeleton of a pre-historic man was found in Russell Cave.
14.At 2,405 feet Cheaha Mountain is Alabama's highest point above sea level.
15.Huntsville is known as the rocket capital of the World.
16.The Alabama Department of Archives is the oldest state-funded archival agency in the nation.
17. The musical singing group Alabama has a Fan Club and Museum in Fort Payne.
18.In 1902 Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere by suturing a stab wound in a young boy's heart. The surgery occurred in Montgomery.
19.To help fund education Alabama instituted its state sales tax in 1937.
20.Schools established in Mobile include Washington Academy (founded in 1811) and Huntsville Green Academy (founded in 1812).
21.Between 1817 and 1819 Old Saint Stephens was the first territorial capital of Alabama.
22.In 1956 the Army Ballistic Missile Agency was established at Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal.
23.Governor George C. Wallace served four terms in office.
24.In 1995 Heather Whitestone serves as first Miss America chosen with a disability.
25.Alabama's geographic center is located in Chilton a community located 12 miles southwest of Clanton.
26.The word Alabama means tribal town in the Creek Indian language.
27. The United States Army Chemical Corps Museum in Fort McClellan contains over 4000 chemical warfare artifacts.
28.Hitler's typewriter survived from his mountain retreat and is exhibited at the Hall of History in Bessemer.
29.Blount County was created on February 7, 1818 and is older than the state.
30.Winston County is often called the Free State of Winston. It gained the name during the Civil War.
31.Mobile is named after the Mauvilla Indians.
32.Peter Bryce is recognized as the state's first psychiatrist. He was born in 1834 and died in 1892.
33.The Alabama State Flag was authorized by the Alabama legislature on February 16, 1895.
34.Hematite is Alabama's official state mineral and is known as oxide of iron (Fe2O3).
35.The Monarch butterfly (Danaus pleipuss) is the state's official insect.
36.The star blue quartz is the state's official gemstone.
37.The Florence Renaissance Faire is the Alabama's official fair.
38.The pecan is the Alabama's official nut.
39.People from Alabama are called Alabamians.
40.On January 11, 1861 Alabama becomes the fourth state to secede from the Union.
41.On January 28, 1846 Montgomery was selected as capital of Alabama.
42.Tallulah Bankhead entertained as a star of stage, screen, and radio during the 1930s-1950s. She was born in Huntsville in 1902 and died in 1968.
43.Singer and entertainer Nathaniel Adams (Nat King) Cole was known as the man with the velvet voice. He was born in Montgomery in 1919 and died in 1965.
44.Alabama resident Sequoyah devised the phonetic, written alphabet of the Cherokee language.
45.The Birmingham Airport opened in 1931. At the time of the opening a Birmingham to Los Angeles flight took 19 hours.
46.Alabama's mean elevation is 500 feet at its lowest elevation point.
47.Audemus jura nostra defendere is the official state motto. Translated it means "we dare defend our rights."
48.Washington County is the oldest county in Alabama.
49.General Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek Indians in 1814. Following the event the Native Americans ceded nearly half the present state land to the United States.
50.At the Battle of Mobile Bay Admiral David Farragut issued his famous command, "d**m the torpedoes, full speed ahead." The event occurred on August 5, 1864.



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I would like to say, "Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary and a Happy New Year to all of those who have had and I missed and those who are having Birthdays, and Anniversarys in these next 3 months.

I wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR.


Snowmom

[Annarchy]

Thank you so much Snowmom, great News Letter.

I am looking forward to Feburary, "National Grapefruit Month, National Snack Food Month" when I can eat grapefruit and snacks at the same time.

[Philbe]

Good job!

[themartianchick]

Whew! Nice job, Snowmom!

[Jeepers]

Thanks Snowmom!

[Snowmom]

MRS. S. NEWS LETTER FOR

APRIL, MAY AND JUNE OF 2013

http://mrssurvival.com/forums/

 

APRIL   

April is . . . . International Guitar Month, Keep America Beautiful Month, National Anxiety Month, National Humor Month, National Welding Month, National Garden Month, and Uh-Huh Month

April 9 is . . . . . Winston Churchill Day and Name Yourself Day
April 19 is . . . . Garlic DayMore Info On Garlic
April 26 is . . . . Richter Scale Day and National Pretzel Day
April 30 is . . . . National Honesty Day

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NEWS FROM APRIL 1913

8th - 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified

19th - 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minn in 2:25:14.8

29th - Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
 
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MAY    

May is . . . . Better Sleep Month, National Good Car Care Month, National Photo Month, National Salad Month, National Egg Month, National Barbecue Month, Revise Your Work Schedule Month, Date Your Mate Month, National Hamburger Month, and Fungal Infection Awareness Month

May 3 is . . . . . Lumpy Rug Day
May 10 is . . . . Clean Up Your Room Day
May 18 is . . . . International Museum Day and Visit Your Relatives Day
May 28 is . . . . National Hamburger Day

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NEWS FROM MAY 1913

10th - 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8

 10th - Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings

26th - Emily Duncan becomes Great Britain's first woman magistrate,

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JUNE   

June is . . . . Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month, American Rivers Month, Cancer In The Sun Month, Dairy Month, Turkey Lover's Month, National Accordian Awareness Month, National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, National Ice Tea Month, National Papaya Month, National Pest Control Month, National Rose Month, Fight The Filthy Fly Month, and Zoo and Aquarium Month

June 3 is . . . . . Repeat Day
June 11 is . . . . National Hug Holiday and King Kamehameha Day
June 20 is . . . . Ice Cream Soda Day
June 28 is . . . . Paul Bunyan Day

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NEWS FROM JUNE 1913

4th - Suffragette Emily Davison steps in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby

21st - Tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane

25th - American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.

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This is just one site that tells about the reunion of 1913:

http://thomaslegion....nionof1913.html

 

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      to all new members.

1.  Streams In The Desert: 

http://mrssurvival.c...mp;showforum=20

This is a forum for prayers, and study.

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=47777

Paul's gospel must be accepted      by:  newnature

Posted 16 February 2013 - 11:14 AM

Paul’s gospel must be accepted, it must be believed today, and you can be sure that confusion concerning that gospel through the use of a counterfeit gospel; a gospel that looks so much like Paul’s gospel that you’d not know the difference, if you didn’t clearly know Paul’s gospel, will be Satan’s focus in this age of grace.

 One of Satan’s purpose in this age of grace is to confuse Paul’s gospel with a gospel so nearly to it, and there are many people out there today saying all you have to do is to believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ and you’re saved. They believe this in almost every church across the board that Christ died, was buried and rose again, but what do they believe was accomplished by that death, burial and resurrection?

 In their minds, they were separating themselves for God by their sin, and Paul is saying that God has already reconciled you where your sins are concerned. God is reconciled where the sins of the world are concerned, because he imputed those sins to Christ, that all who would believe what he imputed to Christ, that that resolved the sin issue forever, and are now joined to his son and have his righteousness freely counted to them, or imputed to their account.

 Paul called it the ministry of reconciliation, Christ fulfilled the law for us, so we are identified with the righteousness of Christ the moment we take God at his word, obedient to the faith, concerning what Christ accomplished on our behalf. Today our service comes not out of apprehension to any of those things; our service today comes based solely on our appreciation for what Christ has already done.

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2.  Announcements and Help   http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=34

This is where if you have questions about the forums, ask and someone will help you. 

http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=34

MsS Help Information Need Help using our forum, check here..     Annarchy

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=47610

Site Frustration on android

By:    Cowgirl

Posted 21 January 2013 - 01:14 PM

Not sure where to post this, but I now mostly access forums via my Kindle (android powered version). Some forums are now mobile friendly. Some even have a tapatalk version, which allows reading and posting without constantly having to fiddle with the web screen, trying to see it. Is there a way to view this site on a mobile device easier?

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3.  Daily Diary:   http://mrssurvival.c...mp;showforum=13 

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=47710

BEST SUPERBOWL COMMERCIAL (Paul Harvey)     by:   Philbe

God looked down on his planned paradise and said, “I need a caretaker.” So God made a farmer.
 God said, “I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the field, milk cows again, eat supper, then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the school board.” So God made a farmer.
 
God said, “I need somebody willing to sit up all night with a newborn colt and watch it die, then dry his eyes and say,’Maybe next year,’ I need somebody who can shape an ax handle from an ash tree, shoe a horse with hunk of car tire, who can make a harness out hay wire, feed sacks and shoe scraps. Who, during planting time and harvest season will finish his 40-hour week by Tuesday noon and then, paining from tractor back, put in another 72 hours.” So God made the farmer.
 

 
 
God said, “I need somebody strong enough to clear trees and heave bales, yet gentle enough to yean lambs and wean pigs and tend the pink-comb pullets, who will stop his mower for an hour to splint the leg of a meadowlark.”
 
It had to be somebody who’d plow deep and straight and not cut corners. Somebody to seed, weed, feed, breed, and brake, and disk, and plow, and plant, and tie the fleece and strain the milk, . Somebody who’d bale a family together with the soft, strong bonds of sharing, who would laugh, and then sigh and then reply with smiling eyes when his son says that he wants to spend his life doing what Dad does. “So God made a farmer.”
 

Read more: http://patriotupdate.../#ixzz2JywUbMcG

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4.  Humor Me: http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=18

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=47750

Snow Plows,    by:   ROBIE

On a bitterly cold winter morning a husband and wife in New England were listening to the radio during breakfast. They heard the announcer say, "We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street, so the snowplows can get through."

 So the good wife went out and moved her car.

 A week or so later while they are eating breakfast again, the radio announcer said, "We are expecting 10 to 12 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the odd-numbered side of the street, so the snowplows can get through."

 The good wife went out and moved her car again.

 A few days later they were again having breakfast, when the radio announcer says, "We are expecting 12 to 14 inches of snow today. You must park...." Then the electric power went out. The good wife was very upset, and with a worried look on her face she said, "I don't know what to do. Which side of the street do I need to park on so the snowplows can get through?"

 Then with the love and understanding that all long-married husbands possess, he replied, "Why don't you just leave the car in the garage this time?"

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5.  Nature's Perscriptions:          http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=22
 

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=47506

Lavender #2 of 13 - herb garden    by:   mommato3boys

HOLY MOLY! I didn't realize there were so many different types of lavender. Why type of lavender to you plant and why did you choose that type.
 
These are the types I have run across:
 
French Long
 
Lady Lavender
 
English Lavender
 
Hidcote Blue
 
Munstead
 
 
And here I thought lavender was "just" lavender
me's thinks me's getting in over my head with this herb garden.
 
Dare I ask what other herbs you plant?
Any suggestions of stuff to try will be greatly appreciated. Besides my face it has gotten between my fingers, so even using my hands hurt.

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6.  Preserving the Harvest                                          http://mrssurvival.c...mp;showforum=30  

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=46863

7 Mistakes of Food Storage     by:   Andrea

http://www.backwoods...les/tate55.html

7 Mistakes
of food storage

By Vicki TateIssue #55 Jan/Feb 1999

 

If you are going to store food, make sure that the food you store is adequate for the need you and your family anticipate. This may not be as easy as to achieve as many people think, because the facts are that most people make serious errors when storing food—errors that will come back to haunt them when the food they’ve stored is the only thing that stands between them and their empty, dissatisfied, bellies.

There are seven common mistakes people make when storing food. They are:

1. Variety

Most people don’t have enough variety in their storage. 95% of the people I’ve worked with have only stored four basic items: wheat, milk, honey, and salt. Statistics show most of us won’t survive on such a diet for several reasons. a) Many people are allergic to wheat and may not be aware of it until they are eating it meal after meal. Wheat is too harsh for young children. They can tolerate it in small amounts but not as their main staple. c) We get tired of eating the same foods over and over and many times prefer to not eat, then to sample that particular food again. This is called appetite fatigue. Young children and older people are particularly susceptible to it. Store less wheat than is generally suggested and put the difference into a variety of other grains, particularly ones your family likes to eat. Also store a variety of beans, as this will add color, texture, and flavor. Variety is the key to a successful storage program. It is essential that you store flavorings such as tomato, bouillon, cheese, and onion.

Also, include a good supply of the spices you like to cook with. These flavorings and spices allow you to do many creative things with your grains and beans. Without them you are severely limited. One of the best suggestions I can give you is buy a good food storage cookbook, go through it, and see what your family would really eat. Notice the ingredients as you do it. This will help you more than anything else to know what items to store.

2. Extended staples

Never put all your eggs in one basket. Store dehydrated and/or freeze dried foods as well as home canned and “store bought” canned goods. Make sure you add cooking oil, shortening, baking powder, soda, yeast, and powdered eggs. You can’t cook even the most basic recipes without these items.

3. Vitamins

Vitamins are important, especially if you have children, since children do not store body reserves of nutrients as adults do. A good quality multi-vitamin and vitamin C are the most vital. Others might be added as your budget permits.

4. Quick and easy and “psychological foods”

Quick and easy foods help you through times when you are psychologically or physically unable to prepare your basic storage items. “No cook” foods such as freeze-dried are wonderful since they require little preparation, MREs (Meal Ready to Eat), such as many preparedness outlets carry, canned goods, etc. are also very good. “Psychological foods” are the goodies—Jello, pudding, candy, etc.—you should add to your storage. These may sound frivolous, but through the years I've talked with many people who have lived entirely on their storage for extended periods of time. Nearly all of them say these were the most helpful items in their storage to “normalize” their situations and make it more bearable. These are especially important if you have children.

5. Balance

Time and time again I’ve seen families buy all of their wheat, then buy all of another item and so on. Don’t do that. It’s important to keep well-balanced as you build your storage. Buy several items, rather than a large quantity of one item. If something happens and you have to live on your present storage, you’ll fare much better having a one month supply of a variety of items than a year’s supply of two or three items.

6. Containers

Always store your bulk foods in food storage containers. I have seen literally tons and tons of food thrown away because they were left in sacks, where they became highly susceptible to moisture, insects, and rodents. If you are using plastic buckets make sure they are lined with a food grade plastic liner available from companies that carry packaging supplies. Never use trash can liners as these are treated with pesticides. Don’t stack them too high. In an earthquake they may topple, the lids pop open, or they may crack. A better container is the #10 tin can which most preparedness companies use when they package their foods.

7. Use your storage

In all the years I’ve worked with preparedness one of the biggest problems I’ve seen is people storing food and not knowing what to do with it. It’s vital that you and your family become familiar with the things you are storing. You need to know how to prepare these foods. This is not something you want to have to learn under stress. Your family needs to be used to eating these foods. A stressful period is not a good time to totally change your diet. Get a good food storage cookbook and learn to use these foods! It’s better to find out the mistakes you’ll make now while there’s still time to make corrections.

It’s easy to take basic food storage and add the essentials that make it tasty, and it needs to be done. As I did the research for my cookbook, Cooking with Home Storage, I wanted to include recipes that gave help to families no matter what they had stored. As I put the material together it was fascinating to discover what the pioneers ate compared to the types of things we store. If you have stored only the basics, there’s very little you can do with it. By adding even just a few things, it greatly increases your options, and the prospect of your family surviving on it. As I studied how the pioneers lived and ate, my whole feeling for food storage changed. I realized our storage is what most of the world has always lived on. If it’s put together the right way we are returning to good basic food with a few goodies thrown in.

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7.  Nature's Bounty :  http://mrssurvival.c...topicfilter=all

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=10985

Green onions     by:    ricardo

Now if you want an cheap way to grow green onions that's another story!"

Ok Dee, what the story? You have my interest.

Dee said,      "When you cut the top end off an onion stick in soil. I have flowers from the garden in the house all winter so I just stick the onion in one of the pots of flowers, cover it lightly and in a couple of weeks I have green onions. I use enough onions in cooking that I almost always have fresh green onions growing in one pot or another."

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8.  The Spa:  http://mrssurvival.c...php?showforum=5

  

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=41095

a diet cheater    by:   gofish

http://www.tangle.co...f5c5f04f3cdaf63

It's funny.

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9.  Are You Really Ready   http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=11  

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=45411

Mental Inertia      by:  Mt_Rider

Mental Inertia

Inertia: [ 1. tendency of matter to remain at rest, or to keep moving in the same direction, unless affected by some outside force. 2. a tendency to remain in a fixed conditon without change. ]

I came across this term this morning. It was an article about dealing with possible threats to be aware of. The article wasn't much value but the term had potential to ponder.

Before we can deal with any unexpected event, we have to get our brain out of the molasses. We have to pull it out of a state of rest/inaction/inatentiveness, OR pull it out of a current course of thought, in order to respond to new data.

Have you ever experienced that feeling of dream-like sluggishness when you need your body to respond quickly but it seems your brain can't give it the right cues? Think about the following examples and do a self-evaluation of your ability to break out of Mental Inertia.

1. A glass of water is tipping over and you try to stop the spill.

2. You trip over something...can you regain balance? Can you avoid the worst of the fall? Can you avoid careening into other objects? Are you even aware of other objects that you might use to your advantage - such as fall onto a sofa? Grab onto a handrail? Take the hand reaching out to steady you?

3. Car swerves into your lane from the oncoming traffic. Do you respond or freeze? How many options do you check for ...shoulder of road, other cars around you, your passenger's awareness of the potential crash [a mother will often put out an arm in front of her child in the front seat. Not that it does much but perhaps warn the child to brace.], is the ditch an option...etc.

4. Someone pops into your space suddenly. Do you simply JUMP and then clutch at your fast-beating heart? How fast did you deduce FRIEND OR FOE? If foe, what would your next response be and how fast could you switch gears from plain fear to action? Did you jump upwards, sideways, or backwards? Do you position your hands for defense/offense....and potentially scare the heck outta a FRIEND?

5. It's morning and there is a definite CLUNK in the house where none should be. It woke you up and yes, it is BEFORE you've had coffee! Does adrenalin make up for caffeine? Do you open one eye and just listen for more evidence that something is worth getting up for? [be honest! ]

6. You are in public somewhere and potential for violence errupts. LOUD argument ....then followed by fists flying. Will weapons be next? Are you from rural or suburbs and this is so rare that you drop your jaw and simply stare. [BTDT...once!] How long does it take you to head for a way out - whether you are indoors or outdoors. Or are you quick enough to intervene if appropriate. HAVE you automatically noted which direction is OUT even as you came into this location and before anything started? HAVE you automatically positioned yourself (and those with you) in the best location for retreat or defense. Are you already moving when the voices start...before the action worsens and the crowd panic begins? We need to be doing this one ALL THE TIME. Please, folks. Our world is getting more violent and explosive. Watch this one!!!!!

Think about this: Do we perpetually live in a mental status of FRIEND until a situation CONCLUSIVELY proves otherwise? THAT would already indicate a form of mental inertia regarding the change in our society. Still thinking/expecting Leave It To Beaver in a Mad Max world?

OR are there some circumstances in which we put ourselves intentionally and through practice, into a mental state of readiness for FOE. If we live in FEAR constantly, we'll wear down and fall apart. But readiness/attentiveness is a different state of mind. It can eventually become nearly unconscious.

Example: I try very hard to keep up attentiveness for wildlife...LARGE wildlife...when I'm outside up here in the moutains. But I got the hooey startled outta me just the other night. I was blissfully gazing down at our pond and the setting sun when something seen only as a 'black blur' streaked ten feet away....at the corner of my vision. I had only the impression of "smaller...but not small enough to be insignificant!" before it disappeared under the tree/behind the boulders.

I am pleased to report that I let out a loud yelp and immediately began moving at a RUN, parallel to it in order to get to the staircase. I'm not so pleased to report that I'd been standing 20' away and vacant-minded while my firearm was sitting on that staircase. I was 20' from the house and had already turned my attentiveness "off duty".

I'm also pleased to report that I made a good choice in direction because I could have gone for the open garage door to protect the goat locked in her milking stand. NOT with the firearm sitting in the other direction. So I ran up the stairs, grabbing my firearm on the fly, and was then situated above the location of "unidentified potential threat of a medium size". (Probably bobcat from size and speed...low danger to humans but.... )

I was also then positioned next to my XL dog who had been alerted by my initial yelp and subsequent calling out to her. When she saw the firearm, she was really attentive. After visual scanning from that height didn't show me anything, I fired one round into the ground. After waiting again, I assumed IT had probably not even stopped at the tree/rocks. IT was probably long gone. Probably. But gun drawn and XL dog now leashed and at my side, we went down to ground level again and put the goat away. Dog could watch my back while I dealt with goat.

I need to revisit my theory that nothing bad will happen within 20' of my house. It didn't happen that time..... But eyes-wide-open....the 20' feet theory is garbage born of getting careless.

Seriously, we can't stay hyper-reved all the time. But there are certainly circumstances in our daily lives where we need to be exercising 'active attentiveness' instead of 'molasses brain'. Choose WHERE/WHEN these times are in your own life. Practice staying more alert. Not or or unless you are in a high risk potential [which you shouldn't be, BTW]. We would be wise to cut down on the time it takes to wrench our brains/bodies out of inertia that is not appropriate to the new situation. [ Huh? Wha..? Who..? ]

Any of y'all who might have had special training in this issue want to give some more tips?

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10.  Country Homesteading  http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=16  

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=33190   

Selecting a first time livestock     by:     Robert Z

I own an 18 acre piece of land in northern KY. I have been contemplating raising some sort of live stock (for eating in the long run) for one season, largely for the experience of doing so. I have considered chickens, rabbits, geese, pigs, ducks, and lamb. I am thinking the most seriously at this point on some geese.

Am I correct in my thinking that as long as I feed them they will stick around or would I have to pluck their flight feathers?

I have seen a couple of turtles in my pond, but I think they come and go. However on e of them was as big around as a 30 gallon trash can lid and had a head the size of a baseball bat. Do I need ot get rid of the turtles? I have heard horror stories about people raising ducks only to have most of them come up missing and a bunch of them ending up being one legged ducks.

We are looking to wade into the shallow end here and get our feet wet, any advise?

here is what I have to work with
I have no fences
only about 5 acres are not densely wooded
1/3 acre spring fed pond that is about 15' deep

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11.  Pinching Pennies: http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=17

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=47918

Can you live on just $14,000 per year?        by:    ROBIE

I posted this on my facebook the other day and thought it would be perfect here.

 This is a goal to work for, living better by living cheaper.
 
http://www.today.com...092494#51092494
 
[edit: Im an idiot]

Robie 

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12  The Homeschooling Haven:   http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=26   

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=45152

Constitution 101      by:     Midnightmom

Posted 20 February 2012 - 04:38 PM

About Constitution 101
"Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution" is a 10-week online course presented by Hillsdale College.

Featuring an expanded format from the "Introduction to the Constitution" lecture series with Hillsdale College President Dr. Larry Arnn, Constitution 101 follows closely the one-semester course required of all Hillsdale College undergraduate students.

In this course, you can:

¦watch lectures from the same Hillsdale faculty who teach on campus;
¦study the same readings taught in the College course;
¦submit questions for weekly Q&A sessions with the faculty;
¦access a course study guide;
¦test your knowledge through weekly quizzes; and
¦upon completion of the course, receive a certificate from Hillsdale College.

You must register in order to participate in Constitution 101. Even if you have already signed up for a previous Hillsdale webcast or seminar, we ask that you complete the simple registration process for Constitution 101. There is no cost to register for this course, but we ask that you consider a donation to support our efforts to educate millions of Americans about our nation's Founding documents and principles.

Register HERE: http://constitution.hillsdale.edu/

Edited by Midnightmom, 20 February 2012 - 04:38 PM.

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13.  DIY  http://mrssurvival.c...hp?showforum=15

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=39038

Can I do this? Has anyone tried?     by:    Jori

Posted 05 March 2010 - 09:16 AM

 Both of the kids rooms have insulated curtains but they are a light color so they are both up early (before 6 today). Would it be possible to hand stitch a sheet in between the thermal panel and the curtain to block out some extra light? If that's not possible any thoughts on what might work?

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14.  Holiday and Gift Central:   http://mrssurvival.c...topicfilter=all
  

http://mrssurvival.c...showtopic=33894

Easter Crafts       by:    Snowmom

Posted 31 March 2009 - 09:36 AM

I found several sites for Easter crafts and here are just a couple.

http://www.prweb.com...rweb2254954.htm

http://www.makingfri....com/easter.htm

http://familyfun.go....ster_crafts_ms/

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The following is from:    http://www.50states....acts/alaska.htm

DID YOU IKNOW

1.Outsiders first discovered Alaska in 1741 when Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering sighted it on a voyage from Siberia.

 2.Russian whalers and fur traders on Kodiak Island established the first settlement in Alaska in 1784.

 3.In 1867 United States Secretary of State William H. Seward offered Russia $7,200,000, or two cents per acre, for Alaska.

 4.On October 18, 1867 Alaska officially became the property of the United States. Many Americans called the purchase "Seward's Folly."

 5.Joe Juneau's 1880 discovery of gold ushered in the gold rush era.

6.In 1943 Japan invaded the Aleutian Islands, which started the One Thousand Mile War, the first battle fought on American soil since the Civil War.

 7.Alaska officially became the 49th state on January 3, 1959.

8.Alaska's most important revenue source is the oil and natural gas industry.

9.Alaska accounts for 25% of the oil produced in the United States.

10.The state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times.

11.Prudhoe Bay, on the northern Alaskan coast, is North America's largest oil field.

 12.The Trans-Alaska Pipeline moves up to 88,000 barrels of oil per hour on its 800 mile journey to Valdez.

 13.The fishing and seafood industry is the state's largest private industry employer.

 14.Most of America's salmon, crab, halibut, and herring come from Alaska.

15.The term Alaska native refers to Alaska's original inhabitants including Aleut, Eskimo and Indian groups.

 16.The wild forget-me-not is the official state flower. The Territorial Legislature adopted it in 1917.

 17.The willow ptarmigan is the official state bird. The Territorial Legislature adopted it in 1955.

 18.The Sitka spruce is the official state tree. The Territorial Legislature adopted it in 1962.

 19.Dog mushing is the official state sport. The Alaska Legislature adopted it in 1972.

 20.An unnamed draftsman created the state seal in 1910. It consists of a rising sun shining on forests, lake, fishing and shipping boats, and agricultural and mining activities.

 21.The state motto is North to the Future.

22.The jade is the official state gemstone.

23.Gold is the official state mineral. It was named the state mineral in 1968.

24.The four-spot skimmer dragonfly is the official state insect.

25.In 1926 13-year-old Bennie Benson from Cognac, Alaska designed the state flag.

 26.Alaska has been called America's Last Frontier.

27.Every four years Alaskans elect a Governor and a Lieutenant Governor to four-year terms.

 28.The Alaska State Legislature is made up of a Senate and a House of Representatives.

 29.Twenty senators are elected to four-year terms; forty representatives serve two-year terms.

 30.Alaska's Constitution was adopted in 1956 and became effective in 1959 making it the 49th state.

 31.Nearly one-third of Alaska lies within the Arctic Circle.

32.The Alaska Highway was originally built as a military supply road during World War II.

 33.The state boasts the lowest population density in the nation.

34.The discovery of gold in the Yukon began a gold rush in 1898. Later gold was discovered at Nome and Fairbanks.

 35.Alaska is a geographical marvel. When a scale map of Alaska is superimposed on a map of the 48 lower states, Alaska extends from coast to coast.

 36.The state's coastline extends over 6,600 miles.

37.Alaska is the United State's largest state and is over twice the size of Texas. Measuring from north to south the state is approximately 1,400 miles long and measuring from east to west it is 2,700 miles wide.

 38.Agattu, Attu, and Kiska are the only parts of North America occupied by Japanese troops during World War II.

 39.Oil is the state's most valuable natural resource. The area includes what is thought to be the largest oil field in North America.

 40.In 1986 Mount Augustine erupted near Anchorage.

41.Alaska's geographic center is 60 miles northwest of Mount McKinley.

42.The Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the United States.

 43.17 of the 20 highest peaks in the United States are located in Alaska.

44.At 20,320 feet above sea level, Mt. McKinley, located in Alaska's interior, is the highest point in North America.

 45.The state's largest city is Anchorage; the second largest is Fairbanks.

46.The Alaska Range is the largest mountain chain in the state. It covers from the Alaska Peninsula to the Yukon Territory.

 47.In 1915 the record high temperature in Alaska was 100 degrees Fahrenheit at Fort Yukon; the record low temperature was -80 degrees Fahrenheit at Prospect Creek Camp in 1971.

 48.The Alaskan malamute sled dog is strong and heavily coated. It was developed as a breed by a group of Eskimos named the Malemiuts.

 49.Alaska's name is based on the Eskimo word Alakshak meaning great lands or peninsula.
 

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I wish you all a very Happy Easter,   Mother's Day    Memorial Day   and     Father's Day.

         

To all who have someone graduating,   Congratulations.  

  Happy Birthday to everyone I missed .  

Enjoy your Spring.          

Snowmom