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[Mt_Rider]

Yea for Corelleware! You CAN break them but ya gotta try really hard. I chipped the rim a bit on a saucer. My parents gave me a set cuz of my lack-of-coordination with MS. Good investment. Other than that saucer, they've held up for years and....they are fairly lightweight!


In other news.... A new CAST IRON FRYING PAN DANGER ALERT!

AIIIIIEEEEEE.....I've just had an electrical incident. And it wasn't static electricity. I have a brass lamp setting in the kichen this week cuz those overhead lights are on the non-working circuit. So I'm pushing my cast iron frying pan over and it touched the brass lamp base. The lamp was on.

SNAP/POP Sparks flying everywhere. I quickly brushed off the front of my shirt! Naturally, the lightbulb was the pop. Dang, that was an expensive 3-way bulb! But WHY IN THE HECK AM I 'WELDING' WITH A FRYING PAN????? There is a tiny burned spot on the lamp base where they connected. Aiiieeee...hope the Master Electrician arrives soon.

Until then, I'm not touching anything electric. So I turned over my favorite rocking easy chair and found that I'd broken a spring a couple days ago. So I wired the spring out of the way and it will now recline as normal. Yea! Success at something. I'm sitting here till the PRO gets here!


MtRider [ Anything more like that and I'm snapping off the main breaker! ]

[arby]

Mt Rider, did you remember to unplug that lamp? If so, great, go sit a while and rest!

[dogmom4]

Bought a 12 ft tree trimmer so I can get some more sun in the yard for gardening space. Also bought 5 solar path lights to test for the yard and for emergency indoor lighting. They were $2 at Target. Dropped by the Dollar Tree on the way home and they had similar ones there for a dollar. I'm going to see if the lighting is comparable.

[CrabGrassAcres]

I'm constantly clanging things together and breaking stuff. It is due to my lack of depth perception and double vision. Not fun!

Mt_Rider, I'm praying HARD about your situation.

[arby]

Mt. Rider, I also have problems with corelleware because it is so light in weight. They 'slide' so well, lol. Wheeeeeeeeeeee, crash.
It is difficult to sense the fine, thin, corelle dishes. For me with my disorders. I have some challenges hanging on to dishes and such things..... heavier weight ones seem to be much easier for me to use and serve up meals with. I often just use a sandwich plate that is ceramic based or a bowl that is, too. They are a comfort to hold , when I am dealing with my stuff.

I loved the baking dishes but they were easy to hold, solid.

Edited by arby, 28 April 2012 - 06:09 PM.

[Mt_Rider]

From 5pm until 12 minutes ago, I was I'm back fully in the 21st Century! The PRO guy was great...tho he had to work to figure it out too.



Then I tried to turn on a lamp that had formerly been working..... Found TWO OUTLETS that are NOW not working.

Pretty sure these two are actually on the same circuit that we've been dealing with BUT..they were before the problem on the line from the breaker box. Meaning our solution to reroute that line has now...cut out these two outlets....that we hadn't figured out were even ON that line.


Well, at least we didn't have to empty the waterbed in order to move it far enough to reach a different outlet. That had been a horrid possibility for a while.


And my frying pan incident....that was an ungrounded lamp with the iron pan making the arc. ....However....God protected me from being a part of the huge shock. I was holding that pan when it happened.



Gotta be a Purpose but oye, I'm so tired. Just think of what a major energy drain a full-ON would be?????


MtRider [...sorta making progress and then I can get on with gardening and stuff ]

Edited by Mt_Rider, 28 April 2012 - 10:58 PM.

[themartianchick]

Mt. Rider, I also have problems with corelleware because it is so light in weight. They 'slide' so well, lol. Wheeeeeeeeeeee, crash.
It is difficult to sense the fine, thin, corelle dishes. For me with my disorders. I have some challenges hanging on to dishes and such things..... heavier weight ones seem to be much easier for me to use and serve up meals with. I often just use a sandwich plate that is ceramic based or a bowl that is, too. They are a comfort to hold , when I am dealing with my stuff.

I loved the baking dishes but they were easy to hold, solid.

I always wanted a set of Corelleware but I know that hubby would break it. Our everyday dishes are plastic ones that we bought right after we were married. He just broke a saucer the other day and another saucer has a crack, so I use it to cut up poutlry treats.

I do have a nice set of Syracuse China that was purchased when Syracuse China was actually made in ...Syracuse and not CHINA! From time to time, I pick up single stray dishes aat Dollar Tree or a yard sale to use as props for staging food photos. My sister in law has at least 8 sets of china, so I also borrow from her from time to time.

[Purdy Bear]

CGA and Windmorn - Thanks, its something else Im looking at for the next woofy.


I had class yesterday, so had that all done and dusted, I've just got to do the homework and write up the notes later.


I've been looking into paper making from recycled paper today, so I hope to get a biginners kit soon. That way I can make journals out of recycled stuff which is going to be excellent. I love it when things are dirt cheap. I use a journal every day and they are so expensive to buy.

[arby]

TMC , lately I have been working on collecting a piece at a time, enamelware. I have enough ceramic plates. Not worried about a set of china these days although I appreciate them.

I dont like plastic at all. I have a few small camp items that are however and stuff to contain food in frig and freezer, but really dislike plastic and the odd colors and sizes of cups and bowls and such they make. So dollar store plates and such that are ceramic based or glass items, that works. A couple plastic tumblers that are not huge. Canning jars work well too for tea brewing and drinking. More solid than plastic.

I would love a nice set of dishes but not worried about it for now since I am in no position to entertain anyhow. I did grow up with basic and nice dishes too and do know how that works.

For now I need durable and wanted to increase my camp dishes because I had so few that were truly durable. They don't go in the microwave either, but they wont break if you drop one either. Or melt if too close to fires edge or woodstove.

I am more concerned that things wont hold together now than I was 4 yrs ago too. Or our vulnerabilities will be struck upon by those who really don't like us as they are more and more capable.

I am trying for durable mostly, but probably would take a few other dishes other than camp stuff if I could manage it too for a place I set up.

I see no reason to collect a lot of special stuff, it all is very utilitarian for now and no great loss if I have to leave it behind. I hope one day I can have a nicer place and be able to furnish it more nicely again but for now, I have no need as I am not having family visits or visitors to entertain. My needs are not much by myself.

If I did I have good taste though . Just haven't had the money to practice it that much , and this area is so used to having people live rustically , that unless you go to the larger cities South, you cannot find this unless you go to a fancy place to stay, or down state to purchase your own. Or special order it.

I am ok with what I have for now.

I don't have a lot of room for baking dishes and don't cook that much either that way anymore, so even baking dishes like corelle are not all that necessary for now. But if I found one or two smaller ones I would be happy. I grew up using it and had some in my younger adult years.

If anything it's time to go through and take out stuff that I am not making use of again. Sort of like that closet yesterday. Its better for me to minimize and get only what I will absolutely use.

Even if things stay fine enough for stability's sake, I want less stuff around. If its not being used or cannot be used for emergency living, I don't need it right now. I am an objects person and it will never be smooth glass and steel decor with a rare sculpture in an empty room, but for now, until things get better and I can progress further towards my most civilized goals and improve that way, I just won't worry about it.

So, at this point would be glad to have a set of enamelware that is of decent quality. That is more useful for emergency living situations I could find myself in, or great for going camping with a few friends if nothing else.

I have some large glass bowls I can use if I need to bake a small casserole for myself and they will last a while. Or use in the microwave to do same. I tend to just use baking pans mostly in my oven for baked goods? Not much more room in cupboards I have after basic pans and baking pans and a few containers and jars that are empty to be used daily /weekly. I don't even have room anywhere convenient to put my pressure cooker and dehydrator away in that kitchen. They remain in their boxes to protect them. Its not a woman's kitchen, this one, lol. A single wide mobile home is much better set up for that by comparison.

This whole place is an awkward place. But it is a roof over my head and my kitchen is my own and I don't have to put up with roomies who are noisy or whatever.

I did mean for it to be temporary but with things as they are in this nation, and I need a car or truck again, not just spend what I could save in a year or so, to move since they fixed the roof. So it will be a while. No plans for fancy for a while to come I am sure. If I did get my VA disability that would become a little easier to think about again in time. But they have a major overload on cases to deal with now.

I would rather work on a proper desk being built to fit me to make a good work space for my writing. The writing could pay off and help me in that way to get free of all this stuff and into better circumstances in the long run. I don't need corelle . I need lumber and a few more tools !

This is not anything I am comfortable with or content with ,but making do for now is all I can do and although I am working on the two stories for books, that wont be a solid product for quite some time to come and thats only if the grid stays up and I can stay in a place.

so, I am trying to get prepped for both ways of life, lol.

Because it feels more and more due to serious Officially recognized and Intelligent evidence now to back it up that either is possible.


Visualize Daniel Boone's Grandmother or something like that, lol. But in pants because these woods and ticks are not easy to deal with, or the snakes. Save the skirts for Sunday meetings.

Edited by arby, 29 April 2012 - 11:06 AM.

[windmorn]

Yea for Corelleware! You CAN break them but ya gotta try really hard. I chipped the rim a bit on a saucer. My parents gave me a set cuz of my lack-of-coordination with MS. Good investment. Other than that saucer, they've held up for years and....they are fairly lightweight!


In other news.... A new CAST IRON FRYING PAN DANGER ALERT!

AIIIIIEEEEEE.....I've just had an electrical incident. And it wasn't static electricity. I have a brass lamp setting in the kichen this week cuz those overhead lights are on the non-working circuit. So I'm pushing my cast iron frying pan over and it touched the brass lamp base. The lamp was on.

SNAP/POP Sparks flying everywhere. I quickly brushed off the front of my shirt! Naturally, the lightbulb was the pop. Dang, that was an expensive 3-way bulb! But WHY IN THE HECK AM I 'WELDING' WITH A FRYING PAN????? There is a tiny burned spot on the lamp base where they connected. Aiiieeee...hope the Master Electrician arrives soon.

Until then, I'm not touching anything electric. So I turned over my favorite rocking easy chair and found that I'd broken a spring a couple days ago. So I wired the spring out of the way and it will now recline as normal. Yea! Success at something. I'm sitting here till the PRO gets here!


MtRider [ Anything more like that and I'm snapping off the main breaker! ]

We broke a corelle bowl in the sink and don't know how. DS went to do dishes and came in the living room and showed me the bowl in 2 pieces. Within a week of that 2 other friends broke corelle dishes. One dropped a stack on a tile floor. I forgot what the other one did. The second one had a friend post on facebook that corelle will replace broken ones and a pic is sufficient evidence. I don't know if this is true or not.

CGA MT RIDER - Glad you got you're electrical problem sorted out!OOPS! I meant Mt_Rider. ( I've got a headache and when that happens I mix things up before hand. I've figured out that's my auroa.)

Edited by windmorn, 29 April 2012 - 06:10 PM.

[windmorn]

Double post.

Edited by windmorn, 29 April 2012 - 06:10 PM.

[arby]

I have had a corelle plate , with someone simply trying to cut their steak go sliding off a wooden dining table , hit the floor and crack in pieces, like two or three at the time it happened. They weren't being rough or anything either... it was embarrassing for the person who had it happen too. But all we could do was watch it go, it happened so easily, lol.

Its one of the reasons I won't use them any more? They do break.

The bakeware is nice though.

[ANewMe]

I caught a sale on sugar for $2.08 for 4 lbs. so I grabbed five. I started a list of items I needed to add to my pantry and stock up on.

I wanted to set up a garden this year but I'm guessing we won't since we are in limbo on moving or staying here.

[CrabGrassAcres]

No garden for me either, this yr. I'm pushing to get and keep, this place ready to show so I can sell it and move.

[Mt_Rider]

Well, those final two pesky outlets are turned back on. PRO hadn't realized I have just two outlets on a single circuit. So he'd snapped that one off. Came back this morning and put it back on again. Ooops!


Sooooooo, it's a Modern Conveniences Party at my house. Woooo, look! Lights snap on and off!

...God goes to great lengths to get us to appreciate what we currently [pun intended] have!


MtRider [...now back to my regularly scheduled LIFE! Pick up my car tomorrow! ]

[CrabGrassAcres]

Wheew, glad it is fixed! Still praying for a better situation for you.

[Jeepers]

Glad you are back on full power again!

[Mt_Rider]

Whew...went back to focusing on the new horses today. [after that week-long detour of electricity focus] Was able to get our farrier [great, talented gal but she lives far away and had our area on her circuit TODAY ]. Both horses needed a trim but the Princess was really long in the 'toe'.

Then I rode the Princess and DH rode the Lard Butt...er, I mean BBB. {lets just say one can tell he's getting tidbits of that green grass starting to grow }

That went well. DH hasn't ridden in years so he couldn't go too long or risk 'saddle sore'. Best to work up slowly. We had also moved both the trailer and the mounting steps so that if we had to pull out fast in an EVAC, we didn't have to back down the driveway.

Unfortunately then we had to put steps back together again. Loose screws and weathered boards after all these years. It came into three pieces when we dragged it. But, it's good now.

All of this horse business is PREP BUSINESS!

1) I've been a bit anxious to get these horses up to speed. I need to be able to practice loading/unloading horse trailer. If we ever have an EVAC - type Hooey, this needs to be a smooth procedure. Panic in horses make them such nitwits!

2) AND if I ever would have to EVAC ON HORSEBACK, I need to be able to have confidence in their performance. Still too early for that.

3 ) AND *I* must be in better shape physically than I've been the past couple years [with insufficient riding] if HooeyHitsFan. So all this riding and the workout it is to take care of horses is getting me there.....slowly. Right now it makes me feel

But....eventually, we'll all be back up to speed again. [baring weeks off for electrical problems or some such.


MtRider [...back in the saddle again....**literally, no bareback yet!]

[themartianchick]

I've been thinning out the family wardrobe this week. I cut up a lot of rags and put aside some outgrown clothes for the grandkids to have on hand here. I also dehydrated some cherry tomatoes that were in danger of getting ugly.

[Jori]

Started making bread instead if buying it. I'll give myself until the end of school and give up using the bread machine most of the time. We'll be picking up a grain mill and looking into buying bulk grains. Practicing my knitting stitches and have found a few patterns thanks to interest :-)