well it's wet enough.
we got the daily deluge yesterday, and in the midst of it (naturally)
we brought the ducks in
i think even my spoiled rotten ducks have decided if you can't beat it.......
cause lilli was in the pond with the rain!
of course the second i walked out the door she jumped out (ducks look so funny when they jump)
and hid under the tarp trying to dry up
and NATURALLY as soon as we brought the ducks in, dumped ponds..... and dried off, the sun came out and the rain stopped
no shit
oh MY!!!!!
amelia is semi broody at the moment.... squeaking around like lilli does
squeaking up and down the hill........yelling at me over her shoulder....does it make me a bad duck mom that i laugh my ass off at her?
now in other news, my vacuum sealer broke....but i believe i can get it fixed.
the next step up would be 800. and it is a chamber sealer.....which is HUGE and i am going to save for but i need my vacuum sealer NOW
i don't want to try and buy another home unit...... and i do too much for a home unit anyway.
bernie and i were talking about it
i use the stove, vacuum sealer, food processor and mixer all the time, and i do multiple things all at once
i mix giant batches of cookies, and doughs..... meatloaf etc. i use the food processor to do doughs, veggies, make 'crumbs' etc, ( we do grating cheese with my parents hand grater that's got to be about a billion years old) these appliances for me aren't just for pretty....they get used, hard use.
so commercial grade is not totally out of the question (except for the cooktop, i can't go gas or the extreme btu's of commercial)
so we are going to save for the chamber sealer and such
i am truly lost without my vacuum sealer though
and a cooktop ..next one is going to be induction, and i need at least one electric burner for the canner.
the next oven is going to be convection i believe... and it's going to be between my shoulders and waist... no bending. i WISH ovens still had swing to the side doors, like in the 20s and 30s .......
or even swing UP door like that one from the 60s on bewitched....
they should consult me on such things.....i'll tell them!!!!!
and sinks with legs no cabinets.....sinks should be self contained cause i keep trashing the sink cabinets!
i'm telling you what i really need is not only a commercial kitchen, but a summer/canning kitchen as well.
and yet we struggle with 'should we move the kitchen to the studio? and give up half..... or keep the kitchen where it is and break into the dining room'
i know we've been talking about an addition, which we do need, but right now with the economy the way it is......we're afraid of spending the money so close to retirement.
(and it's many many people like us with the same worries that will keep the economy not moving, but we can't help that)
anyway, it's time to put my little darlinks out
i'm sure they will be squeaking at me when i get down there....
and i think i need to do something to the leeks while i'm outside
oye
til next time
I think the best thing for the economy is to buy what we need and can afford, not to be spending money we can't afford, that is what got us in this mess in the first place, people buying things they couldn't afford, like houses, and walking away when it all falls apart on them. Or charging their credit cards up to the limit, then not being able to make the minimum payments. When a whole country thinks that is normal, and the bigshots bail out the other big shots, no wonder we are in a mess.
ReplyDeleteRetirement money is important. We are going on 19 months of unemployment, and are starting to live on our retirement money. If we had bought everything we wanted to buy along the way, it wouldn't be there for us to live on now.
see that's what i worry about....
ReplyDeletei got a replacement bar for the vacuum sealer so i am ok for now