MEDICINE CHEST

The following is a list of common OTC medicines to have in your medicine chest. Should there be bad weather, a collapse of the economy, a natural or unnatural catastrophe or even governmental intervention of what you can buy or not buy, it would be a wise steward who has these available.

1. Three kinds of pain/discomfort relievers
Aspirin...Tylenol...Ibuprofen

2. Antihistamines for allergies and allergic reactions

3. Antacid to treat nausea or heartburn

4. Syrup of Ipecac to induce vomiting

5. Saline Solution and OTC eye drops for eye rinses or irritations

6. Hydrogen Peroxide to clean cuts and scrapes.

7. Triple Antibiotic Ointment

8. Hydrocortisone Cream for itching

9. Aspremrcreme for moderate aches of muscles and joints.

10. Gauze's and adhesive bandages to clean and dress wounds, cuts or scrapes.

11. Butterfly bandages to close minor cuts or wounds.

12. First Aid Book


These, for the most part, can be found in The Dollar Tree Store and in any Drug Store, as well as most Supermarkets. Buy what you can afford and add to your medicine chest as much as you can.

Tomorrow I will add to this list. Yes, I have all of these items and will buy more.


TO BE CONTINUED...

Plums Anyone?

I have a sink full of plums to process. I am not sure if I want to make plum butter or plume wine. I will probably make both as the plum tree is still loaded with ripening plums. I have never made plum butter or jelly so it will be an experimental endeavor for me.

I also have a fresh cabbage on the table. I will probably make some Cole slaw out of it. I really like Cole Slaw. My mother used to make Cole Slaw out of red cabbage. I don't know if it tasted better or we just thought it did. I'm not picky; Just plain Cole Slaw is fine with me.

Even 'though the chickens are gone I am still waking up with the chickens. However, this morning I decided not to get up and just went back to sleep. I slept until 9 A.M. and it felt really luxurious.

I will wait a few days and then clean out the chicken condo and chicken run. The contents will be piled up on a compost heap under the Pear tree. Speaking of
Pears, that tree is also loaded with fruit. I better buy some more sugar and dig out my canning jars.

I have a comprehensive list of items and OTC medicines to have on hand for minor aches, pains and illnesses. I am thinking of posting the list here for anyone interested. I get most of my OTC meds. and supplies from the Dollar Tree. It may be a good idea to stock up on such items as the government is about to get into your medicine chest. Should they do so, meds. such as Tylenol, Ibuprofen and even Aspirin may be harder to come by. As you know, all things are taxable under the unfettered Obama search for revenue/income. Gotta have big government spending money, you know.

I had planned on getting out and about today, go to the bank and pick up the items that I forgot yesterday. I just never made it out due to odds 'n ends, phone calls and trivia. So, tomorrow I need to get out early to beat the heat and the shoppers that normally shop on a Thursday. Lots of people get paid on Thursdays here.

Now that I don't have my chickens to write about I am at a loss to think of anything. Any ideas anyone? Anyone out there? LOL in cyberspace.

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Its all about the money

I went to our local planning commission board meeting tonight to educate myself. I heard several re-zoning request from various businesses and the big Coal Company. Most were passed through in spite of some protesting on the part of the people effected by the changes. Its all about the money and who has it and who doesn't. I noted that the elderly were "put down" in favor of the business people. People that have lived in the same area for their lifetimes are being told that the new apartment building will not affect them. Yet I read in the paper that we have an apartment glut or too many empty houses and apartments. Yes, it's all about the money.

The chickens are gone, every last one. Some went on Sunday and the rest left home today. Off to the country to a good life, I hope. What irks me is that the Humane Society of Evansville is giving away free chickens to anyone who wants them while Henderson, just minutes away from Evansville, gets hyper if someone in this jaded city should even look cross-eyed at a chicken. Nuts to the chickens police.

I was reading or heard this; Listerine is good as a deodorant. Bacteria causes odor and Listerine kills bacteria. Remembering this, I thought I would try it because in the high humidity I perspire heavily. Regular deodorant just will not hold up in this kind of heat. Anyway, it does work. Soak a cotton ball with some Listerine and apply under arms. Let it dry and then use deodorant. You do not detect the Listerine after a minute. Sounds odd, but it works.

I went to get get a few groceries this morning and forgot a few things. OMG! I forgot toilet paper! How can we live without toilet paper? Stock up on TP, America! We need it! So...back to the store tomorrow(actually I have some left)hehe.

It has been a full day and I am going to bed.

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Cumputer Problems

For a year and one half -I have had e-mail problems. The att. tech. set up my fast dial up and e-mail. He left one character out of the address. I could receive mail, but could not send direct e-mail. I could foreword, but that isn't what I wanted or needed. I tried to resolve the problem myself and finally called the att. tech. service. I took some time, the tech. guy finally worked it out. However, I didn't post anything on Sat. I never post on Sun.

I sold nine chickens and gave away one rooster yesterday. I have more to find homes for. The boy who wanted the chickens even wanted the chicken roost, but I still need it. I did let him take one waterer.

We had 24 hrs of steady rain. We really needed the rain. It was a good rain, not a severe storm. The garden looks better for it.

I went to the eye Dr. this afternoon and then I stopped at the Golden Corral for supper. Now I am sleepy. Too much good food, I guess.

Not much going on in western KY.

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Working

I've been outside working hard. I pulled up all the pea plants. They are done for the season. I gave the vines to the chickens. They can probably find a few pea pods and have something to scratch through. I have a few of the better pods in my pocket.

This morning and this afternoon I have been trying to clean out the back store room. I had started it before and now I want to finish it so I can use it. It is the same store room that I raised the little chicks in. I had gotten the worse out a while back, but this time I wanted to mop it out and sanitize it. You wouldn't believe the spiders that had taken up residence within. Nasty, black spiders.

I mopped and mopped, but I couldn't get the stains out of the concrete. It is drying now. I will mop it again tomorrow and see if it looks any better. IF not, I have a few gallons of old porch paint that I can use up.

I am enjoying the refrigerator pickles. They are really good. I may try to make some relish and pickles, too. It is now hot and dry, but the cucumbers like this weather and are very prolific.
Also, I have more squash to put up and the tomatoes are coming on strong. I guess I am feeding little rabbits, too.

Yesterday while I was at the farm store I happened to see something zip across the ales at the speed of sound...not really, but fast. It was a mouse. I guess the farm store would be a good place to take up residence considering all that feed and seed. Yum, says Micky. I wonder what else may be lurking in dark shadows.....

It seems that home invasions are becoming commonplace. Well, one intruder here will intrude no more. He was met with force. Another one went out the same way a couple weeks ago in Evansville. The sad fact is that they were young and dumb. Things are bound to get more scary as the economy sinks. If you don't have a gun and/or don't want one, at lest buy a baseball bat.

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Just rambling along

I fried my tiny potatoes for breakfast! They were good, but small. I probably won't plant potatoes in a bucket in the future, but it was a fun experiment.

I went to the farm store and got another bag of scratch feed for the chickens. I probably won't have them much longer, but they need to be fed. The rooster are pigs with feathers!

The good weather is about to leave. We are to get some rain which we really need now.

I have been reading other blogs. I have determined that the only way to get anyone to become interested in a blog is to rave, rant, use vileness and talk of mutiny and insurrections. I guess that leaves me out. I guess it is of small matter anyway. At least I won't have the FBI, CIA, BCI or the POPE showing up at my door or monitoring my postings. LOL's! I can't even terrorize a chicken!

I have been watching the economic news, too. I don't see that the economy is moving on a fast track. I think we have picked up a little because things always pick up in the the spring and summer season. Thereafter, I expect the economy to go bust. I still advocate my family and friends to plan ahead for leaner times. Stock up if you can and have good, clean water available.
I won't go into details on the subject because other bloggers cover "prepping" 24/7.

I will soon have my floor repaired. The sills are bad and the floor has dropped. Not dangerous, but annoying.I would really like new floors, but will settle for repairs. I am tired of carpets and they are twenty years old. I would love wood laminate or nice tiles. They would be easier to keep clean. Oh well. My house is paid for so I can't complain. It isn't much, but I don't have to worry about foreclosure.

I have some refrigerator pickles that I am going to try. I didn't make them. A friend made them and gave me a gallon. She says she gives most of them away.

I need to go to the library and get some fresh books to read. TV is pitiful. Maybe tomorrow I can get to the library, but they are laying in a new water line and the construction makes getting to the library something of a maze of detours. BUT I NEED SOME BOOKS!!

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PUMPKIN BREAD

I know my sister Beverly knows how to make Pumpkin Bread. She is a very good cook and a fine wine maker, but I thought I would post this recipe for anyone who may be interested.

Pumpkin Bread

2/3 cup shortening

2 2/3 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 can (1 lb.) pumpkin

2/3 cup water

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour*

2 teaspoons soda

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

i/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon cloves

2/3 cup coarsely chopped nuts

2/3 cup raisins

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 9x5x3 inch loaf pans or three 8 1/2 x4x2/1 loaf pans.

In large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Stir in eggs, pumpkin and water. Blend in flour, soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves. Stir in nuts and raisins.

Pour into pans. Bake about 70 minutes or until wooden pic inserted in center comes out clean.

*If using self raising flour omit soda, salt and baking powder. If you don't have canned pumpkin use a a field grown pumpkin boiled down, scrap pulp from the skin and measure. Drain liquid from pulp. Be sure you have 1 lb. thick pulp.

Cloves can be omitted per desire.

I love Pumpkin Bread. IT is good spread with honey, jams , butter or cream cheese. I will eat it anyway I can.

One chicken got out and is roaming about in the yard. She will come home when it gets dark. She reminds me a lot of my one sister(deceased). She was ready to roam and fly the coop at every at every opportunity. She didn't necessarily come home when it got dark, 'though!!

The weather was much more agreeable today, in the 70's. It is supposed to drop down down into the low 60's tonight. I hope it stays nice like this for a few days.

It is time to start thinking about a summer garden. I would like to pull all the peas and plant some potatoes in their place. The Sweet Potato vines are really growing well. I emptied out one potato bucket. I have one potato about the size of a hen's egg and several small ones. I have another bucket, but don't expect much from that one either.

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