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Tina #407508 Sep 28th, 2020 at 04:35 AM
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We still get phone books here Tina, I'll start saving them in case I need to send them to Rod. haha

Today I am laying ceramic tile under the wood stove. The old ones have taken a beating in the past 20 years....it's only a 4' by 5' space with no cutting needed so it should go quick. Well, one can hope anyway. lol


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Good morning. I am craving really fatty foods right now. I wonder if it's a seasonal thing or just craziness.


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Originally Posted by Tina
Good morning. I am craving really fatty foods right now. I wonder if it's a seasonal thing or just craziness.

Naw, I think it is a " I have been stuck inside too long" thing. Just go with it, and enjoy !


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I put ham hocks on my list.


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Ooooh, ham hocks slow boiled with potatoes and turnips sounds good right now.


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Something like that is my plan.


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Ham hocks, and northern beans. Then the next day add some ketchup, some broth and chunks of potatoes to the leftovers. My favorite supper.


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I have never cooked a ham hock or northern beans or turnips smile but it sounds delicious. I need to get out more. I've never seen ham hocks at my grocery store.



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I love ham hocks every once in awhile. I just figure they are pure cholesterol or fatty blood clogger and don't indulge much. It's been years since I've had them, maybe 4 or 5? But a craving is haunting mr.


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I love them..but I too have never cooked them. Rod does not like beans, so I have never made the dish. My mom made them a lot...then as daddy did not like leftovers, mom turned the leftovers into what she called potato soup. I loved it...I really must ask her how she made that.

Tina, enjoy the ham hocks for me please. Oh ! I can just taste the soup..yum !!!

g'night sweet dreams.


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Sweet dreams all.


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Good morning. I have been awake almost an hour..lord knows why. Rod thinks we should go to Lowe' s today. If we get there at 9 the contractors should be gone and regular people should not be there yet. I hope he is right. I will do some TP & PT shopping..they have a section for that.
Wish I could go to ceramics.

Happy Tuesday to you all. bow


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Good morning. I'm not going further than my dumpsier today. And that after a nap.


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Thanks for the birthday wishes... was a nice quiet day for us... though we did have a nice dinner with neighbors who isolate like we do and wear masks....
OH now I want ham hocks and beans too, hubby won't eat it though.... so it will remain a want.... LOL!

Just did end of month bills and paid county taxes... hubby is watching a football game ... he is so bored staying home... much more social person than me.... in laws want us to come out there but they socialize with everyone and no one wears a mask at all, az did away with required wearing.. expect more cases in a couple weeks... they just don't learn.... i worry for my sil ... she is diabetic, sure doesn't need covid too...

Well off to see what else I can get up to...
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A nap sounds good, Tina.

Really wish 2021 would get here already.

I hope your day was a great one, Nana.


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Pork hocks are the first thing that I cook when we process our pig in the Fall. I never eat the fat off them but I love the flavor it adds to the veggies.

Junie, can you pick me up a sheet of plywood at Lowes? lol


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Still in the mid 80s here but when it gets cold I'm going to start looking for ham hocks. That sounds like a great cold weather meal. Maybe by then I'll have found a shallot that will add to the flavor.

I took my mother to lunch today and then to get her hair washed and bangs trimmed. Poured rain and my shoes are probably ruined.



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Sunny, the plywood is in the back of the truck. I' ll be over in the morning with it....when you get up, can you put the coffee on ? I am going to need it, I am sure.

Sheri...did you see what I posted in " what did you do in the garden today " ?
I wish you luck with the dish...I think I may make and add some other food like potatoes and he can eat them, and I will eat beans !
Sorry for the shoes, But it was very nice of you to help your Mom.

Good night 🌙 all. Sleep well.


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Sweet dreams all.


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A very rainy day ahead, I wish I could send some of it to Tina.


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Me too.


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Good morning.

I wish we.could.all send.some.rain ☔ to Tina. These fires need to stop.


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We got some nasty wind today, the power company was out in full force. The trees were so pretty...now most of the leaves are on the ground.


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I wish the national forests on the north and south of me would do something about their litter. There are downed trees , branches and dries scrub all up and down them. But they are federal land and we're not allowed to water them, clear anything out or plant anything.
More than 50% of the public lands in California are federal. State public lands are much nicer to visit. They have pathways cleared of tripping hazards. They are pleasant places to go. Even the wildlife seems nicer.
When the fires in Northern Ca were in the news, they had reports of one forest that was burning down that saddened a lot of people. It was an area with many ancient sequoias. The fires came in from federal lands onto state lands and took out a few buildings and some outer trees but left most of that park unscathed. The sequoias remain.
I am snacking on pork hocks tonight. Mmmm, good.


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Thank goodness the sequoias are safe. I would like to think that TPTB would make a fire break around the ground where the magnificent trees are growing. ..It is not like wild fires are an odd occurrence. Again, I hope it rains soon..just enough to stop the fires, but not make mud and thus mudslides.


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They did get some rain up north but followed by more heat and some winds. Add a new fire and a couple old ones they never fully contained. Still a mess and our fire season officially starts tomorrow.
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That is not good news, Tina. But thanks for keeping us informed.

G'nite from me as well.


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Keep safe Tina.

Half our province still have no power, it seems the term for what happened is now called a 'Bombogenesis'....either way, some people will only have power back on in 48 hrs. It has been a strange year.


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Was it a derecho kind of event, Sunny? They can shake you up like tornadoes can only over a much wider area.
It was hot all night. I kept waking up trying to find a dry place on my pillow. My hair is all stuck together and nasty. Time for a wash.


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Please explain the weather terms, ladies.

Sorry. for the power outages Sunny.
Tina, SO very sorry for the excessive heat. Is that a normal type of occurrence ? There are good points to fall and winter. Not sweating is one of them.


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A bombogenesis:
is a phenomenon or process in which there is rapid and sustained falling of barometric pressure in the center of a low-pressure system, indicative of its strengthening into a powerful storm.
"the storm will intensify rapidly, so quickly, in fact, that it will likely undergo bombogenesis"


A derecho:
is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system and potentially rivaling hurricanic and tornadic forces. Derechos can cause hurricane-force winds, tornadoes, heavy rains, and flash floods. Wikipedia


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Yes, it's usual to have hot throughout September. October, however, is pushing my limits. Climate change is not fun.


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It was strange Tina, like a hurricane without the rain....they did get a tornado under us with the system though.

Well, we got all the farm equipment serviced and put away. Fall is really here.


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It sounds like Mother Nature drops a bomb in the middle of a storm and makes everything worse. Much worse.


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Well, the president and firsy lady just tested positive for Covid 19.
I'm going to bed. Sweet dreams friends. And stay safe.


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I read what those two things are..twice and yet I do not understand them...but I will get there. Tina, thanks for the explanations.
I thought climate change was going to get us, and reduce the population. But now I guess Covid is going to do that job.

Sunny, glad that the d's arm.equipment preparation is done. That must be a relief.

Rod turned on the heat. I think his idea is to take the chill out of the house and then turn the heat back off. At home we had a month or so between AC weather and having the furnace on...not so here...


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Climate change is changing our world. In some ways we never thought about. They are finding things never before seen on this world being released by the melting ice. We don't know that Covid isn't one of those things. I just read a headline somewhere that covid virus is living in fresh water sources. I did not read the article. Now I wish I had. But I often pick and choose what I want to saddle my mind with for mental health reasons.


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Yes Tina, I too do not read or watch many things to aid my mental health.


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Yes Tina, I too do not read or watch many things to aid my mental health.


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