Saturday Adventures and a Sunbeam Mixer

Well if you can believe it Mars actually went into Little Big Town with me today!  I think he's been off the Pioneer Living Homestead two times now since we have been here.  He's quite comfortable not dealing with the stores and the people and the traffic and such.  Like there is any traffic here!

I was once again reminded how different our lives are now.  I can with all honesty say that I don't miss Big Town one bit.  The hustle and bustle, all the crowded stores, the traffic that even during mid day is oppressive to say the least. The chemtrails that lace the skies daily there are more uncommon here.  Oh they are still here- but not every single day with layers upon layers raining down whatever poison they are spewing. We both are breathing better here as well.

We stopped in a Little Little town on the way to L.B.T. and had lunch at a little cafe.  Special of the day... Chili Dog (homemade chili with cheese and onions) with Fries and a drink.  $3.49 Not bad huh?  This is the first time we have been  "out" to eat since we came back up here from Texas. While we were sitting there watching the locals and enjoying a meal neither of us had a hand in cooking, we ran out of tea.

Oh and I don't know about where you are but where I'm from they don't ask if you want sweet tea or unsweet. It's unsweet and you add your own sugar. Here they actually asked!  I thought it was "interesting".  Anyway, I digress (again) .  The cafe started picking up while we were sitting there.  We ran out of tea and the waitress was busy.  I walked up to the counter with our glasses to see about getting a couple of refills, holding both glasses in one hand.  And NO not by the tops - by the bottoms.  Well out of the blue the lady at the counter asked me if I might be looking for some part time work. I guess I must have looked at her a little oddly because she said  "I see the way you carry glasses.... we could use a waitress who had some experience".  Apparently there is a shortage of "seasoned" waitress's in Little Little Town.  But then again there seemed to be a lack of customers as well!!  First time I've ever been offered a job I wasn't looking for.  And all because I can carry a couple of glasses!  Yet another reason to love small town living.  Oh and least I forget... I was wearing one of my customary Texas Longhorn tee shirts on top of it all!  These Okies are pretty cool.
We got into Little Big Town just after noon and drove over to the other side of town  (insert snicker here-took all of five minutes) to have one of our propane tanks filled. Between heating water on the stove and all the baking I have been doing lately we cruised right through that bottle in just under 3 months. The only reason I mention it is that in Big Town that same bottle would have lasted all summer.  Anyway,  we pull up and wouldn't you know it... they closed at noon!  We had missed it by about 15 minutes.  No worries though.  I told Mars I would just have to get it the next time I went to town.  About that time a guy walks up to see if he can help us.  I guess he works for the guy that owns the place.  No problem he says. "If you have the exact $$ I can fill it for you but the cash drawer is closed".  Amazing! And I'm still wearing my UT tee shirt too...

The only other thing on our to do list was to check out the thrift store for some books for Mars.  He's already gone through the last 5. Well as luck would have it I spied a garage sale, hit the brakes and went to check it out.  End result - Box of Books $3.00. Oh and that really cool old Sunbeam mixer in the picture?  $2.00 and it works great!  I just couldn't help myself.  I have always wanted one and so now there is one more appliance to find a place for in this tiny RV!

So for some this may have been just another trip to town, but for us it was a great adventure day!

Fuzzy Butt

I'm taking the day off folks.  I'm in a funk and don't want to spread that stuff to all of you guys.  No one wants to hear it, so you're safe for the day.  I'll be back to my old self soon I'm sure.  Just tired of bad news on top of bad news! So before I show my fuzzy butt.... Check back tomorrow!

Potato Soup?

Would you look at the size of this potato?  I think it's probably one of the biggest I have ever encountered.  That's not a plate it's sitting on either....that's a 5 gallon bucket! We could eat two or three meals from that monster.  I've been trying to figure out what in the world to do with it.  I'm thinking I could make a whole pot of potato soup with the thing.  Hmmm.... anyone have a good tater soup recipe?
 It is raining cats and dogs here today.  We have probably had a good 3-4 inches so far and its still coming down.  I don't even want to think about what all has been water damaged in the "storage".  I've been trying to get things put away as best I can so I guess we shall see how it all ends up. 

My friend Mapdude and his lady went to look at another property for us.  I really like the looks of this one.  Approximately 8 acres with water, electric, and phone lines to the property. The lands pretty level as  well. Tons and tons of trees too.  Tons of ticks too from what Mapdude told me. Owner Financed and the price is right.  It's out in the boonies too.... We have been looking at property on line in Arkansas for a couple of years now and this one is probably has the most potential yet.  We shall see.... We will definately be looking at this one when we go up there in a few weeks. It's my first time buying land so I'm a bit nervous.  I wish I knew the ins and outs a bit better but its not Mars' first rodeo so I'm sure we will be fine. Here are some pictures they took of the place if your interested.

The Gulf Coast oil spill news just keeps getting worse and worse.  There are alot of questions that should be answered but no one is talking. 
BP and Coast Guard Threaten to Arrest Journalists for Covering Oil Polluted Shoreline in Louisiana

Coreexit is Killing the Gulf

1 Month Later, Numbers Just Get Worse

Jindal: The Day We've Been Fearing Is Upon Us

This thing stinks of something much bigger than "just" an accidental oil spill.  Call me crazy if ya want... wouldn't be the first time!! I read a comment on Ye Old Furt's blog that has haunted me and still does.
 The last sentence read
 ..."If the ocean dies, we die.  They may have killed us all."                                                                   Coyote Prime

Rabbits and Stuff

Miss Kitty made her first successful rabbit hunt yesterday.  She brought up a 3-4 week old jack rabbit to the yard.  Mars took it away from her but it was to late.... she had already played it to death.  The noise that cat made until he gave it back to her was pretty impressive.  Now if she could just up the size on the rabbits she brings home we could be in business!  Speaking of rabbits, Mars has been "remodeling" one of the hutches for John.  One of the girls is getting ready to kit soon and needed her own place.  So he is building new doors and nesting boxes on the hutch.   All the material is recycled from around here so the only cost on the project is his time.  It's looking good don't ya think?

Have you been cooking with your long term food storage much lately?  Once in awhile I like to just check it out and see what I can come up with.  Last night we had a great Pasta Salad.  The one "fresh" ingredient used were radishes from the little "herb" garden and a bit of onion bought in Little Big Town.
All other veggies were from my dehydrated stash.  Carrots, celery, tomato's, and green peppers. A 5 ounce can of chunked ham, some baby shell pasta and a bit of ranch dressing.  I will definitely be making this one again.  So what is one of your go-to meals from your long term food storage?

I recently became aware that thrift stores in different parts of the country vary greatly.  Mars and I are both avid readers. Him more so than me.  The man can zip through 300 pages in a day easily. And once a book is read he won't ever read it again.  Yes, he retains things well.  Anyway, I have always used thrift stores as one outlet to "feed the book beast".  Until now.  I was in Little Big Town and finally located a couple of thrift stores.  Imagine my surprise when I found first of all that there aren't many used books to be found and secondly that they price books differently here.  I have a few thoughts on that but most are pretty much better kept to myself.  Wouldn't want to offend the locals!  I found a few books and went to the counter to ask how much they wanted for them.  The man told me that the Big books were $2.00, the medium sized books (novels...etc) were $.50 and the little books were $.25.  WTH?  They price books by the thickness?  I suppose there are things in this world I may never understand and this is definitely one of them.

Sheeple To The Nth Degree

If you never believed that there are people out there who are so brainwashed that they believe Obama personally pays their welfare checks to them check out this clip. This takes sheeple to a whole new level.. OMG  I cannot even begin to tell you how this type of thinking just blows me away.   Our public school system cranks them out daily apparently.  With this sort of  thinking it is no wonder the state of Our Beloved country is under attack.  This is what the  PTB strive for... this level of ignorance?  Well it certainly worked in this case!