Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

September is "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month". It's a good time to make sure we know the symptoms and IF we had any we hadn't tended too, we really ought to get an appointment made with our gynocologist and get it checked out!

I know we hear the reminders alot, but sometimes we need to hear some a few extra times to get us in motion.

Breast cancer has the pink ribbon for their logo but I've not heard of one for Ovarian Cancer. Does any one know of one? I'd like to get a ribbon graphic if so. ;)

Canning Addiction

If one is going to be addicted to anything, this is the best addiction!

Most addictions are bad for one's health and/or well-being and leads one to destitution and/or major heartbreak.

With canning we come out ahead, and it helps us eat healthy. It also gives us more exercise and personal satisfaction which is good for our well-being!
Do you can?

I need a room added on to the house just for all my canning supplies and the filled jars!

September 11, 2001

I heard on the news we now refer to 9/11 as National Service Day. I prefer 9/11 as National Service Day can include many types of service. I feel that the historically sad day is best not combined with other events in honor of the significant number of deaths, the families and friends of the deceased and our many many people who assisted in so many ways and some for so long. Now some of the firemen/cops and others are having lung issues from the inhaled dust. So for me, I'd prefer 9/11.

That being, my thoughts and prayers are with all who passed in such horrendous ways, the families and friends, and the many many heros who helps and still do. My prayers are also with my friends and family who had losses on that tragic day. My prayers are with all the countries who have come together in these years past to protect freedom.

I so wish there could be much more peace in the world and more understand of other cultures and such to help spread it further.

September is National Preparedness Month

September is National Preparedness Month; and the purpose is to:
encourage individuals to have an emergency supply kit,
make a family emergency plan,
get involved in preparing their communities for emergencies.

http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=7525

Another project I need to accomplish. I need to get my vehicle back into winter mode. This is the time to get the homestead/farm organized for winter, and time to get the house prepared to burn wood for our winter heat. The vehicle is the easy part as I have new tires.

The outside work is the harder part and yet I hate house cleaning.....If I start now, maybe I'll be ready come the end of winter!

Sewing

Do you sew? I have sewn all my life but have had times where I did a lot and other times I did little to none other than mending. I would hate to think of not being able to mend and operate a sewing machine! It has to be expensive to either pay to have mending done or throw clothes out for not being able to mend.

One of the most memorable sewing projects I have done over the years was to make my 3 daughters matching tops with skirts. They got to choose their color and all had lots of lace and ribbons on them. Then I took them to get a free pic at a photographic studio.

I recently came up with a craft idea that will take a bit of sewing. I've been drying homegrown catnip and am going to sew some catnip mice. I hope to be able to sell a few as I have a few people who expressed interest. I've thought of doing an Etsy shop but it needs enough crafts in it to make it worth while. This should be a good one - I hope. Too bad there isn't "dog nip" too!

Then yesterday I read that September is National Sewing Month. Coincidence maybe? I guess I better get my sewing machine in gear! Fortunately I don't have a lot of mending needing done. I can just get to the sewing.

Update on LadyBug (injured goatie)

I think I asked for those who can to please pray LadyBug heals from her injuries. Due to the severity of her injuries, I've been afraid to get my hopes up for her to be able to heal and survive. She still has a ways to to, but the prayers are working from what I can see. Her hoof and leg appear to be healing pretty good. After hubby's bone infections, being septic and such, I didn't have a lot of hope for LadyBug. But now I feel I can take a deeper breath and feel she may have this beat if we don't end up with something else going wrong!

I know I haven't given much at all in details and hope to write that up in the future and include pics.

LadyBug has really become "spoiled"! She LOVES treats and has a lot of expectations of how she thinks things should be going. Being in the house, she's now paper trained for piddling but those berries are another story. Thank heavens they are easy to clean up! We go through a ton of papers with her and the 2 doelings. She does out side a bit now into the doggy yard for a bit of fresh air and for the doelings to frisk around. Today she actually ran a few steps a few times! This was a first and sure had me holding my breath and smiling at the same time. I can no longer bandaging her leg/hoof without her being held. I think she's tired of it being "messed with". Maybe she's afraid it's going to hurt. I know it did for some time. It can't be bad now because she'll put her front legs up on the side of the playyard and stand on her back legs even though she bears most of the weight on her good leg.

Please keep up the prayers for her complete healing. They are working!

A Bit of Trivia

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second,

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE 2 moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

All the ants in Africa weigh more than ALL the Elephants!

There you go! More useless trivia that you probably needed to know but if you're like me, you had a couple that made you "humm"! Now we know why no one has trick trained goldfish!

If that wasn't enough, you might like to know that today, September 1st is National Onion Day! I have some cheapy beef that I cut for steaks so I think I'll cut the steak into strips and fry some onions with it. I'll add some garlic, pepper flakes and a can of mushrooms with liquid so the liquid can loosen the flavorful goodies from the pan. Hubby's been asking for some brown rice so I'll make it to use for the "bed" for the onions and beef.

Country Lessons

Potatoes

Yes, potatoes. What could one say about the lowly potato which is a valuable food for so many meals?

We recently ran out of our winter supply and had to buy some from the store 2 weeks ago. I'm about ready for our annual winter stocking up. These huge potatoes in the photo show them with my dehydrator behind them. You can see the 2 potatoes are as long as the dehydrator is wide. Last year was a good year for potatoes.

I just read the following stats regarding the top 10 potato raising states on a group this morning. The 2007 figures are in hundredweight.

1) Idaho 117,000

2) Washington 95,000

3) Wisconsin 29,000

4) Colorado 24,000

5) Oregon 22,000

6) North Dakota 21,000

7) Minnesota 18,000

8) Maine 16,000

9) California 15,000

10) Michigan 14,000

What is your favorite way to eat potatoes? I'm tied between a good baked potato and french fries (steak fries or crinkle cut).

Egg Recall Equals....

... a GREAT appreciation of having my own eggs and those hard working girls who supply them!

I had to go to the store today and walking by the eggs gave me a great sense of appreciation and satisfaction in having my own farm fresh eggs!

Aren't they nice?

I really enjoy looking at the various shades and even the differences in shape. Did you know that some off the darker eggs only have their color on the outside and not clear thru the shell?

I also enjoy photographing eggs for some odd reason. I have no idea why but I enjoy it. I enjoy seeing the photos of others' eggs too!

Too bad the hens can't understand how much we appreciate the eggs they supply us!

Where's the Sign?

There must be a huge HUGE sign out for the predators to come to my barn for chicken dinner. I've lost a LOT of hens and a few roos over the last few weeks and I've tended to 4 big coons and 2 possums and I'm STILL losing my hens. Only I'm losing some of my pullets I've hatched out too! The black cochin roo that I was hoping would be my back up was gotten.

I've also lost one of my Brahma pullets that I hatched (leaving me 3). The Brahma pullets and a golden + blue hen who was Orpington x Americauna (25x25%) and x Cochin (50%) have been very friendly and out going girls while in the trailer growing up. They had still been quite friendly and happy to follow me around since they moved out with the adult chickens. The golden blue hen was dead yesterday. That really upset me as she was the most friendly of all and seemed to enjoy being pet, hand fed some treats and even be picked up and carried around. She was GORGEOUS! She was gold with some blue wing and tail feathers, some black ticking around her neck feathers and darker red for the skin around her eyes and comb. She also had gold leg feathers due to her Cochin sire. She was the only one I know that was from my blue roo I lost last winter. Her mother was taken in the last month too. What a disappointment as I'd like to have had more of her even if she was mixed breed. That was a dispostion to have and she'd have done just fine providing me table eggs. I'll miss her sitting on my foot looking up at me expecting me to have something to feed her!

I have 2 live traps going and I've dispatched the varmits I caught. I JUST bought chicken wire to put over the top of the pen. I'm trying to get the pen straightened back up so I can start covering it. We had the tree in the pen struck by lightening a week ago and I've got most of that half of the tree cut off with the remaining piece at the tree to take down. I don't have help so this isn't going to fast or well.

Then to top it all off, I came in for a couple hours so I could rest and clean the goat pen here in the house with Lady Bug 'n twins. I just went back out to feed and get the goats in order to eat and then milk at 6 and went into the buck/hen pen to feed. I had another cochin pullet I hatched DEAD! This had to be a hawk. Coons and possums aren't active in the middle of the afternoon.

I am so bummed! How do I find the chicken dinner sign that must be out there for the wild life?

My Plans for the Day

There was a post on a group today asking what our plans are for the day! I thought I'd post here with my elaborated "plans" for your "enjoyment"! Personally, I think I'm rather a "boring" type person at times and that moment is here! So, enjoy my little writing about what I plan on doing today!

I don't have much planned today which simply means I'll be working on the usual borning and mundane tasks such as laundry, garden, tending house critters (cats, dogs, goatie n her 2 girls, chicklets & chicks), farm work (chores & milking), house work, yard work, cooking, and taking numerous breaks as I go from thing-to-thing putzin' along. ;) I need to have hubby hold my goatie girl today so I can start her back on antiobiotics. Her pastern is abcessing again and rupturing open again. It's not looking good at all. This is from the fireworks incident over a month ago.

I also need to get the chick brooders cleaned and the chicklets (and Keith the noisy guinea keet) in the big brooder need to move to the horse trailer for growing time, the little brooder chicks to the big brooder and the 8 new chicks in the incubator into the new chick brooder. I have 10 new hatchlings but 2 haven't made it. That's the worst part about incubating - the weak chicks that get hatched but don't survive....

I guess I can stay busy with a day of no plans! I can have no plans and still put in a whole day's work! Interestingly, if someone asked me if I'm busy today, I'd probably say, "Not really." Now, why would I say that? Habit?

Cats

Hubby's kitten, Bobbi, is growing well and nice and sleek. She's quite personable and quite a character! She does a LOT of hilarious things. We've both decided that we have gone too long without having a komical kitten to make us laugh and provide some entertainment! I'm not so sure the other 4 who consider themselves house cats in the winter and move out side to live their feline lives in the summer. I've gone to feeding them just outside the back door as they aren't too thrilled with Bobbi. Of course her favorite thing is to charge out the back door and jump them to surprise them. They are just lazy enough to not appreciate her jumping to disturb their peace and quiet.

I have a sheet on my office chair for the summer because it's more comfy than the fabric abraiding my exposed skin over the summer. I have a lot of allergies so a lot of itching too. Bobbi likes the fitted corner that sometimes falls low in the front! She climbs in her little make-shift "hammock" and takes a nap. I think she actually enjoys all my moving around so her "hammock" swings a bit to rock her. What a cat!


She's also become the chief laundry assistant and about as much help doing laundry as a gal can use when it comes to taking over the basket and attaching my hands if I try to add another item to the basket.

I often wonder what the 4 adults who come in the house for the winter are going to think come cold weather. Bitty, Fuzzy, Rascal and their momma, Miranda may not be the happy campers they usually are. Bobbi MIGHT find out she doesn't really rule the roost as she is currently thinking she does. The others might stand up to her which will be a major surprise for her. She terrorizes the dogs and chases and attacks them! They have put up with A LOT of kitten antics!

This is Miranda, with the dark face, and Fuzzy with the LONG hair and marked face. I need to find pics of Rascal and Bitty to share with you. The 3 girls are from the same litter. Another 2 from the litter live with 2 of our daughters.

Bobbi also enjoys trying to play with the 2 goatie doelings in the goat pen here in the house. Lady Bug is still 3 legged lame so still here inside. She and the kids do go out the front door into the dog yard some but she prefers to just lay here and be spoiled and waited on. She doesn't enjoy Bobbi's antics but it's sure funny watching the doelings tell Bobbi she's not as tuff as they are with their head butt shoves and rearing up on their hind legs.

So, being it's a cat topic today and I've exhausted it, here's a cute cat joke. There's a few lines that I think could have been funnier but I'm not sure I should rewrite someone else's joke!

Signs Your Cat is Too Fat

9. Instead of "meow," she says "moo".
8. Takes 3 days to lick himself.
7. She has nine lives and ten chins.
6. He has had more heart attacks than Dick Cheney.
5. Have to get special extra-large flea collars from "Big & Tall Feline".
4. Instead of a yarn ball, she plays with a meatball.
3. Only thing he's curious about is when Domino's stops delivering.
2. When he goes outside, people say, "Can I get your autograph, Mr. Gore?".
... and the #1 Sign Your Cat Is Too Fat ...

1. Next month, he's doing a full hour with Dr. Phil.

Have a good day.

A Sunday Silly

Nothing better than a farm joke, right? This is one I never heard before so thought I'd share it. Now I'll probably hear from you all that you all have heard it and I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Anyway....


What kind of car does a cow drive?





A Cadillac of course!

No wonder my herding dogs always think they should get to drive our DOG Caravan, errrr Dodge if you want to be specific.

I hope you're all having a good weekend!

Burnt Pan - Kitchen Tip

This topic came up on a group and I thought it might be a good one to share! I've found that putting a good sized amount of baking soda and water in the pan works for me. I heat it and then put a lid on and let it sit over night. Some times I have to do a second soak. Usually 1 does it as it's usually a few spots in the bottom of my stock pot from cheese making.

I just read a couple new tricks to try!

One is to pour coke in a pan and boil for about 10 minutes. And the other is to cover the burnt area with warm water and then lay a fabric softener sheet over the top, cover and let set over night.

I will have to give these 2 new ideas a try! I do hope I don't have to try them too soon though! Burning pans is something I rather avoid it at all possible!

Spice Mixes and All That Sugar

No more sugar for me! Now that I've been diagnosed as diabetic (hubby has been for YEARS) I need to find a way to have the spice blends I like without the sugar. I also need to find some fulfilling recipes for candy that is sugar free which won't be easy as the sugar is crucial in some recipes to help set the candy up! And, I need one of the red circles with the slash that means "NO" to add to this sugar jar!

So, I'm on the lookout for DIY mixes that resemble the commercial spice blends and sweets. I'd been using what he likes for his and my preferences for mine when possible as a while back I was surprised at how many spice blends have sugar or corn syrup added. With hubby already diabetic, my diet changes have had to be those hidden sugars in things I eat that he can't. Yes, I knew they were there. The good news is it's working because I've managed to loose 15# without starving myself. I'm busy with the homestead, but with my disability I have to sit down a LOT and have little energy. Truthfully, I think I lost that weight in the candy aisles as I get no more 3 Musketeers, Snickers, etc. I now get to visit the dietary section with sugar free candies. They are EXPENSIVE too. So I'm on a new search to make my own spice blends and sugar free chocolates!

In the meantime, I had stopped at the health food store which I do a few times a year. I found the Pamona Pectin I wanted to try for sugar free jams/jellies and they had carob covered pleanuts on sale! In the check out line I snipped open the carob peanuts as I was wondering if I wanted one bag or more being there'd be 2 of us consuming them. (It pays to have finger nail clippers on my key chain!) Boy was that a GOOD move! I really REALLY liked it so ran to the aisle and got 2 more bags. I was nice and left 1 bag for someone else of course! ;) So I ended up with 3 - 3 1/2 # bags of them for $7.99 each bag. That's a far cry cheaper than 3 oz of sugar free chocolate at the store for $1.48 - 1.69! We'll have these for a long time as I've put 2 bags and 2 quart jars of them in the freezer. With the way the heat melts chocolate these days they'll keep nicely there and I have a few out for snacks. I also decided I need to stop by the health food store more often as I'd LOVE to find the carob covered cashews and almonds on sale too!

A kind person posted this DIY copycat spice mix that resembles Lawry's on a recipe group. I thought you might like it also. I'm going to start with eliminating the sugar altogether and if it really needs it, I'll try a packet of Truvia or Slenda sweetner. Hopefully we will enjoy it without any sweetner. It looks to be a good one and I had quit using so much Lawry's due to the sugar.

Copycat Lawry's Seasoned Salt

2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon cornstarch

Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
Pour the blend into an empty spice bottle to store.
Be sure to label the bottle!

I hope you all have a good day! I'm finally back on line and getting caught back up so hope to be here regularly again! I've missed blogging!

Lady Bug Kidded!

The last few weeks have been rough ones as far as things go for Lady Bug. We have some not-so-nice neighbors who are city-minded and do-as-I-please-regardless types. They built their house and now a "play barn" next to our barn which has always housed livestock. The 26th of June they had a wedding reception in their barn for a son and after dark set of illegal fireworks NEXT TO MY BARN! There was a major goat stampede and escape. Lady, late-term pregnant, managed to end up wedged down between 2 50-gallon feed barrels and the wall and was injured. She has a break in her leg and a broken tail, possible back injuries, and a lot of soft tissue injuries so is 3-legged lame. She was extremely (severely) swollen from the ribs back when I found her Sunday morning and you could no longer distinguish her udder. I really thought I was losing the pregnancy and possibly Lady Bug, it was that bad.

After a couple LONG discussions with an experienced goat vet, I was given instructions. He really felt she needed kept under 24/7 watch due to the pregnancy and some time for swelling to subside. So I went with his game plan as it made lots of sense. He was available if I had questions, etc. Just call and he'd give the info to the next vet on call so they could pass along what was going on and actions taken.

Lady became a house goat and she's more than happy to serve the position! She was only a couple days old when we got her and she started here in the house and has always enjoyed coming in for a visit and felt she belonged inside! So she's quite content to have her home back. I was worried about her being stressed from separation from the herd but she shows no concern over that. She just wants to be with me and I'm to stay in her sight. Treats are expected and she LOVES fruit flavored cheap pop tarts! She also took right to using papers at the door for piddles and a lot of berry "downloads".

On the 2nd, following Friday, Lady Bug was stable enough to transport to the vet and she needed to be seen as far as my gut feeling was directing. The decisions amongst the vets was they prefered tonot stress her at all so the kids had ample time to develop their lungs and important last-minute pregnancy development such as suck reflex, etc. She did get a magnetic treatment for the soft tissue of her leg/thigh and he felt she had a broken tail and pastern.

Lady had moved to the house and now needed watched so she could have assistance kidding due to the muscle damage and her lameness. Her pain level did go down except in the one leg. There was concern over her being able to push the kids out and concern over the kids.

Yesterday I had a doctors appointment and shortly after we got home Lady kidded successfully. She was able to push the first out fine and then she and Candi, mini Aussie, immediately went to work cleaning up the black doeling. What a cutie she is with white marks on both sides, a spot on her withers and a star on her forehead. She also has frosted ears, muzzle and tail with a white tip on her tail. Her sides have random frosted hairs that are most concentrated on her shoulders.

The 2nd doeling is a buckskin which means she's tan on the back half of her body and black to the front. She also has a star and tan eye bars and a few frosted hairs on her ears and muzzle. She's much smaller than the firstborn. I have concerns over her as she's not doing near as well. Her sack was full of greenish-yellowish fluid with some dark specks. This isn't normal and isn't good! She's at high risk of pneumonia and becoming septic. I took her right to the bathroom and bathed her off well as I suspect it's body waste in the sack. At this point she's progressing much slower than the first born. I'm giving her colostrum frequently and monitoring her closely. She's had a large drop of corn syrup to help get her sugar level up as she was doing a bit of trembling. She's very tiny and light weight. In the photo, she's laying by Lady's udder and Lady is looking at her.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed the tiny doeling can make it. I'm also glad Lady has kidded so the hormonal change can revert back to non pregnant so we can further determine if she needs more medical care or what the next goal will be for her. I keep wanting her to get better faster, but reality is that breaks take time to heal.

I also had to make a decision as to whether to splint Lady's tail straight down. She can no longer lift it but can flag it hanging down. My thoughts were that being it's broken and not going to be completely functional that it might just be better if it's slightly to the side. Then she can pee and poop without hitting her tail. Then IF she's to be rebred that process might be easier for her. As it is, the hairs partially fall over just enough to do some protecting of the perineal area.

So, we have a healing and yet lame doe who is a wonderful momma to her twin doelings who are CUTE CUTE CUTE! And I'll be continuing to cut a jungle and bring Lady browse to eat. She prefers the maple and grape leaves over the "salad". I'm surprised how much a Nigerian Dwarf can consume in a day's time!

Everyone needs a house goat, don't they?!

Some Special Days for July

Today, July 13th, is National French Fries Day! I'm all for this one! I like the steak fries best for white potatoes but I also love the sweet potato fries. I didn't have very good luck making polenta fries but the flavor was good. How do you like your fries best?

I've missed several great celebrations, but there are still plenty more left to enjoy for the month! I shall get into the swing and enjoy some! I better get some more ice cream made too!

July Daily Celebrations
July 1: Creative Ice Cream Flavour Day, National Gingersnap Day
July 2: National Anisette Day
July 3: National Chocolate Wafer Day, Eat Beans Day
July 4: National Barbequed Spareribs Day
July 5: National Apple Turnover Day
July 6: National Fried chicken Day
July 7: National Strawberry Sundae Day
July 8: National Chocolate with Almonds Day
July 9: National Sugar Cookie Day
July 10: National Pina Colada Day, Pick blueberries Day
July 11: National Blueberry Muffin Day
July 12: National Pecan Day
July 13: National French Fries Day, Beans ‘n’ Franks Day
July 14: National Grand Marnier Day, Macaroni Day
July 15: National Tapioca Pudding Day
July 16: National Corn Fritters Day
July 17: National Peach Ice Cream Day
July 18: National Caviar Day
July 19: National Daiquiri Day
July 20: National Lollipop Day, National Hot Dog Day, National Ice Cream Soda Day, Fortune Cookie Day
July 21: National Ice Cream Day, National Junk Food Day
July 22: National Penuche Fudge Day
July 23: National Vanilla Ice Cream Day
July 24: National Tequila Day
July 25: National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
July 26: National Coffee Milkshake Day
July 27: National Crème Brulee Day, National Scotch Day
July 28: National Milk Chocolate
July 29: Cheese Sacrifice Day
July 30: National Cheesecake Day
July 31: National Raspberry Cake Day, Cotton Candy Day, Jump for Jelly Beans Days

July Weekly Celebrations
1st Week: National Canned Luncheon Meat Week

July Monthly Celebrations
National Baked Beans Month
National Bison Month
National Culinary Arts Moth
National Grilling Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
National July Belongs to Blueberries Month

Trigger (Roy Roger's Horse)

Such memories..... This was a tv show that I didn't miss if I could help it. I HAD to watch the show for Trigger and Buttermilk (Dale's light buckskin)! When they died, they were stuffed and in the Roy Roger's Museum, which closed in 2009. Now Trigger, Buttermilk and a few other things are being auctioned off in Manhattan in a week. They expect Trigger to bring in some fancy change to say the least! Buttermilk, who was my fav, will be much cheaper and is expected to bring only about $30,000! Anyone have any spare change laying around that they could send me?

You can read the article at: http://www.popeater.com/2010/07/09/trigger-auction-roy-rogers-buttermilk-bullet/?icid=mainhtmlws-main-ndl2link6http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2F2010%2F07%2F09%2Ftrigger-auction-roy-rogers-buttermilk-bullet%2F

I'm Back!

FINALLY!

A storm took out my modem and damaged my AOL software. I've not been a happy computer "geek"! Or would that be a computerista? Computer addict?

Whatever I am, I'm more broke as it ended up being expensive and highly frustrating. I have a new modem, new software, new phone, new cords and splicer, and a "new used" computer. The used computer I got to get me through also couldn't get me on line successfully!

I can be really patient most of the time, but my computer time isn't something to be messed with at all, ever!

I'm glad to be back and have most of the settings worked out, etc. I'll be back with a homestead update REAL soon. Thanks for sticking with me! I appreciate you all lots and missed computing!