Blessings Darlings!
My Mother was one of eight children. Her parents, and about half of her siblings, were immigrants to the US. They did well, but let’s face it – raising eight children takes a chunk of money, especially when(…)
Category Archives: Fern’s Fronds
Endgame
Blessings Darlings! This is the conclusion of the story of what we’ve been up to.
BACK TO THE SHIT
Mother In Law did well for a while with rehab and such. Then … things started to go south. And(…)
Good stuff, & Legal stuff
Blessings, Darlings! Here’s part 2 of “What has Fern & Family been up to, since she clearly wasn’t HERE”.
THE LEGAL STUFF
Here, we have the POA/medical that was missing, but no medical folks really cared. (…)
Remember Me? Summary, Part 1
Blessings, Darlings! Remember Me?
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Let me give you a quick summary of what I’ve been up to since the middle of November. BTW – this ‘quick summary’ is going to take several blog posts…..
Indoor Garb – Winter
Blessings Darlings!
I’m sitting here in front of my computer, all cozy. It’s about 57 here in the basement, if I believe the thermometer on top if the CD stands.
The thermostat – one floor above me – is set at 60 most of the day. It’s set warmer for 3 hours in the morning (showering/dressing time) and for 4 hours in the evening (dinner and family social time). Yet, for the most part, we’re comfortable. How do we do this?
Long Term Food Storage
Blessings Darlings!
A few months back I wrote a post that was kind of ‘intro to Fern’s approach to long term food storage’. Here’s the link. As I said, it’s an intro – my approach to long-term food storage is calorie based, that is, first I stored the minimum basic calories we’d need, and from there I round it out.
How I round it out is what this post is about.
Home Made Bacon
Blessings Darlings!
Finances here are still miserable. We, however, are NOT miserable.
Yes, we’re feeding 3 adults and two picky cats on what the three humans would get on food stamps. Which we are of course not on, because our money problems are all around paying of debt from starting the business, not lack of income per year (not that the income in evenly spread out, but that’s a different issue).
We keep getting showered with blessings.
Today, for instance. (…)
Pagan Nut Cases
Blessings Darlings!
Due to … well. Due to the actions of a clearly mentally ill person on Facebook, who currently is claiming to be called by the Morrighu, I got to wondering just how the Morrighu WOULD deal with someone who is severely mentally ill. The best I can figure is …
Holy Dark Chocolate, Batman!
Blessings Darlings!
I …. was just clued into this recipe from The Kitchen Whisperer via The Online Pastry Chef. It’s for Dark Chocolate Oatmeal. I have not tried it yet – I mean I JUST found it.
Crunch
Blessings Darlings!
I’m sitting here eating a very healthy breakfast as I type. Freshly made hummus and freshly sliced veggies that I’m dipping into it. This is a change.
I’ve been eating very badly lately. Like – yesterday, for example. No fruit or whole grains with breakfast, just eggs/ham/white bread, a huge sugary coffee for lunch, and two slices of greasy pizza for dinner. So I’m trying to crawl back to eating …