We're good for a solid 8 months, but on some areas, like TP and other paper products, are good for 18 months. Got a storage space crunch happening no...

Gosh, Farmal, there are times I wish I live closer to you, so I could give you a hand and come to relieve you of some of your cookbooks...... I'm a su...

Well, life just got more interesting around here. The fire took off yesterday afternoon, about 3pm. I was at the beach with friends, and sat watching...

Nothing is ever normal around here......I guess that is what makes life interesting!

I was told by a forestry fellow that they are in mop up now. The choppers have been dumping into a large bladder up there (luckily there was a flat s...

I take back my last statement of not needing the lamps again soon. We had another power outage last night, that lasted for about 8 hours. Our power we...

A friend gave me a piece of the right size wicking, after we had our second power outage in four weeks. He does not live in the same area as we do.....

When we bought our acreage 16 years ago, our back road was very quiet, being a dead end, about 2 and a half km past our place. Since our purchase, the...

I am with Knuckle on the bacon fat. I always have a bottle of fat in the fridge, and use it quite a bit for frying. Our neighbor does not use bacon ...

Got the rest of our firewood delivered today. That makes 6 cords delivered, 2 cords left from last year, and about 2 cords that needs splitting and s...

Greetings from the Slocan Valley, also in British Columbia.

Got myself a new 4 pound single jack sledge hammer for those times when one needs a bigger hammer. My old one must have grown legs and walked away wi...

Thanks ratdogmom for the notebook idea. I just updated my password in my notebook. I have a great memory.......it is just short.

When I ordered buckets and gamma lids from Costco online, I was assured that the buckets were indeed food grade.

The passwords tripped me up as well. Had to change mine.