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…which also helped with the pain. I did converse with a family member who is an ER nurse – the advice was just keep doing what I’m doing and let it run its course, if possible. I know my body well enough to know I didn’t need to be admitted to a hospital. So, there you have it. I’m just today hoping to get down some peanut butter and crackers today. I won’t be feeding my dog raw because I don’t want to ever go through that again. I’ll cook his food instead so I can control the ingredients. And what a good boy this puppy is! I haven’t been the best momma, but attended to the important. I’m finally feeling semi-normal. I guess the prepper lesson from this was I did have on hand the things I needed to tend to myself. And I’ve ordered replacements. I’m so happy…

…and inventorying everything. I don’t care if I ever see another gauze pad in my life. I freed up a lot of room in the totes. I started a whole new inventory record book as well. My old record book just had entries in one section marked medical. This time I broke the medical section down into sub-categories such as Tape, gauze rollers, gauze pads, instruments, and so on. Now I can quickly look to see my inventory of all gauze pads. I changed the ammo inventory around too. Instead of a total rounds, I broke each caliber down by grain of bullet and bullet style, factory and reloads. I was going to do some case trimming of 223 cases but the case trimmer decided to break on me. It was a small and simple fix. But do you think I had the part? I could have used something different…

…large cooling fans installed at each end. The weather has been like a yo-yo. It was in the high 80’s then chilly. Today it hailed mightily, but the hail was fine, almost like snow. Technically, in my growing zone, our last frost date is sometime in June, but I wonder if we’ll zoom by the normal date with colder than normal weather. It’s looking like it. I had the pleasure of visiting a neighbor’s garden and they’ve converted it to raised beds, garden trails, berry bushes, fruit trees, and many native plants (we live at 4,000+ft elevation in Zone 5, in a forest, so it’s quite a feat!) It has inspired me to do more work around my home in what I thought was impossible growing conditions. The only plants I have going (not in the greenhouse) are almost 20 potato plants. I lit the fire today and put on…

…gifts, etc. I had made a big pot of chili and added extra garlic, onions, and chili pepper for the medicinal benefits. It was perfect! It gets very quiet where I live as the tourists are mostly gone home now. I was able to exchange “Merry Christmas” from a distance with approximately 3 people on Christmas day and I was thankful again at how sparse our population is. It is finally actually snowing! We’ve had precious little snow so far this year. Temps ranging from 4 – 20 degrees here in the mountains. My little wood stove is just chugging away keeping the house warm all day with no need to run electric heat. I’m so glad I have it. I purchased a small cast iron teapot that sits on an iron trivet that sits on the stove’s cooktop. I filled the teapot with water and tossed in some cinnamon…

…and poultry. The baby freezer I ordered is going to be for fruit and vegetables. Got a pasta sauce maker (Ball makes it) . We Italians love our pasta sauce so this will be great for processing tomatoes that I am growing in a hydroponic system I have. The other unit I am growing different lettuce in. I have two raised beds that I am going to try this year on our deck. Last year, like Animal House said we had tremendous amounts of rain and our backyard is in bad shape for planting anything. We’re trying to address the erosion and so far this year it is already looking like last year so I am hopeful that the weather will improve but we aren’t taking chances so I’m giving The raised beds a try. At least this weekend is forecast for spectacular get out there weather! Our hummingbird feeders…

…mom and the best gramma. We love you.” Woohoo!!!!!! That was like having honey poured over me. But, also, the Lord has shown me that I matter too, and I can rest as much as I need to. That‘s a huge blessing. He really and truly loves us. As much as I wish I could run (literally) for hours like I used to, I can’t. I never understood this verse until recently: “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:10. I was, like, what the heck is he talking about???? Tralala, now I get it. (Never ever should a human being think being abused is for Christ’s sake – It never is – Satan owns that). My other favorite is, “He says, Be still, and know that I am…