the warm before the storm

bfast- grits and donuts and coffee
lunch- leftover pork roast, taters and water (still enough for Monday
dinner-- leftovers from hoiday gathering in Babylon. (assorted meaballs, pastry puffs, beef tenders, etc and a crapload of brownis, lemon cakes and desserts)

went over to the Bubby after work as she had had gotten some stuff for the kiddos and some freezer stuff for the whole of us. When she finds good deal at the local Whole Paycheck market she buys em up .. got a cuppla whole chickens, day old focaccias, bacon bacon and more bacon , sausage etc. She also had gotten a mis-delivery from Swiss Colony and she stocked us up on that crap too.

I filled up 4 shopping bags to bring home on the bus. Then the bike.
This morning I took a ride over behind the Safieway and had gotten some overrip citru for the birs, the boxes of Hollywood diet cookies and some just expired bologna and salami.. lunch was good today.

Anyhow since we are expecting an arctic mass to drop I double checked the heat stick, the tape and the heater filter and all is well. You wouldnt know given it is almost 60 right now but tomorrw high is supposed to be around 30. and cold lasting all week. feels like Xmas.
anyhow hohoho

Its almost the weekend...

bfast- oatmeal with clover honey, onion bagel, coffee
lunch- old tyme boloney and cheese with tomato soup
dinner- McDonnies dollar menu ($12 fed 5 of us) and a 2liter bottle of pop (81cents)

cheap evening last night. kids watched You tube videos of Xmas light shows and want to do something like that at the stead.. Will see. Got in the dumpiemobile about 8 and drove around the neighborhood nearby gawking at the displays between the empty repossessed houses. It was fun. Got to be about 11 and awoke at 6am to begin the trip to Babylon..

gotta love the wannabes

bfast -grits and coffee with freebie pumpkin bread
lunch- boloney burrito, water
dinner- chicken alfredo- the way wife makes it only need 2 chicken breast diced to feed 6.

left Babylon to hit up the republic of Boulder. Once biz done went over to Naropa to get freebies. nothing anymore they shut down the sharestation. So came on home. Just in time before the snow hit again. 4 more inches (but not as cold). Hankered down the stead to go another round and all went well.

Gotta love the wannabe survivalists over at my daily listen must listen to podcast (www.thesurvivalpodcast.com). They complain about cold when the overnight hits 32 degrees,, We here in Zone 7 heaven could teach them a bit.. And then they whine about not scaring junior about the DEPRESSION we are in. If you lose your house and have to move to an apt , make it an adventure.. hahaha ROFL. If you lose your house, you got shit for credit, you aint getting an apt..they do credit checks. you get to live in car.. Adventure my ars. Shelters are too crowded as it is so the possibilities for roof over head are relatives, friends or car. Dumpster diving for survival.. is a crucial skill that must be taught to all people.. America is the land of waste. Grab some waste for yourself.

Remember these are kids of the new gen with cells and laptops and ipods.. Anything less is considered child abuse and Social Services will get called.. Wake up. My kids are told the truth. And we are prepped for it should it happen that SHTF. No humbleness here.

today is Monday

bfast- apple butter burrito coffee
lunch- bologna and cheese sandies, water
dinner- stir fried rice and veggies with chunks of the roast we havew had for 4 meals now. water

the snow that came on Thursday in with a wallup. is non-existent today. Except for about 40 gallons of meltoff that I willl now use for the yard and the indoor plants for a few weeks. It hit 55 on Saturday and almost 50+ yesterday. Was able to do a doggie poop roundup- turn some soils in the compost bin and fill the squirrrel and bird feeders for our out door frineds. By the looks of it outside they are enjoying the treats.
Rosie and herbal friends got a tad of sunshine on Saturday (they were put in the sun outside)and they appear to have liked the experience. Rosie sure smells good while la cuppla sprigs of her went into the stuffing on Thanksgiving and also on the roast this past weekend.
Picked up a tole angel (about 3 foot tall) and a new bird feeder stand from behind the Safieway. Not much in the way of produce yesterday. Also picked up some Dickies overall winter suit and a flannel shirt with sweatshirt yesterday from the dumpies.
watm clothes for free is good.
Enjoyin the rest of the warmth before another little snow shows up later into tomorrow. And I head back to Babylon.

Let it snow, let it snow

bfast- grits-fruit and coffee
lunch- pasta w/ jalapeno turkey tomato sauce
dinner- Wallieworld chicken and mac/cheese water

4-6 inches and counting..

baby its cold outside

bfast- grits and coffee
lunch- pasta with turkey jalapeno tomato sauce, veggies and water
dinner- homemade hamburgers with dumpie green salad and onions.

been talkin survival methods and practice with the head of the Survival Podcast ( http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/) thru email over the past days and am beginning to wonder just how serious he is. First he worries about life insurance over actual money onhand and then talks up stockpiling 90 days worth of grubbings while not hiding about 6 months worth of cash and barter materials on the stead JIC..

He also worries about the debt to the corporate man as NEEDING to be paid to be honorable. BS, debt to family paid is honorable. Debt to a corporation is like debt to noone.. Paper debt.
If you cant pay. feel no guilt as they will write it off. You cant bleed turnips. They bleed us constantly and care not the consequences this may cause. Gotta love these old military guys and their loyalty to the corporate nation they fight to perpetuate.

Anyhow off the soapbox for a tad as I am needing to make sure the stead is toasty for the current cold snap..

HO HO HO

Bfast-- leftover baked apples with cinnamon, freebie slice of pumpkin pie and cream ( from Babylon)
lunch- turkey wings, hard cheese (from dumpie), strawberry cream pie, water bottle
dinner ( last night)- BBQ sandies, leftover stuffing, and water.

Saw this pic on one of my daily reads and thought it was good. Considering this is being seen more and more out here in CO. Affordable food is becoming a scarce commodity as we saw last night in our monthly front door shopping trip. The majority of the plain label, no brand food was empty on the shelves. Milk is pricing itself cheap again but bread and butter prices are going thru the roof. $2 for a loaf of bread is ridiculous.
Fresh produce (greens and citrus amongst others ) prices are up up.. Hard to find afforadble alternatives.. But thank goodness for the back door shopping of expired and overripe stuff to keep us going.. Greens and citrus abounded this weekend as well as some higher end deli stuff we found..