Have to mend the new jacket.

 

 

I hate when I buy something get it home and it rips or as in this case the string pulls out. Couldn’t return it , it is Joleens new cheer jacket and they were ordered so I just fixed it.

This is the string that pulled out.

 

 

This is the other side how it is

suppose to look.



I pulled out the stiching on the end.

 

Then found a safety pin in my box of pins that I got at an auction for one dollar (I love good finds like that).



Put the pen on the end of the string.

 



It's kind of hard to see but I put the pen with the string into the hole.

 



 

 

Then I pushed the pen and string to the end where I had ripped out the seam.

 

Took the pen off and put the string right on the edge and sewed the seam shut.

 

Just need to trim the thread off.

 

 

I would say good as new but in this case it is better then new.

 

I am so thankful that I can do these repairs.

It would be nice though if they would make things a little better then they do so you don't have to mend it as soon as you buy it.

Onions and fried onions

 

One of our local AG stores had onions on sale for 8.95 for 50 lbs so I bought 250 pounds. We usually go to Olathe for onions but decided to buy these they are not as big as the Olathe onions but it will save a trip and with the price of fuel I can deal with smaller onions. I will can, dehydrate and freeze these to use all year long this way I do not need to buy onions when they are so high priced.

But today I fried some up to go with lunch they are so good fried.

 

First peel and slice your onions.

 

 

Melt some butter in a frying pan.

 

 

Add your sliced onions.

 

 

And fry until golden brown.

Then add a little Worchester sauce a little salt and serve

 

 

They are soo good, although the girls will not eat them. I think it has something to do with the word onion haha!

Weaning calves and preg checking cows

 

It’s the time of year to wean the calves from the moms.

 

 

We leave the calves in the corrals for a couple days as you can see some of the moms are hanging around on the outside. It is kind of interesting to see which moms will hang around the longest and which will leave sooner.Seems it's always the same moms every year. Guess they have more mommy instinct

 

After a couple days we move the calves to another pasture.

loading them up.

 

these are waiting while we go drop off a load and come back  to get some more.

 

Then the next weekend we preg. check and do pour on ( that keeps them from getting lice) here they are waiting for they're turn.

 

 

We are very fortunate that Andy can do the preg checking himself and not have to have the vet come out and do it. Saves us a lot of money.

 

 

 

We have one cow that we bought that has horns. We don't like to keep the horns because they will be mean to the other cows ( they know how to use them horns to push the other cows away from feed) and when you go to sell they bring less money.

 

So we band them you can kind of see the bander in the pic.

 

Here is what it looks like with the bands on.

 

 

Then we put duck tape around the bands so they will stay on and in a couple months the horns will just fall off. 

 

Well we ended up with three open cows ( not pregnant)so they will be sold for butcher, or go to the sale barn next Wednesday.

 

 

 

Canning Elk ( Venison or Beef) Meat

Canning meat Elk or Beef is so easy. And it is so nice to have jars of meat on hand for those busy days plus it isn’t taking up freezer space.

Start by cutting your meat into one to two inch cubes.



Put the meat into your jars.

Pack it in tightly.

You do not add any liquid to the meat.
You can add a pinch of salt if desired.  

Boil your rings and lids.

Wipe the jar rims and put on the lids and rings.

Add a couple quarts of water to your canner then place the jars of meat. Let the steam blow out for ten minutes before you put the weight on. Then process for 90 minutes at the recommend pressure for your altitude. Pints can be done a 75 minutes at the recommended pressure for your altitude.

Let the canner cool all the way down and then remove the jars onto a cloth and let sit 12 to 24 hours till cool check after 24 hours to make sure they are sealed if not put in them in the fridge and use immediately or reprocesses.

It is so nice to have jars of meat on hand already cooked and ready to use.

How I treated my toothache

How I treated my Toothache


I have had problems with my teeth every since I took chemo for two years about 20 years ago. Have had lots of work done to them but ever now and again I can not afford to go to the dentist, well while we were hunting and I had a toothache.

I had read here how  to treat a toothache with out a dentist so I thought I would try some of the ideas. I cut some prickly pear cactus and skinned it ( you want to use very thick gloves because if you use thin ones the stickers will come through and you will be picking them out fo weeks don’t ask how I know ha ha.) I peeled a glove of garlic and chopped it real fine and packed this into my tooth, it was a top tooth so it wasn’t to easy to keep it in. I finally put a small wade of cotton in to help hold it in then I took a small piece of the cactus and put it between my tooth and my cheek I keep it in for several hours and the next day I did it for a little longer then I took it out, it had stopped hurting and hasn’t hurt since. normally when I have a toothache like that it will abscess It didn’t do that this time.
I Love when I find a new home remedy.