This evening, our local news, Channel 5 News, posted
a story about a lettuce shortage. The story
was about a notice written by Crest Grocery store, posted on the display for
lettuce. It apologizes for no lettuce,
and indicates there’s a lettuce shortage, due to the weather in California and
Arizona. Notice the last sentence; it
indicates the grocery store has been receiving heavy pro-rates on several
items.
I wonder what the several
items are. Have you noticed problems
with lettuce in your local grocery stores?
Are you aware of shortages of any food at your grocery store? The last time I went shopping, I noticed the
shelves are not stocked as usual, and certain items were not found. Get your groceries while you can, as lack of groceries will only get worst as the economy falters.
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Gas prices dropping, wooohooo……………. It’s nice not to
pay close to $100.00 to fill your truck with gas. Today, we walked away paying under $40.00.
Ultimately, in the end, we as American’s will end up
paying for this decrease in gas, with the loss of jobs, or added taxes.
Gas prices in town today are:
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Bulldog Man and I went to a flea market/antique show
and found a porcelain dish pan in great condition for $20, and an old canning
jar tool (for removing and placing the jar in a pressure canner/water bath) for
$4.00. This canning jar tool from earlier years was
made better than the tool I received when I purchased my water bath kit.
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Since the temperatures were much cooler, I canned
several quarts of chicken broth.
I also had 50 pounds of pinto beans needing
canned. Started canning pint and quart
jars after going through the pinto beans, pulling out rocks, sticks, and broken
beans. I was able to get about 25 pounds
of beans canned, and have another 25 pounds waiting patiently for jars.
While cleaning the pint jars, I stuck my hand inside
one with the sponge not realizing the jar was broken, and ended up cutting my
thumb.
I think we have enough canned beans for now; the
rest will have to wait.
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Bulldog Man and I drove up to the big city and went
fishing on Saturday, and Monday, being it was a holiday. I was able to get some nice pictures at
Dolese Pond up in Oklahoma City while fishing.
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1st day fishing. |
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Second day fishing. |
Unfortunately there were no trout caught; however,
we did enjoy the peaceful time together.
What did you do this weekend?