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Well, we have sang "Fleas on my dog" to the tune for years. I am sure someone would get bent out of shape over it, but eh?

I never save the ribs when we butcher. I just don't like them that well, and they are a pain in the butt to cook properly. Not worth the time for me.

There are two kinds of beef short ribs. Plate cut is very close to the brisket and you will get a lot of meat on them. These are not a common cut - so you would have to have a butcher that does more specialty cuts (not at the grocery store - they don't get that in boxed beef). Chuck cut is closer to the chuck. Both are pretty fatty. Slow cooking and smoking is the way to go -but still very fatty.

You can also get back ribs, but they don't have very much meat.

I am beyond shocked at what they cost. For what they cost, you can buy a nice prime rib roast.


Just to be clear - St. Louis ribs are pork, not beef. They are good!

** If you are buying from a butcher or a store - ask them what grade the beef is - no matter what cut.  

Most supermarkets are probably going to be Select, possibly Choice.   You want to stay at Choice, no lower.  It is hard to find Prime in stores and some butchers might have it, but it mostly goes to restaurants. 

If you want the very best beef - ask for CAB Prime grade beef.  Make sure it is really that, and not some ad gimmick to make a lesser cut sound like that (Just because the label says "Angus" - it might not be CAB.  CAB stands for "Certified Angus Beef" and only the top 3% of beef grades as that.   The majority of our beef grades as CAB Prime, and that is rare for a producer to have that much grade that high.  We had one select in the last 4 years and my poor husband about had a fit.  LOL  That cow was culled.  We know exactly how each beef we sell grades and yields! 

Break ups are hard on everyone!

When our son broke up with his girlfriend, it was pretty 'weird' for a while. They were both young (a high school romance), but they had dated for several years. She was a pretty big part of our lives and he was very close with her family too.

We still communicated with her, and our son knew it - but we kept it casual and infrequent. As time moved on and they moved on - she came back in to our lives and he stops and sees her parents when he is back in the area. Not always, but once in a while. They are friendly to each other, but both have moved on and have serious relationships with other people now. Neither live anywhere close. But it is SO nice that they don't hate each other. We are friends with her family as well and get together once in a while to go out and eat. I've met her new boyfriend, as they stopped by one day so she could introduce him.

I wish this is how it could work for everyone!

I totally love my Shark's. I have an older Navigator and a new stick. Love them both!

To keep them working the best - clean the filters! I usually buy an extra foam filter right away.

After one or two uses, I take the foam filter out and try to bounce as much dust as I can out of it (outdoors) and then I wash it well with Dawn and warm water. I squeeze the water out using a towel and let it dry completely. I like having 2 filters so I can leave the one I just washed to dry completely before putting it back in the vacuum. .

My grandchild was born full term, but was much smaller than had been anticipated. The mothers pregnancy was completely normal, until the last week when blood pressure began rising. No sign of pre-eclampsia ever until that last week.
Induction was then scheduled, but delivery was only a couple days before the actual due date.

My grandbaby was just a little over 5 pounds. Unexpectedly small! They had estimated, from ultrasounds in the weeks before that the baby would be 6-7 pounds. The baby never had to go into NICU, but it was a quite traumatic birth. The baby's heartbeat would drop during a light contraction. They decided to do a c-section immediately after the baby heartbeat cratered during a contraction. Mother's BP was skyrocketing and they pushed magnesium to her.

CSection went well, and thankfully they did go that route, as there was a double cord wrap on the baby - which was causing the drop in the baby's heartbeat during contractions.

When they brought the baby home after several days in the hospital (full Covid lockdown, no less!) it was so tiny. Under 5 pounds.

They had to do feeding every 3 hours around the clock, to try and get some weight on the baby. They breast fed, but also did supplement some formula earlier on.

Two years plus since then. She is still a small nugget - but totally healthy! She is on the low end of the size charts, but those things are something I always say to take with a grain of salt! She is a very healthy weight, around 28 pounds. Eats great and loves all kinds of foods. She's smart as a whip (aren't all grandkids?) and is a lively beautiful child! If you drive by a McDonalds and she sees the sign - you will hear "FRIES!! Grammy! FRIES!" from the car seat! LOL

Maybe it the wind here... it blows about 60 MPH and nothing is safe! lol

With farm trucks - they often don't get driven for most of the year. So they are in storage, and mice are always an issue. Always. No matter how hard we try, the mice still get in and chew wires.

I have had a two trucks and combine start on fire. It is terrifying! Doubly terrifying when you are out in a corn field that can also burst into flames and spread. The trucks were electrical. Combine was a hot bearing, which is common.

Luckily we were able to contain the fires before anything got out of hand, but my husband did sustain some very light burns from one of the machine fires in the corn field.

We are ready to call dispatch immediately when we see any trace of fire and keep extinguishers in EVERYTHING during harvest.

I'm so glad he wasn't burned worse.

Once, when my husband was combining along, and his combine started on fire, he was able to quickly extinguish it, because he caught it fast and had extinguishers. But after spending time out there to make sure the stalks were not going to start on fire - he had to come home and take a nap. That adrenalin hit SO hard he could barely walk by the time he got in the house.

You need to have iOS 15 or higher

I use the built in one on my iPhone.

Take a picture. Open in the Apple Photo's app. Click on the 'i' that has a circle/stars around it. It will give you the choice to "Look Up" and it usually defaults to plant when it is a plant/flower picture.

Free - already there.

I don't get the hate? It looks like an older couples well tended house.

The bathroom 'desks' are vanity's. You can sit and get ready or do your hair. Something nice if your older (or have little ones that you are doing their hair).

The finishes are dated, but the bones are nice.

Hays, America. A nice university town with really fun people! Octoberfest is so fun, and the authentic German food is wonderful. I bet some great beirocks, green bean soup, and galushkis were made in that kitchen.

When 'macaron's' first became a thing. I had never heard of them. I remember a conversation with a friend where I asked "do you mean macaroon?" "No, macaron" Macaroon macaron macaroon macaron... it was still the funniest conversation we ever had.
FWIW - I have never had a good one. They always look so good, and I am always so disappointed. I think it's because I really want a macaroon!

Survival. If you want to see vicious - watch a badger. Lord, they scare the daylights out of me. When I see one, I go the other was as fast as possible.

They can chew, rip, and tear holes in your house faster than you can imagine. They can absolutely destroy a house once they get inside, and they WILL get inside.

Don't feed racoons.

The stuff I got at KMart back in the Martha days was good stuff! I loved the towels, sheets, and kitchen accessories that I got there. I really felt like KMart got a bad deal - I thought that stuff was great!

I loved the Martha Stewart paint colors, but I did have my local hardware store do the color match.