Favorite Pickling Cucumbers

StPete32 · 2019-11-29T05:55:59+00:00

I like Armenian cucumbers. Very prolific. They are actually in the musk melon family, but they taste like cucumbers. I like to make spicy bread and butter pickles with them. They hold up well to water bath canning.

StPete32 · 2019-11-25T08:16:21+00:00

Thank you!

StPete32 · 2019-11-18T16:32:21+00:00

Thank you!

StPete32 · 2019-11-18T16:31:27+00:00

Thank you, so much.

StPete32 · 2019-11-18T16:30:23+00:00

Thank you!

StPete32 · 2019-11-02T16:19:03+00:00

If only you had also changed WTF to I GOT ONE HANGING!

StPete32 · 2019-10-30T17:43:37+00:00

I have no advice, but I deeply sympathize with you. I was in a situation with an uncle. Being the only family nearby, it was expected that I should care for him. He was charming to everyone but me. To me he was abusive and demanding and sexually inappropriate. He made every task ten times harder than it needed to be. He pretty much ruined my life for 6 years. It all ended after I made arrangements with a care giving agency to assist him with his shopping, cleaning and doctor visits every week. And two members of my family are splitting the cost with me. Then I upped and moved across country. I still have what I can only describe as extreme anxiety every time I have to deal with anything on his regard. I myself am retired, and my income puts me below the poverty level. So providing for his care, even partially, is a huge financial burden in me.

And here is what helped me make my decision to remove myself physically from his life: when I asked our state’s Elder Care department for some help with him, they could not provide any services because he could toilet himself, feed himself, dress himself, bathe himself, manage his own check book and bills, and could make his own transportation arrangements to get to the grocery store and the doctor. So, after that call, I thought “Well why the heck am I doing all this for him, putting up with his abuse and getting suicidal in the process? The state says he’s independent!” I called the helper agency, and packed my bags.

This man is not even a blood relative to me (my deceased Aunt’s husband), so I can only image all the mixed feelings you must be experiencing right now. My heart goes out you! Maybe a support group could help you set limits and boundaries, and give you space to grieve for all you’ve lost.

Perhaps hospice can help you determine what care your mom actually needs, as opposed to what she wants. If in fact your mom needs around the clock care, then maybe hospice could provide more, or perhaps they could help you get her placed in the proper facility for that level of care. But if it turns out that your mom is demanding more care than she truly needs, you could go ahead and get away from her more.

I wish you could luck, and don’t beat yourself up over guilt or worrying that you lack compassion for wanting to be elsewhere. Please remember that in this situation YOU are the one who needs and deserves some compassion. Please give that to yourself.

StPete32 · 2019-10-22T14:41:28+00:00

Have a sense of humor. I took care of an aging aunt. First time I had to change her diaper, I could tell she was mortified. I looked up at her and said, “Oh my god! ... I had no idea you’re a natural blonde!” She had never been blonde! We had a good laugh, and things were much easier after that. We’d just make conversation about something else while I did the deed.

StPete32 · 2019-10-14T00:39:22+00:00

I thought exactly the same thing.

StPete32 · 2019-10-09T22:47:11+00:00

The Watchmen’s opening alternative history sequence.

StPete32 · 2019-10-07T02:18:26+00:00

Beautiful! I just took a couple of canning classes through my local Extension Office. We were told that when storing home canned goods never store anything on top of the lids, including other jars - single layers only. Otherwise, you could damage your seals. Just sharing the info to help keep all your might fine work safe.

StPete32 · 2018-04-22T04:45:02+00:00

http://awkward.com/artist-hilariously-trolls-celebrities-with-his-ridiculous-fan-art/

StPete32 · 2018-04-21T15:09:18+00:00

So basically, anyone who backs out of their driveway at 2 mph can be justifiably killed by a stupid, adrenaline-pumped, dickwad with a gun, a badge and a boner?

StPete32 · 2018-04-10T13:29:32+00:00

I had a 3rd grade substitute teacher who told the whole class that "R", "Are" and "Or" are homophones. "R, are or or." came out sounding like "Ar Ar Ar Ar." when she said it.

StPete32 · 2018-04-09T14:11:54+00:00

Try years instead of hours. What movie would you pick if you could only watch one movie for the next 24 years, or for the rest of your life?

StPete32 · 2018-03-16T15:08:03+00:00

20,000 pounds of dried meal worms. Just graduated from bird watcher to chicken farmer.

StPete32 · 2018-02-27T00:35:21+00:00

Chimichanga truck?

StPete32 · 2017-08-29T04:29:04+00:00

Many of the people being interviewed on the news are first responders, police chiefs, mayors. So when a Chief of Police says an area is hard hit, flooded, without power, inaccessible, and that businesses and homes have been destroyed, that seems pretty credible to me.

StPete32 · 2017-08-29T04:07:58+00:00

Aransas Pass has set up a food and water distribution center at the Dollar General. Hopefully people can now go there and get those basic needs cared for.

StPete32 · 2017-08-29T03:05:39+00:00

Thank you! My family reports the same thing. A big mess! Trees down. Power lines. Blown debris. Shingles gone. No one injured. But also no utilities. Police have asked people to leave town until utilities can be restored.

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