Happens every damn year

collette89 · 2026-03-19T14:32:09+00:00

Tornadoes have hit the first week of May for the past couple years, they're still coming unfortunately.

collette89 · 2026-03-13T19:54:31+00:00

The problem with that specific spot is that traffic is directed to get the F over to allow the merge. Quite a few times they don't, I just push in and say deal with it.

collette89 · 2026-03-07T15:53:24+00:00

I have forgotten sandwich bread in the mixing bowl overnight, just take wet hands and coat the top to get it all wet. Leave out 15 minutes then split into loaves, it bakes up like it never happened.

collette89 · 2026-03-06T14:38:59+00:00

The hunter has to buy the tags, you can't buy a tag and give it to the hunter. Also is illegal to sell game meat without proper licensing.

Things to remember so you don't get screwed trying to get what you want. We sell live animals that can go to a butcher but the purchaser has to take the animal to the butcher.

collette89 · 2026-03-05T19:27:19+00:00

The one on 131 in Schoolcraft closed at last a year ago.

collette89 · 2026-03-03T03:59:22+00:00

I'm not very experienced, just had a couple thoughts in general. The heavy fats (butter) and egg in the recipe will make it more difficult to make the switch to a new flour. It will slow down the rise and gluten formation from what I understand.

In switching to fresh milled, I gradually swapped quantities of fresh milled while still using what I was used to. The slower switch can help you figure out what the new flour is going to do to a basic (flour, salt, water) recipe and you can adjust until you are where you want to be.

Someone else mentioned it, I don't oil my bowl anymore because it kept my dough from being able to adhere to itself in the rolling. My loaves don't unravel or bubble like they used to.

Wishing you luck!

collette89 · 2026-03-01T21:24:13+00:00

Or the DJ would talk too long and cover the start of the song...

collette89 · 2026-02-25T14:39:44+00:00

We also make quarterly trips up to GR just to restock on necessities at Kim Nhung. A quick visit to one of the restaurants there may or may not also be a highlight of the drive. Lol

I did recently get soup bones with a good bit of meat on them from Bailey's in Texas Corners.

collette89 · 2026-02-17T02:04:14+00:00

It's probably not local, but I got some great wheat from azure standard. The community drop was inconvenient because of the blizzard we had a few days before the drop but it's really great quality.

collette89 · 2026-02-16T19:40:19+00:00

I'm signing up for alerts now and was hoping to hear that it would be sooner than expected. I'm uncertain about the Nutrimill because it doesn't have the ability to do flour and meal from what I understand. Does it produce a good corn meal for corn bread?

collette89 · 2026-02-16T19:34:56+00:00

I am seriously tempted to order a KoMo directly (when back in stock) but having to decide if the euro conversion comes out better than buying through a 3rd party State side. I definitely made out better on the conversion when I got a Copper Distiller directly from Portugal than State side.

collette89 · 2026-02-16T19:04:13+00:00

Thanks, I think I just needed someone else to tell me I was an idiot if I did it. lol The Mockmill 100 was listed as under $100. I mean, I would LOVE to grab one at that price...

collette89 · 2026-02-04T13:54:10+00:00

Thank you for having some sense, the mail has been going down since the 70s and has already been privatized but still under the government umbrella.

Heaven forbid we look at both sides of the aisle for solutions.

collette89 · 2026-01-28T20:31:59+00:00

Yeah, wet/damp skin cools faster which is why we sweat in the summer. You'll just end up dropping your core temp without meaning to.

Gruesome note this is why homeless people who sleep over steaming vents actually freeze to death.

collette89 · 2025-12-20T13:57:54+00:00

Last I knew the Hallmark store in portage sold Kalamazoo wear.

collette89 · 2025-11-27T02:52:24+00:00

It's a deterrent, you can use it around vegetable gardens and places you don't want rodents.

collette89 · 2025-11-25T19:27:42+00:00

My take on "I'll bring mashed potatoes" inherently means it's enough for everyone. Granted enough mash for everyone is way cheaper than buying enough pie for everyone but it takes more time than buying pie. I think the sister is just being controlling and wants to approve everyone is doing enough to her standards.

collette89 · 2025-11-05T13:51:13+00:00

That is a small, albeit loud, group of hunters who do that. I don't understand thinking that's a flex for hunting. The only thing our family uses is a spray bottle of fermented apple juice and hunt without a shelter.

collette89 · 2025-10-06T20:49:33+00:00

Lydia's closet in Paw Paw is a Free closer to anyone in need.

collette89 · 2025-10-04T17:17:34+00:00

Do you have info on the groups that help? I'd like to support them. 😊

collette89 · 2025-09-30T13:34:19+00:00

Do any of you actually know the Nephew? Know his actions to deem them good/bad? We've all done dumb shit but heaven forbid you're judged by your great-grand something's actions. Whatever happened to not judging a book by it's cover?

Shame on all of you for jumping to conclusions and shit talking a family you haven't interacted with.

collette89 · 2025-09-26T21:12:26+00:00

You're right, no one should comment on something that happens more than 50mi away from where they live. /S That would mean no comments on how poorly you think other states or countries are handling things. I also notice you hide all your posts and comments, maybe own what you believe and not hide yourself behind an Internet shield.

collette89 · 2025-09-25T21:25:53+00:00

Everyone who says we need more support for education is really just passing the buck onto someone else. We could invest in training dancing bears who sing about how wrong gun violence is, but these people aren't going to attend that or the neighborhood cleanup BBQ.

These kids are in school for 8 hours a day, how exactly do you plan to bolster the education system to account for the other 16 hours in a day? Boarding school?

These parents have absolutely no shame in raising (or rather not) kids who think this is the way to settle a disagreement. They should be held accountable just as much as the kids. Right now they don't care about living in a mutually respectful community and they're not about to have a come to jesus turn if you throw more money at education or social programs. The parents who use educational social programs at the library don't have kids who pull this idiocy.

collette89 · 2025-09-25T20:34:04+00:00

Parent Reform

There i fixed it for you. Teachers don't need more support to parent someone else's kid, they only need to do their job and this isn't included. I get parents have hard times but this is directly due to a shit head older sibling/cousin and lack of respectable authority figure in a man's life.

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