Member AiNt-RiTe-Acres
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You can buy kerosene heaters through Walmart, tractor supply, home depot, Lowes and other places. We’ve used them many times. They usually heat up an area quite well. The cost and availability of kerosene is the real concern. You can buy it at some places Lowes usually has it in containers but it’s usually cheaper to buy a kerosene can and fill it at a gas station if you have one nearby that carries it. The cans aren’t cheap so we bought 5 gallons of kerosene from Lowes and refill the lowes jug at the gas station. Usually it’s off to the side of the store as a separate pump.
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We’re still working on the house and just moved to the location. Right now it’s a construction zone, storage facility for everything we’ve yet to unpack and soon to be plant nursery for the winter. I can so relate to that meme and then some lol
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Yep … the leaves are starting to show a little color. The breeze is starting to carry a warning of cooler days coming and the trees are giving away free mulch. It all has us pushing a little harder to get the house in a more finished condition before fall becomes winter. Meanwhile half of us are still in the RV, there’s wood that needs splitten’ and critters needing to eat. It’s a grand life though, at times it’s a trying experience but it’s our experience that only we .. my family can share. Oh… along with the neighbors horse Ginger who seems to prefer our field over theirs lol.
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Fall has me scampering to get things done. The trees are starting to change but the weather still isn’t sure about what season it is lol.
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Thank you for sharing this it’ll come in handy!
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Phantom power is something that many people miss or aren’t aware of. Basically every appliance and electrical gadget you have both big and small use electricity as long as they are plugged up. Even if you’re not using it and it’s turned off it is still using electricity. That is what’s called standby or phantom power. By simply unplugging things as simple as your toaster and electric razor you can cut your electric bill. Unplug enough things and you can easily knock off 10% or more. My MIL will actually flip off the breakers for the electric stove, water heater and other things. She flips them on when she’s ready to use them. It’s easier for her because the breaker box is in the garage just outside the kitchen door. I’m not going to those extremes yet because our breaker box is downstairs in the basement. But….. according to her the light bill dropped over 35% by being so vigilant. There are gadgets and gizmos that allow you to cut the power to things like your oven right there at the oven. I haven’t used any myself I just unplug most things until I need them. I hope to try some of those gadgets in the future though.
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You know what… that’s a very loving thing you do. My wife has struggled with my disabilities sometimes more than I have. My back, neck and joints are all shot to name a few things. Plus the doc once told her the wrong movement or weight could paralyze me. That terrifies her but she learned that after being high functioning sitting back and watching was slowly killing me. I have to do … even if it’s only a little… I have too. Unfortunately the meds I’m on to sustain me at a “tolerable” pain level often mess with my head especially my short term memory. Recently I had to change a water pump on the old truck. Use to that would’ve been a few hours or in this case a couple days due to broken bolts and ordering specialty tools. It turned into a week though with my body demanding breaks. (Along with her demanding them lol) I too rely often on my camera phone to keep me on track. Not being able to trust your mind is terrifying. Having someone who understands and loves you through it is a gift.. you are obviously his.
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I understand you completely. I got custody of my daughter when she was 6 months old. I was on my own for five years outside of my mom helping when her health aloud. I wasn’t homesteading but I was juggling a 50 hour work week, reserve duty, daycare, Dr appointments, taking care of the car, the house my girl etc and without any financial help from her missing mom or the government … you probably understand that yourself. Oh and I know all about ER visits where the doc says “has her mom noticed any symptoms” because hey you’re just the dad and all that biassed nonsense.
When my wife and I met she knew I wanted a partner and wouldn’t settle for less. I’d already proven I could take care of myself and my daughter on my own. I didn’t need anyone to cook for me, clean for me or pay my bills. She knew that me having a partner was a choice and not a requirement. She also knew I married her out of love and not necessity. Being a mom was a new thing for her but she dove in headfirst and never looked back. She blessed me with four more wonderful kids and 23 years of marriage and counting. These days she carries more weight and responsibilities because of my disabilities. However she handles it to the best of her abilities because she’s my partner and I’m grateful God blessed me with her.
One day if your interested you’ll find a partner and having her around will be a choice. It’ll be a choice you’ll both appreciate as long as she wants a true partner. Good like my friend and keep doing what you do. If you raised two girls on your own and faced them through puberty your a strong man lol.
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My TENS is my 2nd BFF… wifey is my first lol. She carries allot of the load. I do what I can but it often ends with ice packs and the TENS cranked up high.
Those of you doing it alone or carrying the load because your other half can’t…. you have my utmost respect.
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Absolutely and that’s how my MIL saves on her bill. She doesn’t have the switches by the stove but it’s literally a few feet away.
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I certainly hope your hubby finds his way. Sometimes we work with them, sometimes we work around them but we always love them lol.
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That’s not a gender thing there. Male or female we all expect things done in a certain way or certain order just because we’re individuals. Prime example…. I had done the dishes both washing and drying then I put them up. What I got was thanks for doing the dishes but you put everything up wrong. Now in my defense I put the pots with the pots, plates with the plates etc and stacked them in what I thought was a sensible fashion. However…… from wifey I got…. this gets used more than that so it goes here, that goes over there cause all though it makes the stack wonky those are a set. So forth and so on. After a couple of rounds of that I decided I’d wash the dishes then leave them in the strainer. For which I got “thanks for doing the dishes but you could’ve put them up”. A few rounds of that and I decided I’d grab my remote before I’d grab a dish rag. Eventually we discussed why and I went back to doing dishes on rare occasions. (I’m disabled, she fusses at me over it if I try plus we have dishwashers umm kids 😉)
Now flip that a bit…. with me being disabled and there being a lot…. I mean a lot to do on our new home with repairs and remodeling wifey does most of it. If she has a question she’ll ask and I’ll guide. Now there’s a whole book full of things I would’ve done differently, using different tools maybe, different fasteners, more stringent measurements etc. I did CNC work for many years so for me a fraction of an inch off is a cardinal sin. For wifey however it is…. “oh that’ll be covered by the trim work”.
So see it does go both ways because we are all different in our ways. Something I really want to point out is wifey and I have learned to accept that we do things differently even when we’re after the same result and that’s okay because we’re still a team. We’ve also learned that if you thank your mate for doing something then preach about how they got it all wrong …. well your mate is more likely to read a book or grab the remote.
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My sense of smell has been heightened and distorted which has my sense of taste way off skew. Eating has been a real problem because most foods seem rotten or rancid. A nose clip allows me to eat anything but it’s damn hard to eat without breathing so I stick to what I can tolerate. Stores as you mentioned are horrible, the foods, colognes, perfumes, peoples b.o. , detergents and soaps.. all overwhelming at times. Anyway… you have a fellow long hauler here who understands.
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You wouldn’t happen to be dealing with parosmia and/or anosmia would you ?
I’ve been dealing with that crap now for a year come October.
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Our founders became infamous. That’s good company to me.
