I've not done apple butter yet. We just don't go through it often enough, but i did try pickling apples this year.. not sure if I'll do it again, but it was interesting. Taste more like apple pie filling then I would have expected..

have you tried pickling carrots?? hubby and step kids LOVE them, oh and potatoes and turnips.. pickle those and use them for potato salad.. total yum.. and this year we tried bottling french fries w/ the pressure canner.. they totally make the best fries! brine them, bottle, then open drain, pat dry and fry.. they…

if you're up to it and have the gear (ie a pressure cooker/canner) you can bottle your stock as well and keep it on the shelf instead of the freezer. I had to start doing that because my freezers are always full of other things.. trying to bottle everything i can now (made apple pie filling earlier this week, making…

i actually did know one lady who had had 6 abortions. She worked in a veterinary office my mom and I worked at. She talked about it a LOT. she said it was cheaper and easier for her to go in and get an abortion then it was to worry about birth control. granted, t his was almost 20 years ago, but they are out there.

thanks. we're working towards adoption, but there's always something to pop up and delay things.. so hoping we can manage to get our paperwork in this time by the end of the year. then get get started on the home study and the awful wait...

sorry, i was in the middle of 5 other things and haven't been feeling well all week, i should have phrased that differently..

there are some in some of the chat rooms who take abortion badly, at least in the cases of those who use abortion as their main means of birth control.. over all. no, most of us are saner then that, but as AmericanAquariumDrinker said, we do tend to yell at the news a lot.... :)

there are some in some of the chat rooms who take abortion badly, at least in the cases of those who use abortion as their main means of birth control.. over all. no, most of us are saner then that, but as AmericanAquarium said, we do tend to yell at the news a lot.... :)

speaking as a 38 year old married woman dealing with infertility and spending a good deal of time in infertility support groups online.. yes, infertility leads to a LOT of depression. everyone around us seems to just pop babies out left and right, media is all over the teen pregnancy reality shows or the 25 kids and…

you forgot one under health care.. while insurance will pay willingly out the nose for viagra, should you have any need of infertility treatments or assistance to actually get pregnant because you want to and can afford it, odds are, you won't be covered for ANY of it and by the time you pay the costs out of pocket,…

this is part of why i haven't bothered yet to watch this season.. it was bad enough when they first dealt with adoption and it was such a quick thing.. no mention of the piles of paperwork, the home study, etc.. the rival coach just walks in and takes the baby away *poof*

we generally settle it by using voice only and not bothering with the bandwidth eating speed sucking camera most of the time.. though honestly we haven't used it much.. mostly signed up for it when hubby was being deployed, and used it a fair bit while he was gone, but don't use it much since he's been home. we have…

also, uhm.. most of the places you'd be buying your primals will cut them down for you the way you want.. we usually just ask.. and get plenty of steaks and a roast or two depending on which primal, so if you don't want to do the cutting yourself, just ask... that said, i don't always ask, some of them i do myself at…

I'm in Alaska where the outdoor growing season tends to be pretty short. Here's what I do.. I build an indoor greenhouse out of cheap plastic shelving units and clear-ish plastic sheeting. seal it up well, allowing a flap for watering and temperature control. I am lucky enough to have 2 bay windows big enough to place…

yes, straight ether is, which is why starter fluid, which has a high ether content but is mixed with other chems, is much easier to come by. and yeah you probably would want to put the start fluid soaked cotton balls in first. i was typing while doing other things.. odds are that most people using this method are…

as a former pet mouse owner, I will let you in on a fairly easy method for finishing off the ones that your trap, or pet has left alive.. (we do have a JRT who likes to play with them and snaps their backs and we've had to do things.. and last summer we had one get it's head stuck under the fridge where it did…

no, she said it was the name of a school teacher.. .librarians are cooler then that.. :p

yes, but most of the "strong, independent River" is from later in her personal timeline then she was in this episode. We have to remember that at the point where she's in the suit is still fairly early on in her history and her relationship with the Dr.. so things with River kind of depend on which point in her…

cure we used once on my step daughter.. mixture of pickle juice and hot sauce and a little extra vinegar - lots of hot sauce. she stopped hiccuping real quick :) and never complains when she gets them now.. she doesn't want the cure again.. lol

I was sad about it at first too.. i'd never have X or Y o Z again.. but you get over it and now, 7 months later, I really don't miss it at all. there are still plenty of other yummy foods to eat and there are some great replacements. Some things are absolutely horrid! (I can not stand the ener g tapica bread.. that…