my garden library books. I feel like I am
studying for a test! AHHHH! So much to learn,
brain going into overload.
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Just back from yard saling which sucked
as there weren't very many.
2 yard sticks .10 cents each
boot & shoe scraper .75 cents
looks like a porcupine with bristles
on top. Use to brush mud off shoes outside.
Sign that says,
"take off your shoes or scrub the floor" .50 cents
I'm starting to collect these cute and quirky signs.
Need to put this by the porcupine boot brush thing!
These sign go for $8 on up at Bob Evans.
Child wire shoe rack.
Holds 4 pairs of shoes plus
has 2 wire baskets underneath. $1.00
Train steam engine radio $2.00
For Christopher.
Looks like this one HERE.
A large plastic bag of yarn, twine & string $1.00
running out of twine for garden area so am stocking up!
HUGE basket $2.00
Want to line with plastic, fill with dirt
and put flowers in it for the outside
flower bed in the middle of the yard.
Trans Am ball cap .50 cents
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12:30pm
Gonna get a nap in before the weekend starts.
Tonight we'll be scrapping. Tony collects
metals at work and we take them to be scrapped
to make a few extra bucks. We've got
3 air conditioners along with brass and copper
to cut up. You make more money per pound if
you clean up the metals of sauder and other
bolts and adapters that may be attached to them.
One summer we tore apart 850 to 880 furnaces.
Lot of work and it was a very hot summer in the
high 90's to 100's!! But we reaped the rewards
as the copper was price high per pound,
about $2.00 plus. So making $700 to $1,100
on the side per week that Summer for about
3 months was SO GREAT!!! So never frown upon
a scrapper that rolls by with what appears to
be junk in his truck. Sometimes that scrapper
is making big bucks! Probably more than you're
bringing home in 2 or 3 paychecks!!
Sure do miss that money. But we couldn't do
anything else to have fun. We worked hard at it
everyday. If you left stuff lingering another
scrapper was nearby ready to swoop it out from
underneath you, stealing your stash!
Current prices per pound from
Recycling Exchange North, Inc.
Item $ per #
Aluminum Cans 0.60
Steel Cans .00
Red Brass 1.40
Yellow Brass 1.10
Copper
Bare Bright 2.75
Copper #1 2.60
Copper #2 2.45
Copper #3 2.25
Insulated
Copper Wire #1 1.40
Insulated
Copper Wire #2 1.00
Auto Radiator 1.20
Aluminum Radiator 0.45
Aluminum/Copper
Radiator 1.25
Aluminum Mix 0.44
Aluminum Extrusion 0.48 - 0.62
Aluminum Siding 0.60
Aluminum Clip 0.55
Aluminum Cast 0.45
Alum Cast Wheels 0.60
Stainless 0.50
Steel & Iron 0.00
Catalytic Converters 5.00 - 40.00
Newspaper 0.00
Litho Printing Plates 0.60
Corrugated Cardboard 0.00
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I like to put recipes I find of interest on here.
If I write them down they seem to disappear.
So it may seem like a lot of recipes but I guess
it's for my own reference when I want to search
for it again and it's easy to find.
I'm trying really hard to make from scratch where
I can. When it comes to sugar free food those
seem to cost lots more in the stores so why
not make it yourself for much cheaper.
SUGAR FREE FREEZER JAM
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. water
2 c. fresh strawberries, or fruit of your choice, washed & diced
Sugar substitute to equal 1 c. sugar
1 env. unflavored gelatin
1 1/2 tsp. cornstarch
Combine lemon juice, water, gelatin and cornstarch in a saucepan. Heat slowly, stirring constantly, until gelatin and cornstarch dissolves. Add fruit to gelatin mixture. Heat to boiling point over low heat, stirring constantly. Boil berries 3 minutes. (Other fruit may take longer.) Remove from heat and add sugar substitute. Pour into heat proof jars and cover. Let set at room temperature until cooled. Store in refrigerator or freeze.
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Single-Serve Diabetic Marmalade
# Oranges.
Oranges.
Ingredients:
2 navel oranges
2 lemons
1 pt. water
½ oz. powdered gelatin
¼ cup Splenda
Cut the rind from both the oranges and lemons. Make sure to remove the entire white part. Cut the rind and pulp into small pieces. Place them in a pan with 1 pt. of water and boil gently for about 30 minutes. Cook longer if the pulp and rind are not yet tender. Add the Splenda and gelatin. Remove the pot from heat. While hot, put into a glass jar.
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Microwaveable, Sugar-Free Orange Marmalade
# Orange Marmalade
Orange Marmalade
4 large oranges
4 cups Splenda
Yield 4 pt.
Prepare the oranges by removing the peel. Make sure to cut the white part away from the peel. Cut orange into chunks, remove the seeds. Place peels and orange chunks into a food processor and pulse until the pieces are small and uniform in size. Add Splenda and pulse again.
Place the mixture into a microwave-safe glass bowl and cook on high for two minutes. Stir, and return to the microwave. Cook again for another 2 minutes. Stir again. Repeat this process for a total of four times. Do not let the marmalade overflow. Transfer it to glass jars and seal them. Store in the refrigerator.
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Sugar Free Strawberry Jiffy Jam Recipe
Ingredients
* 2 CUP STRAWBERRIES
* 1 CUP COLD WATER
* 1 3-OZ PKG STRAWBERRY GELATIN - SUGAR - FREE
Directions
1. IN A LARGE SAUCEPAN CRUSH BERRIES
2. ADD WATER AND GELATIN ,MIX WELL OVER MED HEAT
3. BRING MIX TO A BOIL,STIRRING CONTANLY
4. REDUCE HEAT TO LOW AND SIMMER FOR 2 MINS
5. POUR INTO JARS AND ALLOW TO COOL AND THEN COVER
6. CANBE STORED UP TO 2 WEEKS OR FROZEN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS
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EASY ICE CREAM (SUGAR FREE)
12-18 packets Equal
5 eggs
1 1/2 tbsp. vanilla
2 pkg. instant sugar free pudding
1 can evaporated milk
Depending on how sweet you like your ice cream.
Mix together all ingredients and freeze. Change flavors of pudding for different flavors of ice cream.
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Didn't do the scrapping thang tonight.
Tony got a call out for emergency
maintenance and afterwards we were too pooped to pop.
Might head to bed and grab a few more books
to browse through.
There's never enough hours in a day
to get everything done.
