The Old Folks Home

[CapricornFarm]

I like them used but not abused. I saw one my grandma made outside once. I wondered about that. I feel lucky to have the wedding ring quilt grandma and great grandma made together for my parents.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

My wedding quilt keeps the duck house warm on cold nights (I use it to cover the open door).

It's the best use of that quilt, and it's well loved.

I'm guilty of quilt abuse, I guess!

 

[microchick]

Sorry for skipping around here a bit. I woke up this morning sicker than a dog with some sort of stomach bug that DH has also. Have no idea where it came from but it can go away ASAP. Thank goodness I had an empty feed bag close by when I was mixing feed for the chickens is all I can say

I slept most of the morning, just woke up, made myself a cup of turkey noodle soup from the left overs from yesterdays dinner and it's acting like it wants to stay put so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

@NotAFarm is 100% correct. The big difference in MO is that you do pay personal property taxes on vehicles . Now the trick is to not buy new vehicles and not to live in St Louis or other big city counties. We have three vehicles, a bunch of dirt bikes and motorcycles (we collect) Two tractors and farm implements. Oh! And the chickens. Our personal property taxes are under 200 dollars a year.

It's all about where you live and what you drive. That, combined with our property taxes is still under 800$ a year. Our LP gas that we heated with in IL (about 2400$ annually) was replaced with wood heat that was the cost of a good chain saw, chain oil and back work. City/rural water is very reasonable.

It's hard to retire in IL and we know many who are fleeing once they do. Even the clerks here who ask us what drew us to MO and we tell them retirement, say that they are hearing that retirement in IL is very hard on people financially.

We loved IL and miss the paved roads that we used to ride our bikes on and the rolling fields full of crops. We just don't miss the high cost of living, high taxes and government nonsense that goes on.

Missouri is home now and we really do love it here.

 

[CapricornFarm]

My wedding quilt keeps the duck house warm on cold nights (I use it to cover the open door).

It's the best use of that quilt, and it's well loved.

I'm guilty of quilt abuse, I guess!

Why not just get some cheap old blanket at Goodwill for that?

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Because I'm (happily) divorced. It's not my name, it's not my family.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Because I'm (happily) divorced. It's not my name, it's not my family.

But it is part of your story. You had happy times, yes. Let the bad times go and remember the good ones.

 

[chickadoodles]

Micro I hope you get well soon.

 

[chickadoodles]

If they wait long enough, it'll melt.

Spent 90 minutes shoveling this morning, here. Because it isn't going to melt. Until June.

Ah snow arrived.

 

[pennyJo1960]

having a hotdog sandwich for lunch with homemade bread hope everyone is feeling better got out elf ladder up trying to save presents from the grinch.. not a great photos have to go out in a bit in front of them get a better picture

 

[chickisoup]

The hearts out of men.

Actually some small stuff, puppies, birds and some woodland santas and if I'm just bored some hardwood kitchen stuff like butter paddles and ladles (that's how it started many years ago, whittling on the wood pile in the winter) but mostly do walking sticks. Had to stop when I was first dxd with Leukemia (couldn't risk cutting myself) and actually gave most of my carving tools and books, etc. to my granddaughter but I kept a few things "just in case" and picked it back up again a couple years ago.