Lovely weather

Today was gorgeous, and I can't believe how nice it is to sit here, watching a movie, doing some work, with the heat off and the windows open. It is absolutely incredible to be warm without heaters and half a dozen layers of shirts on! The boys are enjoying open windows, too, and I got a lot of knitting done today, so I'm pleased with the day overall. So for tonight, this is extremely short, and I'm off to find y'all some books. It's busy time!

KINDLE FREEBIES OF INTEREST


Paleo Slow Cooker Recipes: 100 Easy and Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes to Keep Your Family Healthy
Wild Ozark Herbs: A Wild Ozark Virtual Herb Walk
Oh Snap! Recipes: How to make delicious meals for less than $4.25 a day
20 Delicious Homemade Sausage Recipes for Your Backyard Grilling
8 Pillow Pals Amigurumi Crochet Patterns (Easy Crochet Doll Patterns)
Scoodie Hooded Scarf Crochet Pattern
The Handgun: A Complete History
Cooking with Home Canned Foods (Frugal Living Academy)
Paleo Comfort Foods Cookbook: 100 Easy, Delicious, Healthy Paleo Recipes to Help You Burn Fat and Live Longer
Blackbelt Tightwad in the Kitchen
Paleo Dinner Recipes: Gluten-Free, Grain-Free Recipes for Dinner (Paleo Diet Cookbook)
Boxed Set 3 How To Make Natural Skin Care Products
Boxed Set 3 Carrier Oils Guide
Wheat-Free Classics - Breakfast and Snack Recipes
Woodworking Projects - Decking: How To Build A Deck Easily - Using Basic Carpentry Skills!

Spring Cleaning

Is finally over. The house is completely cleaned for the start of the warm weather, and that means that I can get outside more often, especially with the weather getting better and better. Yes, I finally got all the stuff done around here - sweeping, dusting, picking up the odd trash that managed to find its way into odd corners, and the bed got stripped and changed for warm weather. This means only one thing - my book posting will be later in the evening, because I will be outside doing stuff in the fresh air and sunshine after work and before supper. Oh it is so lovely to be able to get outside regularly again in the warmth and sunlight. How about all of you other Northern Hemisphere dwellers? Are YOU enjoying this warmer weather? I know all our friends south of the Equator are starting to head into their fall, with all it's own loveliness, but I'm just waiting for the first buds to form on the trees. There's already a bit of grass poking up here and there, and right now, the windows are open and Bouncer is sitting in the living room near me staring out the front window, enjoying reading the kitty newspaper. Now, time for some books, because I really want to get busy relaxing and enjoying that pint of Cherry Garcia ice cream I picked up on the way home tonight.

KINDLE FREEBIES OF INTEREST


Backyard Chickens for Beginners: Getting the Best Chickens, Choosing Coops, Feeding and Care, and Beating City Chicken Laws (Booklet)
35 Slow Cooker Soups & Stews: Recipes To Warm You Up!
Decluttering Your Home; The Easy Way: The Complete guide on Decluttering, Get Tips On Organizing And Bringing Order Back To Your Home
40 Fabulous Chicken Recipes For Dinner For Your Slow Cooker (Easy Dinner Recipes - The Chicken Slow Cooker Recipes Collection)
Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes : Deliciously Easy Meals To Live Healthy & Lose Weight (Deliciously Easy Recipes)
Slow Cooker Recipes For A Quick And Healthy Diet - Crockpot Recipe Guide For The Home
40 Little Gems: Cookbook of 40 Cookies!
Gluten-Free Recipes Made Easy: Delicious Dessert
Food Storage Secrets: How To Stock and Organize Your Kitchen with Delicious and Nutritious Ingredients
The Gunsmith Guide
The Pistol Directory
Identifying Your Firearms: Complete Edition
Patio Planters & Vertical Gardening: Designs & Wood Working Plans Ideas for Organic Gardening & Urban Gardening
Simple Guide on Hydroponics Gardening: Expert Tips for Beginners and Intermediate Gardeners

Fun times!

Today couldn't have been more perfect when I got home from work. Other than Bouncer screaming for another walk outside (Smudge refuses to go outdoors at all, being a former feral, and Bouncer refuses to go out unless he has his harness and leash on to walk Quentin like a dog, haha), which I won't do because I know he's already had more than an hour outside with Quentin earlier today, I'm fixing dinner (homemade chicken alfredo from my freezer stores), I have chores to do, and I'm pooped. I got home from work, changed into "farm jeans" and headed outside with what Quentin calls "the midget cricket."

It's actually a Black and Decker 8" battery-operated chainsaw, which I can easily handle. His 14" vibrates too much and sets of my tenonitis and developing carpal tunnel issues, so I avoid the gas saws at all costs. However, "the midget cricket" is a lot lighter and easier to handle, and doesn't vibrate, so I'm in charge of all the small stuff. Anything smaller than 3-4", so I have plenty of blade to work around and through the tree or brush, is up to me. If he brings down a big tree, most of the trimming up is on me. It saves gas and saves quite a bit of time for him to work on the bigger stuff that will eventually have to be split after it's seasoned a while. The stuff I cut just needs to season, and can be used as-is.

This is great for building the woodpile up quickly and getting it together for when we eventually can get a woodstove in here. HOPEFULLY this summer, but I said that last year, and it was a craptastic summer all the way around and didn't happen. Of course, with only one income, nothing much happened anyhow that needed doing. I surely do not ever want to have to repeat such a horrible year again. Once was more than enough.

Anyhow, that little battery chainsaw is a blessing for the small stuff. Folks may laugh at me for it, and Quentin sure did when I first got it, but he's seen how well it works, how quickly, and how much I can get done before the battery dies. This little thing is really tough. It can cut through oak like it's nothing as long as, like any other chainsaw, you keep the chain sharpened. If you let the chain get dull, it drains the battery faster and of course, it doesn't cut nearly as well.

And so my day has pretty well ended, and I'm pooped. I am going to put on some background noise with the boob tube, pull my knitting over here for later, and get some books pulled together to share with y'all. Which reminds me, someone asked yesterday about reviews of the books I put up, mentioning something to the effect that if they turn out to be duds, they're not really all that great. I do agree with that sentiment, and the books I put in the listings are chosen carefully. Some do not have reviews on Amazon at the point I put them on the list - they're kind of a Catch-22, because you don't know at that point if they're going to be worth it or not. For those, the blurb has to sound good, and I do look at the sneak peak Amazon offers. If the sneak peek doesn't catch my eye, I skip the book. If it's been reviewed already, it becomes a different story. It not only has to catch my eye, it has to have a minimum of three stars when I post it.

I feel that 1-2 stars means there are serious problems in the book. Whether it's poor grammar, poor preparation of the subject matter, what have you, if it can't make at LEAST an average grade, I won't bother with it. So if it's been reviewed when I post it, it will be a minimum three stars at that point and will look good on preview. I also hope that with three to five stars, that it will provide at least some good information, have an author who is reasonably competent and presenting the topic, and the book will be in good enough English (sentence structure, grammar, spelling, general composition) that most people will be able to understand the book. Hopefully, there will also be a few nuggets of useful information in the book. Does that help?

Finally, as to all of you who gave so much advice on helping with Quentin's awful toothache last night. Thank you all so very, very much. Between a bit of that whiskey to deaden the pain (or at least deaden him to feeling it), and making him do a warm salt water wash before he came to bed, it cleared it up for the time being. We'll be looking at Wally World and or a couple of local health food stores for the other stuff this weekend. He's feeling much better today as of when I ran into him at shift change at work, and looks tons better. Course, he would have gotten to sleep without yet another shot of whiskey (more so he'd shush so I could go sleep than to deaden the ouch) if he had listened to me and gotten his V8 juice he likes so much and drunk it room temperature instead of cold out of the fridge. The cold set him right off to moaning and aching all over again, so it became round 2 of whiskey and salt water wash just so I'd get some sleep! He doesn't like the salt wash, and he surely hates Anbesol and clove oil and the rest of it, because to him it all tastes rather nasty, but I told him it's that or he suffers next time he gets a bad toothache and I take away his Mountain Dew on a permanent basis. He said he'll deal with the nasty medicine, lol. Separating him from his favorite (and only) liquid refreshment is apparently "Dew abuse."

So it's now time for books, and I'm glad that things are doing well here. Hope everyone else is doing fine, it's good to see so many folks are enjoying the bookfests. Hugs all!!

KINDLE FREEBIES OF INTEREST


How to Grow Squash: Planting and Growing Pumpkins, Zucchini, Summer and Winter Squash, Gourds, and Chayote
How To Knit Fingerless Gloves And Mittens (Learn How to Knit)
Recipes With Honey - For All Seasons
A Beginners Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening: Introduction to Composting, Worm Farming, No Dig Raised & Wicking Gardens Plus More... (Simple Living)
Garden Magic In Your Backyard!
Food Dehydration - The Ultimate Recipe Guide
The Total Clutter Makeover: The Definitive Guide to Decluttering and Organizing Your Home
Natural Cleaning Recipes: Master the Art of Natural and Organic Cleaning (Green House Keeping - Organic Cleaning Recipes from Natural Ingredients)
Apple Desserts Value Pack I - 150 Recipes For Apple Pie, Apple Cake, Cookies, Muffins and More (The Ultimate Apple Desserts Cookbook - The Delicious Apple Desserts and Apple Recipes Collection)
Crochet Knitting Art: Step by Step Guide to  Crocheting
A Beginners Guide to Home Canning & Food Preserving: Recipes, Jams, Marmalades, Jellies, Chutneys, Relishes Plus More... (Simple Living)
SLOW COOKER DESSERTS
Cookie And Cookie Bar Recipes (Cookie, Cookie Bar And Frosting Recipes)
Natural Liquid Soap Recipes: An Easy and Complete Step by Step Beginners Guide To Making Hand Soap, Shampoo, Conditioner, Lotion, Moisturizer, Natural Shower Gels and Refreshing Bubble Baths
Natural Cinnamon And Honey Cures: Cinnamon Health Benefits, Cures, Remedies, Treatments and Recipes. Boost Energy, Control Diabetes, Cure Arthritis, Prevent Alzheimer's, Colds, even Weight Loss!

Rough day

It has been a crazy day. Work was good, and I had plans to get a lot done when I got home, but as usual around "spring forward" time, I have to force my internal clock to reset by shorting myself a bit on sleep for a few days until I'm so exhausted after three or four days that I'm falling asleep over dinner, so I can go to bed an hour or so earlier than usual. This helps me to get to sleep at a "reasonable" hour, so I can sleep well and wake up on time. Does anybody else have to do this? Or am I just a bit of a goof with this?

On top of that, Quentin's teeth were hurting him so bad tonight that we had to make a whiskey run after I got home. I don't generally approve of alcohol in the house, but Jim Beam Devil's Cut is a lot cheaper than a doctor bill and a lot more effective when it's just a rough toothach. Once he gets a chance to get a dentist to look at things and prep him for dentures, it will be better. But that costs a boatload of money we haven't got right now. So it's treat and wait. So a few swigs of that and he is as potted as a plant. I told him a rather lame joke a bit ago and he thought it was funny as all heck, so he's just plain blotto. Better he miss work and get gassed, than to try to go to work and hope he can stand the pain and do his job.

And what am I doing homesteading wise? I'm still working on the online income stuff. It's picking up a bit at a time, which is great! I'm working like mad on some knitting projects and on writing up some of those old patterns of mine so I can get busy selling them, too. I've got a few books in the works, but as they are non-ficition, it doesn't matter if they get out in a reasonable amount of time or not. I am in the middle of spring cleaning and have a lot to get done outdoors. Chime in and tell us all what you are doing!

So anyhow, I'm pooped, and it's time for books, and then I'm headed to an early bedtime. Night all!

KINDLE FREEBIES FOR TODAY


Backyard Chickens Book Package: Beginner's Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens & The Backyard Chickens Breed Guide (Modern Homesteading)
Fermenting vol. 2: Fermented Beverages
Organic Gardening: Your Guide to Growing Healthy Organic Produce
How to Clean Your House - 201 Great House Cleaning Ideas and Tips For Busy Moms - I dunno bout you guys, but with MY busy life, if I can get a few tips out of this that will work for me, I'm all for it.
Organic Gardening - Growing Delicious Food The Natural Way (The Best Gardening Tips For A Healthy Life)
Minimalist Living Now: Decluttering And Organizing Your Home In A Weekend
13 Easy Culinary Herbs To Grow In Containers
Crockpot Recipes: 24 Extremely Delicious, Easy, Cheap, Family Slow Cooker Dinners-Amazing Crockpot Recipes You Won't Believe Came Out Of A Slow Cooker ... Slow Cooker Recipes, Crock Pot Recipes,)
The Survivalist Cookbook - Recipes for Preppers
International Slow Cooker Recipes - 50 Easy, Healthy, and Delicious Recipes for Slow Cooked Meals
Quinoa Power: 31 mouthwatering quinoa recipes using the most amazing superfood on the planet!
The Vegetable Container Gardening Guide: How to Grow Food in a Container Garden
How To Compost, Composting Guide With F.A.Q. includes Vermicomposting & Bokashi Compost: Composting Made Easy, Step By Step
Dehydration and Drying for Beginners:The Easy and smart ways to preserve food naturally
Kentucky Dirt: A practical guide to vegetable gardening
Making Soap From Scratch: From Bar Soaps to Liquid Soaps, You Will Never Run Out!
Raised Bed Gardening: How to Build a Raised Bed Garden
Raised Bed Gardening System: A book on soil, irrigation, designs and ideas for growing vegetables (Vegetable Gardening)
The Aromatherapy & Essential Oils Handbook
Food Canning: How To Safely Preserve Foods
Food Drying vol. 1: How to Dry Fruit

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER!

I don't know how much sunshine all of you are having, but here, it is nice to sit and halfway watch TV while I do some things on the computer, and do it with windows open, the heater off, shoes and socks off and all my extra layers of shirts off, too. I'm thoroughly enjoying this so much. It's in the mid-60sF right now, and I am sooo enjoying it. I still have to get dishes done and do some dusting and sweeping, but it's not too bad considering how much warm weather I've got to do it in! Whee! Okay, it would be slightly better if Bouncer would quit sitting at the window howling to go out, lol. He really wants a walk, but it's pitch black out. There is no way I'm taking him out for a walk, lol. So it's on to books for today, hope you guys enjoy them! By the way? There's a LOT of them.

KINDLE FREEBIES FOR THE DAY

Slow Cooker Recipes: 30 Quick, Easy, Satisfying Slow Cooker Recipes That Do The Work For You-Step Through The Door To The Mouthwatering Aroma With Slow ... Easy Slow Cooker Recipes, Crockpot Meals)
The How to Book on Creating a Beautiful Container Garden: Grow Robust Flowers and Produce All Will Envy (The Jonah Green Series(What to Plant in Pots & How to Plant in Pots)
Everything about Rabbits: Including an Exhaustive List of Rabbit Breeds
Composting on Shoestring Easy 1,2,3, Steps Garbage to Composting
Knitting for Beginners: Learn the Proven Methods to Learning Knitting Faster than You Ever Thought Possible! (knitting books on kindle, knitting patterns, ... socks, knitting for dummies, knitting)
Simple Craft Ideas
Guide to Exterior Home Repairs - 80 Great Exterior Home Maintenance Tips and Ideas
The How to Book on Building a Raised Garden Bed: Growing Luscious Vegetables, Fruits & Vibrant Flowers / The Thriving Soil System (The Jonah Green Gardening Series)
How to Vertical Garden: What You Need to Know About Vertical Gardening & Creating a Beautiful Living Wall (The Jonah Green Gardening Series)

Long day

But only because of the onset of Daylight Savings Time here in the US. I'm all discombobulated, and tired and will likely go to bed early tonight because I'm too tired to deal with anything major tonight. Quentin found out today that his van needs a tune up now, but at least that is cheap compared to the radiator repair, and he can wait on it till this weekend. I am going to do the books as quickly as possible, because I'm so wiped out I can barely keep my eyes open.


KINDLE FREEBIES OF INTEREST

Simple Gardening Guide: Spring
0 Root Cellar: And Other Low-Cost Methods of Growing, Storing, and Using Root Vegetables (Modern Simplicity)
The Hot Sauce Book: Recipes for Making Your Own Hot Sauces and Cooking With Them
Extending Your Growing Season: An Integrated Approach to Year-Round Gardening in Cold Climates
Blueberries in Your Backyard: How to Grow America's Hottest Antioxidant Fruit for Food, Health, and Extra Money (Booklet)
Best of Green Space: 30 Years of Composted Columns
Herb Gardening For Beginners: How to Plant an Herb Garden

And even though it's way early, I'm pooped. I think I'm heading to bed well before bedtime, maybe I can get my body clock to readjust faster!

Errands on a Sunday

Not much of a fun day, we had to do all our normal Saturday stuff today because of working yesterday. But everything got done, just have to finish up putting laundry away so I can relax for a while before bed. I hate DST, which set in this morning, as it always throws me off for a while until I adjust. The kitties don't adjust nearly as well ... they know what time breakfast is supposed to be and if it is late, I hear about it! Heck, I even got the trash pileup in the front (storage) bedroom outside and burnt off in the burn barrel so now that mess is taken care of. This last month has been a problem between cold and ice/snow to get the trash done and out, because if the weather wasn't being uncooperative, then the wind was so there was a burn ban on.

But it's time for books, which I know you guys are all waiting for!


KINDLE FREEBIES OF INTEREST

Household DIY: Save Time and Money with Do It Yourself Hints & Tips on Furniture, Clothes, Pests, Stains, Residues, Odors and More!
Minimalist Living: Decluttering for Joy, Health, and Creativity
One Direction Beanie Easy Knitting Pattern
I CAN CAN BEEF!! How to can beef to save money and time with quick, easy, delicious family recipes (I CAN CAN Frugal Living Series)
Yoda Hat Crochet Pattern
Just Edgings: 75 Crochet Border Patterns to Inspire Your Next Project
Fingerless Gloves Knitting Pattern
Raised Bed Gardens - A Natural Solution For Proper Plant Growth

Time for me to clean the cat box and put away the laundry, not in that order, though. Long day, and I need to get stuff done so I can relax!