So i havent had electricity gas or running water since end of February.
I have been able to collect a bunch of rain in buckets, but its still totally a pain.
The mortgage company i guess knows im there because they have someone check it out every two months. And some lady came around to take photos, she claimed the mortgage co would be around to fix things up.
Well its totally fun off the grid living, just for stuff like coffee, hot water, heat it gets to straining sometime.
Hoping onwards. :)
I just bought a case of coke and am drinking it in the mall while charging my phone and getting some work done on my phader ewaw website www.phaderewaw.wordpress.com.
I have also been meeting some of the people in my neighborhood, and trying to pound out some phader ewaw posts.
Purchased a cinnamon lolipop, beanie weanies, and a garlicky pickle at the convenience store, last night.
Other than that just quilting more, got all these sheets from the thrift store, and working on some kids legwarmers, and paper mache beads to incorporate into wall hangings.
Im trying to learn macrame, :) ive made simple plant hangers but id like to get into some of the more complex knots.
Also making some bucket bags out of old bike innertubes. Im cutting them into strips, splicing the strips together and then crocheting them into a purse :) super dope :)
Kettle chips
Organic peanut butter
Homemade sauerkraut
This has been really regenerative for me having had the flu or near flu twice this winter. I am up to nearly all my leg weight and at 3/4 my regular routine.
Also providing me cheap energy and enought money to buy vitamins and this is really stress relieving in fact if the creeks completely dryer than ert.
So my utilities are still off and the landlord gave the house back to the mortgage co.
A realtor selling the house next door said she might want to buy my house. I told her i am also interested in getting the place for cheap, make some income off renting the front, or get a rent to own lease.
Shes letting me use the water pump at the house she is selling so that has been great.
I am getting some income from selling sage smudge sticks to a store in new york and will be selling some childrens hand knit legwarmers and baby quilts.
Everything is pretty good!! I have been lifting weights and jump roping, then i got some sciatica so um just trying to massage my legs as they say sciatica is from poor circulation. It was so bad it made me stop jump roping.ow
And trying to remove bunions with raw turmeric as they say the turmeric removes the calcium or salt deposits that are the bunions.
I sewed a vest for my father and for my nephew. Both were a pretty fun process. I made the one for my nephew a tad larger than his size so he could grow into it. I used a pattern which i usually dont and that was cool too :)
This pattern made it so you could turn the item inside out and have all invisible seams with the internal lining and outside fabric. I couldnt quite get the instructions on the first one for the nephew so i ended up doing so detail stiching but on the second one for my dad i figured out how to get it all sewed inside out so when it gets turned right side out no seams are visible, very cool and quite a process.
I guess my dads is a little tight at the top of the vest which is totally explainable because i made the original pattern for 20" length instead of 27", haha why this happened i dont know, i did measure on of his other vests. So i added on some at the bottom but the top already had a "waist" in it and i didnt add any into the sides to fill out this waist indent that shouldnt have really been there.
Now will i be able to add in extra fabric at the top of the back, armpit? Move the buttons, what? Its really just a learning process on how to better correct mistakes and really how much focus and exactitude need to go into making a garment of this type and a good fit. Im not really a perfectionist but im learning about how to prevent and avoid unexactness in the fit of my garments. Im sure it will get easier and my comprehension of how to do this will improve.
Since i dont have water or gas or electricity, overnight oats is really one of the best options i have discovered.
I do oats and ground flax seeds, then in the am i add banana whey protein wheat germ and lecithin.
This is a great and healthy start to my day :)
Hopefully i will get my utilities back on. I dont even know if the landlord is the rightful owner, he lied to me about having a mortgage with a certain company.
Oh well.
I have been reading about ph alkalizing foods and apparently pumpkin seeds is one of them. I got some dark chocolate covered ones and they are great.
I also splurged on macadamia nuts which i never get and added them to some overnight oats with banana and flaxmeal and whey protein powder and wheatgerm.
And i have started eating tons of fruit and carrots, which are totally alkalizing and wow i really feel fantastic :)
So since i cant cook in my apt i have been figuring out other things to do in terms of food.
My current favorite is shredded kale...oil and vinegar...can of beans. Toss in a large tupperware, let marinate and then eat throughout the day.
Also been eating gummi bears, cinnamon bears and sour patch kids.
It was my birthday so my mom took me on a shopping spree to walmart.
I got:
Two kinds of hair ties
Brush
Pick combs
Carrots
Apples
Two nailpolish
Flourescent pink fabric
Muenster cheese
Two spools of ribbon
Underwear
Socks
Weights
Jumprope
Lipstain
Lipstick
That i think it it
So pnm came and fixed my electrical line...yay.
They arent turning the power back on yet but at least they finished the poke installation and now just removed the old pole :)
My landlord told me he us selling or rather returning the house to the mortgage company.
I told him to give it to me and i can rent the front and pay off the mortgage!!! I think he is just trying to get out from under a mortgage and will just let me have it.
He did however turn off my utilities as well as not providing electricity so march has been hellish and february was also bad with no lights or my electrical heater for my back room.
I have had the flu twice !!!
Well getting better inch by inch.
My shitty neighbor was moved out because of health issues and now the front apt is totally vacant. I think the neighbors low income support is still paying the landlord though because he hasnt got another renter.
Very glad the jerk is gone..no more overnight blaring of the tv. I have started occupying that internal room which bordered on his apt because he was like witched to shit and i could hear all through his apt. If i even spent time in that internal room he'd have the tv blaring for weeks.
Now just got to get rid of the landlord and get a cheaper rent and new landlord. I have my whole garden growing so won't just move.
So i have this insane landlord. I guess they have never had the electricty lines in the apt up to code and the electric company finally shut off the power.
My landlord told me to move out...i said no and asked him to get an electrician which he said was impossible. I asked to to stop asking me to move out and he denied ever asking me to leave at all.
Now the electric company has stopped upgrading the electric pole that was f-ed because they think the place is uninhabitable and soon uninhabited.
I told the landlord that he should sell because he can't take care of the place at all...and told him we would not be paying rent until the power is turned back on and even then i will only be paying half the full rent which is completely over the top. Its only worth 300$.
So i have been trying to understand how amish people and those like them eat so much white flour for many years. It is quite pleasant in a way...though difficult to understand i have discovered.
I read about two types of spreads they make to spread on bread. One being peanut butter and corn syrup...the other being velveta melted with milk.
I just tried the peanut butter spread. It was quite good and a great protein snack.
I also had a bottle of whiskey with milk and pickle juice. It was a little overboard due to the milk...but i would do the whole thing again.
Fat free cool whip
Cream cheese
Suger
Blend
Flour white
Water
Mixed
Pre bake the flour and water at 400 with more suger than you think
Pour cheesecake mix and chill longer than you think
Kind of need another fruit besides applesauce to fruit pie nut salad and i guess its not mayonaise
Unless i fruit pie nut salad
I really want to make kimchi which i guess is just sauerkraut with chile and seaweed.
I saw this tv show where some restaurant was making huge storage tubs of it...anthony bourdain i guess.
Here is an excerpt from a website i just found
"Mak kimchi, or simple kimchi, is made with cut cabbage, radish, and scallions and a seasoned paste of red pepper, garlic, ginger, sugar, and fish sauce, salted shrimp, or kelp powder."
Hereis the page :)
http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-easy-kimchi-at-home-189390
Let u know when i make it!
Im totally trying to think about gardening in the spring. I have tons of sage growing so i dont have too much to worry about in terms of ornamentals...just weeding because the rain is making so much grow.
I want to either expand my ground cover...grow corn...put down a fake lawn...or pation even.
I bought a bunch of seeds to start as house plants...i didnt get many of the seedlings to full plant form so im planting a bunch of them once again.
Im pretty sure that i will try out my morning glory arbor again too.
I just made bolita beans and bone it chicken in my crock pot as well as a berry breakfast bake. Just melted big spoonful of coconut oil and added it to spelt flour coconut flour salt suger baking soda and ground flax...added some frozen organic berries and baked for like under an hour on 350 or a little above
My kooky neighbor moved out after a deries of heart attacks. I am very very happy and i hope i get someone cool in that space. I also hope i get a new landlord and cgeaper rent. :)
The back neighbors are still around and a pain in the ass but i think eventually they will move out also.
I have been working so hard to finish work projects before the new year. I even forgot my brothers bday on the 30th.
I just had a pork and waffle meal...kind of a new twist...seems southern or something.
I got a fermentation crock and have been making my own sauerkraut and kimchi which is supposedly extremely healthy.
I got a crink in my neck which i guess is due to tight hamstrings. And i ve learned the best way both to release tight hamstrings and the nech/shoulders since they cause tightness in each other. It is basically downward dog and then take little steps forward to the toes without bending the knees. Then take small stepd back into D dog and repeat repeat. Really really loosens tight hamstrings which loosens tight neck and back.
I got a crockpot for xmas as well as a cool peridot ring.
