In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:Sorry. I quoted to reference the topic of flooding.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:https://ca.news.yahoo.com/know-b-c-floods-nov-140000605.html
Originally posted by Brenda:
This is a correction for an earlier post. The town of Merritt has been completely evacuated due to flood waters.
That link should have been about the declaration of emergency.
Yes, Premier Horgan declared his 3rd state of emergency for British Columbia this year.
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Army engineers are coming in to assess the damage done to 4 main routes that go between the Lower Mainland and the Interior. They will be looking at road structure and the logistics of repairs.
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Out for my walk. Just some groceries to do today, I think. Might have to get a new umbrella.
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Back from walk and a nice break today from rain. Bought a new umbrella.
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We're seeing spot shortages here too. Some flavors of bottled coffee. Alfredo sauce packets. Sesame oil. Tamari. Enchilada sauce. Organic white rice. Some types of tortillas.
Meat has DEFINITELY gone up. I used to be able to get good meat sales: tri tip and chuck roast for $3.99. Ground turkey for $2.67. I rarely paid over $2/lb for fresh organic vegetables, or more than $4 for a loaf of bakery bread. Now I'm lucky to find tri tip and chuck roast for less than $5.99/lb, and ground turkey for less than $2.99, organic fresh vegies for less than $3 and bakery bread for less than $5.
I shop at two local stores, usually what I can't find at (cheaper) store #1 I can find at (more expensive store) #2. Not anymore. Some things stay on my "need to get" board for a few weeks at a time. Last time, there was not a single organic chicken (the only organic meat we can afford).
So despite the fact that we're all eating less than we used to, grocery bill remains stubbornly high. I COULD drop the quality, but I prefer to cut out the junk food and snacks and focus on higher-quality, simpler food.
Last week we had chicken and dumpling soup (soup is filling), stir-fry pork (on sale tenderloin) and stir-fry cabbage (cheap org veggie) and peppers/ginger for us. But because dear daughter can't eat crucifers (IBS) she had "fried rice", which was cooked diced organic veggies (carrots, sliced celery and sliced quartered zucchini with a handful of leftover spinach) mixed with leftover organic white rice and tamari/sugar.
Tomorrow is beef stew with the usual beef (on sale, but still expensive) and stew vegetables, but I intend to add a box oc chicken broth thickened with a little flour to bulk it up. Day after, pork steak (on sale) cooked with a lot of (organic) celery and apples and a little apple cider vinegar and sugar, but serve tummy-filling (organic) zucchini and sweet potato on the side. (All on sale)
So I do scour the sales.
Have not been feeling well for quite some time (NOT covid) so on days when I can't cook, family has to rely on leftovers, frozen dinners, or takeout. Hubby paid me the greatest compliment that he likes my food better than restaurant because I do my best to make tasty, filling, healthful meals that take his blood sugar into account, and he has been able to control it quite well if he sticks with my meals and lower-carb fare for b'fast, like a handful of nuts, or eggs/toast, or a smaller serving of oatbran.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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I don't doubt it SIG.
I've noticed a bit of rearranging of meat shelves in my local grocery store. Nothing too drastic but yeah.
Also gas supplies are being rationed for a week or so incase of another emergency and people are being asked not to travel into the Interior unless it is work related.
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Last SUN/MON we had 90+ weather.
THIS Sun/Mon we are predicted for 85+ weather.
So that pattern of once-a-week pulse of Santa Anas seems to be holding. I had to water the entire yard when the temp dropped on Tues/Wed. and it looks like I'll have to keep doing my twice-a-month watering for the foreseeable future. So when my water use usaly drops in the winter, it looks like it will go historically up this season. Our water rates are very high. We use 12 CCF/2 months when not irrigating and about 35 CCF/2 mos when irrigating. Even then, our bill seems high. I can't imagine what our neighbors with lawns are using, and paying!
On the plus side, we installed solar panels a few years ago. We DO get charged by SCE for "pass thru" charges like grid maintenance, taxes, fees, and a "help your neighbor" fund for low-income families which is typically totals around $12-15/mo, but not for electricity generation, unless our usage goes over production. They bill us for that at the end of every year. Last year, when everyone was getting nailed with high bills, our TOTAL bill for the year was -$59. Yep, we got a credit. I think we can afford to drop our AC temperature from 78F to 77F during the day, and be a LITTLE more comfortable!
Now, all I need to do is find a smaller battery backup system that will automatically take us offline when there's a power outage and be able to sustain just the necessities during the nightime (fans, freezer, frig, modem and phones, phone and flashlight chargers) and a reliable source of drinking water and we should be set for most emergencies, including earthquake, bc we will need to sustain ourselves by ourselves for at least a month. With a metro area the size of LA, help will be a long time coming.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Laundry then out for a walk. Later peeps.
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Laundry done and walk in along with buying new running shoes. I didn't realize how ratty my old ones were getting till I sat and looked at them while I was doing my laundry. Holes all over.
No rain yet where I am but flood warnings now for Haida Gwaii and the North coast.
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Yeah, my shoes in bad shape. I have to get men's New Balance bc they're the only one that come in EEEE width. Lucky me, I have duck feet!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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