Always Ask Questions

Why are we able to go to big box stores but cannot man meat packing plants and now warnings we will not be able to man fields for harvest?

Why were animals destroyed when there was clearly a demand for them?  Have you seen the price of meat lately?

Did you know that certain farmers have to get rid of a harvest if they are in contract with a company that cannot use it?

Why would you allow tracking via your cell phone?

Is it a coincidence that we have escalating riots at a time when we are opening the country back up?
Don't be distracted.

Do you track the articles you read back to the source?

Do you have a local supply for your food?

Can you grow some of your own food?

We can riot but we cannot go to the polls to vote?

Product Downsizing

I wonder how many people notice when things are downsized yet still command the same price.  Maybe on purchases that you do not make every week or even every month.  Where I shop they do not sell cooking Sherry so I go somewhere else and buy a few bottles at a time.  Since I use the same brand for a couple of things I think my next purchases will be made at a liquor store at a better quality.

My older bottle is 16 FL. OZ., while the one on the right is 13.1 FL.OZ.  I know that product downsizing is nothing new but it is still disappointing just the same.  I would rather pay more for a better quality than to be downsized at the same price.

Knitting Progress and Daily Life

We survived homecoming, the house was rolled twice.  We missed the deadline to register for  MS State open house for my high school junior but will book a private tour later on.  Other than that we are enjoying the cool weather and Cruising The Coast.  
I have been a knitting fool.  I started out with this basic beanie hat:

I have made more than one, some have already walked out the door.  This is the Nice and Knit Beanie.  This pattern is also available for free on the Ravelry website as well.  This will probably be my go to beanie pattern, simple enough for a beginner like me.  

My son wanted ear flaps on his so I found this pattern in a "learn to knit" box I have with various pattern cards:

I shorted the length of the seed stitch to make it a little more .... manly???   He likes it.

I cast on another sock.  I bought this book and extra long circular needle when I did not know how to knit and had no business buying it at the time but I dove in to Socks From The Toe Up by Wendy Knits:

I desperately needed help trying to cast on with a long circular needle so thankfully I found a YouTube video from someone who has the book and a long circular :  Judy's Magic Cast On.  

Not too bad so far!  

Knitting on tiny needles with thin yarn takes time.  I love to see the pattern emerge from self striping yarns.  I picked a basic pattern but may try something a little more difficult with the plain sock yarn I have.   I want to say this yarn is from Big City yarns but I lost the wrapper.  

Went food shopping and meat is on the rise again.   I went shopping two weeks ago and my spaghetti sauce was $.79 and now is $1.09.  This is just one example.  I am going to have to make sure I go once a month in the middle of the month from now on.  

Rolling Around in My Brain

The USDA Warns of Sticker Shock, beef prices are rising at the start of grilling season.  Yes they are, pork has been on the rise also.

In reality, I think the people of the U.S. should all be vegan, we should be the first to lay down our arms and celebrate the fact that there will be a unified world order.  If we aren't doing anything wrong we should allow the government to track our every move and conversation.  

O.k.  you can laugh now, some of you I know needed a laugh.  Yes, prices are going up, we knew it was coming how come no one is paying attention.  As for the vegan remark, I was reading an older thread on a message board about vegans adding beef broth to their diet as a precaution so they would not be ill if we had a food system shut down.  What interested me the most about this conversation is that the majority felt that everyone would be out hunting meat.  Would there be enough meat for everyone?  Just a point to ponder.

I was thinking about how long it will take for all of us to be dumped into the Obamacare cesspool.  Which leads me again to think about food and health.  How sick would you want to be under Obamacare?  

Actually, I was taking a break from the news today when my husband gave a shout out about the USDA article.  Imagine my brain on a full news day lol. 

Want Dairy?

If you live in the United States, you might want to have some powdered milk on hand to extend your milk purchases.  If the farm bill expires the end of this year, milk prices could jump $2 to $3 a gallon.  The article I read seams to be watered down, since it  involves feed, why doesn't it give the full impact of the food supply that will be included such as cheese and already rising beef prices? 

Why milk prices could soar to $8.