Hurried Drivers and Near Accidents ~ Another Blogspot Draft

Sharing another blogspot draft that was never posted for some reason.  This one really caught my attention, considering the horrific death of our dog Gus, and hurried drivers.  This was written back in 2010.


  

I am finally fed up with drivers in a hurry, speeding by my home.  I am finally in the stages of requesting a small section of highway be marked, and painted a no-passing zone.

Yesterday, I was trying to turn left into my driveway, slowing down to turn.  A semi-tractor trailer passed me on my left at the same time.  I had to actually slow down more, and wait for him to pass, just so I could turn into my driveway.  

My kids have come close to near accidents with other drivers.  Another time, I watched out my window and my daughter was slowing to turn in (right).  The driver behind her blasted his horn, telling her to get out of the way, and she was going pretty fast for a turn.  I was fuming.  


I may even request that the speed limit be 5 miles under for that section too.  It's a long shot, but I'm going to do it anyway, for the safety of my family.  I'm also in the process of finding out if I can request a "no jake brake" zone.  It's marked less than a mile south of us, but driver's are already down to the slower speed limit by the time they get there.  We'll see what I am able to succeed with.

2013 update: I did write to the city to request the no-passing zone.  They denied it.

Baking and Cooking with Lard ~ Chocolate Cherry Crunches

(The upper two on the right were made with a half cherry and the others a whole cherry)

Another future goal of ours, is to raise pigs for meat, and of course have lard.  

I spend a lot of time researching ways to utilize something before we raise it for food. 

 

(Photo source: Amazon)

I have found this wonderful book at the library (again, a great place to read books for free).  However, I may have to add this book to my personal homesteading library. 

I did not have enough dough to cover 24 whole maraschino
cherries.  I started to cut them in half, however, in the end, preferred the whole cherry in the cookie.  Next time, I need to use less dough per cookie.

These would be great for Valentine's Day or Christmas.

I am sure the debate over shortening and lard will continue for years, and doctors will have their opinion.  But when it comes down to it, it's about what's real and what's not real.  And of course, everything in moderation.