Good Morning, All! It's a beautiful day here; temps in the 60's and forecast to go into the low 70's, maybe a little rain the forecast - but I'd consider that a blessing for the gardens.
It's been a busy since last week around here with the grandkids underfoot, but we have been having a lot of fun; and I've even been getting a few things done. I was able to spend a few hours weeding in the gardens yesterday with only a 'few' breaks to fix boo-boos: eye wash when bark got in an eye while tree climbing, a couple of falls off the rope swing, and, oh by the way....never challenge your brother to a stick fight when he's carrying a hoe; needless to say, little brother won that round The boys grazed in the garden a bit - cherry tomatoes and raw broccoli were on their menu; then they asked if the sweet corn was ready... I was able to find a few ears for them to have with their lunch; and it looks like I'd better start clearing the kitchen island for putting up sweet corn next week.
I will likely need to pick tomatoes today - won't have many to process as we've been giving some away and eating quite a few fresh the past couple of days, but I may have enough to run a canner load of pints.
Other plans for the day include laundry, laundry, and more laundry, doing some more weeding in the gardens if the rain holds off or, if it does rain, starting to clear one shelf in the large main floor current use pantry - the shelf that's just above my eye level so if things are more than a few inches back from the front of the shelf, I don't see them and they don't get used. Hubby can put all of his lunch stuff on that shelf, plus I will put some food processing items there as well - lemon juice, pectin, etc... I also want to move any type of food from the top wide shelf and restrict it's use and the half shelf above it to canning/freezing/food prep tools. I won't get it all done today, but I can at least get it started.
The boys want to go swimming at the indoor pool this afternoon, so we will head there at 1pm, leaving about 2pm to go grab a quick snack before traveling to a different community to go on a tour of a dam - I'm just hoping that they won't take us on a catwalk over the water because I soooo do not like heights (little grandson would be thrilled ) (note to self: find a stout rope to tie around little grandson's waist...)
Well, the short people are stirring; time to go fix a couple of breakfasts, start another load of laundry, and see what else I can do inside until they are ready to go outside for the day.
Take care all; wishing you an absolutely fabulous week!
It's been a busy since last week around here with the grandkids underfoot, but we have been having a lot of fun; and I've even been getting a few things done. I was able to spend a few hours weeding in the gardens yesterday with only a 'few' breaks to fix boo-boos: eye wash when bark got in an eye while tree climbing, a couple of falls off the rope swing, and, oh by the way....never challenge your brother to a stick fight when he's carrying a hoe; needless to say, little brother won that round The boys grazed in the garden a bit - cherry tomatoes and raw broccoli were on their menu; then they asked if the sweet corn was ready... I was able to find a few ears for them to have with their lunch; and it looks like I'd better start clearing the kitchen island for putting up sweet corn next week.
I will likely need to pick tomatoes today - won't have many to process as we've been giving some away and eating quite a few fresh the past couple of days, but I may have enough to run a canner load of pints.
Other plans for the day include laundry, laundry, and more laundry, doing some more weeding in the gardens if the rain holds off or, if it does rain, starting to clear one shelf in the large main floor current use pantry - the shelf that's just above my eye level so if things are more than a few inches back from the front of the shelf, I don't see them and they don't get used. Hubby can put all of his lunch stuff on that shelf, plus I will put some food processing items there as well - lemon juice, pectin, etc... I also want to move any type of food from the top wide shelf and restrict it's use and the half shelf above it to canning/freezing/food prep tools. I won't get it all done today, but I can at least get it started.
The boys want to go swimming at the indoor pool this afternoon, so we will head there at 1pm, leaving about 2pm to go grab a quick snack before traveling to a different community to go on a tour of a dam - I'm just hoping that they won't take us on a catwalk over the water because I soooo do not like heights (little grandson would be thrilled ) (note to self: find a stout rope to tie around little grandson's waist...)
Well, the short people are stirring; time to go fix a couple of breakfasts, start another load of laundry, and see what else I can do inside until they are ready to go outside for the day.
Take care all; wishing you an absolutely fabulous week!