Labor is right.
Good news, Friday I had to call for my Jury Duty instructions and after an hour of calling, I got through and was told they didn't need me this week, Yay! I was also told I get to call again this Friday eve, hopefully not for a full hour again, and find out if they need me next week, B00!
Saturday
Saturday we had a triple birthday party to go to for 3 nieces ages 1, 3 and 7. So that morning found me in the garden, no named crocs covered in dew, alligator grass scratching my legs (yes the weeds have won), picking tomatoes, onions and peppers. I wanted to take salsa as my dish to pass.
Since I am queen of procrastination, after making the salsa, I started making the gifts.
They are a homeschooling family and I wanted to make book bags for the girls.
I put the letter of their first name on the front pocket.
The girls liked their bags, the salsa was a hit. One SIL said "It's so good, I cant stop eating it!" I had made a big batch and it was gone. Score one for garden veggies!
I just use tomatoes, onion, green peppers(seeded), one or two jalapenos (seeded)a splash of cider vinegar, a bit of salt, a bit more of sugar and some dried cilantro (I don't care for fresh). Grind in a food processor. I add some chopped tomatoes and onion for bigger chunks and that's it.
Sunday
Do you remember our logs from our work back in June?
On Sunday I split them all with the help of this handy dandy machine.
Then I had to take my son to my Dads since he is mowing Dads land while he's away, so while we were there...
...the girl and I picked apples.
They aren't pretty apples and I have to cut out the buggy parts, but they are free and organic.
Monday
"Any chicken news?"
"Why yes Little Mama there is."
Hubbie and I harvested our first chicken.
I just kept thinking how I want to feed my family healthy food. My hubbie did do most of the unpleasant business, he hunts so this isn't new to him. These chickens aren't pets, we got them just for this purpose. I think I did a better job than I thought I could.
The skin is so yellow. I plan on cooking it tonight.
I talked to my sister this morning and she was grossed out. She said she never could do that. Now keep in mind she isn't a vegetarian. I told her, I gave him food and care, he was allowed to roam our land pecking and scratching, chasing bugs and other chickens. Other than the last 30 seconds of its life, he had it pretty good. Can the factory chickens claim that?
I also told her that so many people are disconnected where their food comes from that they will eat chicken nuggets not caring how many chickens died for that pressed meat or how they were treated before that. She agreed.
Now I'm not saying what others should or shouldn't do for the food they eat, I have been blissfully downing food for years without concern for where it came from. This is what I am doing now and don't want to be made to feel bad about it.
Ok, so back to Monday
Hubbie moved tons of dirt. We sometimes get road run off into our pond so he has been building up the side to prevent that from happening.
The kids and I stacked the firewood.
It feels good to get a good start on lowering our heating costs this winter.
It's the kids first day back to school.
Now I'm off to the kitchen to tackle those apples.
So now I have this funky vintage table with a hodgepodge of chairs that are also found treasures that I re-covered that don't go with it at all. So I went on-line to find some new retro type chairs and guess what, they want a lot of money for new chairs from the store. Who knew?
