If you are wondering how my "to-do" list is going....slow. I can't seem to get a job completely done. I need more patience when it comes to painting. The taping part is so much work. I need to talk myself through it, and not roll my eyes so much. Even the kids are avoiding it like a plague.
If you are wondering if I've been able to take a tea break at 2pm, I have. If you are wondering if I have been stealing away at 4pm for an hour to myself? Ha, yeah. That's not happening. I think the change of weather, and longer, brighter nights are keeping me from curling up with crochet. The 4 o'clock hidey hole, was mainly to stock up for the Farmer's market, but that's been difficult to do.
We just went from warm/rainy weather back to snow and cold. It's nothing but a few flurries.
I whipped up a bowl of slaw. Organic cabbages went on sale. This tasted so good since we haven't had cabbage for a while.
We are about to downsize at the homestead. We may have another kiddo leave the nest this year. Our Vet-Tech in training is really working on her independence. She has a few things to work out yet, like set up her own car insurance, cell service, and whatnot, but she's working hard at it. It will be strange to cook meals in smaller amounts. Will this change the way we garden this year? Not really. It will still be the same size.
And yet, while one is moving out, another graduates from high school this May. We are scrambling to get things done so the "party" can take place at the homestead. The date is set, and the party food planning has begun. The slaw is on the list.
I recently tried a different DIY shampoo recipe. I posted it here. I advise caution. The soap in the recipe, for some reason (could just be my body from all those hospital/pharmaceutical toxins), caused my hair to become brittle. My bangs became very brittle and ends broke off. Hubby is alternating his with organic store brand and doing okay. I'm babying my hair growth back, applying aloe to the roots of my bangs, and drinking a tea infusion (you can rinse your hair with some of these herbs too, or so I read): sage, rosemary, nettle, and chamomile.
I wish I took a photo of dinner last night. I put a pork tenderloin in my cast iron pan to roast in the oven. I mixed up a glaze for it using my home canned apricot jam. It was very good. I'll try to get photos when I make it again. Oh, and I froze beets last harvest, for the first time ever. I have always eaten my home canned beets, but we boiled some up and Hubby was shocked I had never stocked them up like that before. The two vegetarians didn't eat them of course. That's okay, the more for me. I love beets.
If you are wondering if I've been able to take a tea break at 2pm, I have. If you are wondering if I have been stealing away at 4pm for an hour to myself? Ha, yeah. That's not happening. I think the change of weather, and longer, brighter nights are keeping me from curling up with crochet. The 4 o'clock hidey hole, was mainly to stock up for the Farmer's market, but that's been difficult to do.
We just went from warm/rainy weather back to snow and cold. It's nothing but a few flurries.
We are about to downsize at the homestead. We may have another kiddo leave the nest this year. Our Vet-Tech in training is really working on her independence. She has a few things to work out yet, like set up her own car insurance, cell service, and whatnot, but she's working hard at it. It will be strange to cook meals in smaller amounts. Will this change the way we garden this year? Not really. It will still be the same size.
And yet, while one is moving out, another graduates from high school this May. We are scrambling to get things done so the "party" can take place at the homestead. The date is set, and the party food planning has begun. The slaw is on the list.
I recently tried a different DIY shampoo recipe. I posted it here. I advise caution. The soap in the recipe, for some reason (could just be my body from all those hospital/pharmaceutical toxins), caused my hair to become brittle. My bangs became very brittle and ends broke off. Hubby is alternating his with organic store brand and doing okay. I'm babying my hair growth back, applying aloe to the roots of my bangs, and drinking a tea infusion (you can rinse your hair with some of these herbs too, or so I read): sage, rosemary, nettle, and chamomile.
I wish I took a photo of dinner last night. I put a pork tenderloin in my cast iron pan to roast in the oven. I mixed up a glaze for it using my home canned apricot jam. It was very good. I'll try to get photos when I make it again. Oh, and I froze beets last harvest, for the first time ever. I have always eaten my home canned beets, but we boiled some up and Hubby was shocked I had never stocked them up like that before. The two vegetarians didn't eat them of course. That's okay, the more for me. I love beets.
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Have a Have a great start to the weekend tomorrow!
We've had below 32 degrees last night and again tonight. It's a normal February/March for us, but with last week being in the 60s/70s, the plants don't know it's February/March and think it's April/May. They've been blooming like crazy which is causing the farmers a lot of worry and risk. I mean we may lose some flowering plants, but it's not like we're going to lose and entire harvest of sellable food like they are.
Prayers for them all for sure.
God bless.
RB
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