The title says it all. I'm soooo burned out on summer. I'm ready for some cool weather and crisp nights and all that goes with it. We don't get much fall color here in Texas. The leaves sorta turn brown and fall, or just fall off when they're still green. I need to be outside, putting in the fall garden, but it's still in the upper 80s and lower 90s and I just can't bring myself to do much out there. I'm setting a goal for myself though. I've gotta get that stuff in next week. DH will be off next tuesday and he said he'd help with building the new beds and putting up another section of rails for the stick fence. That will complete one whole side of the fence. And then, while I've got the air compressor out, I'll go ahead and get the cornice trim in the hallway put up. I just get so far into a project and then it stalls and I leave it. So weird. So annoying.
I bought a whole bag of "scratch and dent" organic bananas at the grocery store the other day for 50 cents, and this morning I've made a couple of loaves of banana nut bread with cranberries. I'll freeze one and leave one out. Nice healthy snacks for the family.
We had to replace our water heater on monday. Sunday, we smelled gas in the house and found that the bottom of our old water heater had rusted out just enough for a small spray of water to hit directly on the pilot light/burner. We turned everything off and waited for monday morning to call our plumber. We were supposed to have gone camping this weekend, but ended up canceling because the baby chicks weren't old enough to be left for the weekend. Thank goodness for that. If the house hadn't exploded, we would have had extensive water damage. God was watching out for us there.
The banana bread is almost ready to come out of the oven, and it smells really good. I've got a chicken boiling on the stove so I can use the meat in a couple of casseroles. I've got a bunch of okra to process and the rest of the small onions to pickle. I need to baste a vintage quilt top today for hand quilting and C and I have haircuts this afternoon. (Bring on the SASS!) Plenty to keep me busy while I (im)patiently wait for the days when I don't have to run the a/c.
Peace Out,
Deb
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Procrastination strikes again
Yeah, I know, I never posted pictures of the finished hallway. Know why? It's not finished. I was SO CLOSE! And then it happened. I couldn't get the moulding for the door cut b/c of old rusty tools, and I just stopped. Well, I was talking to one of my co-workers and she said her husband does wood working all the time and that if I brought by the moulding, he could miter cut it for me in no time. I'll be painting it today and measuring the door frames and I'll take it by tomorrow evening after I get off of work. They live in the same town that I work in, and really, they're on the way home. I work again on Friday, so Saturday should see me putting up the moulding! I still need to purchase the crown moulding, but that stuff's expensive. But I'll be closer than I am right now.
I spent part of yesterday preparing for the arrival of my second batch of broiler chicks. They should be here either this afternoon or tomorrow morning. The sewing room is all rearranged and I moved my sewing machine into the front room so I can keep the chick room warm enough without having to use the heat lamp. I'll just turn off the a/c in there, close the doors and it will be plenty warm for the little critters. I'm excited for them to arrive. I'm going to try to house them in the dog run this time. It'll give them a little more room to run around and I won't have to sequester the big girls.
I have 2 regular egg customers now! 2 of my co-workers have both asked for a dozen a week, which is pretty cool. Only took 5 years for the girls to start paying for themselves. LOL. I have another customer here in town, but he's not so regular. Every other week or so. But that's okay. Hope we can keep up with the demand. My older ladies don't lay as much as they used to, but I can't just get rid of them. I'm running an old hen home. :) But they're pets.
I canned 5 pints of green beans yesterday. First time that I've done that. I didn't grow the beans, they're from the Farmer's Market, but that's okay. They're in my pantry and I know what went into the jar. I hope they're tasty. I'm focusing my grocery money on buying one item in bulk at the market, then canning it. So, I'll probably do green beans again this week, and maybe some cucumbers for pickles. Then when the tomatoes get going again, i'll hit that pretty hard as well. I've started some seedlings for broccoli, cabbage and lettuce, and also pinto beans, and I'll be putting in a whole bed of beets and carrots soon, and get those canned and into the pantry to feed us over the winter. And of course, the okra is still going strong. I'm going to attempt to freeze some uncooked okra fritters to use some of them up. I've frozen some for frying, and I'll most likely put up some for pickling. Soooo, the season is not over yet. I can probably even get some peas in and even have a couple to eat.
That's about it for now. Keeping very busy. I assembled a quilt top yesterday, need to border it today and have another one to work on as well. 2 full size shop samples, so there's a deadline on both of them.
Keep the faith!
Deb
I spent part of yesterday preparing for the arrival of my second batch of broiler chicks. They should be here either this afternoon or tomorrow morning. The sewing room is all rearranged and I moved my sewing machine into the front room so I can keep the chick room warm enough without having to use the heat lamp. I'll just turn off the a/c in there, close the doors and it will be plenty warm for the little critters. I'm excited for them to arrive. I'm going to try to house them in the dog run this time. It'll give them a little more room to run around and I won't have to sequester the big girls.
I have 2 regular egg customers now! 2 of my co-workers have both asked for a dozen a week, which is pretty cool. Only took 5 years for the girls to start paying for themselves. LOL. I have another customer here in town, but he's not so regular. Every other week or so. But that's okay. Hope we can keep up with the demand. My older ladies don't lay as much as they used to, but I can't just get rid of them. I'm running an old hen home. :) But they're pets.
I canned 5 pints of green beans yesterday. First time that I've done that. I didn't grow the beans, they're from the Farmer's Market, but that's okay. They're in my pantry and I know what went into the jar. I hope they're tasty. I'm focusing my grocery money on buying one item in bulk at the market, then canning it. So, I'll probably do green beans again this week, and maybe some cucumbers for pickles. Then when the tomatoes get going again, i'll hit that pretty hard as well. I've started some seedlings for broccoli, cabbage and lettuce, and also pinto beans, and I'll be putting in a whole bed of beets and carrots soon, and get those canned and into the pantry to feed us over the winter. And of course, the okra is still going strong. I'm going to attempt to freeze some uncooked okra fritters to use some of them up. I've frozen some for frying, and I'll most likely put up some for pickling. Soooo, the season is not over yet. I can probably even get some peas in and even have a couple to eat.
That's about it for now. Keeping very busy. I assembled a quilt top yesterday, need to border it today and have another one to work on as well. 2 full size shop samples, so there's a deadline on both of them.
Keep the faith!
Deb
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