Our voluntary Sunflower that grew in our garden. It is over 8 feet tall, I will be saving the seeds from it.

On Friday I got off early on Friday so I was able to go with Andy to take one of our Bulls to the vet. Then after I went on into town. I have been wanting to go to several 2nd hand store but haven’t had the time so that is what I did. I found a lot of good stuff haha. I have been wanting to put a chandelier in my dining-room or a while now well I found one it was 20 dollars but they had a sale going on so I got it for 5 dollars (woohoo) It is gold but I am going to paint it black. I also found a bunch of flat sheets that I will dye light gray to make cushion covers for my patio furniture. Found 4 throw pillows in reds and greens and 4 crocheted afghans in whites and off whites that I will use outside with the patio furniture when I start to decorate it for fall.  A bread maker ( I am wanting several then when I start selling bread I can use them to mix the dough so I am not spending all day on it.).  A large wicker basket to replace the one I am using for my onions and potatoes. anda couple little odds and ends I only spent 20 dollars for all that pretty good if I say so myself haha.

 

Had a busy weekend but good. On Saturday I had lunch with a couple of friends I haven’t seen since 8th grade. We found each other on Facebook. One of them was my best friend in middle school. The summer after 8th grade  my parents divorced and my Mom took us to California and we couldn’t tell anyone ( my Dad didn’t even know where we were for a year, pretty messed up) anyway she had no idea what had even happened to me and since there was no social media back then I had no way to get ahold of her. I had been looking for her but she was using her married name so I never could find her. Well, she found me woo hoo ( I have my maiden name on my FB ). We have talked on the phone a couple of times and she came up form Kirtland to go to lunch. And come to find out another friend from middle school lives here so he came to lunch also. It was great being able to connect again. We plan on making this a monthly event.

 

On Sunday we started cleaning out and rearranging and moving stuff in one of the sheds. We moved a bunch of stuff to another shed that isn’t as close to the house to make room for all the daycare stuff and my crafts that are taking up a whole room. I am wanting to get a spare room put together again so when we have people visit they can stay in the house instead of having to stay in the camper since staying in the camper during the winter isn’t really doable. Now I need to get in there and organize what is still in there and set up some shelves for all the stuff I want to put in it.

 

Week Goals

I am hoping I can get all this done since Tuesday evening I have a meeting, Wednesday evening or fire dept will host a 911 stair climb so I will be helping with that. And on Wednesdays, my Aunt has been coming and helping with the kids so I can get some other stuff done, but this Wednesday she won’t be able to come :(. 

Kitchen 

I bought another case of peaches but will have to wait for them to ripen before I can do anything with them hoping they will be ready towards the end of the week so I can get them canned before the weekend. I also bought 41/2 pounds of blueberries I need to can. We picked a large bucket of cucumbers, a large box of bell peppers, and a whole lot of zucchini, and  I have several onions leftover for the music festival that need to be that taken care of. So I will be working on those this week. I still haven’t got the Kombucha started have got to get that done this week. I have to take a dessert and a side dish to the 9-11 stair climb at the fire dept. Thinking a macaroni salad and haven’t decided on a dessert yet. I do want to make a couple of zucchini apple pies for Andy to take to work I try every year to send a couple with him for his co-workers. I also have a lot of cream I need to get made into butter. And a bunch of eggs that I need to coat with mineral oil for storage.

Sewing 

I got my fall pillow covers started and want to finish them up this week.

Fiber arts 

I was able to work on washcloths a couple of nights this week want to continue working on these 

Fitness

Well, I got one work out in hoping to do a little better this week.

Daycare

This is what I had from last week and didn’t get any of it done so I will hopefully get it done this week

I didn’t get lessons put together over the weekend so I want to get them planned and ready this week. I have a few ideas that I want to do with them so we will do that this week. I want to change out the dramatic play area to a beach. I have everything I need just need to get it put together. I didn’t get it changed out last week so will do it this week.

Extra Business,

Still, need to do this

I looked into getting a cottage foods food handles licenses. I did find out I can take it online so am going to try and do that this week if I have time. After I get it I want to start selling pies, breads, jams, and jellies to make a few extra dollars along with selling soaps.

What I am reading

Shayne Silvers a Nate temple Series A friend told me about it just getting started so far it is pretty good. I haven’t had an extra minute to read this week at all.

Yard

I need to mow the front and do some weed eating. I also want to start getting the back patio area fixed up for fall. I got my fall decorations pulled out for the yard I got a few up but need to finish up this week.

Menu,

Breakfast,

• Cereal
  Waffles
  Scrambled eggs
• French Toast
• Toast & bananas

With this, we will have toast, or whatever sides I want to have with it.

Lunch,

• Mac & Cheese
• PB & crackers
• Tacos
  Chicken strips
• PB&J

Will have whatever kind of fruit and vegetables I have, 

For Andy’s lunch, he will have leftovers from the night before.

Dinner,

• HM Pizza

• Raviolis

• Biscuits and Gravy
• Hamburger Steaks/mushroom gravy
• Meatloaf

Will have a veggie of some sort, and bread with each meal. Saturday or Sunday we will have leftovers. Wednesday we will eat at the fire dept.

Andy’s Snacks (He takes a snack for the break at work)
Mock zucchini Apple Pie
Zucchini Brownies

 

Kids Snacks,

• GoldFish
  Granola Bars
  Muffins
  Cereal
• Cookies

What are your goals for the week?

Have a great week.