July 31

It always amazes me when I check my last blog entry and it was DAYS ago!

Now I have to try to remember what we did last Wednesday?!? Well, I can guess: Harvested yellow squash, zucchini and cucumbers. Oh, and how could I have forgotten the cabbages. Boxes and boxes and boxes of cabbages. Between the CSA boxes waiting for delivery and the cabbages, you couldn't walk into the walk-in cooler! After H took the CSA boxes to deliver them, we started with the cauliflower. Yikes.

Thursday, of course, was Pizza Night. The weather was beautiful, and we knew we'd be busy. We made 91 pizzas! We were well prepared and had enough help to keep things moving along nicely. I don't think anyone had to wait too long. A long day, as always, but it all went well. A reporter from Midwest Living magazine was out, too. She spent almost an hour walking around and talking with H about the farm, etc., before we got started with the pizzas. I think she was here the whole night, too. Maybe trying to get a complete experience. Oh, and she even bought one of my handmade dog toys! H lets me put some of my craft things out on the "store" shelves, with her jams, homemade soaps, etc. It was my first sale here at the farm. (To most of the people around here, dogs and cats aren't "pets" as much as they are in the cities. They are more like predator control, keeping the deer away, or pest control with mice, etc.)

Friday, H and her family left for a wedding in Chicago. C went along take care of the boys after dinner, so H could enjoy the reception. My to-do list included final clean-up from Pizza Night (collecting the garbage, cleaning up the outhouses, bringing in the tablecloths, etc.), the squash/zucchini/cucumber routine,.transplanting cilantro into the herb garden, checking on and harvesting cauliflower, and doing a potato beetle check on the eggplants.

I hadn't planned on going home anyway, so I offered to do the animal chores over the weekend. Otherwise, she would have had to have someone else come in to do it. That seemed kind of silly! Today, after chores, I raided the pizza kitchen for ingredients to make a fabulous veggie-filled omelet. I also have plans to do a little cleaning and organizing, and maybe start a new sewing project. Oh, and if it doesn't rain, I even thought about checking out the Buffalo County Fair which is going on today. Or, maybe I'll just nap this afternoon!!!!

Sunday, when I'm done with afternoon chores, I am going home after all! I get to go along to E's first ultrasound appointment and maybe get a look at the new grand baby-to-be! That is Monday a.m. Afterward, I'll head back here. It's a lot of driving, but I can't pass up the opportunity!