Yeah, I'm with you ladies. It's been tough. I haven't felt like cooking much, either. I really need to do more planning so I can put things in the freezer and have stuff ready to go. That's the part that I am not good at.
We actually did really good this weekend! Wednesday I picked up a Garlic Herb tenderloin at a new grocery store, so I fixed that up on Friday night. It turned out really good, along with Asparagus and mashed potatoes. Saturday I had to work at the veggie farm, and managed to have just enough time before I had to leave to fix some chicken salad, so I took a sandwich with me, which was really good. Saturday evening we invited our neighbor over for burgers, so we had all of that, in which I made WAY too much food, so now we have lots of leftovers.
Sunday morning we made pancakes, and then made tomato mozzarella open faced sandwiches for lunch, since I brought home some fresh stuff from the veggie farm on Saturday. We at leftover burgers for dinner. I also brought home a few other veggies, and so now we've got meals for several days in the house, which is exciting!
After I finished at the veggie farm on Saturday, I met the BF at GH's house to get their manure picked up again. It had been a while so it took 2 trips to get it all. On our way back around after dumping the second load, we stopped by TW's to pick up a secretary's desk she was getting rid of. She has a bunch of furniture from her sister in law that she never used, and now she's getting rid of all of it. It's all solid wood, some older/antique stuff. She was threatening to put it all up by the road with a free sign on it. After we got home I told the BF that it might be a good idea to just go get it all, and we'll figure out where to get rid of what we don't need later. The BF's bro just bought a house, so he might be able to use some of it anyway. We chatted for way too long, and had to hustle to get home since we invited the neighbor over for dinner.
I got home with just enough time to jump in the shower and then throw the burgers together real fast. We had a lovely dinner, and even got to eat outside, which was really nice.
Sunday we had a lazy morning, and didn't finish cleaning up from breakfast until almost 11. The other neighbors texted to let me know they were starting their feeding routine if I wanted to come over to check things out since they asked me to care for things while they are away in a few weeks. Turns out, they're only going to be gone for 4 days, and the routine is easy and only once a day visits. We started discussing money, and I asked her what they usually paid for someone to come, and she said that for longer trips it was usually $200 to $250. I offered her $125, and she countered with $150, which is great! I'm so happy to have some extra money flowing in for the next month or so to help me get some things leveled out and organized.
We worked on the shed some more, and got all the soffit done except for the back. The BF has to put up the F Channel and get the fascia done, and then we can get the soffit in and then the siding will be FINISHED. The last things to do are the doors and the roof! I can't WAIT to have this project DONE. Once the doors are done, we can clean it out and get the floor painted, and then start putting stuff in it! That means cleaning out the old shed and getting rid of some stuff, and organizing a lot of other stuff! I can't wait to get that old thing torn down and get the dirt moved. It feels so good to finally feel like we are making headway!
I headed out Cowboy and Coyote's and then down to the barn to get chores done. Thankfully the horses came in a bit later in the morning, so stalls went super fast. I got Storm's done before the old man was done eating, and it only took me an hour. I was able to get home, get a shower and eat dinner before it got too late.
So now that we have lots of food in the house, we have no reason to eat out this week, either! I just need to be really diligent about cooking things and make sure that we can take care of all of it. I don't want my fresh veggies going bad!
Sounds like Storm was feeling his oats for sure.
) and watching the most gorgeous rainbow over the farm, and looked up to see them pulling back in the driveway. I guess I somehow knew they'd be here early, but I'm glad I went back down. We chatted for a minute and she gave me the check for next month, which was a good thing anyway. It'll save me a trip back down today or tomorrow. The BF needed something from the car parts store and then he decided we needed Rita's on the way home, too. I got a milkshake and it was TOO sweet for me to drink all of it, so the rest of it is in the freezer. I would rather have not spent the money, but when he makes up his mind about stuff like that there's no telling him otherwise. 
). I don't have chickens at the moment to eat up everything so into the trash it goes. Depending on what it is sometimes I'll walk it down to the woods and toss it in there. I did that with a bunch of watermelon rind. I just couldn't bear sticking it in the trash. That seemed to make no sense. Eventually I'll have compost, but not yet. 
