Friends! I’m still here! I promise! I’m taking some time to reassess, re-evaluate, and book some classes! That’s right! I’m slowly starting to fill my calendar with some of those good, fun classes. I’ll have some updated information for you soon. And there will be classes just for you. This weekend is the yearly river clean up and that promises to be fun. I finally feel like myself again. I’ve been able to take some time to just be. I worked a puzzle. I’ve knitted (commissioned knitting). I’ve watched bad TV. I’ve watched good TV. I’ve spent time with friends. I’ve spent time with chickens, doggies, kitties. The Mister and I celebrated 19 years of marriage! 19 years! Where does the time go? The pictures above are only a small glimpse of what I’ve been doing. Next week is all about organizing! I want to get myself very organized before I throw everything I have back into this little world of homesteading. I have lots of things to can, freeze, ‘put up’. I’m so looking forward to it. I’m putting my best foot forward and I will see you all so very soon! Stay tuned!
’til next time
-k
xoxo
Tracy
What a treat! I took the day off (a MUCH NEEDED day off) from work today and just sat down to a cup of coffee on the front porch. Booted up the laptop, checking grocery list – yes, I am going for groceries on my day off, ha! – and thought, I would pop on over to the CL site.
A post! Hurrah!
I am going to stop saying what great photos – because I sound like a broken record. But, Kristin, I love the photos! š The one of you and the Barred Rock is awesome.
Happy Anniversary to you and the Mister. Nineteen years? Fantastic! Congrats and I hope you get to celebrate (or, got to celebrate).
So your classes, guess what I did last weekend when I was braiding my garlic harvest in the kitchen last weekend? Queued up the Alexa to YouTube and watched / listened to two of your cheese-making videos (the goat cheese one and the mozzarella one). I thought they were great. Like chatting with a friend showing you how to do something. Of course you couldn’t hear my replies… š But applause all around. I’ll check out the others as I do various kitchen projects.
Well, I am almost done with my coffee, so time to get to work! Like you we’re also picking up meat boxes from a local farmer this weekend. We’re still waiting on our second freezer to come in, but I think we have enough room. I enjoyed your IG video showing what you picked up to put up. We’re probably going to do the same this year with some produce. Garden just not delivering as much as previous years. Well, that’s the way of it. I showed Mr. Gordon the boxes of your produce and he was like, wait, she doesn’t sound like she’s from PA…. š I told him you were from (I think) Tennessee. (Right?) He replied: Well, that makes more sense.
Okay, I am off! Have fabulous weekend! Looking forward to your chick update and how they are doing in the tractor / pasture!
chickenlibrarian
Tracy! You are so sweet! Thank you for the nice compliments! I do love taking photos but don’t think I take nearly as many as I should/could.
We just lost a freezer this past week. Or at least we think it’s no good. We had it quite full (it’s a small chest freezer we bought about 3 years ago). We cleaned it out this past winter and then refilled it. But it was quite full and the stuff on top was not freezing. So we quick cleaned it out and stuffed everything into one freezer (!!!). I’ve turned the ‘broken’ freezer off, cleaned it up, and will plug it in soon to see what it going on with it. Fingers crossed that it works. The meat birds are halfway grown so we’ll need freezer space sooner rather than later. And there’s no more room in any of the freezers so we are officially at capacity.
I’m glad you are enjoying the videos! Youtube is currently the only place to find them. I’m working on making more in the near future but it will be a few weeks before I can get it together enough. But things are going well. I’ve stepped back and am refocusing and finally going down the right path with my little business (I think. I hope).
I hope you and Mr. Gordon are doing well!
xoxo
Bekah
Good morning and Hello! It’s so good to see your smile. I’m happy to hear that your days have been filled with so many good things. August always feels like the fullest month of summer, doesn’t it? Trying to manage what’s coming in from the garden, staying on top of house/garden chores, and still trying to sneaking in last trips before fall. Whew! And Happy Anniversary!!! Ours is coming up in a few weeks…22 years š
Have a wonderful weekend friend!
chickenlibrarian
Ah! Bekah! Somehow I missed this comment! Well, truthfully I haven’t been as good at keeping up with comments, and commenting, as I normally am. BUT I think things are back on track for me. We’re almost finished with canning season. I just have another 25 pounds of tomatoes to go. And then I want to do some applesauce in a few weeks. And I’d love to get some jams made but I do think I’ve missed most of the jam season. And chutney season too. But maybe I can eek out some apple chutney and maybe some with fall/winter veg.
And Happy Anniversary to you too! I hope you all have a wonderful fall season!! I’ve missed seeing you. I think we should think about the craft alongs again. I did pick another book for September. And it’s really good! I just started it last night and I can’t put it down!
xoxo
Leslie Susan Clingan
Like Bekah said above, glad to see your smile and to know you are well and happily busy all except for the bad tv!! Beautiful photos. Still haven’t finished my banner but tomorrow is the day. Have the triangles cut just need to put it all together. Happy anniversary to you and your P. Charming.
chickenlibrarian
Oh! I guess I should clarify that the bad TV is more of ‘it’s reality TV, or fluff TV, so it’s not ‘good for you TV’. Rather than it being bad TV. I hope that makes sense. I will say that I’ve watched far more reality TV in the past few weeks than one should be allowed to watch. All of a sudden I feel like I’m a housewife who should be throwing things rather than the more simplistic chicken farmer that I am. HEHE.
Thanks for the love and warm anniversary wishes
xoxo