Wet Week Wecap... er Recap

Last week

Needlework
get those aprons done.

Outside
Change garage keypad to other door.
Continue brush clearing
keep up with vegetables as they ripen. Beans!

I did keep going on the brush clearing, when it wasn't raining, that is. According to the frog, we got just about 9" of rain this week, and most of it in 1/2 hour torrential downpours. Enough! We've been under flood watches here all week. Not here, specifically, we're a bit higher - the creek would need to rise about 40 feet before we even had a wet basement, and we'd have plenty of warning.

On the way to the preschool pool party on Friday we stopped at the falls to have a look - it's been worse, though this is dramatically high for the middle of summer. Green Mountain Power operates a hydro-electric station at the falls; unfortunately it's buffered so that more, faster water doesn't translate to more power. But enough water means the clean generation of electricity continues uninterrupted.

The water's been keeping everything green, except where they're turning yellow from lack of sunshine! Everything's growing, now we need some warm sunshine to ripen it up. I've even discovered a couple of teeny (smaller than a cherry tomato!) watermelons. Cute! The water will make them swell fast, but they'll need sunshine to develop sugar and make them sweet. All in good time.

I've been doing well with the ticker up top. You know, everyone says the first few pounds are water weight. Know what? Don't care. If I've been hauling around 4 1/2 pounds of water, I'm happy to see it gone. 4 1/2 pounds is 4 1/2 pounds, and I'll it take anyway I can get it. Or leave it, I guess.













This week

Dinner Menu
Sunday - grilled chicken
Monday - deli sandwiches
Tuesday - grilled pork loin
Wednesday - meatloaf
Thursday - Pizza (Simon cooks)
Friday - burgers
Saturday - Macaroni and beef

Needlework
more on Tori's sweater
test design idea for Christmas cards

Outside
Change garage keypad to other door.
Continue brush clearing
keep up with vegetables as they ripen. Find a salsa recipe
pot up the small pines
clear out pea vines and weeds, reseed the grass in that spot

Personal
Monday - Daniel dentist, Band Concert
Wednesday - Orthodontist
Thursday - Scott dentist, dinner & movie
Tori- South Burlington Jump Camp
Daniel swim lessons M-F 9:15