Weekend Review

Last week

Needlework
more on Tori's sweater - nope
keep pondering Christmas card ideas
work on mini for Alexis' swap

Outside
Continue brush clearing - nope
also dig stumps - not one
pull bush beans if they're past
consider late crop of lettuce, carrots, and spinach

What a week! It rained, hard! every day but yesterday. The ground is saturated, and plants are drowning. There is so much water around the roots that they are suffocating. I worry for my small plot, but farmers are seriously concerned that they won't be able to get their crops off before they're a total loss. Roads and bridges are washing out, people are being evacuated from their homes before they are cut off from the rest of the world by overflowing rivers. There was a picture on the news the other night of a field of corn with a foot deep river of gravel covering it, left there by a torrent of floodwater.

I took the opportunity yesterday to cut some grass, specifically around the raised beds and in the orchard (hee! I have an orchard!) My cherry tree is suffering the most from this wet, it's losing leaves and looking very sad. I find small comfort in the fact that it's the only tree I planted that has a one year guarantee. I don't want the money, I want the tree! We'll see.

I did another hour or so on that for mini Alexis' swap, and know where I'm headed now. No pictures, though, not until it's done and delivered. Kate's opened the sign ups for Another Little Quilt Swap, though available spaces are going fast. Though I have no idea whose name I'll draw, I've started surfing the players' websites and mulling ideas.

Today the "most boring place on earth" historic homestead up the road, a long active sheep farm, former stop on the Underground Railway, now museum of sorts of the Robinson family is holding their annual pie social fundraiser. If the weather permits, we'll drive the couple of miles up to Rokeby, wander the grounds, enjoy some pie and band music and do our part to help maintain this place. While it *could* be a local treasure, it's run very conservatively with the result that it's kinda dull. Shame, really.

This week

Dinner Menu
Sunday - Pork Roast
Monday - deli sandwiches
Tuesday - Kindergarten BBQ
Wednesday - pancakes & bacon (Simon cooks)
Thursday - spaghetti
Friday - bbq chicken sandwiches
Saturday - pizza

Needlework
more on Tori's sweater
test Christmas card idea
work on mini for Alexis' swap

Outside
Continue brush clearing and digging stumps if the weather cooperates
finish clearing crops that are done
sow late crop of spinach, lettuce, carrots

Personal
Sunday - Pie Social at Rokeby
Monday - orthodontist, dentist, food service interviews
Tuesday - haircuts, Kindergarten barbecue
Shopping in Glen's Falls?