and finally an update

a quick update with a quote I just found and really rings true.


Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.

--Mary Jean Iron

I love fresh flowers!!

and now that I can get them for free at the farm I am going to be going every week until the flowers are gone. This way I can have them in the house all the time. I made myself a BEAUTIFUL bouquet of sunflowers. About 6 or 7 different kinds. They look so pretty on the mantle in the living room

I love being a girl!!

Lucy let me play hairdresser with her last night and I had so much fun. Since I don't have any girls I really miss girlie girl things like this. Thank goodness for lucy

Brianna, you are loved!!!!

Brianna Couture (Seth's friend), is in critical condition and needs all our prayers Here is her mother's post "Brianna remains on a ventilator...it is agonizing to not to be able to touch or speak with her. When her heart rate and blood pressure are more stable I read a few messages at a time to her. We are so overwhelmed with the love and words of encouragement coming from every direction"

My 1st CSA share

I am so happy with my very 1st CSA share from the Red Fire Farm. I can not believe the amount of food I got and it is not even the peek season for fresh fruits and veggies. Look at all this food. This weeks share included

basil
kale
red leaf lettuce
tomatoes
cukes
summer squash
zucchini
rainbow carrots
green beans
eggplants
broccoli
potatoes
garlic

as soon as I got home I cleaned everything and packaged it all up for storage. I then made a salad to go with dinner. I made 3 loaves of zucchini bread. I also made italian cold cut stoup and used the kale intead of spinach. this is going to be a healthy summer

Just got our CSA share

From

Red Fire Farm

I am so excited. For those who don't know about CSA's. It is short for Community Supported Agriculture. This is a wonderful to support the idea of locally grown, eat fresh produce, keep you money in your community and support small farms and farmers. What you do is pay a set price for a certain number of weeks of fresh produce. My farm has already had several distributions I am am coming in part way through. So I got a discounted rate and now every Tuesday when I go to the Farmer's Market I will go to the Red Fire stand and will pick up all of the produce they list for the weekly share. They guarantee at last 10 pounds of produce a week. For the past 2 weeks they have had over 15 pounds of produce.

I am so excited b/c they tell you what you get and it will force us to branch out and try new things. They offer recipes every week to help you with your produce. I really feel good about this!!!

A PERFECT FRIDAY NIGHT

Roger and Seth have gone out to dinner and then to the theatre to see a play. Jordan is working until 11PM. I have the house to myself with a good book and the wonderful company of Ben and Jerry. Is there anything else a girl needs??!!!