But now, it is Monday and the new week begins. I have big plans to stick with my planner. So far so good; yes, it is only 9:30 on Monday morning, but still, I have made it this far!
The weather is going to be hot and humid all week. That means the animals and the garden need extra attention. Water checks every couple of hours, less grain feed, make sure well shaded and cool. I am going to have to water the garden throughout the day. I have two soaker hoses set up-one for the tomatoes and one for the green beans. I have a sprinkler to cover the raised beds and zucchini. With our well water and pump, I cannot water for a long period of time or all the water in the house and barnyard kicks off until it has time to adjust. So I have be a little more strategic with laundry and washing dishes and watering the animals and flushing the toilet during the day. Speaking of laundry, I am SO ready to get my totes, buckets, plunger and scrub board set up for my outdoor laundry. It is the perfect weather. Warm that water up throughout the afternoon and night, wash clothes in the early morning as the sun comes up and hang them on the line for a few hours. So satisfying. Might get some concrete blocks moved and ready a little later this evening.
I am bottle feeding little Izzie (Isabella Bird) now so that I can milk Mocha, as well as Ginger twice a day. I had slacked off due to the weather and lack of appropriate shelters when it had rained for so long. The babies could not be separated at that time.
I need to till up a place in the garden and get more beans and tomatoes planted, as well as get some soil for some container lettuce on the deck this week. I am a bit behind on that. I will need to pick a few more blueberries today before the birds find them. I try to get out there every other day, or two at the most, for that reason. We are also planning to go to a local orchard for some peaches and blackberries and who knows what else for some canning, freezing, jams and eating, of course. We are shooting for mid week on that though.
I also need to spray for fireants around the feed shelter. I don't like a lot of poison on the place and I put up with a lot, but I cannot have ants in the animal feed or the containers. It is too hot to have to wear gloves just to get layer mash out of the feed bag.
I need to rake the goat yard and the chicken coop. Those 49 Cornish cross chicks are messy! I will put the chicken refuse in a pile somewhere in a corner of the garden and the goat manure around some plants.
This week I will also be checking in often on my broody hen. She started sitting around the first of June, so we are close to the 21 days. I am hoping once they hatch I can move them all to the garden coop for safety. This is the first time I have had a broody hen. I am super excited.
Since it is Monday, I need to take off trash and will probably go with mom to the post office to get her mail. I don't need anything from the feed store or anywhere else.
The room of the day is the kitchen. I need to do some deeper cleaning in the kitchen-clean out the fridge, wipe out the oven, reorganize pots and pans and spices. I also need to do a hard-core mopping of the kitchen. I have assigned everyday a room to be given a little extra attention to. Hopefully, I will be able to make a monthly schedule of things such as washing curtains or dusting corners so that I don't just happen to see it one day and think 'Good Grief!!'
The current project is the craft room, formerly know as the sun room. As I have begun to want to make homemade cards, sew and other little crafty things, especially planners, scrapbooking, etc. and Sarah has a Cricut and heat press for her decals and shirts, etc., I am in need of a space for us to work on these things. This room is perfect with natural light, an adequate amount of room and out of the way, as well as lots of windows and a sliding door for air circulation if I decide to paint or stain something. So the first step is to clean it up. There are lots of tools and "where does this go?" kind of items that need to find a permanent home or be thrown away or donated. That will take all week alone. But Bruce and I need to really focus a few hours on the weekend to get this done.
Today's meals are:
Fried eggs and sausage for Bruce.
Sarah and I will probably have the extra boiled eggs that I made yesterday with some left over sausage.
Fried chicken (one of the Cornish Rocks we butchered recently),
mashed potatoes with white gravy, corn
leftover cucumber salad, and a slice of the homemade bread
I am making right now either toasted with gravy, or just plain
with butter.
With my Monday list, I think I had better get to it! What's in store for you on this Monday?
Have a blessed and productive day! 🙏
