I've been neglecting the blog lately, as the weeks have been packed full of work, schoolwork, and TRYING to keep up with the most basic household maintenance... and the weekends have been full of festivals, which is awesome, but time-consuming. This weekend is the last festival of the season for us, and while we've had a great run of it, I have to say I'll be relieved when it's over! I want to stay home, tend my garden, and bake bread!
I have most of a bushel of peaches sitting on my dining room table right now, waiting to be canned... a task that will *hopefully* wait until Friday, when I have off from work again. Today I reduced a full colander of Roma tomatoes from the garden to a single tray of oven-dried-to-slightly-leathery-but-still-succulent-perfection for the freezer. I got a handle on the laundry situation, swept all the floors, and cleaned the kitchen. Then I went food shopping, and gave our skunk, Flower, a bath and a manicure. I did some class work, and (I admit guilt here) watched a documentary about ballet. I helped Hubbybunch make a set of wicks for a fire hoop. Somehow, this consumed all 14 waking hours of my day until this very moment.
There must be some way to become more efficient with my time spent at home... but I've been striking out these past few weeks. Any tips, big world?
Also, dug all of the taters from the garden last week... I let the plants get too dry, and certainly did not hill them up frequently enough to maximize our harvest. However, we got a good bit despite my hands-off gardening technique (ha!), and damn they are delicious!
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