Whats everybody doing today?

Wow! You're busy. I got up early and worked in the garden this morning trying to beat the heat. I should cut a load of firewood, but I think I will take my wife and son to the creek instead.

 

We try to relax a bit on Sunday and do things that we enjoy, even if they happen to be harder "work" than what we do during the rest of the week.

Besides the regular chores my cows are calving right now so I like to spend some time with them, very rarely do they need any help but I do have a lot of heifers that will be starting soon *knock on wood*.

The S.O wants to gather some wild rose petals and they are coming into full bloom now so we will likely have a good hike. I am so so on picking but still a decent packmule. I have some fencing that needs doing that requires about a mile hike with equipment through a bunch of swampy land so we might combine the two. Did some work there a couple days ago, lit a fire and cooked a nice meal (including some mushrooms I stumbled across) even though it has been raining incessantly here. The fireflies were amazing and I ended up not getting out until after midnight.

Sometimes I wonder why the hardest physical work feels less like work that does the "easy" stuff like driving.

Probably play a tabletop game tonight, likely Firefly because the bugs got me thinking about it

 

So far today I have finished installing a new dishwasher, ran a new drain line for the furnace, finished cleaning and glass beading an aluminum intake manifold and reassembled a head for the car.

This afternoon, I will disassemble another head with the exhaust manifold. After disassembly I will glass bead all the nuts and bolts. then I will spend some time in the garden.

Tonight I will be grilling fish for dinner.

I don't take any days off.

 

I'm not doing much of anything today, we had an unexpected rain last night/this morning(still raining) - about 4 inches so "outside" is not going to happen.

I may drive down to the river(Brazos-a mile or two away) a little later and see if the rain raised the water level any.

 

Went to church this morning. Made a to do list for the week and supplies I needed when I run into town tomorrow. Now working on plans for my future cabin :coffee:. Have to take the saw blade off to replace and finish the molding on the baseboards later to get my house on the market and trim a couple shrubs that are starting to look like trees since the weather is cooler with the scattered showers. Short week, as my daughter will begin college and we have a student conference at Texas A & M later this week. Excited for her. Two weeks before nursing classes start and still a lot to get done. Have a great day all.

 

Sounds to me like you have a nice machine shop going on,I miss those days

 

worked a 13 hour over night shift last night and was able to get about 3 hours sleep before noon.

Went to HF and got some cool stuff like 5ft digging bar on clearance which I desperately need to finish the holes in the thick clay dirt for the rabbitat.

Then a trip to a hobby store to get more paint for colorfilling slides and mags, and going to do some work on a few AR's.

Oh and grocery shopping, the bunnies have a weeks worth of carrots again lol

 

A third batch of tomato ketchup (Tomato Sauce to us Aussies) this week. Middle of winter here but I have green toms ripening on vege shelves in the loungeroom. I've pulled 25lb off the shelves so far . We're expecting rain today so after chores (feed animals, firewood, housework) I might have another look at my new/old treadle sewing machine and do a bit of mending. Maybe make hubby a chocolate cake and I need to make bread and yoghurt. Also need to work out a materials list for the next bit of house building, want to get my sewing room walls finished soon so it's warm up there and I can keep downstairs a bit tidier.
My daughter and granddaughter will be down for a visit later, they live 150 yards up the hill . Her hubby is a work today and she usually comes down for afternoon tea when he's away.
We were going to have a butchering day today but not with this rain, will leave that until the weather clears.
Just had a look at the weather report, slight chance of snow today, we haven't had snow here for 15 years.

 

It can be a curse! I can't hire some one to do anything because I can do it.

 

Played piano for church this AM. Fed my daughters animals and watered plants while they are out of town. Just a dog and horse to feed and check house pet. Stayed on tractor mowing till 9:15. Easy day. Tomorrow may mow some more or can potatoes and dry a few. Not happy with butter I canned. Boiled it 10 minutes, but been sitting for 24 hours and still runny. Any ideas? Processed 1 hour in pressure canner.

 

If your jars of butter are at room temp its generally going to be runny, if you want to firm it up pitch it into the fridge for a while.

 

Yesterday we worked at the land all day. We got the weed eating done, the site for the septic tanks prepped, & trees/brush cut back to make a path to get the tanks in. After that, I went to the grocery.

Today I'm working but I brought my patient to my house so I can get something done. I'm catching up on the laundry that's waayyyy behind, putting some red bell peppers on the dryer, & just picking up & putting up around here. Made a few phone calls, paid a few bills, planned things out for the week.

 

Spent morning on tractor mowing till started raining. Ate lunch and fell asleep! Went out to gather eggs and found a baby chick! So excited and another egg is moving around. Mowed yard and now need to pick tomatoes. May go back to mow pasture, feed bottle calf around 6:30 but keep checking my chick! So fun. Have 4 kittens on back porch that are 6 weeks old. So ready for them to go somewhere else! Not quite ready to fully wean. They haven't even been outside yet.

 

Finally finishing my boots

 

Another trip to Dallas today for a routine check up. There are four kids trashing the house right now, two of whom need a nap & one needs to tell his parents they want him. The forth, well, he's in fine form today, bless his heart . I feel like I'm in an old Calgon commercial.

 

I am loving the local farmer markets this summer! At one of my favorite markets this morning, the dairy farm brought one of their dairy cows (they have really good milk) the booth next to them was frying up some pork sausage samples; nearby were goat cheese samples. Yum Yum. A local gluten-free bakery has a booth at most local markets in the area, always nice to buy their baked goods for a special treat. Good vibes buying produce, meats, and products from our local farmers. Plus the kids love shopping our grocery list outside.

 

Been canning mango marmalade plain and with pineapple,and I`m a diabetic right also canned roasted turkey and bbq beans,now the girls want brownies so I will also baked garlic roll ,just finish trimming my Cuban grape tree which almost kill me and was going to cut the grass but thunder hit,thank God,rain saved me.