Ho Hum Monday

It's now 2:30 pm and I don't feel as if I've even woken up fully. We had planned to get so much crossed off the "To Do" list. We had unexpected company arrive about 9:30 am, so this set us back a bit but we enjoyed our visit. Mondays are most always "Laundry Day". That being said, Cortney headed outdoors to finish up some daily animal chores while I sorted and started a load of jeans. Then came breakfast and yes, supper dishes( shameful I know) left until this morning. First load of wash was ready for a rinse, then a few more minutes aggitation and finally run through the wringer. The day is cloudy but it is above normal temps with a slight breeze blowing, so drying time will be quick. Next is a load of dark clothes and I'm off to help Cortney haul wood to the outside woodbox. When woodbox was filled we headed indoors, Cortney to begin working on school work and I was on a mission to clean the refrigerator. Really the refrigerator wasn't messy, but I did however find some containers clearn in the back, you know the ones, contents look like nothing you served! The frig. all cleaned and rearranged, the seocnd load of wash was awaiting a rinse and aggitation. Cortney had a few questions on Math and in Science, so we spent time looking into these. It was now time to put Mo, our horse, out onto pasture for a few hours grazing. Cortney put Mo out and cleaned his stall and corral and I fixed grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, carrot sticks and canned pears for dinner. Having dinner finished and dishes done again Cortney worked on finishing up school work and I took time to read a few articles in the "Local section" of the newspaper. I've been following a case of animals cruelty and there was an update and information on bills being brought before the House. These bills are designed to help with regulation of puppymills. When cleaning the frig. I also was thinking of ways to use some leftovers from a few nights ago. Supper tonight will need to be ready, as Mike has EMT classes to help with tonight. I found steak, which will be made into a steakrice and served with leftover squash and buttermilk biscuits. Dessert will most likely be a fruit cobbler, apple blueberry or apple rhubarb, as they are easily put together from home canned apple pie filling and rhubarb or frozen blueberries. Cortney's plans tonight is to work on some new jewelry designs( ear rings) and to get an idea of cost for beads and needed items to make more. She has a beading mentor who comes once a week and helps her with new techniques and gives an assignment to be finished by the following week. I plan to work on researching CSA( Community Supported Agriculture) ideas online. I'm not sure CSA will catch on in our local area, so will need to focus on areas where we can advertise close enough that it will work. Area Farmer's Markets are still in our research as well. CSA would make our job easier, as the people would come here to pick up produce and possibly if we had a good following from the city, we could manage a drop point in the city. Time to stoke the wood cookstove and get the brown rice cooking. Many blessing to each of you.