Things got alot crazy around here this week.\u00a0 I knew that we would be fairly busy with Zach having baseball camp 3 days and Vacation Bible School 5 nights with a pool party for a sixth night.\u00a0 What I did not count on was adding in the 659 pounds of meat that needed some attention.<\/p>\n
I received a text on Tuesday morning that our meat was ready. I was very thankful that Matt had cleaned out and started the old chest freezer on Saturday. After a couple of phone calls I was able to arrange some help and began working on making meals with the meat.<\/p>\n
This week I have been able to make and freeze, 14 packs of Salisbury steaks which did not include our dinner today, 2 pounds of Taco meat and 10 packs of taco meat, 10 packs of sloppy joes and 2 additional batches of spaghetti sauce and 2 batches of Salsa.\u00a0 Here is the official meal total:\u00a0 I am at least halfway to my goal of 100 meals in the freezer.
\nOfficial food preparation count: 45
\nBreakfast count : 15
\nSpaghetti Sauce: 20<\/p>\n
The other big event of the week was our purchase and bringing home of 6 chickens. The chickens are approximately 2 weeks old and currently hanging out in the living room under a heat lap for the next week. As you realize I have not been able to get the chicken story and how we have prepared for chickens up yet but hopefully I will be able to get this accomplished in the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
I have 19 days until I return to work.\u00a0 I will be only working one job so hopefully this will make things a tad less hectic in the fall.<\/p>\n
I am continuing to recover from my outpatient surgery. I did overdo things on Sunday and spent most of Monday resting and recovering.\u00a0 I hope to return to normal activities by next Monday but we shall see as I am currenting struggling.<\/p>\n
I was able to spend a good couple of hours working in the garden beds this week.\u00a0 I have pulled up and replanted one of the beds with pumpkins.\u00a0 We are continuing to get lots of good tomatoes, several squash, a zucchni and a couple of small cucumbers.\u00a0 I am hopeful to increase the cucumbers and we also have apples and pears starting to ripen on the trees in the back yard.<\/p>\n
Looking forward to a less busy and more normal start to August!<\/p>\n
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Things got alot crazy around here this week.\u00a0 I knew that we would be fairly busy with Zach having baseball camp 3 days and Vacation Bible School 5 nights with a pool party for a sixth night.\u00a0 What I did … Continue reading