CSA and other things…

Okay sorry for no photographs today but I thought I should update. From the CSA this week we got:4 lbs of onions2 lbs of potatoes2 tomatoes1/2 lbs of chard1 eggplant1 big bunch of basil1 head of garlic2 summer squashes1 watermelon – which I had a farmer take to the car for me as I was … [Read more…]

This week…

On July 4th we made Max’s playset into a water park. We hooked up the sprinkler and then he had a water slide. Not great for Tony’s abs but who needs to do crunches now!! As you can see Max LOVED it! I also got a new app for my phone and now I can … [Read more…]

Blueberry picking!

Now I did a TON of Huckleberry picking as a child but not a whole lot of blueberry picking, so in a way this was Max’s and mine first time. Huckleberries are these http://wildhuckleberry.com/.  Here is Max with his bucket picking berries. He did it for about 30 minutes then decided to play while I picked.  … [Read more…]

A bit of the weekend…

My cold seems to be on the way out so this weekend I tried to do some helping around the house. Tony started the monster project of staining the playset this weekend. I would like to say he is about 1/2 way there, but sadly I know that there is a TON of wood on … [Read more…]