Dave worked really hard to transfer our blog to a new system called Word Press so that we can have easier control of things. We’ll be changing the header here pretty soon to something that reflects us. Currently, its just a theme Word Press had available. I’m excited because I can add photos now and all sorts of other cool stuff!! So thank you Dave for doing such a nice job!!
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008Yesterday’s Appointment
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Well, clomid it is. We start taking it next cycle. And I am so praying this is the extra little push we needed to get pregnant. I’m potentially dealing with PCOS…maybe. If two rounds of clomid do not work, then we’ll be sent to a fertility specialist who can further diagnose why I’m not ovulating. So we’re saying lots of prayers.
My Day
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Well, this morning I’ve got an appointment with the CNM (certified nurse midwife) I see for all things reproductively related. We’re going to have the clomid talk since the glucophage I’ve been taking (which makes me sick as anything) for ovulation regulation has not worked one bit. I’ve also had recommended to me NaPro Technology and Fertilaid recently. Because of my age and the fact that we are talking about time clipping by, I’m going to ask to do a round or two of clomid first. I’d love to go a more natural route, but time is an issue in my case.
After that appointment, I need to come home and pack more maple syrup for the Farmer’s Markets. We’ve been selling syrup pretty well the last few weeks and the last 10 gallons we packed is almost gone. So Dave brought in another 10 gallons last evening for me to process (heat and package in smaller containers). We’ve been getting more sales on the realmaplesyrup.com website as well. So things are good in the syrup world.
If I have time later I might find a few recipes that use maple syrup for things other than pancakes/waffles. Dave and I talked about having a handout available at our table with recipes for people. We’re also talking about adding a pancake mix from a New England based company to augment out sales. And I’m also going to put together a couple of gift baskets full of maple and maple related products.
My nephew, JB, has been helping me with the Farmer’s Market on Mondays. It is nice to have the company and he’s turning into a good little salesman!
My sister-in-law back in IL e-mailed me new pictures of my gorgeous little nieces! I’ll have to get Dave to put them on here for me since I don’t know how to do that.
Morning starting off well
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008I got up a bit earlier than usual this morning. Dave gets up at 6, watches a few minutes of news (which I sleep through generally), checks his email, showers and then I wake up and join him for breakfast. But this morning I got moving right after he finished watching the news. I made his lunch and then we had breakfast. Honestly, our morning moves smoother when I make his lunch before breakfast. But I also know how much I love sleeping that extra 30 minutes too.
After Dave left, I took Bailey outside for a walk. (Bailey is one of my cats.) Dave bought a harness with a leash so I can take Bailey outside to explore occasionally. Bailey has NEVER been outside except briefly and while in a cat cage in all his 13 years. He’s been out now maybe 4 times on the harness and he’s really good on it. He sniffs around on the porch, then walks down the stairs and plops down on the sidewalk, fights briefly with the leash then walks around on the sidewalk and driveway. He just isn’t into the grass stuff yet…won’t even walk on it.
It’s raining here now so I guess I’ll have to wait to hang clothes out on the clothes line until later.
I hope everyone’s day is off to a good start! I’m off to have some quiet time with our Lord and then get busy checking things off my things-to-do list!
Hot and Humid
Monday, July 21st, 2008Good golly it is yucky outside today. I had to tend to grocery shopping and it was even hot in the grocery store. Dave told me that meteorological speaking the climax of summer for this area is July 28th! I’m so looking forward to fall already.
A friend of ours, Maria, began a new blog recently. I thought I’d make a link back to it here. You’ll have to cut and paste this address since I’m not sure how to make an actual link yet. http://hailmaryfullofgrace-mt.blogspot.com/
Sad news from IL
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008I had not so great news from my mother yesterday. One of my uncles, very unexpectedly, needed heart surgery yesterday. He had three arteries very much clogged. I’m so very thankful that his condition was caught. My thoughts and prayers are with he and his family today.
My mom also told me one of my aunts had to put her beloved dog down yesterday evening. So all in all it sounds like it was a yucky day for part of my extended family back in IL.
The Death Orb Strikes Back
Friday, July 11th, 2008The Death Orb (aka the Sun) was gracious enough to burn the stuffing out of me yesterday at the Farmer’s Market. I, unwisely, decided not to wrestle with the tent and instead sat for most of three hours under the baking sun. With my genetic disposition, a person would think I’d know better…but NO! So today I am suffering with badly burnt arms, mildly burnt face and blistered upper chest and a stripe of burnt area on one side of my neck. Stupid Sun!
Lookin’ for a Pup
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Today I went with my in-laws to look at some puppies. They are looking for a dog and actually kind of having a hard time of it. The towns around us are small and don’t seem to have shelters where you can walk in a view a variety of dogs. You can go to the bigger cities of Hartford or Springfield, but there really isn’t anything real local. Most shelters seem to be members of something online called Petfinder. I also didn’t realize the fees associated with getting a dog from the shelter. Good golly some of them are STEEP!
The puppies we saw today were oh so very cute, but probably not what both my in-laws are looking for in a dog. Hopefully, we’ll go visit a couple of the bigger shelters and find one.
I heard a story on the news about how vast numbers of dogs are being abandoned by their owners because of house foreclosures. That’s terribly sad.
Ideally, my in-laws would probably love to have a mid-sized, puppy-young adult, female dog. (And free…that’s my in put there, because I can’t imagine paying for a beast that is eventually going to cost a small fortune in food and vet bills.)
Busy Week and Weekend
Monday, July 7th, 2008Dave and I have been kind of busy lately so I’ve been neglecting the blog and my house…eek! Between Farmer’s Markets, holidays and visiting relatives, it’s been a bit hard to keep up with my housework.
Today from 11-2 I sold maple syrup at the Farmer’s Market here in town. It was our first day for this market so business was a bit slow, but I’m sure it will pick up as the summer goes on. The only blah thing is that I have to be outside for 3 hours in the middle of the day. Thank Heavens this isn’t Illinois so the heat isn’t unbearable, but it was still yucky today and all you guys that know me know that I melt when the temperature goes above 63. I swear I have polar bear in my ancestry cuz heat and me don’t agree with one another.
The rest of today must be spend doing some serious cleaning. I was reading on one of my favorite blogs today about her “two-hour” house pick-up after a holiday weekend. I think I’m going to follow her example, but make up my own version.
1. Take all the laundry to the basement and get a load started. (10 minutes)
2. Unload the dishwasher and reload it. (15 minutes)
3. Wash down all the counter tops, stove top and front of fridge (25 minutes because one of the counter tops has some stuff piled on it)
4. Make the bed (5 minutes)
5. Change the kitty litter (5 minutes)
6. Get another load of laundry started, hang previous load on the clothes line (15 minutes)
7. Clean bathroom sink, toilet, tub and mirror (25 minutes)
8. Vacuum living room and generally straighten that room (20 minutes)
Then after that I need to grate up zucchini for zucchini bread and prep some salmon for dinner tonight. I think we’ll have salmon (preparation method is yet to be determined), fresh fingerling potatoes and green beans, both veggies from this morning’s Farmer’s Market.
Okay, so it’s 2:45PM and Dave comes home around 5:15. I like to have my household chores and dinner started before he comes home so I can spend a few minutes with him when he arrives.
Mountian Laurel Sanctuary
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Today I needed to drive to Woodstock, CT to buy some containers to package more of our maple syrup for the Farmer’s Markets coming up. On the way back, I stopped at a goat farm in Union and bought some goat cheese…very fresh as the owner had just finished making it! Then I decided to stop at the Mountain Laurel Sanctuary, part of Nipmuck State Forest. The Mountain Laurel is the state’s flower and is in full-bloom right now. A couple of bushes have already spent their flowers, but most are in their prime or still have buds to open.
From afar the Mountain Laurel looks like clumpy flowers all over a bush, but get up close and you can see spectacular little flowers with a unique shape. Most of the flowers in the sanctuary are either pink or white. It is just a beautiful, quiet drive along a mile of dirt forest road. Dave enjoys seeing the Mountain Laurel so many we can both go this weekend.
Today is a long, busy day for Dave at work, he’s got to stay until 8. It is kind of rainy and overcast again today. The temp is okay, but the humidity seems to be rising. There have been so many overcast days this summer, my poor tomatoes just aren’t being given an opportunity to grow.