Typical Tuesday (ie: BUSY)

 The day started nice and early.

Rod got up, did the dishes from

last night (we are guilty of going

to bed with a messy kitchen...

that's what happens when I teach until

9:30 and THEN we have dinner...)

Rod made a yummy chuck tender roast

in the pressure cooker while I was

busy teaching and Kyle was at the farm.

So, then Rod made some pancakes 

for us to eat for breakfast.

(Sensing a theme here? He's quickly

becoming a good cook!)

After that was all done and cleared away,

I finished up the salt water taffy I had

started yesterday.

(I FORGOT it was in the freeze dryer

until nearly midnight! It was done when

I finished teaching, but so was dinner 

and then we started watching our nightly

episodes of JAG on Amazon Prime...

and I just forgot...)

Yesterday morning I unwrapped and cut into quarters

20 candies per tray. I was worried they were too close

together and would stick.

(HA! I can easily do DOUBLE that... good to 

know for next time.)

This is 100 candies, 20 per tray with a total of 5 trays.

(One was still on the other counter...)

So after breakfast, I pulled them out of the FD and

got them all into bags for this week's market.

There are 20 candies per bag and then about

40 in the "sample" jar.

I find if they taste it, they buy it.

At least 50% of the time. 

When originally they just said "I have a

dehydrator..." (like, I can do this myself.)

But once they taste, they usually buy SOMETHING.

(Not always, but samples have definitely

increased our sales...)

Then I got 5 more trays of grated zucchini 

out of the deep freeze and onto trays

and into the freeze dryer.

Meanwhile, the AC guy showed up with his

assistant and they took a look at our unit.

Determined it was over 30 years old and

needed a new fan motor, which 

he would need to special order.

So he'll be back...

Then it was time to get those cucumbers into jars.

This time I decided to do chips instead of spears.

It took FOREVER to slice them on my

mandolin and then get them stuffed into 

the jars so there was little/no air space.

But I got it done.

And now I'm just waiting patiently (HA)

for them do do their satisfying little

POP to signify they sealed.

Next?

Lunch.

Meanwhile, Rod is painting all the baseboards

and trim in the living room.

Kyle painted all the walls when he was here

by himself in March, but he "doesn't do trim". 

HA.

Slow but steady.

We are getting it all done.