Conference

 There were some really good talks yesterday!

One was especially good, but I wasn't

taking notes, so I don't remember which

it was... looking forward to getting the

replays and printed versions soon.

It was about Joy (as were MANY of them...)

The "theme" seemed to be 

1. recommitting

2. finding joy

3. getting along with others

Looking forward to today's sessions.

We had a lack luster market in the morning.

It's fall. Lots of people think market is over.

And there are SO MANY things for people

to do right now that we just don't make the list.

Although we did still sell some stuff.

We have been giving out business cards

to everyone with our number (and a message

that "text is best").

We are going to do one more week and then

it will be shut down until next year.

And then I'll take all the freeze dried stuff

out of the little clear front bags and put

it into large mylar bags with an oxygen 

absorber and seal it up.

That way it will stay good.

I opened a bag of peaches yesterday

that I did in 2022 and they were perfect.

We ate our first green beans Friday night!

They were so good we did it again last night.

(got double the harvest yesterday...)

I just sautéed them in a pan with LOTS of butter.

YUM!!!

OH!

And I forgot to tell you last week I

bought a little bird house at the market.

(We haven't hung it yet, it's on a little

table by the door for now...)

Nancy and George sell birdhouses.

He makes them and she decorates them.

They are all really cute and I intend to buy

one, but "the one" hadn't shown up yet.

Last week it was there.

(She said she just made it the night before...)

I loved the clock on the front!

(The little "stoop" is a light green knob...)

She puts something fun on each side.

This side has a lily pad and a butterfly.

The opposite side has an old key

and a metal corner piece.

The back just has a piece of bling,

but nobody will see it anyway. 

Lol.

And if you look close,

there is a little cuckoo bird sticking out

of the hole above the clock.

(I should have taken a closer picture of him...)

Anyhow.

I'm glad I got it!

They are done for the year as well.

Weren't there yesterday.

Sonia said she was coming to sell jelly

(she still has 98 jars) but was a no-show.

So it was Norman, the onion guy.

Dave & Mary - garden produce - I bought

another $30 worth of yummy sweet and no heat

jalapenos from them for the freeze dryer...)

Us

George (the OTHER George) usually his

girlfriend Jenny, but she wasn't there - garden produce,

and David - eggs. 

I bought another 2 doz from him

and got a good line on chicken feed.

I don't want to have to buy from Tractor Supply.

Who knows how old it is, what else is in it,

and BOY its expensive.

He goes to the co-op (Frontier Ag) in town

and they grind it up fresh for him.

That's what we are used to.

So....

Although we didn't SELL a lot of stuff,

we sold enough to pay for our expenditures

and made a little on top.

Conference starts in 15 minutes.

Enjoy!!!

(BTW, I got another new laptop... this one

was half the price and just as good, but the

power button is right next to the delete

button - hope that's not going to be a problem!)

Hahahaha.