I'm leaving for New Mexico on Tuesday. I'm THRILLED that I'll get to see Dean & Renda and Richard & Sherri and Jay's & Jewel's wedding and bring my Mama home with me. We haven't even bothered to fully unpack from our fun filled Utah visit. Be prepared, right?
Well, part of the fun of going to Bloomfield this time of year to visit is Dean's garden. It's harvest time! I've lost my blackberry crop this year (sob!) so it's fun that I was able to sample Marianne's pickings and now I'll get to eat Dean's (yum!). There are big plans to make fresh salsa and play lots of cards.
You'd think I'd be doing laundry and cleaning in the spirit of "be prepared", right? I am, but I'm deeply distracted. The picture above? It's not the reading of e-mails or making of lists. Oh, no, it's Farmer GeorgeAnn plowing a field.
Thanks to Michael and Brittany I'm hooked and I sucked Alli and Em into the vortex with me. Farm Town on facebook! Oh my gosh! It is so addictive! Plant crops, harvest, sell, visit your "neighbors" and they can help you harvest and plow and then you both make more coinage! I feel I'm channeling my inner George. How sick is our new addiction? See for yourself...
Emily and I started keeping records in a notebook on cost vs. profit and what you could sell "gifts" of plants and animals for. To make things neater, and cooler, we've started keeping record in Word documents, color coding for harvest schedule. The easier to make money with, my dear.
Why the need for money? Below you'll see a corner of my farm, Rivendell (a peaceful, beautiful place in Middle Earth I'd love to have a summer home in). I'm in my yard by my cute little farm house. I have a picnic table and a grill. There are roses by my gate next to my cute little mailbox. I have benches under my fruit trees and flowers around the fence. There's even a cute scarecrow in the fields. These things, as in the real world, have to be purchased. I'm in it for the cute. I can't wait to build a corral for a few cows, get a little dog house and just, you know, make things prettier.
Silly? Yes, but it makes me happy. In a week or so I'll be knee deep in the girls Senior year. I'm still on the substitute roster. CHRIS WILL BE HOME ON SEPTEMBER NINTH!!! Oh, and there are the dresses to alter when they all come in. So, in the midst of that, I'll read my scriptures, take care of my husband and plant some crops. It's cheaper than therapy.
4 comments:
Your farm is SO cute Miss GeorgeAnn! Britt just asked me if I wanted to start a farm. I am afraid my mind isn't wired to handle one more thing to think about right now! Plus, I think if I started I wouldn't be able to stop! So you keep on enjoying the farm and I'll observe from afar!
As far as your little system to keep track of everything...I fear it shows how deep this addiction goes! You and Emily need help!
P.S. Your son is downstairs contemplating planting carrots...they may be more profitable than coffee! I can't get away from it!
Wow! This is quite a little production here isn't it? You know Brilynn has a Webkin and on Webkins you can have all this stuff and it's quite a little production as well. I was getting a little bit concerned about her with it awhile back because every single spare moment she had she was on it. I asked her one day what the fasination of it all was and she said, "Well, just look at this Mom. I'm makin money, lots of money, and I've got this house and this yard and look I even have been able to send my pets on vacation, etc." and she just went on and on and on. I finally looked at her and said, "Well honey that is just great as long as you don't let this over take your life completely." She just looked at me like well, duh. Well now I know that she comes by this great addiction rightly:)I'm glad that your having fun with this. It's the little things like this that keeps us happy and healthy. So enjoy your farm!
Oh and I can't believe Chris will be home September 9th! That just flew by, well for me it did. I'm sure it didn't for you! That is so exciting!!!
Take Care! We love you!!! Enjoy New Mexico!
JoLynn
I have NO IDEA what you just said in this post (it was like you were speaking a foreign language) but the picture of the little farm is cute! I guess we all have our addictions...mine, of course, is blogging. No money involved, thank heaven, that would be way too much pressure for me. Happy planting (or whatever it is that you're doing!!)
Yep that farm stuff is addicting, I have two farm one in farm town and farm villie oh my I spend some time on there when I can, usually on sleepless nights like this one :) It fun though ;)
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