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.
