• Aug. 4, 2009
Lucky or Unlucky??
It seems like much of the past 2 weeks revolved around my washing machine - waiting for repairmen, going to the laundramat, waiting for parts, or calling about broken parts (and told the part was either on the delivery truck, on back order indefinitely, or "in research"). I'd estimate I spent about 10-12 hours alone on the phone trying to resolve this but finally today we seem to have a functioning machine!! While it's pretty cool to get 10 loads of laundry done all at once at the laundramat, pumping a million quarters into their machines and hauling all those clothes in and out of the house was NOT.
wiener dogs don't worry much about washing machines
So my nice front-loader blew it's main bearing - the repairman said he's never seen a machine this young do that- makes me feel pretty unlucky until I remember that if it happened a mere three weeks later, it wouldn't have been under warranty. And
apparently the repair would have cost $1250 -ha! Can you imagine??
While not dealing with washing machine DRAMA, I'm STILL working on "Girasole." Looks like I'll have enough yarn to finish all the repeats and do the knitted-on edging - lucky!!! Unlucky- I spent most of last weekend's available knitting time repairing the damage Emma did to it. That dog really has a thing for yarn, although she disdains cheap kitchen cotton and goes right for the good wool!
The garden is absolutely exploding. Beets have been canned, and we've made lots of bread & pickles - my first time ever to try that. A good way to use up lots of cucumbers and some onions as well. We've frozen lots of green peppers, and next we really need to freeze green beans. We've been enjoying some tomatoes, but soon the bulk of them will be ready and I'll need to do some freezing there as well. I think I mentioned that the farmer has almost 50 tomato plants?? Oh boy.
I feel like the summer has flashed right by me - who can believe it's August?? We have another fair this weekend to take the sheep to - this one's only for 2 days though. In a couple weeks we'll go on vacation (yay!!!) and it dawned on me recently that when we get back, it's about time to start school. Whoa. Time to organize my thoughts, clear out the bookshelves, and start ordering curriculum. I really think I could use an extra month of summer this year.....anybody else??
Comments
• Aug. 4, 2009
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Posted by Oiyi
Those two are so cute! Sorry about the washing machine. We had a similar thing happen to the refrigerator a while ago.
Canning!! I bought some jars recently and just need to find the time to experiment with the loads of cucumbers in my fridge.
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• Aug. 4, 2009
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Posted by Anonymous
Love that the weiners are getting along. Isn't that great that Emma has great taste. I love pickles and bread and butter remind me of my grandmother's pickles when I was a little girl. I ate someone's that they said they made in the microwave for 9 minutes. They tasted pretty good. I am with you about summer. It's gone by quickly! I for one am glad.
• Aug. 4, 2009
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Posted by Thimbleanna
Those weiners are too cute. FIFTY tomato plants??? OH MY! You're going to be in tomato heaven ... or hell, depending on how you look at it LOL. Do you make salsa? And, if you're coming to see the BIL for vacay, bring your knitting! ;-)
• Aug. 4, 2009
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Posted by Anonymous
Sorry about the machine, but LOVE the weiners. They should meet our son's doxies - a black/tan, red and chocolate. The chocolate is like your Emma, the littlest, newest, bossiest dog in the house LOL!!
• Aug. 5, 2009
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Posted by woolwinder
I'm always in favor of more summer. Your pickles look good. Get ready for the tomatoes!
• Aug. 6, 2009
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Posted by Anonymous
LOL at those adorable Doxies!!! Ahhhhhhhhh, what a wonderful life :) The pickles look awesome!
Jan :)
• Aug. 7, 2009
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Posted by Anonymous
That's really awful about your washer, but you sure were lucky that it happened before the warranty ended. Your pickles looks wonderful. It's nice to have a big garden, but it sure is a lot of work to can and freeze it all. You'll be very happy later on I'm sure :)
Enjoy what's left of summer :)
hakucho
• Aug. 12, 2009
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Posted by Anonymous
Holy cow 50 mato plants - wish I lived closer I would help you out with the extra, lol. Pickles looking very yummy by the way and those weiner dogs - be still my heart, that picture is just to dang adorable. Need to show that one to Mr. Farmhouse.
Enjoy what's left of your summer - you've been a very busy girl.
Hugs - Mrs. Farmhouse
BTW - I can never figure out how to post on your blog to have my name show up, I must be doing something wrong which is entirely possible, lol.
• Aug. 14, 2009
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Posted by Emily
I'm torn. I really could use a week or two of school to catch my breath--then maybe another month of summer!!!! I'm jealous of the tomatoes!!!
