It was PAINFUL!

Returning to work after 2 weeks of bliss was a major pain!

First day I had 100 emails....hugh

Second day all the crap started falling back on my desk and the dead bodies kept floating back up!

(I.E dead bodies: cases you had trouble with, were glad to get rid off and they won't stay dead!)

Over the weekend I was seriously reconsidering this career move. Okay it's is not a career, I'm not the ambitious type, I just strive to do my job well.

Tuesday and today were amazingly peaceful days, like I finally understood and made sense of my cases. It flowed. Good times, celebrate , come on!

I'm praying for the same tomorrow.

                        Here's a bouquet of coneflowers I made for last saturday's family BBQ.

It is a great way to use this glass jar that doesn't really get any use otherwise. It is missing its seal so forget about storing crackers in it!


So that's it for tonight, sleep tight

(I hope I don't sweat too much ;my AC crapped out today; it lived a long and full life but after 14 years of service; it gave up.)

Aaaaahhhhh! The weekend!

Today we had a very productive day!

A quick trip to the hairdresser, a touch of thrifting, we rented a carpet cleaning machine, the balance of the living room baseboard got painted, the hall got a big declutter, the heat registers got a good cleaning, we changed a curtain rod and many other tid bits were taken care of.....and I'm fighting a little cold.

Did I mention I made homemade chicken broth? and veggie soup too?

Here's what I harvested last night, we had a real hot and humid summer with periods of drought and big buckets of rain but the overall harvest is dismal. I thank God that we have other means to feed ourselves, otherwise we would have been skinny and mal-nourished.

The cukes are doing great we had about 20 so far, the green beans, shish....and to my great surprise we have oodles of cherry tomatoes. The italian tomato is a rogue, i didn't planted, it probably came from  the compost pile.

On thursday I went thrifting to Renaissance in Verdun, and I spotted this. This is a fairly rare JAJ Pyrex gravy boat, I was totally in awe. And it was just .99 cents! I forced myself to leave it there because it had 2 big chips on the base. Maybe next time! But I did get plenty of pictures for future FTW? Tuesday!

After all that hard work, I needed a break! So around 5pm I sneaked outside to enjoy the fading day....

 A cold one, one of my fave magazine and my latest Pyrex find!

 I found The Cracker Barrel and in very good condition. I'm guessing that it originally came with a plastic insert to make it more air tight as with the Stack'n'See storage containers because no way will this canister keep your crackers dry! And I hate a soggy cracker!

 However you have a tip on the side of the container.....If you want crisper crackers you can shove the crackers with the glass container in the stove minus the lid of course!

For supper we had grilled steak with Cow Bell Hell rub (from Maine), mushroom barley risotto and field tomatoes (from my CSA basket) 

The temperature has been very cold in the last few days and I'm worried my swimming days will be over soon, rats! I hope to take a dip or 2 tomorrow in between chores. Well they're not realy chores. I see it as TCB or taking care of business. You do what you have to do. Winter is coming so we must prepare!