September 6-12, 2020 New Diet (no eggs), Painting deck, Caning, Garden

 

September 6-12, 2020

 New Diet (no eggs), Painting deck, Caning, Garden

Hello Friends!

I’ve been doing a vegetable exchange with a friend from last year’s Bible study, her name is Teresa.  She has lots of tomatoes and I have lots of green beans, so we exchange our extra produce with each other.  Plus, it is really nice to see a friend during the busy summer!

New Diet:

I’m trying to adjust to my new diet.  The hardest part is not having eggs!  I came to Michigan and was so excited to raise my own chickens and eat our own eggs, but now I can’t eat the eggs that I work SO hard getting!!!  But, if that helps with my migraines, I’ll try anything.  Dh is trying to make our normal foods without eggs—Sunday he made pancakes with applesauce instead of eggs and they were okay (not great, but ‘ok.’)

Garden:

I’ve been canning more this week—tomatoes in crockpot turning into a lovely paste…kale…  I pulled up the tomato plants and turned those beds into fall beds by putting the hoop house frames back in the bed.  Now I can really get prepared for cooler tempts and planting lettuce, spinach, and kale.

Bugs: I’ve been spending way too much time picking bugs off kale!  This time of year is the worst for bugs and I go organic and fight the bugs with my perseverance, and I do try a LOT!

House:

Dh is still working hard on the deck and I’ve been coming behind him and painting it.  We bought a special deck paint that has some filler in it that fills in the cracks and makes the wood look better and newer.  It sure does a really nice job! We bought the wrong color at first, so used that to spray under the deck for weather protection and then painted the top of the boards with the really good stuff.  We did a good job if I do say so.

Dd’s Progress:

Dd and Hailee camped at her boyfriend’s house.  They put up a tent and spent Friday and Saturday having fun outside.

German: DuoLingo: 7 sessions of 10 min. = 1:10 hours

Biology: Apologia: 4 sessions = 50 min.

Physical Education: 3:15 hours

Reader: Changeless by Gail Carriger: completed 10:59:00 (11 hours)