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catching up

I haven't felt much like writing the past few days. In fact I haven't felt much like doing anything. I haven't been sick really, although nausea and headaches did come and go, and my head is all allergy-fogged, but more than anything I just feel exhausted. Making the rounds to check the animals leaves me gasping for breath. Fortunately we didn't have any major plans this weekend so I mainly rested. 

There are a few things we accomplished this week:

1. put the new handles on the kitchen cabinets and scrubbed them
2. cleaned the sides and back of the stove and refridgerator
3. set up inside cat boxes (I will share more on that later)
4. made a menu for the upcoming month using all natural recipes from Healthy Choices
5. planned a shopping list to the Good Food Good People Co-op and Eats Natural Foods
6. researched recipes for homemade breads, cereal, zone bars, and more
7. cleaned the house
8. had dinner with my sister and her fiance here at the farm (Sunday)
9. had dinner with my sister and her fiance at their place in town (Thursday)
10. plus all the usual chores, firewood, animals, maintenance and more that is never ending


Oh yeah, and I just started my first sourdough. I will have to share more about that later, too.

Until next time,

Angela Kelly

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