food

Building off of my last post, we are actually making some baby steps in the food department.  Huh?  I can hardly believe I can actually say that!!  All of the boys are trying some things (we're talking basics here) that previously they refused, AND LIKING THEM.  Nothing exotic, but it is very encouraging!  No headway in the vegetable department, but I'm not going to push it, I have hope for the future.  :)  This comes at a nice time since all our meals during the week are just me and the boys, and it's very tiring to constantly be dealing with the complaining, etc. on my own without a break.  Examples of our successes lately: Bacon (I know.  Seriously, right?); sandwiches made with leftover roast; a quiche with bacon, burger and cheese; ravioli; and eggs.

It's been a challenging...well...few months, but now specifically the last couple weeks.  Celery harvest is in full swing and it's just been crazy for Mike.  We knew it would be (more than normal), but that doesn't really help...  So, yeah, harvest is always a very busy time, but this year it's more intense for Mike because of the new packing shed and the fact that he is managing two packing lines and not "just" one.  That means a lot more moving parts (there's always a belt slipping, drain getting clogged, gutter jamming up, motor burning out, etc.), and about 50 employees to keep track of (there's always people needing to leave early for appointments, people that don't show up, people driving the dump truck into the barn, leaving lights on on a tractor so there's a dead battery, etc., etc., etc.,).  Mike's current schedule is about 5am-7pm, but that's likely to change a bit (to more like 4am) when they start shipping to V8.  And, evening's are spent either going to a meeting (had a couple church things this week) or working on the house.  That's a long day!  Especially when it's every day (M-F) for a few months straight.  We're both trying not to get discouraged that this is only the beginning of the season and we have to survive this until mid-October.  Of course, a huge factor in this is the fact that harvest is coming right on the heels of the major part of our house project.  Again, something we knew would be an issue, but there was nothing we could do about it.  We're both feeling worn out more like we normally would be in September, a couple months into harvest.  All that said, we are certainly thankful that we were able to do the house project and that it went as smoothly as it did, and we are thankful that Mike has a good job and he certainly has job security (there is lot of celery out in the field, and there's no one else that wants his job!).  Trusting the Lord to get us through the next few months, and then this winter I think we're going to just hibernate in the house and snuggle our new baby.  :)

Update on the house: porches are currently being worked on.  As with any project on an old house and all the things you run into, seems like it's a lot of monkey business.  I need to make up my mind on sidewalks and get that squared away.  We're getting quotes on new asphalt for the driveway.  Those are the main things right now.

Been able to do a few fun things with the boys lately that are helping to pass our long days.  :)  On Monday I took them back to the campground to visit friends and go swimming.  Tuesday we went on an adventure to the viewing park at the airport in GR, Wednesday was not such a good day (Logan puked all over the back of the van because he was hyper, tried to take a drink of water at the wrong moment, got into a coughing fit, and then vomited repeatedly), yesterday we went to a splash pad with friends.

I feel like I had things to write individually about the boys, but hunger is overtaking me and I'm drawing a blank.  :)