Summer is just around the corner and I have to admit we have been ready for weeks. Edd has staunchly refused to eat any watermelon that we do not grow ourselves, so the kids and I are praying to the watermelons daily to hurry and grow! We are ready for lazy mornings and haphazard days filled with the spontaneity and devil-may-care casualness only summer break can bring. This summer we will have a few extra kids here full time ,Edd says ," it's like summer camp" and snickers, because he knows I am loving it. I really am. I am looking forward to it. believ it or not- it actually gets easier the more kids you have if you get the numbers right.
We will have a 12/13 yr old a 14/15 yr old (girls) 3 10/11 (boys) and a 7 yr old girl. This is perfect! We have had these kids together before and the chemistry is good. yes, there are inevitably squabbles, but it works itself out pretty quikly and then we are back on track. The new comers will be learning things from the others like cycling, ice skating and swimming-while they will all be learning to horseback ride ,zip line, and possibly dirt bike together. There will beach trips and the pool and festivals galore! theres the fireworks and a couple of people have birthdays this summer too. Cross your fingers and I'll keep ya posted.
On to the property.
Gardens are in full fruit at this time, as a matter of fact I have gotten 2 regular weekly deliveries booked for produce and a weekly bread/pastry delivery too! I am so excited, I will have to till another plot to plant again for the family if I get many more local orders. I have my friends on Post @ Ft. Stewart in GA to deliver to bi-weekly also. I had hoped to maybe do a weekend market once or twice this summer so this makes me exceedingly happy to have regular deliveries. We had our first egg customer on Monday. A very sweet lil ole black lady pulled right into the driveway. She said," them chickens look good and healthy and I's hungry fer some eggs!" so we sold her all we had and grinned about it all day. We are managing to pay the bills (although we no longer have our cellphones) and keep food on the table and I have bartered labor and goods for a few fun surprises for the kids this summer. I am working at a horse ranch here locally to pay for riding priveleges for the kids. I will be mucking stalls and doing repairs for a couple months most likely during the hottest of summer days so that all the kids staying here-not just ours- will get to ride a few times over summer. I have to admit I am excited about it too. I was tickled to death when I was able to negotiate terms with the owner. Kids will D. I. E-die! when they find out.
Elvis has reached his sexual maturity and has been attempting (and failing) to mount everything in the yard! it's very literally hysterical to watch. He saunters up to the hens,who are about 2 months from maturity, and grips a mouthful of feathers on their backs in his beak and before he can leap on top he gets pecked and flapped and shooed away! he keeps trying though. Gotta give him credit for that. Edd says he needs to learn THE DANCE. You know the, hey-pretty-mamma-check-me-out, wing dance they do, to intice the hens. They drop a wing and do a little circle around her to show her the goods. if she wants it, she drops it like it's hot and it's ON! Otherwise, not so much. He is getting the NOT SO MUCH right now. Poor fellow, but his crow is definately improving.
The Guinneas are almost old enough to be released into the yard, maybe next week and Layla's house chicken Esme, is doing just fine and more than a little spoiled. He (we are almost certain it is a rooster) he follows us like a puppy and insists on being fed at the table and roosting on my shoulder when I go to bed. Edd usually scoops him up and puts I'm in his cage long after I have fallen asleep.
Dawson doesn't come out as much as before ,but we still see him 3 out of 7 days a week. His brother Darris,broke up with Layla the day of Spring Formal. What a dick huh? Layla says it's cool-she thinks he may be into guys anyway,"cuz he never even tried to kiss me", she says. She is ok ,I am ok-just keep breathing slowly kinda ok. I really thought this first Boyfriend break up crap was gonna flip me out, but Layla took it well and therefore I am taking it well. That's not to say I don't think of pit maneuvering his bike every time I see him riding down the street, I just don't , so I am OK. right? even though I still refer to him as DICK instead of Darris. I AM OKAY.
Got all the kids final papers turned into the county school board for review for their end of the year grade today. Glad to be done with it-it basically signals the beginning of summer for us. We still technically have a week + to go but we are done. Getting late and I am pooped. I will post recipes tomorrow for some delicious cinnamon rolls and pork egg rolls from left overs!.
'night ya'll
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