Planning Out Tomorrows Day Off

Image:  Living By Faith Homestead/Tracy Few

Me and Miss Rooh woke up to cooler, fall-like temperatures this morning.  The sky was overcast, with the coming of rain being predicted for the afternoon.  Last night, when Miss Rooh went on her final walk before turning in the night sounds were very reminiscent of fall.  The little bugs were heralding the coming of the change of seasons, and boy were they exuberant about it.

Tomorrow is a day off from the phone job here on the homestead.  I will still have writing deadlines to meet, but those can be done in between other chores and such so they are not really time-consuming.  I will probably take some time to look for additional work, and put in some more applications.  Now that me and Miss Rooh are working towards a goal, I am going to try to get as much work as I can, while I can. 

According to the weather report, we are supposed to have some rain today and tomorrow.  I am hoping there is a little bit of a lull when I log out this evening, so me and Miss Rooh can get some bean picking done.  I want to can up some more beans, and get some tomato juicing done tomorrow morning.  I prefer to get my canning done in small batches, and in the morning hours.  That way I am not tied up all day with it and can move on to the next thing needing to be done.  And believe me, there is always something needing done on the homestead.

I started last Wednesday to rearrange the living room and do a deep cleaning as I went.  With winter coming, and my failure to do a sound cleaning this past spring lets just say it is more than overdue for a good cleaning.  I also have plans to do the same to the bedroom.  With everything moved around, it will give me a fresh feel heading into the winter months.

I am also going to work on doing a very deep purge of items.  I have way too much for one person, so I am going to work on remedying that.  It will also help if me and Miss Rooh find another place, or piece of land to put a trailer on, that I won't have so much to move, because it will most probably be just me moving it all.  So the less the better.

Tomorrow is my target day to get my fall planting of my second crop of mustard.  Momo said I should have had it in by now, but she doesn't think it is too late.  My first crop did not yield much and only ended up being around three quarts.  Only one of five rows came up.  Not sure why, but I am hoping all five rows come up this second time around. 

I am also waiting for the rest of my tomatoes to come in,  I have enough now to warrant a juicing session, but I would prefer to have many many more.  I use a lot of juice in the winter for chilis and soups, and only buy store bought when I have to.  It is just too salty for my taste and works havoc on my blood pressure.

I also have it on my list to move a few things around in the kitchen.  When the new flooring was put down last spring, I took the chance to set it up as a galley style kitchen.  I love it this way and find it so much more appealing.  However, the area between my fridge and my stove currently holds my microwave and stand.  I really do not like it there.  I am wanting to move it all to another wall, and get a cabinet on wheels with a butcher block type top to store there instead.  That way when I am cooking or canning I can wheel it out and use it.  Then put is back out of the way when not in use.  I can also store my flatware in the drawers and my cookers in the bottom.  I can see this being so much more efficient than my current method.

I will try to take some pics of me and Miss Rooh's adventures tomorrow.  I have been neglectful of that lately, and I do apologize.  I may even get some videoing done if the lighting isn't too overcast. 

That should pretty much fill our day.  I do have to take a short break in the afternoon to head over to my cousins to do a little job for her, but otherwise, I am hoping to get a quite a few things ticked off my list tomorrow.