We have been busy here. I finished my last day working on the old house for the next couple weeks. The day after tomorrow we will be driving to the Buffalo Airport to pick up my youngest. Friday night my son and his wife and my granddaughters will be coming. I plan to savor this. Tim can do as he wants.
Saturday is the wedding reception for my oldest and her husband. They got married late last fall in a small ceremony, delaying the celebration until the weather was a bit more predictable. This is also a long weekend which allows more out of towners to get in.
You know. Things like this stress me out. I have my agenda. Thursday: airport. Friday. Pick up produce order. On the way home, pick up four roasters. We will thaw 40 pounds of chicken breast and 30 pounds of ham. Saturday, we cook that meat. 20 lbs will be BBQ. 20 lbs will be lemon pepper. I will make the salad. I need to drive up to Mattie's to pick up the rolls and a pound of churned butter. Also to pick up 8 planters of flowers for the tables from her greenhouse.
My sister gave me a load of manure for my birthday. I told her I don't take shit from anybody but her. We shoveled manure and blabbed. It feels like forever since we have had time to just visit. They are pretty busy too, demo'ing a house on their side of the road. Today I planted my onions, peppers and tomatoes.
So...it has been a bit crazy at my house.
It has also been crazy outside our house. We had two police shootings in 3 days. I mean, we live in the middle of nowhere. To have two separate shootings within 20 miles of us is crazy. Today an 18 year old stabbed his father. A man was sitting outside with his dog. A bear showed up and took a swipe at the dog. Also in that 20 mile circle.
Outside that 20 mile radius, it is even crazier. 1.7 billion dollar slush fund for trump allies. The IRS cannot investigate any of the trumps for tax evasion. Trump claims he was within an hour of resuming attacks on Iran but has called them off because he was asked nicely.
There is just too much crazy right now.
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I loved this post, so many good things and memory making things. Enjoy your family, I bet the little girls are so excited to come see you and a party is just a bonus. i wish you a good week end and great weather.
ReplyDeletedefinitely too much crazy.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your family get togethers...I assume that there are Lists of things to do being made !!
Hope you have a wonderful time with family and forget the crazy for a few days - perhaps it will have gone away by then- we wish!
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of cooking! I don't do anything like that for family get togethers, I have a wonderful DIL who took over some years ago!
ReplyDeleteI hope that you all have a wonderful time.
There is a working trebuchet at Warwick Castle, should the USA want to borrow one. Always glad to help!
ReplyDeleteIt’s a good job you keep yourself fit, you should sail through all that prep. I hope it all goes to plan you have a great time.
ReplyDeleteYour head's buzzing, but what a wonderful time you will have.
ReplyDeleteYou live an interesting life in an interesting place, including the big place, which is a scary place.
ReplyDeleteYou are the only person who I know of that got a load of poo as a birthday gift. Lol your weekend sounds like it will be so much fun with family. I hope the weather cooperates. You are such a busy gal. Gigi
ReplyDeleteBecause of your finely honed organisational skills, all will go smoothly. You've done the work, now chill as you calmly follow your plan, and enjoy the celebration, even if it doesn't go quite to plan.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad that violence is so close to you. Of course it won't affect you, until it does.
It is hard to believe that #47, family and cronies can't be prosecuted for tax evasion. Basic democracy state that laws apply to all.
Debby- I'll be honest with you. If I had to do all of that in preparation for a wedding I would be insane. I would also be, okay, I'll say it- angry at having to be the one in charge of so much of it.
ReplyDeleteI've never been good at things like this and I seriously doubt I'm going to change. But I hope that all goes well and smoothly and that you do get some lovely moments to stop, breathe, and love on the ones you're with.
I not, really. Her father is providing potato salad, pasta salad, the drinks, nibbles and a cake. It is not going to be fancy, but everyone gets fed. Still feels like a lot. Things like this make me nervous. They just do.
DeleteYou are so organized! I quail (!) at just the thought of all that food prep! You're amazing, and I hope you get to enjoy it, too.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a wonderful visit with everyone and that things go smoothly, and if they don't go smoothly, I hope you get a good story out of it:)
ReplyDeleteThe crazy is strong right now.
Good morning Pixie!
DeleteThere might be crazy stuff going on but you are incredibly busy.
ReplyDeleteIt does sound crazy busy but that's wonderful for your daughter and her husband, Debby. (Loved the manure quips too!)
ReplyDeleteOh goodness, that sounds way too busy! Hope the celebration goes well and you have lovely weather for it.
ReplyDeleteI can't even think about the Trump/IRS thing. It's too infuriating. I sure don't want MY tax dollars paying compensation to Jan. 6 insurrectionists! Those people deserved everything they got.
ReplyDeleteYou do have a lot going on. I wouldn't even begin to know how to cook all that food! I hope it all goes smoothly and give us a report when you come out the other side. :)
Thanks for checking in! You do sound crazy busy! But fun times! Enjoy the wedding celebration - spend great times with your son and family! Everything sounds wonderful, savor the moments.
ReplyDeletePut the orange carnage out of your mind. It will all be here (unfortunately) when all your goings on are done.
Hope all your celebrating goes smoothly and you aren't too tired from all that cooking to enjoy it! And thank goodness for help with the rolls and butter, sounds delicious.
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Well, you will have your work cut out with all that food to prepare and cook. Hope it all goes well and you aren't too exhausted to enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteAs for you-know-who - I think his balloon is letting out air and fading. People are getting the message now, even those who voted him in.
Crazy busy does not begin to describe your life right now, 40 lbs of chicken and 30 lbs of ham says it all!! Have a wonderful time with family. Thanks for the meme, although I think we might need really big ones that will throw them into the next galaxy! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteOh have a wonderful time with all the family - I hope that you get a few other helpers with the cooking (isn't Mattie a blessing!) and good luck on everything else!
ReplyDeleteFor living in the middle of nowhere, your 20-mile radius is putting big cities to shame right now. Police shootings, a stabbing, and a bear fighting a dog? That is absolutely nuts!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like staying inside and cooking 70 pounds of chicken and ham for the wedding reception might actually be the safest place to be this weekend. I love the birthday manure story with your sister—there is nothing like a good long visit with family to keep you grounded when the rest of the world is spinning out of control. Good luck with the big agenda this weekend, and enjoy having the whole family back together!
Feeling forvyou. Good things often are accompanied by lots of stress! I hope the rain hasn't impacted the wedding reception. Or your son 's flight.
ReplyDeleteDebby- I hope your weekend is joyful! It’s a chilly and rainy one up here, but as soon as the weekend is over it’s getting warm again.. go figure! Whatever your weather is, I hope you’re enjoying spending time with your family🥰Xo, Rigmor
ReplyDeleteKay of Musings: I love your manure joke. Too funny! We’re getting a bunch of violence in the news over here too. What the heck is going on?
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