No.555: Our Extraordinary Ordinary Life // August 2021

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Documenting one day of this busy, busy week!  This is our last full week of summer break and I am a hot mess right now as I try to pack in as much as I can before my priorities shift back toward school.  Highlights of the day:

• Mark and I went on a quick “date” to town to get our Walmart Pickup groceries.
• Today’s homestead chores: moving the broilers on fresh pasture, checking in on the hens and collecting eggs (12 today!), watering the garden and our new apple trees
• One of my kids helped me deal with the vines that are taking over the front porch.  This has been on my to-do list for weeks now, but keeps getting pushed to the bottom.  It took five minutes and now we look much less like a creepy, abandoned farmhouse.
• My daughter and I made a batch of homemade granola.  The kids ate it for lunch with Greek yogurt and berries.
• In the early afternoon, I spent some time in the school room, tidying up and getting things organized.  I can’t believe we’re going back to school already.  We’ve had such a full few months…I need a vacation from my summer vacation, ha!
• Right before dinnertime, we were surprised by a big thunderstorm.  The wind was crazy!  Our power flickered off and on a few times, but thankfully nothing more than that.
• Dinner was a frittata with bacon, peppers and tomatoes with a simple fruit salad on the side.  Delicious and easy.  We’re drowning in eggs right now and this helped make a dent.