Back on the Feed

I'm back on Facebook, I was away for 3 weeks though which was a pretty good run.  I've been paring down all the liked pages and junk on my feed which is helping a lot with the time wasting factor.  Our TV viewing has been greatly reduced as well, we will watch Walking Dead on Amazon tonight (trying my best to avoid spoilers) but the TV isn't on all evening like it used to be.  Miss A has been sticking to educational fare, like the Magic School Bus.

This weekend was fun, I took miss A to softball practice Saturday morning and stopped by a nearby farm for grass-fed meat and eggs on our way home.  The farmer and his family were headed out canoeing that afternoon, we had wanted to go ourselves but thought it was supposed to rain all day.   I checked the weather and the rain had been pushed back until late, so I called my husband and he got our canoe and fishing gear loaded up on the truck.  After a quick lunch we headed to Parksville Lake (Lake Ocoee) to test the plastic weld patch on the boat and do a little fishing.  Didn't catch any fish aside from a teeny bass, Miss A was disappointed that we didn't catch dinner.  She got a lot of practice casting though and is doing a lot better.  Now if she can just learn to be patient and watch the bobber instead...  The sun even came out and warmed us up, and we got a good workout paddling back to the boat ramp when the trolling motor ran out of juice.  Now that we know the patch is holding, I think our next trip out will be either the lower Ocoee or Hiwassee.  Sunday wasn't as exciting, just catching up on chores and preparing the garden for the freeze.  We had a big sheet of plastic leftover from the moving supplies that was the perfect size to staple over the beds.  I also repurposed a small step-lid trashcan from our RV into a compost bin for the kitchen.  The inner bucket has a handle that makes it easy to tote out to the compost pile.  Now I just need to stop accidentally putting things into the trash that can go into the compost!  Our tomato seedlings really took off this weekend, and to my surprise some of the Cherokee Purple seeds have finally sprouted.  Miss A is thrilled that her favorite tomatoes (Amana Orange) are the biggest and strongest of the bunch. 

Busy week ahead, after school today we'll pick up the night guard my dentist made for the jaw pain and stop by the dairy for some milk.  Tomorrow is our library day and a softball scrimmage.  Wednesday Aldi is having another sale on organic grass-fed ground beef, it's good timing because the farm we usually get ours from had a processing mishap.  While I'd rather buy local, stocking up on the rare sales like this helps stretch the budget.  Then Thursday and Friday we'll be cleaning and preparing for Miss A's 6th birthday party on Saturday!  She wanted a "What Does the Fox Say?" themed party, I've collected lots of ideas and inspiration and will do a post on it next week.