It's already July 4th. I feel like June never happened, and I haven't made a post in more than 2 weeks! Shitake!
Life has just been trundling along, work, home, sleep, repeat. Or at least that's how it felt. After several weeks of working a fulltime job and a part time one, I decided that I couldn't keep going at that pace. Putting in me 2-weeks at the adult boutique was really hard for me. I love my bosses there so much. I really struggled with coming to the decision because I did love the people at my old job so much, but my new job has benefits, and no night time shifts, and possibly training into cutting meat, which is something I'd really love to do. I'm going to keep doing home parties and maybe a few shop shifts in a pinch at the adult boutique though, I can't see me giving it up for good right now.
I went up island this morning to tend my garden at my parent's house. My Niece and Nephew were there and they love gardening. My nephew is always asking if he can weed for me. I almost feel like I should say 'no' a couple times just to make sure it stays special and exciting for him! He loves the idea that carrots come out of the ground, and mine are just big enough now that thinning them is worth the time. His younger sister will be 2 in October, and was very attentive and serious about which exact carrot I was showing her to pull out. They only once pulled up a parshnip by accident (I plant several similar plants in wide rows, rather than many narrow rows to conserve space). My Newphew was so excited to see that the beans are not reaching up over his head. He loves to tell everyone how they "will grow all the way up to the sky". Even my brother got his hands dirty. I have more tomato plants than I do cages, so he cut some spare wire and rolled them into cages for me. Sometimes it is hard to imagine the man was once the boy I grew up with.
I know one of the reasons I've been busy is because I'm planning my mother's 50th birthday party. I would love to pretend I don't know how I ended up with the job, but frankly, I'm the oldest, so I guess it's just my job. We've decided on a pot-luck at my aunt's house, and the date is less than 2 weeks away! My mom's friend helped me go through about 10,000,000 pictures to choose some to display at the party. 10,000,000 and we only got 36. I guess, being 'mom' she realises that if she doesn't take the pictures it won't get done, so she's always behind the camera.
I'm baking a rhubarb strawberry pie right now, and I have a new secret ingredient for it! Ginger! Candied ginger if you can get it, but if not, just a little of the ground ginger. I don't know why, but it really seems to harmonize the sweet strawberries and bitter rhubarb.
Anyways, that's all for now. Keep well 'till next time!
