Day Thirty-Three, Thirty-Four and Thirty-Five

Well, three days have gone by so I guess I better make this posting a good one, especially after I said it's better to write daily without skipping. It's just that when the weekend gets here, my husband usually gets up in the morning before I do and I don't want to just jump on the computer and get started writing. We enjoy having our coffee and tea in our chairs by the window, watching the birds awaken and start the feeding, fighting and fountain cycle all over again. So, it's sometimes difficult to schedule the time to blog. Also, it's been a bit hectic around here since our water main broke under our driveway. After firing the first outfit that my husband had hired to do it (they just kept calling and delaying the date they could get started!), I finally, with some arm twisting, got another guy to get started right away. It's amazing that everyone is bitching about the economy and yet, you call these construction guys to come fix something and all they do is delay or tell you they can't get started right away because they have a baseball game they just have to go to. New landscaping in front here we come! I'll keep you posted.

This staying home thing is working out real well. I'm more relaxed than ever. Cooking dinner is something I look forward to everyday. The Farmer's Market on Saturday has become the catalyst for some amazing dinners. Last night, I marinated some ribeye steak in a mixture of lime juice, chipotle powder, cayenne, chili powder and garlic. I cut some thin strips for tacos and we piled on fresh cilantro, queso cheese, cherry tomatoes from the greenhouse, my addictive fresh salsa, and some fresh corn I cut from the cob and sauteed - very briefly - in the pan I cooked the steak in, and squeezed some fresh lime over the top. YUM. I could eat like that every night. You could taste every ingredient which was a lively layer of fresh tastes. I love eating fresh. We enjoyed some Semillion from Cantiga with the tacos. Sitting in front of the window watching the birds and eating was a treat as it was very cool over the last couple of days and we could feel the season changing already. I'm looking forward to Fall, but I must admit I'm not an anxious as I usually am for the graceful season to begin dancing in. I still have too many vegetables to harvest to begin hoping for the coolness to set in. I have about six butternut squash that still need a couple of weeks, many, many tomatoes, summer squash, and last but not least, my tomatillos. I do have carrots but they winter quite well here so we'll start picking them soon and just bring them in as we need them. Last year, I was wiping snow off the tops before harvesting.

I'm sure this winter will be an interesting time for me; not working and all. I'm hoping I will have the motivation to write and do family history even more. I have many old family photos to download, organize and begin more posts on my ancestry blog. Bob and I are off to Washington DC in September to bum around looking for the old stomping grounds of my maternal ancestors. It should be a lot of fun and taking in the new Native American Museum has been something that I've wanted to do for a while now. I love to travel!