Howdy. Been a while...
So much has been going on since I last posted a blog. Where to start? Well, life has been keeping things pretty interesting for sure. There have been big changes on the job front, on the project house, going to be starting with swap meets and farmers markets and some new adventures to talk about in this post.
About the job.
What started out as a 16-20 hr part time job at a local convenience store quickly jumped to 24 then 33 hours. I was able to keep everything (the blog, the tweets, working and helping friends when they needed it) going until June when the company automatically goes through the list of employees and classifies them as pt or ft. Because I had 11+ successive weeks over 32 hours, I was reclassified as FT. At that point Mgmt. in their infinite wisdom, bumped me up to 39.5 hours and made me the overnight person. That is when everything got wonky!!
Being a night owl anyway, I was ok with the position at first. Then I had trouble keeping everything running as it had been. I found less time for keeping in touch with you and sharing posts and social media, I had trouble finding time to help friends and even more trouble finding time to sleep and keep my energy levels up and staying healthy.
I still haven't found the perfect solution to this problem but I am starting with saying no to some of the friends help requests and I think I have found someone to help with the posts and social media stuff. Starting Saturday, you will begin seeing tweets and facebook posts again!! Now if I could only squeeze another 2 or 3 hours in a day for sleep...
Being a night owl anyway, I was ok with the position at first. Then I had trouble keeping everything running as it had been. I found less time for keeping in touch with you and sharing posts and social media, I had trouble finding time to help friends and even more trouble finding time to sleep and keep my energy levels up and staying healthy.
I still haven't found the perfect solution to this problem but I am starting with saying no to some of the friends help requests and I think I have found someone to help with the posts and social media stuff. Starting Saturday, you will begin seeing tweets and facebook posts again!! Now if I could only squeeze another 2 or 3 hours in a day for sleep...
Project House happenings.
With the summer heat, things kinda slowed down over at the project house. We fixed the clogs in the sewer line, had gotten rid of the weeds and I had patched a leak in the roof, or thought I had.
Then the summer monsoon season arrived and the weeds are back with a vengeance now! We also discovered a couple more leaking spots on the roof and instead of trying to patch the roof further, I am putting a new roof on and going to coat it with an elastic polymer that is popular here and will help keep the rainwater catchment a bit cleaner.
So I will be doing that roof job in October when the temps are in the 80's. Can't believe it's the end of September and we are still having temps in the high 90's.
Two weeks ago, someone tried to break into the project house twice. The 2nd time they must have been startled by the property owner, who was there checking out interior of the house for leaks, because they dropped the stuff they had stolen from the neighbors house when they heard the shotgun being pumped.
This has placed a new urgency with the owner to get the repairs made and have me move in. This week, we reinforced the back fence, trimmed the overhanging trees and cleared away the weeds giving a better view of the fence and yard. Tomorrow, I hope to get the pallet compost bins build and begin filling it with the grass that comes out of the front yard. Then I have the raised beds to build and the chicken coop to finish.
The last big event before I move in will be getting the water turned on. This has me more than a little worried. The water has been off for the last 7 or 8 years which meants metal pipes to dry out and rust/corrode and joints that may now leak.
Then the summer monsoon season arrived and the weeds are back with a vengeance now! We also discovered a couple more leaking spots on the roof and instead of trying to patch the roof further, I am putting a new roof on and going to coat it with an elastic polymer that is popular here and will help keep the rainwater catchment a bit cleaner.
So I will be doing that roof job in October when the temps are in the 80's. Can't believe it's the end of September and we are still having temps in the high 90's.
Two weeks ago, someone tried to break into the project house twice. The 2nd time they must have been startled by the property owner, who was there checking out interior of the house for leaks, because they dropped the stuff they had stolen from the neighbors house when they heard the shotgun being pumped.
This has placed a new urgency with the owner to get the repairs made and have me move in. This week, we reinforced the back fence, trimmed the overhanging trees and cleared away the weeds giving a better view of the fence and yard. Tomorrow, I hope to get the pallet compost bins build and begin filling it with the grass that comes out of the front yard. Then I have the raised beds to build and the chicken coop to finish.
The last big event before I move in will be getting the water turned on. This has me more than a little worried. The water has been off for the last 7 or 8 years which meants metal pipes to dry out and rust/corrode and joints that may now leak.
Things to look forward to:
I am so excited to tell you that I have joined up with an old friend, not that she's old (only in her mid 20's) but that we have know each other for a few years now and we are going to be creating our own line of soaps, scrubs, lotions, scented candles and incense. We will be selling at the local swap meet and Farmers Markets on the weekends and of course, we will be adding the items here and upgrading our website. So keep an eye peeled for more information on all of this!!
We will also be building raised beds and add rainwater harvesting at her house to add to our bed space and our market offerings.
Well, that about catches you up on what's been going on around here. Hope things are going well for you wherever you are and whatever you are doing! Thanks for dropping by!!
We will also be building raised beds and add rainwater harvesting at her house to add to our bed space and our market offerings.
Well, that about catches you up on what's been going on around here. Hope things are going well for you wherever you are and whatever you are doing! Thanks for dropping by!!
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