My Monday Weekly Happenings 2.24.14

Well it's basically Tuesday now! We got home late last night and I didn't get much done other than unpacking. Wanted to enjoy time with the kids since being gone all weekend. This weekend (Friday- Sunday) we enjoyed a bus trip to Wisconsin with the Young Farmers group we are a part of. It was a District 1 and 3 trip, that included couples from 13 counties. The group goes every year in February or March, but we haven't been since 2006, so we were looking forward to going! It was a nice getaway before getting crazy busy in the greenhouse. We toured places like Miller Brewery, Harley Davidson Museum, and Sprecher Brewery to name a few. I will do a blog post later this week about our trip.

The Weather: Last week we had some wild weather with heavy snow, then a lot of rain and warmer temps, ice, then fog and snow again. Looks like this week we are in for some really cold temps again. I hear the polar vortex is coming around again. Lovely! I was just getting excited I could see the dead grass under all the snow. Even if it is brown.

On The TV: Nothing, the kids are all tucked in bed and I'm working in my craft room.

On The Menu For This Week:

Monday - Spaghetti and Meatballs
Tuesday - Beef Enchiladas
Wednesday - Biscuits and Gravy
Thursday - Chicken Breast and Pasta Salad
Friday - Ty's School Carnival
Saturday - Crockpot Broccoli and Cheese Soup
Sunday - Fiesta Omelets with Bacon

To Do List For The Week: baby shower planning, trip to the fabric store, working on orders, working in the greenhouses, market stuff, and the general house work and laundry.

Sew.Stitch.Create. Projects for the Week: Crochet and sew custom orders. Some of my favorite things to do :) Shipping prop beds out. Hope to come up with a new idea for a wood prop also to be built.

Some of my completed projects from last week:

Newborn baby girl set and owl hat

Super Hero snack bags

Walker Farms Projects for the Week: The new chicks will be arriving this week. Getting things started in the greenhouse, lettuces, spinach, green onions, etc.

Pictures From The Week:

Making a mess with her yogurt ha!

Old Mill turned Feed Store in Cedarburg, Wisconsin from our trip. Love old buildings!!

Thanks for reading!!
Stacy

My Monday Weekly Happenings 2.17.14

Another week of February over in a blink of an eye! This passed week I enjoyed traveling to Indianapolis to attend a blog workshop meeting. Hearing other talk about their blogs gives inspiration! The boys both had great times at their Valentine's parties at school.

The Weather: I think Mother Nature thinks we want more snow! Although we truly were due for a good cold winter, I think it's safe to say most are ready to say goodbye to this white stuff! We had a few inches of snow on Saturday evening and are getting more today. School let out early due to the 6-8 inches and strong winds we are expecting. It was a nice drive home! Our road drifts pretty bad and is basically drifted shut in spots in less than 2.5 hours of the snow storm. The temperatures are kind of all over the place for this week!

On My TV: Nothing right now. I have been watching the show The Lying Games on Netflix after the kids go to bed and I'm working on my crochet orders.

On The Menu For This Week:

Monday - Cheesy Ham Hashbrown Casserole
Tuesday - Crock Pot King Ranch Chicken
Wednesday - Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes
Thursday - Cheeseburgers and Pasta Salad
Friday - Eating out
Saturday - Eating out
Sunday - not sure yet.

To Do List For The Week: Working on playing catch up with getting laundry put away. I can always keep up with getting it washed pretty good, its the folding and putting away that easily gets put until later.

Sew.Stitch.Create. Projects For The Week: I need to make a fabric run for a burp cloth order. I love fabric runs!! Of course because I always find more that I went in just to get. I can get lost looking at fabric! Don't tell your husband you'll be in and out when he plans to wait in the car for you. I think an hour was too long :) He just laughed though, so its all good.

Here's some things I finished this week:

Hat with flower and matching fingerless gloves

Farm print bib and burp cloths


For this week, I hope to finish a colorful goat hat, make a newborn owl hat, and newborn diaper cover with matching hat. I am almost caught up on orders as well.

I recently put a few items in my ETSY shop, my husband has made me some wooden props, and they are doing well. Looking forward to adding more items as time allows to get things made.

Walker Farms Projects For The Week: Getting ready for new chicks, and start seeding early spring produce.


Pictures From This Week:

Today during the snow storm

 

My Monday Weekly Happenings 2.10.14

I can't believe it is almost the middle of February already by the end of this week. It seems like the months just fly by. But I'm ok with February moving along fast, so we can get to March and closer to Spring.

The Weather: Looks like we will have a few colder days this week, but I will be looking forward to those 23 degree days. I also believe I saw next week's projected temperatures were in the high 30s. On a positive side, it looks like the kids will have a full week of school. I don't think there has been a full week since Christmas break was over. We looked back at our farm calendar today and on this date last year it was 40 degrees.

 

On My TV: We just finished watching Despicable Me 2 with the kids before bedtime. Nothing at the moment though.

On The Menu For This Week: Lately we have been doing a lot of crock pot meals. Last night, we had chicken and dumplings in the crock pot. We are also trying new recipes, thanks to Pinterest, blogs, and websites, to expand the variety of meals we have.

Monday - Cheeseburger Casserole
Tuesday - White Chicken Chili in biscuit bowl
Wednesday - Leftovers
Thursday -  Beef Tacos
Friday - Chicken Tortellini Alfredo
Saturday - Homemade Pizza
Sunday  - French Toast - I like to have breakfast for dinner atleast once a week!

On My To Do List This Week: I think laundry and general cleaning are never ending and always on the to do list. I will be working on Valentine's goodies and cards for the boys' classes.

Sew.Stitch.Create. Projects For The Week: Finish a flower hat, finish two amigurmui dolls, work more on some upcycled props and tiebacks, and a colorful goat hat. I don't have much listed in my Etsy sight, but was excited to have a Etsy sale of a newborn prop bed this weekend also.

Here are completed projects from the past week:

I hadn't made snack bags for a while, and had an order for some, so I'm excited to bring them back to my page.

Chevron Peasant Dresses were shipped out this week.

 

A handwritten canvas sign made for a new baby boy  - baby shower

Newborn twin prop set made

 Fingerless gloves made

 

 Burp cloths on terri cloth

Walker Farms Projects For The Week: We are expecting baby chicks soon, so we are getting ready for them. We are also getting our seeding area ready to start seeding vegetable flats. Planning to start this coming weekend. Looking forward to fresh produce soon!

Pictures Of The Week:

I told her to smile and say cheese and this is what I got :) Her personality is really starting to show. Love it!

The boys built a blanket fort one of the days we were home on a snow day.

Eating their pizza and watching a movie in their fort.

 

Have a great Monday, thanks for reading!

Stacy

A New Start

I have had a blog for some time now but haven't been regular with postings. But now want to be committed to sharing farm life, produce growing for CSA and farmers markets with Walker Farms, crafts with kids and my creative outlet with Sew.Stitch.Create., as well as some recipe sharing. Join me on my adventure!

To get started with my blogs new start, I thought I'd start with something similar to what I see on a lot of other blogs. A "weekly what's going on type thing" that I enjoy reading on other blogs. I should probably have these be posts for Mondays, but for this week, today will do. :)


The weather: Too cold for my liking! On my way home from work, the wind was blowing hard and I'm sure there will be some good size drifts in the morning. We are hearing of 3 snow storm systems coming between now and next weekend. Lovely! At the beginning of these snow storms, I was trying not to complain. We were due for a "good - cold" winter and needed one. The freezing temps are good to kill off germs, bugs, diseases, etc...and the snow will be good to put moisture in the ground. But now I think its safe to say, we've had enough and I'm ready for Spring, green grass, and not having to bundle up every inch of our bodies to step out to the car in the mornings.

On my TV: Nothing right now, just put the kids down for bed and am enjoying some quiet time.

 

On the menu for this week:  Scott has been home from work the passed few days, so he has done a great job of having dinners going when the kids and I get home from work, school, and the sitter. He enjoys cooking in the winter time. Hopefully plan to share our weekly meal planning here. 

 

On my to do list this week: Nothing specific. Regular house cleaning. Laundry and picking up toys is never ending.
 

Sew.Stitch.Create. projects for the week: I am finishing up a infinity scarf tonight, a hat and fingerless gloves are up next, then 3 chevron dresses are up for the weekend. I love custom orders!  Scott is also helping me with some new wood prop items to offer on my page.

Walker Farms projects for the week: In other years, we would be getting close to start seeding, but we are going to sit tight for a while longer through this real cold spell. We are signing up people for our CSA memberships, seed is being delivered and we are ordering, and also getting our chick order ready.

Pictures of the week:

Tonight we played Battleship

Getting CSA flyers sent out 

Cinnamon roll waffles made on our snow day Monday 

Have a great night!!

Stacy