I was weeding our flower border when the rain started pelting. Ugh. I swear, I'm NEVER going to get everything done in time. Need to finish weeding everything around the house, make MORE soap (I need to get 50lbs of GM soap made in the next week, 10-20lbs of salt bar soaps and about 10lbs of laundry soap in about two weeks time), get raised beds in, haul compost (probably 10 loads, all hand shovelled into the bed of my car), get my strawberries planted, buy some apple and peach trees and get them planted, get blueberries/plant, asparagus and more strawberries purchased/planted, then the regular annual stuff, like tomato plants, pepper plants, lettuces, broccoli, beets and green beans. Plus my car needs to have the back tires replaced and the car inspected ($350 if everything else is good!!!) Plus a bunch of other crap. I finally got the equipment I needed to get my bath bombs done (I owe Reese some, plus I need to build a stock up so people aren't waiting for me to make them). Oh, and I need to butcher out the cornish cross hennies that are starting to look rough (I lost one the other night and another is having issues). I could use about a thousand dollars right now to get pens built, raised beds done, plants purchased and FEED!!! These piggies are going through so much feed and many are molting or just refusing to put out the eggs, plus all of the birds that we're growing out, including 9 turkey poults, a bunch of cornish cross, marans, silkies and whatever else I have. PLUS I need to get those pekins hatched and raise at least a dozen of them for replacement hens and freezer meat. Some days I wonder WHY I think that self-sufficiency is such a glamorous endeavour.
