It's been crazy busy lately. Going going 5 days a week or more. Farmer's markets 3 days a week, events on weekends, vendor events and parades. Baking every day for the next day's events, or up early in the morning to make bread and pie cookies.
Today the craziest thing happened. I made 3 batches of bread. And sold out. In 3 minutes! THREE. MINUTES. That has NEVER happened to me before! But that's not the first weird thing lately. 2 weeks ago I sold out of HALF of my tie dyes IN ONE EVENT. I sold an expensive blanket that took a LONG TIME to make that's been in inventory for a couple of years. Last weekend I won a HUGE prize at a raffle. I almost NEVER buy raffle tickets. It's been a WEiRD month. The next 2 weeks are going to be super busy, and I'm going to be trying to restock what's been selling out. I don't know how I'm going to get that done, but I'm going to try!! At some point things MIGHT slow down... but I'm not going to hold my breath!! When the break in my events is scheduled to come, it will be chicken processing time, then it'll be flea market and fair time. Which means back to back to back days again. I better get back to my crocheting.... these shawls aren't going to finish themselves!!
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Most of us go through the dilemma on almost a daily basis, especially if we have kids, of the age old question: What's for dinner.
There's a meme I've seen several times saying "Who knew that the hardest part of being an adult is figuring out what to cook for dinner EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT for the rest of your life until you die." It's the truth, and it's painful at times. What can I make that will make everyone depending on me happy? Do I make the same thing I've made 364,895,974 times? Do I try to make something new? HAAALLPPP!!! It's much the same when baking for markets and other events. Believe it or not, tastes can vary from town to town drastically. Muffins may fly at a location, while shortbread dandelion cookies may be a favorite at another. Some areas enjoy traditional bread, some prefer new and exotic flavors. It can even change BY THE DAY. And once you think you have an area figured out.... everything changes. Honestly, there are some days that I think, I really don't know if it's worth the time, worth the effort to make these foods (whatever it is I decided for the day). Will anyone show up? Will anyone like it? Will anyone buy it? Will I have all this left over to take home again? I guess I just really struggle with not knowing.... Last Thursday was one of those days that I really dread. It was raining, thundering and storming all morning. Late afternoon, the weather somewhat broke, but the wind was still blowing. I had to make a judgement call on whether it was going to be worth going to market or not. Was the weather going to break, or would it start storming and raining again? It's not as easy as heading just up the road. It's an hour drive, besides everything else that is involved with market. I think I made the right call in the end. It was still pretty crappy here, and from what I hear people were pretty much hunkered down in Austin too. I spent some time working on some blankets in my WIPS tote that I've just honestly not had time to do lately. Between the animals and garden, I haven't had a ton of time for sewing or crocheting. It's extremely cathartic, especially on a rainy day. I can say, I don't especially enjoy weaving in ends, and that's why sometimes some projects take some time to finish! I'm really enjoying the scrapghans I've been doing lately. They don't involve much weaving since I can stitch the ends in as I go. I've finished two this week and started on a third, and it uses up yarn from other projects that I'm not sure what else I'm going to do with it. And they are turning out SO BEAUTIFULLY!! It's also been very busy here with the arrival of baby animals! My mama Bunny delivered a litter of 6 last week. We have some real CHUNK babies!!! Then between my 3 broody hens we have 11 baby chicks. Unfortunately we've lost a couple, but that's life, and that happens. We are expecting more baby chicks in the next couple days, as there are 28 eggs in the incubator. Which means we need to get the chicken pens ready to go!! But for now, I have eggs to get ready for market tomorrow, and I need to get my calendar updated. We'll see you all at Market! |
I'm Mindy (Mama)I'm a SAHM/WAHM. When I'm not crafting or homeschooling, I might be gardening, canning, or one of a million other projects. I love life on my little farm with my chickens, rabbits, and little man. It's never boring around here! Archives
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