Good morning gang. This is going to be quick as I am now helping with the Fall inventory instead of being in the scale house. Not much else going on. The Benadryl really helped with my eye and nose thankfully. Two of the grandkids came over yesterday and they got to see the baby bunnies and then helped me crush up some herbs for the chicken I was making for chicken salad while their dad helped his dad figure out what sensor is acting up on the Jeep.

QOTD: If someone has a question feel free to post it as I can't think of anything right now.

B: coffee and 2 egg omelet with cheese and spinach

L: Yankee pot roast with mashed potatoes

D: chicken salad over a toss salad

Hitting the Y again tonight.

Have a great day everyone!!

Good Monday morning gang. I think my Fall allergies are starting to kick in. I woke up this morning with a watery left eye and runny nose. Time to break out the allergy meds. I hate not being able to breath through my nose or see clearly. The weekend was lowkey, but I did get the horse paddock cleaned out with the bobcat something I've been wanting to do before Winter. Other than that rain came in Saturday afternoon and stuck around the rest of the weekend so I did some inside cleaning.

I'll be back in the scale house three days this week and next week because Renee is on vacation now. Though I will say the PM had a talk with her when she came back from being on FMLA about not doing stuff when she said she did.

QOTD: What's your Zodiac sign and do you think it matches your personality? I'm a Capricorn and yes everything they say about them is 100% spot on.

B: coffee and 3 egg bites

L: Jalapeno poppers and toss salad

D: grilled pork chops with yellow beans

The Y is finally back up and running so I think we will head there tonight to get back into the routine.

Have a great day everyone!!!

Friday-Eve we meet again. Yesterday was a rather busy day at work. We got some new copiers delivered, but one of them is missing the finisher part so that will be here next week. Not the end of the world, but things have to be stapled by hand instead of by the copier. I'm working on getting a couple of caterers setup for the Employee Appreciation Days in October.

Not much going on today hopefully.

QOTD: What's a protein that since surgery i**** or miss when eating it? For me its steak, but it has to be either a filet or rib eye, and they have to be cooked medium/rare. If they are cooked too much, I can't even get one bite down. Beef also seems to fill me up the quickest of all proteins.

B: coffee and breakfast wrap with hash browns

L: buffalo tenders

D: hamburgers on the grill with steamed squash

Have a great day everyone!!

Good Wednesday morning gang. Mel thanks for starting us off yesterday I literally walked into a mess at work. The person covering the scale on Saturday apparently forgot how to run the scale and almost all of the tickets were wrong so I had to deal with fixing them and getting my month end stuff done.

We had an incident with the black bear that keeps coming around it tried to get into the goat's pen and luckily, we were home and heard the commotion. Irvin ran out with the shot gun to scare it off. It didn't get into the pen but was trying to climb the panels even though it was getting shocked by the electric fence. After that I had a long talk with Irvin and decided it was best if we sold the goats as I would be devastated if I came home and they were dead due to the bear. In CT even if a bear is attacking livestock they are protected, and you are not allowed to actually shoot it.

We are not worried about the chickens or rabbits as they are closer to the house and they are double cooped. It would take a bear forever to try and break into their coops. The goats even with the electric fence around the outside of the panels were an easier target. I'm sad to see them go, but I know its for the best. I told Irvin NO MORE animals unless we get a couple of Cain Corso's to protect them.

Other than excitement the long weekend was pretty quiet. There is training today and tomorrow here at work nothing I have to actually participate in, but I did have to get the packets all together.

QOTD: What's your favorite form of potato? I love potatoes prepared all sorts of ways, but a nice hot helping of mashed potatoes with a really tasty gravy is my all-time favorite.

B: coffee and 2 egg omelet with spinach and feta

L: leftover smoked jalapeno poppers

We have to wait a few more days until the Y opens back up they had to extend the cleaning and repairs to the pool and fitness center due to the contractor they had coming in having some issues.

Have a great day everyone!!

Happy Friday Eve Gang.

Can't wait for Friday afternoon to be here feeling defeated and like we just can't get ahead anymore. I'm frustrated with the Town of Putnam. Our property tax bill went up $1127 from last year because they did their 3-year property reevaluation and everyone's property jump up a crazy amount. In the past years it's gone up $100 or $200, but this amount is insane. So now our bill is over 4k a year. I'm not sure where the heck these people think the residents have all this extra money just lying around. Oh, and the town will not allow anyone to have their property reevaluated or fight what the town says the properties are worth.

I know some of you aren't going to like my opinion on this, but Democrats are just as greedy and crooked as Republicans neither party are any good and only look out for themselves, they don't give two monkey butts about the residents of towns or citizens of the US. We need a third party instead of the usual crooks. Yes, the Mayor of Putnam is a Democrat who when first elected was a Republican, but after 2 months in office switched parties.

Sorry for the rant guys, but when one person in the household is on a fixed income and the other busts their butt working only to have the hard-earned money taken to support stupid crap it gets frustrating. Now I see why people just walk into a store and steal stuff. Sometimes I think it's not worth working or owning anything.

QOTD: If you were to move out of the US and relinquish your citizenship, what country would you move to? At this point I'm so frustrated with everything in the US that Russia looks good, OK not really. I think maybe Denmark or Sweden some Northern European country would be nice to move to.

B: coffee and breakfast wrap

L: ham and cheddar panni

D: lemon veal with summer squash

Have a great day everyone!!

Happy Tuesday Gang. It feels so good to be back in the office and not have to deal with the scale house. I feel like I haven't gotten my work done in the last few months but made a big dent in the piles on my desk.

We found out last night that the Y will be closing the lap pool, hot tub, and fitness center starting today until Sept. 2nd. They will be draining and cleaning the pool and hot tub and then the fitness center gets a deep cleaning. I will say the Y is a pretty spic and span place. So, we will have a little break for a week of exercise which will give me a chance to do some other stuff around the house.

QOTD: With the weather slowly starting to change to cooler temps do you have any Fall plans? The only two things I would like to do is go to a Scottish Festival in September and apple picking with my daughter and granddaughter.

B: tea and breakfast wrap

L: Stromboli

D: chicken salad stuffed hot peppers

Have a great day everyone!!!

Good Morning Crew. Today is already off to an interesting start. We have an employee who went out on FMLA in March due to a personal medical issue and now he is trying to claim it as a workers comp. Our legal department is now involved and is starting an investigation. Honestly he should have never made it past 90days as he called out 15 times during his first three months of employment. He spent the Summer having fun with his girlfriend and their baby. Now his FMLA and short term disability are up so he is trying to get more time off by any means.

QOTD: For those of you who play the lottery like Powerball or Mega millions if you won what would you do with the money? Since Powerball is over 500million I will buy a few extra tickets just incase. I would purchase a plantation in the South not overly far from the ocean, enclose it with Jurassic Park fencing and live away from everyone. I have enough knowledge of things that I wouldn't really need to venture out into the world for much. I would love to live 100% off grid.

B: RYZE coffee and 1/2 cup cottage cheese with blueberries

L: garden salad

D: chicken salad stuffed hot peppers

Irvin tweaked something yesterday while working on one of the trucks and then when we went to Y it was bothering him more so we are going to take a few days off from exercising.

Have a great day everyone!!!

Woo Hoo happy Friday gang!!! Not much going on today at work except for a goodbye luncheon for our Summer intern. He wanted Jersey Mike's so I got that ordered yesterday and will pick it up for 11:30.

I don't think there is anything important going on this weekend so I should be able to work on some stuff outside. I want to plant some beet seeds and more Swiss chard for a Fall crop. Might see if Irvin wants to take a quick run over to the blueberry farm to get some more before the season is over. I do have to make some more yogurt.

QOTD: Does anyone have any game apps on their phone? I have only one Candy Crush and I take 10 minutes each day to play it just for mind stimulation.

B: RYZE coffee and breakfast wrap

L: Jersey Mike's

D: I think I might make a shrimp dish of some sort

Water fitness class at the Y.

Have a great Friday and weekend everyone!!

I think the cheese on top might be a New England thing or as my mom would say "an old Swamp Yankee thing". It has to be a really good extra sharp cheddar cheese. The taste of the apples and the cheese together is so good.

QOTD: Well with having a small farm there are always outdoor activities that need to be done daily, but as the weather gets cooler and the days shorter I start to shift towards what do I have to get put up before snow falls. Like you I definitely get a bunch more physical activity in the Summer time there is always something going on.

Happy Tuesday Gang. We ended up doing a quick session of just the weight machines at the Y last night because I had taken a quarter of one of the pigs out of the freezer and had to get it cut up and grind what I wanted to make into sausage and such. It's a time consuming job, but I'm trying to clear out one of the freezers to make room for chickens we will be doing in a couple of months. There is no rest for the wicked. LOL

I'm back in the scale house today and tomorrow, but at least I don't have anything to do outside in the heat. I plan on cleaning up a little more in here and Renee is supposed to be back next Wednesday.

QOTD: Has anyone here ever tried RYZE mushroom coffee? I've seen commercials for it for a while now and finally decided to get some. I'm trying it today for the first time so will let you all know tomorrow how it is. Supposedly it helps with brain fog, focus, energy, and digestion.

B: coffee and squash and eggs

L: ham and cheddar wrap and trying the RYZE coffee

D: salad with pork burgers

treadmill and swimming at the Y

Have a great day everyone!!

Happy Monday Gang!!! I made it blueberry picking Saturday with my mom. Ended up with almost 11 lbs and grabbed some peaches and other goodies.

Friday night Irvin and I went out for dinner something we don't do very often, but one of the catering companies I use at work also has a small restaurant not far from us and they had a prime rib special that looked so good and it was. We did have to wait 1/2 hour, but I was OK with that. They also had great bloody Mary's. Got a bunch of stuff done outside as the weather was really nice.

QOTD: Would you rather travel for a year in a campervan or travel for a year on a yacht? As much as I love boating I think traveling in a campervan around the US would be so much fun. It's not like I couldn't go to the ocean on either side of the country. One of my nieces rented a RV a few years ago and drove cross country with her husband and son for 2 months. They had a blast.

B: coffee and cottage cheese with fresh sliced peaches

L: ham and cheddar wrap

D: grilled pork chops with grilled zucchini

weight machines and swimming at the Y

Have a great day everyone!!

Well I'm a dum dum. I forgot to post pictures.

Ruben sandwich

Seafood Platter (half eaten before I realized to take a picture)

My Prime Rib that was melt in your mouth. Yes I like mine medium/rare.