10/07: Bits and Pieces

Weather:
We had our first "freeze" last night. Temp was around 38 when we got up. Since we're moving in the Spring, we decided to not cover the strawberries, et al. It was a bit warmer today than expected but we're expecting night temps in the mid 20's this weekend.

Harvest:
We did, however, harvest everything we could last weekend: about 2 gallon bags of various tomatoes, 3 heads of celery, 2 zucchini, 20 corn cobs that we left to dry on the stalk (but finished drying in our 150 degree oven), 6 Mexican X-Top winter squash, 3 butternut squash, 3 cross-pollinated squashes that we have no clue about, 3 pumpkins, several small green-striped gourds, 2 birdhouse gourds, 1 dipper gourd, and several other things like eggplant. We picked the rest of the melons also (several crenshaw muskmelons, sugar baby watermelons and tam dew honeydew). YUM!

Weslee:
With the change in the weather, brought the change of clothing. He tried on all of his pants today, and found that he'd outgrown most of them. Guess we'll be hitting Wal-Mart and the thrift store again next week.

He's having a bit of trouble concentrating on schoolwork now that we have a new member to our family, so I've decided to give him a partial two-weeks off. He'll continue with his reading assignments (he's reading "The Red Badge of Courage" now) and listening to his math rap CD's.

I'm sure he's benefiting from taking Spirit out a few times a day. While our block isn't big, it's a lot of territory for tiny dog legs and Weslee is learning responsibility while getting some fresh air and exercise.

Business:
We stopped our association with vTribes as of today. We didn't get what we expected and paid for, so they've accepted our cancellation. We're working now on getting things going on our website (address below).

That's it for now. Have a great week! Vikki www.newviewgroupllc.com