Thursday, May 26, 2011

Up to My Eyebrows

I feel like a cartoon drawing of myself - just picture a face peering over the top of a stack of papers falling off the desk.  I am not that bad, but it's not that far off.  There are just so many loose ends out there that I am trying to pull together.  I will be relieved when the school year is over, in some ways.  We have a very short summer vacation, well, at least compared to the summers I remember as a kid.  We have 7 weeks.

All the other schools switched back to a more traditional calendar, but we are still on year-round - so today is the last day for most schools (yesterday was the last day for my kids).  I knew when we had the extra week at Christmas and the extra week at Spring that I would be feeling wistful to realize we have two more weeks when everyone else is taking off!  So color me wistful as well as up to my eyebrows.

A banana farmer my husband met brought us a large box of bananas and plantains.  In return, we gave him a large amount of eggs.  Eggs are the other thing I am up to my eyebrows in - I could sell them at work, but I always forget to ask who wants.  I was feeling bad about the amount of eggs we gave him - not sure how anyone uses 5 or 6 dozen eggs - but then I started thinking about 35 lbs of bananas when my freezer is already full of frozen bananas I need to turn into smoothies and banana bread.....I guess we're even.

My husband and I are in disagreement about the need for a stand- alone freezer.  I want one; he has visions of a sky high electric bill.  We have the highest kilowatt hour price in the nation, I believe, so he has a valid point - but I keep thinking of what I could do if I could freeze a bunch of chickens or lamb, or veggies.....

4 comments:

Daphne said...

Do you have a food dehydrator? Banana chips are a great snack and last for a long time!

NancyDe said...

My sister gave me one once. I am sure it is in the basement somewhere - but that's a good idea, Daph!

Chai Chai said...

A full freezer uses very little energy. We got a stand alone freezer last year and I love it, we can now stock up on meat when the price is right. The freezer also makes it manageable to "harvest" some of our sheep and have storage room for the meat.

NancyDe said...

My sheep get to be on the hoof for longer for that very reason - no room in the freezer.