Holiday Weekend

We had a really busy weekend which included trying to clean out the garage which will eventually be a part of the addition we are putting on our house. We have to get it empty so we can finalize our designs for permitting. We want to have a plumber come out and advise us on the least expensive location for the new bathroom so we can then alter the plans around that. So that basically consumed our weekend with the very nice exception of the Los Poblanos Harvest Dinner on Sunday afternoon. My MIL was kind enough to watch the kids so we could go to the first Harvest Dinner at Season's Rest. It was very cool. The food was delicious and the speakers were informative. We will be ordering some meat from one of the guys we met who raises black angus cattle on year round grass in the NE part of New Mexico. He was a nice guy and the meat was really good. Of course my husband is thrilled by the idea of having beef in our freezer all the time. I am not a big red meat eater so I could take it or leave it, however if we are going to buy it, and eat it, I would rather get if from Dennis. www.fishhugger.com is his site and they sell both wild salmon he catches in Alaska and the beef at the Los Ranchos Farmers Market each weekend.

As for today, well I need a day to get things together, we brought a lot of stuff in from the garage which now needs to find a space inside. I want to integrate it now before it feeds the chaos monster and takes over my entire house and sucks the energy right out of me and the kids. So today will be all about getting things settled inside. We do have drama this afternoon and of course it is veggie pick-up day at the farm, so we will get a few outings later in the day.

Tonight will be all about crab cakes! My grandma Alice sent us a box of chesapeake bay crab cakes so I can close my eyes and dream of summer back east. We will do some corn on the grill, along with whatever yummy veggie Monte has in the box this week and enjoy sitting on our porch tasting a bit of summer.