I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
I wish we had more of a “real” weekend with some family time and time to relax, but Saturday was the start of walnut harvest, which means my husband will be working non-stop (even Sundays!) for the next 6-8 weeks, until it’s done. Even though I grew up in a farming family with my dad not available during this time of year due to harvest, it’s still HARD! It’s tough to go from having your husband around (with in reason, since his days are very long due to farming) to not having him around at all! On Saturday, he left the house at 6:20 a.m. and got home after 8:30 p.m. and had to go back out at 10:00 p.m. to check the dehydrator. After that first day, I was ready to be done! Keenan kept asking where daddy was, why he wasn’t home for dinner and why he couldn’t go to work with him. I felt bad, but soon enough we will all get used to this and get through it. It’s only a short time in the grand scheme of things, at least that is what I’m trying to tell myself, ha!
At least I was able to get a lot done around the house doing yard work, catching up on laundry, prepping food for the week and even making bread pudding with some leftover stale wheat bread. It was one of those weekends that was so productive that I need another two days to recover!
Despite the start of a crazy busy harvest, we still enjoyed some marvelous things over the past couple of days, thus I’m joining Katie for Marvelous In My Monday!
Marvelous is…
FINALLY getting our backyard done! Keenan is so excited to have a real yard to play in now (as you can see in the picture wearing only his underwear)! The next steps are putting his slide back on his play set, planting my winter garden in our new raised beds and finishing the outdoor kitchen, a project that will have to wait until after harvest when my husband has some free time again.
Kicking off walnut harvest with a nice wine toasting myself while waiting for my husband to come home!
Keenan going to work with my husband on Sunday and helping Avo fix the dehydrator!
Freshly harvested walnuts! Fall is in the air!
Questions:
What was marvelous about your weekend?
Ugh – sorry that your husband is going to be working such long hours for awhile – I know that’s hard with 2 little ones!!!
I wondered if Keenan could go with him sometimes and then you showed the picture from Sunday – I bet that’s fun for him.
It is hard, but luckily it’s only for a short time! Keenan loves going with my husband, which is so fun to see him be so excited that he gets to do “work” with Daddy!
Ugh, that is the one BIG downfall of being married to a farmer. My father in law harvests almonds and always says my hubby can take over someday… Not sure I’m ready to live that life anytime soon but maybe someday 🙂 On another note, lucky you with all those walnuts! That would be a plus!
Yes, it is a very BIG downfall, but there are so many wonderful benefits to being married to a farmer that I need to remind myself of! 🙂
Marvelous about my weekend was kicking off fall with a fresh made apple crisp. Love using honeycrisp apples. I would make up some baklava with those fresh walnuts!
An apple crisp sounds delicious! I just might need to make one myself! 🙂