May 10, 2005

Yesterday, I moved a ton or two of rocks and then moved 10 tons of “topsoil”, more like fill, to fill in the small ditch that putting in our underground water system caused. 10 tons of dirt barely covered it. I also put straw out, at $8 a square bale, for esthetics reasons. It’s damp and rainy enough not to actually need it or watering but I also didn’t want the dirt blowing around and I like the look of the straw. I also used the straw, old straw that we laid down previously, to fill in the ditch. The ditch is going to settle, I know this, so we built it up a bit to give it settling room.

Tom, the husband of one of our housekeeping staff, helped me quite a bit. I shoveled and he wheelbarrowed and raked. When we’d gotten through most of the dirt, about 8 tons, we switched. Tom is an excellent raker. We used two barrows. The funny thing was that since we started from the rear, I had to shovel faster and faster to keep up. It was kind of I-Love-Lucy-esque.

Today, I have to create a bunch of cookies and freeze them. Eliot and Kim found out that if you flattened the cookies, I freeze them in a balls, that they cook better and faster. I’m going to preflatten them.

This coming workshop I have two vegetarians and one gluten intolerant. So, I’ll make gluten free cookies. I am ready for this. I have a vegetarian menu and I can make glutton free breads and cookies.

May I don’t have a full staff because High School is still in. We have a bunch of wonderful High School kids that work hard and know what they are doing. They’re wonderful. This business is hectic. Perhaps not has crazy as trying to get a late release out the door, but it has its moments.

I have noticed that we’re not getting comments on the blog. I hope everyone who reads this finds this entertaining.

See you on the other side of the workshop. 😉