I'm Back!

My yearly August/September break is over and it's time to get back to blogging.  I'm feeling energized and recharged and look forward to sharing from my pen or maybe I should say from my keyboard!

(picture:  look at those pretty flowers!  I snapped this photo outside an Amish grocery store we visited which you'll read more about later in this post.  I get lots of inspiration from seeing how they do and plant things and this is one of them.  I can duplicate this look!)

I look around me and I see so much to be done that I have to remind myself to make a plan and work the plan.  That plan for me starts with making a to-do list in my daily planner and then working the list.  (Click here to see how I use my planner as a 'to-do' list.) 

As I get older, I'm careful to factor in rest time throughout the day as well and that reflects itself in a shorter to-do list. I'm okay with that though for it's in those rest times that I'm able to do more handwork such as hand sewing, crocheting, reading, working on learning watercolor painting, writing or any number of other things that keep my hands busy while allowing my body to rest.

On my to-do list today is to get unpacked from some traveling we just arrived home from yesterday.  While on this trip, we visited an Amish produce auction and purchased fresh from the garden lima beans and October beans.  I worked on shelling the lima beans as hubby drove and I rode.  By the time we arrived home, all the lima beans were shelled.  I'll work on getting those blanched and in the freezer today.  Have you ever shelled beans while riding in a vehicle? (pictured:  the lima beans that I shelled.)

We purchased more produce from that Amish produce auction, which you'll hear more about in the upcoming week.  We weren't able to grow a garden this year, but there are other ways to keep our pantry well-stocked as we continue to eat from it daily and visiting this Amish produce auction is one of them.

It's a misty, dreary kind of day here today that's reminding me that fall and winter are just around the corner which brings me to another thing I did yesterday.  After I finished shelling the lima beans I jotted down some notes on an upcoming challenge, I'll be doing here that I'm calling "Prepping for Winter."  I've written out a list of things that need to be done before winter gets here.  Here's the first 3 items on my list ...

Top off pantry with basics.

Prep for colds, flu, etc.  This will include herbal, over the counter and homeopathic meds.

Get a few freezer meals and or heat and heat type meals in place for times when sickness comes for a visit.

There are several items similar to these three on my list.  I'm getting very specific with each category and listing steps for each.  My goal is to go into winter this year as prepared as possible.  I hope you'll join me as I try to get all my winter preps done by the first of November.

That's it for today, I look forward to meeting you back here on Monday!  One more thing, it's good to be back ... I missed you all!

until next time,

mrs. patsi @ A Working Pantry

She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27 

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