31? Already!

I am so not ready for the colder weather.  This morning, when I left the house at 5:00 am, my car said it was 31 degrees!  Lots of frost on the grass and in the fields.  I'm pretty sure the strawberry plants that we bought and haven't planted probably aren't going to make it after last night's temperatures.  Oh well, at least they were only 50 cents!  Also on another sad note, the forecast on my phone showed a pictures of a snowflake for next week... NOOOOO!!!!  It can't be! 

I'm praying for warmer weather for tomorrow when RAD Farms will be divided... Michigan vs. Purdue!  Going to be a great day!

First Pumpkin Carving

Exciting night at RAD Farms!  We carved pumpkins and roasted pumpkin seeds.  Great times.  Ryan definitely the engineer, first drew out his pumpkin and then carved it - looks awesome!!.  I however did not and ended up with a loveable pumpkin!



Look out!



Getting his design just right!



Joey carving his pumpkin... or eating it.



Our first pumpkins carved together



I really do not like pumpkin guts but did it anyway.



Silliness!  Love it!

Awh!  RAD Farms just wasn't good for carving

Awesome!

Dancing

So every once in a while Ryan and I get crazy and do some dancing around the house... we love to dance!  So last night I convinced Ryan to do the Bernie (after seeing someone during Monday night football do the dance). 

I promised I wouldn't post it on facebook, but since only like 5 people check the blog, I thought it'd be okay.

Love you honey!!

Block Party, House Work and Farming

Our weekend was jam packed again with projects and activites.  We started Friday night off with a lazy night at home and watched Bridesmaid!  HILARIOUS!  Jules and Mar - I am totally going to rent it and bring it to watch this weekend. 

Then Saturday - up and at 'em.  I took back 150 cans, I think 140 of them were beer... Hmm... too much?!  LOL!  And then back home for start my chores - and always at the top is mowing the lawn.  And I set a new record... mowed it all in less than 3 hours!  WOO HOO!  But while I was doing that Ryan had started a little (not really) project of his own... replacing the sump pump.  It was on it's last leg and definitely need to be done.  So after he gets it all installed, he decided to plug in the electric sensor (which works like the float used it... yeah I say that and actually know what it means).  But our house is crazy electrical and he plugs it in and about electrocutes himself and fried to sensor!  YIKES!  Random regular out is really a 220 outlet.  So after calling Home Depot and explains how it doesn't work, he takes the sensor back and brings back a new one, plugs it into a different outlet and it works!  Horrah! 

On to the 2nd project of the day that I decided to attempt (with Ryan's much needed help)... but a new table top on this old work bench table they left of so I could actually use if in the laundry room.  We took a piece of plywood from the train room (aka our workout room now), and used liquid nails and a few screws also from the rain room and presto a new table.  All if needs is a coat of paint and it will be like new.


Then Saturday night, we attended our first Crane Road Block Party... what a great time!!  So fun to meet everyone on our street and do a little networking and have some great food. 

Clean basement

Then Sunday morning... no sleeping in at RAD Farms.  I was headed to Unionville to ride in the tractor with Mom and Dad while they do sugar beets and Ryan was going to tackle a few projects at the house.  Like cleaning up the basement with all the scraps from the train room and then clean up the yard at the Lake House, clean up Joey's kennel and then mow it, and change the laundry around for me.

Dad harvesting sugar beets

Riding with Mom in the beater

All projects were successful this weekend!  Who knows what we will decided to attempt this week, but I'm sure it will be good!  Happy Monday!

Lazy Week

Well, this week has been very unproductive at the farm.  I've been sick all week and Ryan hasn't been feeling very good either.  So that has meant spending every night on the couch enjoying our fireplace.  And on top of not feeling good, it's been cold and rainy all week.  I am definitely not ready for winter yet.

Even Joey is feeling the burn.

Sick & Tired of being Sick & Tired

So this year, I suck it up and get a flu shot... one week later, I'm sick.  Sore throat, running nose, achy.  Not a happy girl!

On a side note, made a great crock pot dinner last night!!  Ryan actually said it's one of his favorites. 
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-chicken-and-dumplings/detail.aspx  And it was so easy!!  Very yummy!

Mondays

Happy Monday!!  And a great one it was!  Mondays are also my really long day as I get up at 4:55 am to get to the gym and teach Kick & Sculpt at 6:00 am and then work all day and then off to the gym again to teach Kickboxing at 5:45 and usually end up at home about 7:30 - almost 15 hours later.  On a side note, I thought I lost my keys this morning, only to find them under my purse  (after I woke Ryan up to help).. think it's time to hang up that key hook thing!

So today I asked Ryan to get some ground turkey out when he got home from work (since I forgot in a panic this morning) so we could make spaghetti and he said that was his specialty!  Yippee for me!  No cooking as he offered to make it.  So when I got home from the gym about 7:45, a wonderful fragrance greeted me at the door and dinner was ready!  I told him he could make spaghetti every Monday for us.  A man in the kitchen, now that's a great thing!