I am so sorry. I realize it has been a while since I have posted a life update here on the farm.
We had to leave to go on a work trip but we were close enough for me to get to drive back home and spend a week with the granddaughters while they were on fall break.
We had a very fun week and got to do so many things. Just making memories and spending time together. We painted rocks, had manicures and pedicures, sewed, baked in their Easy Bake ovens, cooked, played board games, watched movies, ate popcorn, rode around and played outside on the farm looking for worms and bugs, checked on the cows, had tea parties, etc. You name it we probably did it. They got to help Daddy every day when he got off work to come take care of the cows. We even learned a little math while baking and cooking. I introduced multiplication. We slept in and took naps which they needed.
I got to take them to a pumpkin patch that I always take them to every year since the day they were born. I had printed off a scavenger hunt or bingo list to take with us and they really loved looking and getting to mark all the things off on their list. We got to pet so many animals and love on them. Of course, they thought they were going to get me in the corn maze which was huge and I knew I would never make it out of there. I had to be a kid and go down the zip line too. It was kind of embarrassing when someone had to help me get on the very high swing though but I had granddaughters to impress. But trust me when I say, I paid for it. We got home and I let them paint their pumpkins and then we decorated for the fall and Thanksgiving season.
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Then the time came by way too fast for me to leave again and go back and join dear hubby because soon we would be leaving for the next job sight which was not so close to home I'm so glad to have been given this split between jobs so it wouldn't be such a long time for the granddaughters to have to endure. They get really emotionally distraught when we are gone for long periods of time. I started buying them a yearly calendar and taught them how to mark off days to the day that we would be arriving back home. This is a good visual for them to learn to estimate time, count and see how time flies.
Our next destination took us 3 days to get there. Dear hubby breaks down our time to 6 hours of traveling a day for me. We take many stretch and bathroom breaks for me. If we didn't, I would not be able to travel with him. After traveling for 6 hours, we would stop at a hotel for the night, rest and sleep. Get up the next morning and go again. We finally arrived and it took me a week to get my body sorted back out. I was so sore.
Such beautiful scenery here in Virginia. We are on the Chesapeake Bay side this time. Three years ago, we were on the Lake Anna side. He knew better than to tell me we would go through a tunnel under the water because he knew I WOULD FREAK OUT!!!!!!! I was breathing so hard and gripping my steering wheel so tight that my knuckles hurt. We got stuck in traffic for an hour and a half on the other side. Boy, it was a doozie. I was a nervous wreck, He has done this for years but I haven't and I'm still getting used to it.
We finally reached our hotel with great relief. I needed to just calm down and slow my breathing. Then we started unloading our trucks and getting set up. It's a good thing we got here before dark. After getting somewhat settled, we found a place to grab some supper.
Shopping and planning for meals is way different than meal planning at home. I can't just go to our freezers or pantries and put a meal together. I have to shop for sales, find the grocery stores near me, and shop wisely.
Once I get everything together and bought, then I start cooking the meals. I make his breakfast, lunches, and suppers.
I don't just sit in a hotel room every day and get bored. I bring plenty to do and venture out sometimes when I find something that interests me. Luckily on this job, dear hubby is getting one day off a week and we go somewhere together. This one particular day, he took me to exactly where I wanted to go. He took me to VA Beach. Now I can literally say I have been Coast to Coast with this man of mine. We got to get our boots in the sand, write our names in the sand, and collect shells for our coast-to-coast collection back home. It was a wonderful day and even got to eat on the beach and enjoy a lovely sunset on the way back to our hotel.
I managed to get out one day and find a donut shop. Not just any donut shop. But a donut shop (I can't stop saying donut because it is one of my favorite things) that mixes, fries and decorates it to your liking right in front of you and serves it up warm. SHHUUUUUSH! Let me savor this moment.
I got the courage to venture a little further out one day and just enjoyed the scenery and a few visitors.
On one of my dear hubby's off days, we did have plans to go somewhere but he woke up not feeling really well and we stayed in. But he gave me the night off from cooking and we found a local place to get the chance to eat by the bay. Our plans are still in the making for the plans we had to cancel. It will be in another post.
One day I packed a picnic lunch and found a local park. Nice view. This is where I am sitting and writing this post actually.
This is what we get to see out our room window every day. This is zoomed in of course so you can see better. We have a very good view of the beautiful sunrise every morning on our side of the building. Oh, and yes, that is bread rising in the window under a beautiful sunrise. I found a way to make some bread in my air fryer using my 5-minute No Knead bread dough and a kneaded bread dough. That will be a video for later. I was conducting a little experiment here.
I found a really nice church to visit out here and everyone is so nice and making me feel at home.
If you made it to the very bottom of this post, I appreciate it so much and have enjoyed you hanging out with me. Thank you for letting me share my adventures. I will try not to go so long between posts next time.
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