Summer Flying By

Here we are late in June. It seems like it has been forever since I’ve had time to sit down and post an entry. The past few weeks have just been a blur. School finally finished on June 7. It was the year that went on forever as we had many snow days to make up, and a day for an electrical storm as well.
The first morning out of school, I got to get up bright and early to head to the UAMS Farmer’s Market. What a great joy to be up at 5:00 am and out the door thirty minutes later on my inaugural day of summer vacation. Combine that with making a couple of wrong turns and not being able to find the right place to park, I was off to a terrific start. This is a new market with few vendors and a growing amount of food traffic. The benefit of this market is, that it is indoors. A true blessing in ninety plus degree weather. For the first week, do had a modest turnout. It will grow.
For the next couple of days, it was time to get back to the basics of soap and lotion making. I really needed to catch up and get my stock up again. So a plan was hatched. Each week I would make at least seven batches of soap and five batches of lotion. That way by the end of summer, I would have enough stock to bridge me into the fall market and show season. Now this has to be planned out well, as we are doing three live markets and week, four online markets, and also need to make cheese to build the stock up for fall. One day a week is needed to handle basic outdoor chores. You know the little things that catch up with you. So in order to accomplish all these things we must plan a basic schedule. Well with all good plans, there is always a hitch. But hey, two weeks in and fourteen batches of soap and ten batches of lotion.
Week three equals a much needed vacation. We are off to the Caribbean for some fun in the sun! It is a glorious nine days with no cares and people waiting on us hand and feet. Luscious food, awesome company, a great deal of adventure and just enough rest. We are relaxed and ready to go!
So here we are week four, time to conquer the to do list at the farm. I’ll get back to you and let you know how that goes!