Well thanks for all the compliments and especially for the tips.. Riv will be with bio dad this weekend so I am going to see what I can do with what I am working with. It is supposed to be a hot one this weekend so we will have plenty of inside hours to kill 
I am deep in preserving mode. I have made my strawberry jam and put away 2 qts of kale for the winter. We are going camping for the 4th so the weekend after that will be raspberries and blackberries for more jam. I am hoping to find some pickling cukes to make pickles this weekend but we will see. Then after that it is tomato time. I want to at least make my own pasta sauce and then just stew the rest. I can’t wait!
I am having some issues with all the food work. Feel a little like a hoarder (which if I have ever told you about the house I grew up in you would totally understand) I am working on the difference between being prepared and having my house look either like a fall out shelter or sanford and sons.
The great moving debate is still in full swing. MNM wants to put the house on the market in September and I think I am with him. I only worry about where we will go IF the house sells and if I will make it through the selling process. I hate selling things. I loathe putting a value on something that is mine and having people tell me what they think of said value. But I need to remember that this is not about me it is about the house. It is about the house. It is about the house.
Other than allll that unschooling is going well. We may even someday make it to a get together. River is continuing her French lessons and she is enjoying some workbook pages. We are still having a hard time with her interest in reading but it will get better I am sure. Greyson found gold in the back yard and is continuing his middle east peace talks.
later!
