Saturday Work

My husband and I own two pieces of property.  One is the house we live in and one and a half acres of land.  The other is about 5 miles away and it's a 33 acre piece of rolling field/pasture.  That's where my husband's shop for work is, and also where we hope to put a few cows as soon as it's fenced.  Needless to say, we stay busy.

Following the lead at A Joyful Chaos I decided to name my family members, for this Blogs purposes, with names that speak of who they are.  So right away the name for my husband should be Mr. Repairman.  Seriously, and literally, the man can fix anything.  He owns his own business doing locomotive engine repair.  He travels all over to different places who have locomotive inside their businesses.  He has contracts with grain mills, steel mills, and even an Army Ammunition's Plant.

All that to say, Mr. Repairman is busy today.  He's at our land moving around equipment getting ready for some work on Monday as well as some work around here.  He's bringing a backhoe over today from the land so he can move stacks of insulation from out of our garage and put it in our barn.  It'll be nice to be able to actually park in the garage.  It's been quite a few years since I've been able to do that.

I have my own work to do today, as well.  I like to have my family over for Sunday lunch.  It doesn't always happen, but I'm happy when it does.  Today I'll be cooking for tomorrow.  On the menu:

• Sally's roast beef and gravy(lovingly named after the sweet lady who gave me the recipe)
• Rice (We love mashed potatoes or rice with Sally's roast and tomorrow I'm making rice)
• Some sort of vegetable I'll determine later (corn, peas, green beans, broccoli, etc.)
• Homemade rolls
• Homemade chocolate cream pie

I also have some planting to do.  I bought some tomato plants that I'll be putting in pots.  We have a garden but I like to have a few tomatoes on the deck next to the house where I can easily get to them.  The varieties I have are both heirloom tomatoes.  One is called "Black Prince", which I've never tried, and the other "Purple Cherokee", which we love!

I started some herbs a few weeks ago, but I don't know how they'll do.  I've never started them from seed before.  I figured I'd give it a try and if it worked out it would save me some money and if not, I would buy them later.  The varieties are basil, thyme, dill, lavender (which we don't eat but smells amazing), cilantro, chives, and rosemary.  We love herbs, can you tell?

So Saturdays around here are usually pretty busy.  What do you do on Saturday?  Work?  Rest?  Play?