I feel like the White Rabbit!!

I'm late!  I'm late!  I'm late for an important date!!!

That is the way I feel lately.  I feel like I am working and working and nothing says "Done!"  It might say "Good enough for now." but not "Done!".

The weekend was wonderfully busy.  Saturday morning was beautiful and clear and fairly cool.  After a pretty substantial sunburn on Friday ... I was doing little things. (We will discuss sunburns and people's reactions to sunburns tomorrow. If I hear one more mention about sunscreen ... which I use.... I will scream!!!) 

I cut milk jugs .... I sewed hankies on to a clothesline (Thanks Sue!) ..... I worked on the sink base, applying more paint stripper.

Then we had customer after customer come up the lane. It was a wonderful day with lots of great people stopping by and enjoying the farm. And I enjoyed their company.

And all projects ceased.

Sunday ... I moved slowly into work-mode.  A little laundry.  A few supper plans.  Clean the bathroom. And before 11 -- the drive was filling up with customers.

Now you need to understand how Miss Eff's mind works (or doesn't work ... that would be the proper term!)

We were having an event in the corn-zebo. So I decided that the border needs a good weeding...... which it got. Yes ... something is almost done!  I take a pile of weeds to the chickens.  But of course, I can't carry them all.  Once I get to the girls, I think I better check their feed.  Then I discovered eggs that needed to go into the house.  I put the eggs away ... and there are dishes in the sink.  I wash a few dishes and remember I have to get fresh tablecloths on the tables in the corn-zebo.  So I select tablecloths for the corn-zebo, take the old ones off, put the new ones on.... and take the soiled lines to the laundry.  Where I decide to try to iron .... but the iron has to heat up.  Oh -- I can cut a few jugs quick so I proceed outside to do that.  But I need to weed quickly around the teacup tree.................................

Do you see where this is going?????

Yea ................. there is still a pile of weeds by the corn-zebo.

If running this business was a class ........ I would get an incomplete!!!!

There are so many things to be done. And some are getting done.  And some aren't. But I don't want to be so task-driven that I miss the big  picture.

I went into this business to enjoy the beauty around me .... and to share that beauty with others.  I loved the feeling of relaxation comes when you sit in the quiet of the Iowa farmscape..... and I wanted to share that.  I want to sit on the grass and talk to my customers.  I want to happily give them a hug when they pull into the drive because they are family .... not customers.  I want to know their names ... where they live... and what they do. 

So there are places that the weeds are taller than I am.  There are gardens that need serious attention.  The Summer Kitchen proceeds at a slow pace.  The garden loom hasn't been started.  Mitzi hasn't been released from her 2x12 board.  The sink based isn't stripped and the rocking chair hasn't been painted. The list of undone projects .... is very long.

But my heart is filled with the love and friendship that I have received from my wonderful customers. 

So for now, the White Rabbit needs to grab a cup from the tea cup tree and mellow.  Summer is a precious commodity and Miss Eff is going to enjoy ever second of it.