Arrived at the office at 9:00 am sharp. Website development meeting scheduled for 9:30 and there was a refrigerator cargo van full of venison to be packed and frozen.
Kevin filled each seal-able bag with five patties, from the boxes in the cargo van, and I sealed them in the machine. Kev and I quickly fell into a rhythm and soon we were doing quite a professional looking job.
Four hours later, those of us still in the lodge were enjoying a fine lunch of grilled venison steak and onions, with French fries. Words cannot describe how tender and flavorful was this meat. Onolicious to be sure! Simply scrumptious. Best in the world . . . . You get the idea? This was magnifique!
Spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up, disinfecting and sterilizing all the tools used in our morning vacuum-packing fun. I think we sealed 300 - 400 venison burgers today. I know there was hardly any room left in the three freezers for the saddle cuts, etc. when we were done. We’ll be eating well this winter.
Still getting ready for the poultry event on Saturday. “Discover Mullingar” takes place on Sunday, and we‘ll be there representing the Farm Safari.
I’ll be cooking dinner in our clean oven tonight. Thank you, Kevin!
Stay warm and well, ya’ll.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Happy Anniversary to us, we’ve been married ten years today!!! Our present to each other is being here in Ireland together, smiling and in good health. Life may be short, but it can be wide.
We'll take the day off tomorrow and celebrate in Mullingar but today we have too many things to do.
Kevin will be assisting Greg and Louis with the making of the rail bikes. Two people pedal while two people sit and enjoy the ride. The plans have been drawn and welding needs to begin.
Renee will be giving the Gift Shop in the lodge a complete overhaul -cleaning, sorting, and rearranging things.
We'll be on our own as everyone else has other things to do today, off property.
Just enjoyed a fine dinner of shepherd's pie and zucchini, baked in our oven. It was yummy.
Today was a fun day. Kevin and I were "checked out on the quad" (what we call an ATV) and took it for a wild ride to retrieve a set of keys from the office.
First time for both of us ever sitting on one of these things. I now know why they are so accident prone. A little tricky to get the knack of driving one, but YeeHaw, good fun.
The gift shop now looks extraordinary. Newly decorated, etc. The rail bikes project got derailed for the day but will resume shortly. Kev and I got a lot of good exercise, walking, in between all our responsibilities. PLUS . . . . We were finally successful in wrangling the geese out AND back into their enclosure with ease.
Today, Kevin gave me a hand-carved deer antler necklace with Celtic Ogham writing (secret message), made by our new friends Andy and Michelle from Waterford. They get the antlers from "our" farm and sell their craft in the gift shop. Maybe tomorrow we'll buy a new-to-us, good used car.
Good TV tonight. Law and Order, then Criminal Minds.
Kevin filled each seal-able bag with five patties, from the boxes in the cargo van, and I sealed them in the machine. Kev and I quickly fell into a rhythm and soon we were doing quite a professional looking job.
Four hours later, those of us still in the lodge were enjoying a fine lunch of grilled venison steak and onions, with French fries. Words cannot describe how tender and flavorful was this meat. Onolicious to be sure! Simply scrumptious. Best in the world . . . . You get the idea? This was magnifique!Spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up, disinfecting and sterilizing all the tools used in our morning vacuum-packing fun. I think we sealed 300 - 400 venison burgers today. I know there was hardly any room left in the three freezers for the saddle cuts, etc. when we were done. We’ll be eating well this winter.
Still getting ready for the poultry event on Saturday. “Discover Mullingar” takes place on Sunday, and we‘ll be there representing the Farm Safari.
I’ll be cooking dinner in our clean oven tonight. Thank you, Kevin!
Stay warm and well, ya’ll.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Happy Anniversary to us, we’ve been married ten years today!!! Our present to each other is being here in Ireland together, smiling and in good health. Life may be short, but it can be wide.
We'll take the day off tomorrow and celebrate in Mullingar but today we have too many things to do.
Kevin will be assisting Greg and Louis with the making of the rail bikes. Two people pedal while two people sit and enjoy the ride. The plans have been drawn and welding needs to begin.
Renee will be giving the Gift Shop in the lodge a complete overhaul -cleaning, sorting, and rearranging things.We'll be on our own as everyone else has other things to do today, off property.
Just enjoyed a fine dinner of shepherd's pie and zucchini, baked in our oven. It was yummy.
Today was a fun day. Kevin and I were "checked out on the quad" (what we call an ATV) and took it for a wild ride to retrieve a set of keys from the office.
First time for both of us ever sitting on one of these things. I now know why they are so accident prone. A little tricky to get the knack of driving one, but YeeHaw, good fun.The gift shop now looks extraordinary. Newly decorated, etc. The rail bikes project got derailed for the day but will resume shortly. Kev and I got a lot of good exercise, walking, in between all our responsibilities. PLUS . . . . We were finally successful in wrangling the geese out AND back into their enclosure with ease.
Today, Kevin gave me a hand-carved deer antler necklace with Celtic Ogham writing (secret message), made by our new friends Andy and Michelle from Waterford. They get the antlers from "our" farm and sell their craft in the gift shop. Maybe tomorrow we'll buy a new-to-us, good used car. Good TV tonight. Law and Order, then Criminal Minds.
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