My son has found a buyer for his business. I have to agree with him that it is time to sell. Of course my gut wrenches at the thought of selling for pennies on the dollar that Ive sunk into the business...but it is what it is. A very expensive learning experience. They will need any money they get out of it to move and re-establish. The silver lining for me will be that they will become self-sufficient as a family and the hole will be plugged for the sinking business- which will save me about $1000 a month. sigh. A bittersweet decision for sure.

I just watered the gardnen and see that I have a couple of ears of corn starting. Everything else is taking off- I am still hoping the garden will pay off. Last year, my zucchini was mass producing...this year...nothing yet. I see some progress on the newer plantings...but I think the colder, wetter weather this year has definately affected production.

I took Monday the 18th off. The hub and I are going back to the beautiful campground on the river this weekend and catching the music festival there. It should be a nice, relaxing weekend!! I went to the grocery store tonight and bought steak, hamburger and hot dogs for the weekend...plus all the extras and even peanuts for the squirrels. Now to pack the clothes, etc. Im excited to get back up there.

I cant believe I will have been back at my job 5 years in a few months...at which point I will start earning a few more days of vacation-- almost 6 weeks per year. I am not one to accumulate tons of extra time on the books. I do keep two weeks banked for emergencies, but otherwise I use my PTO. I already have the two weeks banked...so next year I will take six weeks worth of time off. I reworked the budget to afford extra $$ for that time. Now to start planning what to do!

Ok. Time to pack...got a fun weekend to prepare for!!