Shari’s Gone Country

Yeah, I know… I’ve neglected this diary.

All things considered with the experience at the Senior Center, we had a “family meeting” and have now officially set our sights on obtaining the food service contract whenever it becomes available.

So, this past few weeks, my task has been to flesh out the bare bones business plan we put into place last year. In addition to my “animal husbandry” experience, I also have a 30-year career in the food industry.

I’ve put together a plan that will work for us, and provide enough income to keep us interested, while providing very high-quality meals for the seniors in our area. Additionally, I purchased a program for “kitchen management” that takes care of everything from scaling recipes, to grocery lists, yields, preferences, etc. What a find!

We have no idea when Bill and Sue will choose to retire, but we intend to be ready for the process, no matter our competition.

I’ve still got more work to do, so will be a bit spotty in my updates.

Our weather here has been more like Oregon than Utah. The snow pack in the high mountains is nearly 150% of normal, awesome news for the water situation. Our concerns are that we’ll get a really fast thaw, and find ourselves under water… yes, even here on the desert.

It flooded in the spring of 2005, just a few months before Cindy and Bev moved here. Fortunately, there was no damage to the house, but I hear the roads were impassible and St. George suffered serious flooding.

I’ll tell you how bad it’s been this winter… We all bought (and use daily), muck boots! The mud between the chicken coop and the sheep water station is about 4 inches deep. The horses area is bad, too. We get snow, then thawing, then rain, then sun and it starts to dry… then it snows again, and we start all over.

Time to put on the boots and feed the animals now… I’ll be back later (with pictures, even).

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