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Buzzy Weekend!

It's Monday morning and I'm hustling to recover from a weekend away with Shelby in Pennsylvania. We were only away for three days, and Kaitlyn did a great job of taking care of the kids and keeping up on house chores. So, a little bit of laundry to catch up on and some other odds and ends, including a trip to the grocery, is all I need to get back in gear. The weekend was awesome, once we got past the suck traffic jam on I-70, which added three hours to our trip because everyone was detoured off of the highway (eastbound and westbound) around some sort of an accident. The source of our trip was a work event of Shelby's with Duquesne Light. We were able to help with a bulb giveaway at Home Depot on Saturday, which was a lot of fun and happened to coincide with some beautiful weather. Besides the event, we were able to visit  with the Duqquesne and surrounding Pa. ECOS teams for pizza, a cookout, and drinks - everyone was awesome :) We also were able to  have a little "shop talk" on to the future of the company and Shelby's potential, which was very satisfying and exciting, pacifying us a little bit while we sit in our limbo.  
On Sunday, Shelby and I drove to Seven Springs to attend the second day of the Mother Earth News Fair, which was amazing. Our favorite speakers were Wanda Urbanska (Simple Living) and James Zitting (Beekeeping), who were inspirational and very informational. We also enjoyed the abundance of vendors and informational stands that filled both the inside and outside of the resort. Although there was plenty that we would have liked to buy, we narrowed our purchases down to a spearmint plant, a lavender plant, and the book "Rural Renaissance" by John Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist. The fair was very well executed and so much fun, especially for the two of us on our quest to our new future. What we did realize over this trip is that we have a pretty good idea of what we want and basically how we want to do it. We are also seeing, especially through events like this, that we are part of a revolution that continues to grow and gain momentum. I've got to say thanks to The Unusually Unusual Farmchick again for giving us the opportunity to attend this spectacular event! Wish we would have been able to meet our benefactor...perhaps another day!
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  1. Fresh Eggs FarmSeptember 27, 2010 at 5:22 PM

    Such an informative great time at the Mother Earth News Fair. Thank you for giving me your extra ticket :-)

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