Organic Grrl in Nova Scotia

Welcome Back, to me - and you, too!
I have neglected my blogspot for quite some time and at the request of my Mother, I've decided to enter into the world of blogging again.

UPDATE:
Since the last post, I've been asked to move to Nova Scotia from my little house in the woods to help some farmers with their cooperative. I'm still in transition and at a loss with what to do with my house, belongings, and cat Maya.

I've searched for real esate to purchase, rent or rent to own and haven't come up with anything suitable yet. So, I'm now looking for a larg-ish apartment in the great big city of Halifax. I have a roommate, if I can find a home.

What to do with all of my crap, though? What does a gal with three couches, six armchairs, seven tables, twenty five chairs and a TON of cooking, preserving, and other food utensils do with all of that stuff?! I'm thinking of having an auction to just get rid of it ALL and start over. In the meantime, I'm crazy busy as I now officially have three jobs - Sales Rep. in Nova Scotia for Speerville Flour Mill (www.speervilleflourmill.ca), Administrator for Maritime Certified Organic Growers (www.mcog.ca) and General Manager for Fresh Air Foods Co-Op Ltd. (www.freshairfoods.com). I'm tired just thinking about it!

I still don't have a home, yet - did I mention that already?

I have been sleeping at 77 Delusion Road on Coldspring Farm in Mosher's Corner, Nova Scotia with Ruth and Paul Collville - members of Fresh Air Food Co-Op. They have been very generous to offer me a place to put my head down at night, but I'm sure they would like their space back as much as I would like to have my own space. It is hard for me not to have a home - did you notice?

I am running the roads throughout Nova Scotia and looking for new customers and friends. It's a busy time of year with farms being planted, animals being born, and organic certification well underway in Atlantic Canada. I hardly have time to think, let alone find friends.

Friends I AM finding, though. I have made a total of ten new friends and reconnected with an old roommate from my Toronto days who is now living in Halifax, too. Funny how the world works. I've been skiing this winter, had three dates, and running the roads steady learning about the layout of southern Nova Scotia and the business climate here as well. Busy times, but trying to have a little fun to balance it all out...

Typing of FUN, I've also decided to have a huge birthday pary this year and seeing as I now know lots of "high end" chefs in Halifax, I'm enlisting their help as well. I'm organizing a "Feast in the Fields" for the late afternoon/early evning on September 22nd and trying to put together a slate of music acts for the late nite crowd to go well into the morning - acts on from 8pm till 4 am! I've decided that if I'm going to turn 30 years old, then I'm going to do it in STYLE! I've been speaking to a lot of people and no one has ever seen anything quite like it in the province, or the Maritimes in general for that matter, and needs to be attempted, at least. I'd like to do it for charity but can't quite figure all that out yet. We'll have to cover costs, but people have promotional budgets, too. Working on it....

More later and hope this has been informative. I've been knitting up booties for a friend having a baby this week sometime and I'd like to start including some artsy stuff here, too. I'll start with some favourite knitting sites for your viewing pleasure.

Happy Spring!
Ann