Wednesday in Numbers: The Farm Edition

Every summer for as long as I’ve worked at camp, we’ve gone to Green Meadows Farm for a day on a real working farm. Last year, it was the first week of camp, it was a bit chilly, and most photos have me in my sweatshirt. This year was a different story. I’ll let the numbers and photos speak for themselves!

244: Campers in attendance today

102: Campers who went to the farm

142: Campers who were old enough to go to Hurricane Harbor at Six Flags

19: Campers between the ages of 4.5 and 7 in my group today

3: Wonderful junior counselors who opted to go to the farm with my “duckies”

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85: Minutes spent on the bus each way

4: Detours taken due to construction

19: Campers sprayed down with bug spray to avoid mosquito bites

~300: Mosquito bites still received

12: Times one junior counselor (ehem, Julie) asked me if we could go to the kitty barn (yes I counted)

13: Major bumps on the hayride that made me hurt

1: Gorgeous views

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6: Baby goats that attempted to eat our t-shirts

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25: Big goats that really enjoyed the feed we gave them

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8: Kittens I made friends with

1: Kitten I seriously almost took home with me

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1: Cows milked

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3: Baby ducks held

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9: Baby chicks held

6: Baby bunnies held

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15: Crazy chickens chased after

4: Ponies ridden

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16: Ounces of pear hard cider consumed with Lizz after camp

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3: Crackers consumed with delicious spinach dip

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2: Times I’ve eaten this Jambalaya at the Yard House

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4: Times Skylar forgot that she wanted fish and chips

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~7: Times I’ve ever been with Lizz and she ordered a salad. Today was one.

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11,000: Times I’ve been with Lizz and she ordered creme brulee. Today was one.

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0.6666667: Amount of this Kona coffee sundae I ate

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234: Photos taken today

1 more: Photos of Skylar eating something

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I cannot, however, count the gratitude I have for all of you for all your warm wishes about the passing of our dog… my family greatly appreciated the kind thoughts as well. You’re all the best!

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When Nothing Else Will Do

In case you haven’t noticed in the dozens of post I’ve done on the matter, I get food nostalgia. I have so many memories of specific dishes, recipes, smells, that remind me of different times in my life.

This is an odd one though.

There are few foods that I remember loving as much as I love my mom’s tuna salad. Yup, you read that right, tuna salad. I can remember being a little girl and going back to the dish of tuna in the fridge 3, 4, or even 5 times to get more, even if I was totally full. My mom would make a HUGE amount, and no matter what, I’d eat it.

I always knew when I had a tuna salad sandwich for lunch at school when I’d open my bag and see a foil-wrapped package instead of my usual plastic bag, and it would make my day!

After a long hot day at camp, the last thing I wanted to do was turn on the stove or the oven, and when I really thought about it, tuna salad was what I wanted. Adam stopped at the grocery store for ingredients while I met up with our wedding photographer to pick up our album (it’s FABULOUS!), and I came home and got to chopping.

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Mom’s Tuna Salad

Ingredients

3 cans white tuna in water, drained

3 ribs celery, finely chopped

1/2 sweet onion, finely chopped

1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper

juice of 2 limes

salt to taste

~2 Tbsp. real mayonnaise

Directions

Mix the tuna with the celery, onion, lime juice, pepper and salt. Stir in mayo until the salad holds together, it might be more or less than 2 Tbsp. depending on the moisture in the salad. Refrigerate until cool and enjoy.

I did my best to remember what to do, but I’m not positive my mom used onion like I did… but it worked! It hit the spot, and I definitely consciously had to STOP eating it so I had some left over for other meals.

Camper quote of the day, said by 8 year old girl: “Mara! Look! I have nuts! (Holds up pistachios) {pause} Why does everyone laugh when I say that?”

Have a great day!

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