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[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Forty two pounds!!! That's awesome! Where do you sell it (assuming you sell it)?

I've kept bees for 3 yrs now and this is the first time I've gotten enough honey to even consider selling any. Last year we had just enough for ourselves and a few friends and family.
We probably go through 1.5 gallons per year at home (we're big tea w/honey drinkers), then I will give a couple 2 lb jars to each of our 3 children, several more jars to other family members. I also bought two dozen pretty little half pint jelly jars and filled them for xmas/birthday/hostess presents for the coming year. That actually may not leave me with all that many extra jars. I figure there may be some people who get the tiny jars from us as gifts and they may like it so much that they'll want to buy a larger jar from us, so I'll keep those extra jars on hand for that possibility. We'll have to see how this coming Spring shakes out, honey-wise. Always good to have a dozen or more jars stowed away for hard times! Especially since honey can't 'go bad'.

[Crankin]

The cold on the way home was kind of shocking, but by then it was dark and I needed my AmFib gloves. I had warm ones, but not warm enough.Could have used a balaclava (a light one), but I managed. I love riding in the dark. And the bad traffic was going in the other direction.

[Crankin]

I passed my boards!!!
The exam was easier than the simulations.
So relieved. I am now at home, drinking coffee and getting ready to do some *real* work.
Only a few more hoops to jump through, and these involve about eight more months of getting my supervision hours and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hopefully, sometime in August I will be fully licensed. I am hoping it will be before I leave on my TRIP TO ITALY!!! Yes, after much soul searching, and after our friends told us they weren't ready to do a bike trip to Europe this summer, DH and I have planned a vacation that does not involve 250 miles of cycling and climbing category 3 climbs. We are renting a flat in Torino for a week. My DH's company has an office there, so he has been there several times, but hasn't seen too much. We will be taking trips to the Piedmont wine country, the Lakes District, and spending time with the person who runs the office there, and his wife. They are lovely people, who have been to our home. After Torino, we are going to Milan and spending 2 nights there, before flying home. We will probably ride around Torino on the city bikes for rent and may consider renting a road/hybrid bike, to do a one day trip somewhere.
But basically, this trip is going to be eating, culture, and wine. With a little riding and hiking thrown in.

[Catrin]

Crankin - Congratulations! I knew you would do it

The trip sounds fantastic and it sounds like a lot of fun!

[indysteel]

Congrats, Crankin!!! Have a wonderful trip! It sounds lovely.

[OakLeaf]

Congratulations Crankin! I had no doubt - but how great is it that you get your results right away.

The trip sounds fabulous.

[emily_in_nc]

Congrats, Crankin! I just knew it!

[Blueberry]

Congratulations, Crankin! You've earned it!!

[goldfinch]

Good news Crankin! Perfect time for a nice trip.

[Owlie]

Congratulations, Crankin! (And a trip to Italy? Nice!)

[malkin]

Good job Crankin!

And BleeckerSt---I'm working out whether I want bees next year or the year after or not. How did you get started?

[Pax]

Congratulations, Crankin!!

[Crankin]

Thanks, everyone. I kind of feel a let down; more free time, and I am procrastinating on some paper work I need to do! I lost a couple of clients in the past 2 weeks and I need to build up my case load again. Playing phone tag with people; ugh.

[Veronica]

Congratulations Crankin! And your trip to Italy sounds fabulous!

Veronica

[Crankin]

Thanks, Veronica. It was nice to go to the office yesterday and get congrats from my colleagues.