The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men

Last week I had some medical testing scheduled for Friday (everything came back fine). Cletus asked me to not try to do market as market requires a large chunk of Friday to get baking and prep done. And being up until 2 or 3 am has been known on rare occasions to maybe make me a little less than....sweet and cheerful.

After the tests we came home and I was thinking, "All right! That's it!! No more kidney stones/flu/testing and we are back to market EVERY WEEK!!".

You know that line about, "Man proposes, God disposes"?

Saturday Cletus was out working on the chicken run pushing posts into (very soft) ground. When I heard him come in, I walked out and the look on his face.... He said he had hurt his elbow. Said he heard and felt a pop and it HURT. We debated an urgent care trip, but decided if he could tough it out we would wait until Monday when he could see his Orthopedic doctor. We were able to get in with the doctor today and it turns out Cletus has an almost complete tear of his left triceps (in the doctor's words, it is hanging on by a fiber, maybe two). So now we are waiting for an MRI which will be followed by a surgical repair and hoping we can keep those last few threads hanging on until we can jump through the insurance-mandated hoops and get the surgery done.

It's a long story but one of the outcomes is that we will be on an extended leave of absence from the market. I cannot set the tent up by myself and even if we have an inside spot, right now we just have too much going on to make market happen. We will be popping in as customers in the meantime (the vendors there are terrific!). 

We will let you know when we are able to get back. 

We will finish setting up our website so craft items will be available on-line. 

We will continue to have our delivery service available for fresh eggs and are happy to bring English muffins and/or sweet rolls. If going into Thanksgiving week you do NOT want to hear the question, "But what's for BREAKFAST??", I can help you with that 😉😊

We hope to see you at the market once we are through surgery and rehab for this! 

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  1. AnonymousNovember 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM

    So sorry that happened!!!! Bless his heart!!! You will be missed at Market! Feel better soon.♥️

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