The soup show season is in the books now, and we really kind of crushed it at the Wawasee show yesterday. Overall we sold 164 soups, which is an all-time show record for us. It got busy early on and never really tailed off until the very last 30 minutes or so. Traffic was very heavy all day, we kept hearing people talk about how crazy the parking lot was and how long it took them to find a spot to park. Beth and I had brought a somewhat smaller amount of soups to sell than we had for the past few years, just because we figured we had plenty based on how sales have gone this year. So we only had to carry 21 jars of soup home after the show wrapped up. 

Our new microwave oven has been installed. For several weeks or a few months now, we’ve been using the little one we bought for Missy to use in her dorm room a couple years ago as our primary microwave in the kitchen, and it’s not ideal. Too small, isn’t terribly powerful, and in the way. Especially during soup season. So Beth and I finally went to Smith Appliance and bought a new one (the old one, also from there, was over 20 years old, so I guess it was time). They put the new one in and hauled the old one away this week, and it’s very nice to have a nuke again.

Alex got a rejection from Winona IT on Thursday. They said they didn’t have any positions that fit his experience. Well, crap. Back to the drawing board.