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[April Frazier <raving_dove AT yahoo.com>]

Hi Everyone!

I finally figured out how to get back onto this group after googling a couple 
of names I remembered. I found a message referring to Wendy and heather of 
peace and Carrots Farm. 

I finished massage school and have been a part time therapist for 2 years now 
at a family destination farm. The other therapist left in May, and I am the 
full time therapist now. Summers are especially busy there, and the rest of 
the year I'll work just weekends, and be on call during the week. 

In the last 2 weeks, I've done more massage than I did all 10 weeks of summer 
last year. I had sort of been told that summer would be crazy last year, but 
with 2 of us there, it didn't happen for me. I ended up only making just over 
$1000 all summer. This week alone, I made almost $1000!! so I am thinking 
that I can make enough (FINALLY!!) during the summer to sustain our monthly 
expenses for the rest of the year. It's been a long time coming to feel a 
sense of financial security. 

So about those cherry pits: I saw a segment on Martha Stewart in the past 
year or so and she used a common kitchen tool to easily pit the cherries. I 
tried to find it on the website, but all I found was a suggestion to use a 
large paper clip. You unfold it, and use the best size for the cherry. Just 
push it into either end, twist, and pull out. 

If I remember what the other tool was, I'll post it. I remember it sat on the 
counter, and you poked the cherry onto it, and the pit was left on top when 
you removed the cherry. 

It sure is good to be back here!

April Frazier