Greetings, All.
I am chuckling over the medical, pharmaceutical, and physical condition talk. I remember my father saying, that when he met his friends for coffee, that their health was all they talked about. I suppose it is normal. At “our” age, and I realize that not everyone here is retired, our physical condition and how we deal with it is a major part of our lives. Little Sister needs a Pharmacy Degree. Gone are the days when we believed everything the doctor said. We can, and should, advocate for ourselves. Also, I notice that the people here, have proudly not taken to their “chairs” and just letting the world happen around them. We will go into this brave new world fighting every day.
My box of school papers has been recycled. I continue to find items to add to give away boxes. Hubby accused me of being in a Spring Cleaning mode. Yes. When we moved here, eight years ago, we moved “stuff” – stuff from his mother, my father, and his career as a research biologist and university professor. (None was mine, of course; clearing throat.) It is time to eliminate stuff. [Dalek, “E limi nate. E limi nate.) Hubby has been complaining about the weather this winter, and moving somewhere warm. Yet, I cannot get him to go through his boxes and recycle.
Today, we are defrosting a freezer. We have two freezers and two refrigerators – for a family of two. One freezer is in the kitchen and the other in the basement along with an old refrigerator. My goal this winter is to empty the freezers so that they are available for the next hunting/harvest season. Plus, shut off that extra refrigerator, do not need it except and harvest and holiday time. The freezers are filled with things that cannot be canned very well, such as zucchini, pea pods, broccoli, butter, nuts, cheese. I just took out a small turkey to defrost, and stuffed peppers for dinner. On another site I saw someone canned stuffed peppers; perhaps I will try that this harvest season instead of freezing them.
Happy Grandma moment: When my daughter and I were going through her cookbooks last Sunday, her youngest commented on my cooking. He said I was the best cook. I tried to qualify that statement, but he (13 years old) was insistent that I was the best – better than his mother who does not like to cook, and his father who does a lot of it. She agreed with him. (Swelling with pride!) Even when I give them burnt offerings. Reminder, that they have many international students stay with them, and the students cook! So the family is used to getting unusual food. Plus, they have also traveled throughout SouthEast Asia and eaten bugs, and raw octopus, etc. Now, what will make me proud, is when they ask for a recipe and I get to teach them how to make it.
i think the tension is off on my sewing machine. It was breaking thread yesterday. Luckily I was only overcasting the edges of the pattern pieces.
Note about harvesting seeds: a long time ago I read an article that said you should place the plants you intend to harvest seeds from in a different garden bed. This does a couple of things: prevents you from accidentally harvesting the plants instead of letting them go to seed, and letting the biannual plants, that need two years to set seed, have a safe place that will not be dug up. Plus, by isolating the ones for seed…a specific carrot, or type of tomato, for example…you can keep the heirloom strain pure.
We are supposed to get 13 inches of snow in a blizzard this weekend. I should be able to finish my flannel shirt, defrost the second freezer, and pull up another box of papers to review. Some of you are talking about harvesting spinach, or starting seeds. I need to wait another month! More snow! 🙁
Stay healthy everyone.