Greeting Forum Friends.
I have not posted for awhile, just enjoying being outside, weeding and appreciating what we have here. Eating outside in our screened in porch has been a delight. One I need to indulge in more often. After reading the August Forum, it looks as if I did not post at all! And, others of you were equally busy this summer. Hope it was a good one for you all, but I see that some gardens did not cooperate.
I hope that all who are on the East Coast are safe from whatever path Hurricane Dorian, or any other tropical storm that shows up. Take care!
Ii The I key is loose on my computer. It may cause some interesting words.
Crow Bar: Lucky and Good for You! Three cords of wood. You are ready!! Hubby is just starting to split. He is splitting what fell last September.
akPoppie: Enjoy school. A lot of work, but it is amazing to be there.
Corsaire: Good for you. Water bottles help keep the freezer cold longer. Hope the concrete pavers work. Best wishes for avoiding the storm ahead.
Old MtWoman: Hope those potential fires stay away. Congratulations on cleaning out stuff and junk. Happy to see you are out walking again. Sorry about the “Space Cadet” that showed up one day and glad you are ok after your trip into the roadside.
Emergency Radio: Corsaire, you spoke about this. Are you talking about a weather alert radio or just a radio that gets the local stations? What brand do you prefer and what are its features? Solar? Crank? Hopefully, the track of H.Dorian takes it away from you.
Little Sister: How in the world did you can 78 pints of green beans in one day? How did you get enough – at one time, to can 78? The most I ever had was 15 quarts after being lazy for a week. Multiple canners? A large canner? Whew! You NEED a day of rest! My All American only holds 8 pints, or 7 quarts. I need a larger one.
Perhaps next year you could join a CSA? A local farm that brings you farm fresh food each week? Or, make arrangements directly with some of the Farmers at the Market for what you would like to can. I have no idea if that will work.
How was your eye surgery?
Granny jSmith: How is your commercial kitchen? Are you still going to have one if you move back to the cottage? You need to be where you are happy.
Muffy 1938: Keep on Sparking Away! Hope your KonMarie method has worked for you. It is amazing how fast a year goes and how much you can accomplish in that time.
Mama Cando: How is your new stove? The with the change from electric to gas/propane, it was baking that gave me the most difficulty – How to adjust the heat and time for cookies.
Love the pancake ideas!
Keep challenging the kids, no matter what the age, to those games. It keeps the brain and memories sharp and vital. Good for you.
Moving blankets!! Great idea! Help not only with light discipline but the cold.
Gas prices over the Labor Day weekend ranged from $2.49 to $2.59. I scolded Hubby for sailing past the one station that had $2.33 on Friday. It all adds up in the long run; but not that important in the immediacy.
My poor knees: I scraped my knee and lower Right leg when I got into a relatives boat over the Fourth of July. Deep abrasion, and the bruise covered most of my shin. I used hot and cold packs on it for over a week. Then I tripped over a rug and landed on my Left Knee. That was a terrible bruise; very deep and painful. Hot packs again. This meant I could not easily weed the vegetable garden for weeks. Hubby found other things to do, so the weeds took over. I could not see the cabbage or tomatoes. A month later, I have a scar on my right leg, that is not a problem, but I had to keep applying a heating pack because the bruise was deep along the shin bone. The left knee took a long time to heal, too. Still, I cannot just kneel on that knee. I wonder if I chipped the patella or something. Thankfully there are soft weeding cushions. I just put the sore knee into the handhold and things are fine.
Then ended up with a cough, lasting nearly a month; well just getting over it. Not much of a cold/runny nose attached to it, just a cough that shows up after exertion or closer to bed-time and a lot of headaches. Been fighting that with red-wine vinegar gargles, Echinacea tea and capsules, and zinc lozenges for the sore throats. It is amazing how such little things like sore knees and a cough can stop you from being normally productive.
Grandson #1 is off to college. North Dakota State University. NDSU. Only one week so far. Looking at his schedule…I could not do it. I hated 8 am classes. Plus his combined physics and engineering field has him taking classes that would have me screaming in pain. To each his own.
He has a great sense of humor. At his grandfather’s lake home we always visit a candy shop in town; it has a great assortment of penny candy, plus fudge, ice cream, etc. Since he was not with us this weekend, I asked him what his favorite candy was, and he said Jolly Rancher. So, we purchased some. I cut up some small pieces of wax paper into the size approximating the JRancher wrappers, and took a picture of his youngest brother with a “Yum” look on his face, saying,” thanks for the idea, they were delicious.” I will send them to him, though, since only a couple were eaten. Yes, he can buy candy there, but it is the idea that we were thinking about him at the store.
I doubt he will be home much, but at least with cellphones, computers, etc., he will be able to communicate much better and more often that I did 50 years ago. He has already played video games with his two brothers, and they can chat while they do. I was impressed with how his father handled a conversation the other day. We had all been on a video chat. Then people went their own way and SonIL asked GS#1, “Is there anything you would like to talk about in private?” Good for him/them.
Talk to you all soon. Enjoy our Secret Club and its September Challenge! Thanks, Daisy.