I finally used up the leftover apple pie filling I had haunting me in the fridge. Makes a darn good apple crisp. Dh took the leftovers to work, I believe to eat and to show off. He likes applesauce, too. Since he's …
What is your favorite Christmas gift? One that I can use. And that won't end up in the garbage or cluttering up the house. 5 years ago dh got me diamond and platinum earrings, I've worn them every day since. 2 year…
The big one has discovered drawing. Apparently it's lots of fun. These are railroad tracks and squiggles all done by him.This is a train. To the middle is the engine, with a very floaty/bloaty boiler and smokestack wi…
I'm bored. I shouldn't be, but I am.There's lots of stuff I need to get done around here, but it just ain't gonna happen with my "helpers."Can't clean off the dining table because I'll take something off and put it on a…
The dress went for $66 plus $7 shipping. That's just too much for me. Especially for something I can't see or try on in person before buying.
From Greenbluff. In those cute little bags are Inchelium garlic and elephant garlic. I don't have to order any from online! Yippee! I'm all set for planting garlic this year. Chet's [Italian] Red, Inchelium, elepha…
Greenery in the raised beds.Salad bed. Things are kinda taking off still. Those blasted squash plants are getting huge! Potatoes. Peas. No one ever told me that Lincoln peas only got maybe 2 feet tall. Color me stupi…
I am stalking this on ebay. A little afraid of the price it'll go for, the bidding's up to almost $40, and there's shipping on top of that.This is the kind of dress I've been looking for. Tank straps that can cover br…
Did some fun stuff Tuesday and Thursday.Went to the Simpson's movie with the kids in tow on Tuesday. Went pretty well considering the kids involved in the escapade.Thursday I got a call from my sister. Apparently my da…
I was messing around with tentative plans for next year's garden. Um, with the addition of the space where the giant shed/canopy is, a blueberry bed and two little kid gardens (that'll be 2'x6' full of just about whatev…
The new apple corer. Wish it had a suction cup bottom instead of the clamp though. Welcome to my world. Quite colorful I suppose. Can you barely see the peninsula of crap? Apples. Lots of apples. My set up. Bagge…
I'm tired. My feet hurt. Yes, it's around 3:45am Pacific time.Finished peeling and coring a bunch more apples, don't ask me how many. It was a lot. Like 3 big bowls worth of compost (peels and cores and such) lot. B…
Did some looking around online at apple peeler/corers. Seems they all kinda suck. They're built exactly like the one I have that crapped out. To the point where I'm uber-curious about the 140yo cast iron ones on ebay.…
Good stuff and bad stuff today.The big one helping me peel and core apples. He was having a blast, and didn't want to stop when his brother got up (little one will climb up that stool he's on - it becomes a screaming me…
Yard harvest from sometime last week. The apple pie with canned pie filling. You know, to test it out. I believe 14 more quarts are on the horizon. I didn't get to do squat yesterday except cut up some peaches for din…
I have a sneaking suspicion that my school yearbooks were thrown out in the last year or so.Last time I saw them was before dh went on one of his cleaning/decluttering rampages (oh, which always happens right before my p…
In progress.Blackberry jam. A whole afternoon. 6 pints, 15.5 half-pints. I'm kinda thinking we may be set for the year...
Bex ~ Ummm... I live a few time zones away from you. Friday's harvest. Cheesecloth and twist ties. I'm a very tame kitchen MacGyver. To be canned tonight. Mostly seedless blackberry jam/preserves (for my Blackberry B…
My feet hurt. Photos later at a less un-godly hour. Two trials of something, we'll see how they turn out.
To clarify.Pickling the cucumbers.Eating the peaches fresh (dh and the kids and I have already decimated like 6 or 7) because they aren't the ones good for canning.Apples are for applesauce. Lots and lots of applesauce.…
I got up at 5:15am today. Yes, I did.So I could come home with all this. Yes, in 3.5 hours, I picked all this (well, except the broccoli and zucchini - the apple guy gave those to me for free). Dh stayed home with the…
Today's photo day as I was busy, and dh is taking the camera out of town tomorrow. Front yard. Zucchini. Lots of zucchini. But I've been eating it all as it comes up so far, so no huge glut yet.And the cucumbers. Nee…
That's it. I fucking give up. I think I'm going to have to call the doctor and see if I can't get a prescription for something. I'd been laying in bed since midnight. And haven't fallen asleep yet. It's now past 2:3…
This is new territory for me.How many pairs of underwear do I need for the kiddo?Like how many should I have on hand?I don't have a clue when I usually do laundry, but it's usually when *I* run out of underwear or the ki…
The day of two posts... Today dh did this. Pulled out the old wood stove (it had a minor defect, so the company just gave us an entire new one minus the door) to give to a friend, and put in the new one. Including the …
Dh and I were talking about the kitchen today. He didn't realize how much thought I've put into it. You know, because I spend so little time in there and all. Ikea has this handy little kitchen program you can downloa…
Okay, anybody else kinda dislike the whole Classmates website subscription thing?I got an email at some point (to my other rarely-checked email) that someone visited my Classmates site and clicked something to "let me kn…
*updated!*Here's my current semi-tentative plan....18ish pints strawberry jam ~done~8-12 pints raspberry jam ~done~2+ pints seedless raspberry jam ~eventually~4-7 pints black raspberry jam ~only two half pints as man…
Dude, who's in Nevada?
Oh my stars. He wore underwear all freakin' day!!!!!! Granted, we went through like 4 pairs of underwear, but no diaper! He peed a little on two pairs (you know, like a warning thing or something), pooped in the thi…
He's been wearing his "special underwear!" since 9am. Still dry. Two trips to the bathroom. I swear he's part camel like his daddy. But finding that cool pouch in the front and what can be done with it is just hilar…
We're going shopping for a garlic press and some big boy underwear today. Was thinking of hitting the children's museum, but since I didn't get an early start today, it'd be a disaster with cranky kids. At least this w…
Yesterday's harvest.Half of which I promptly ate. Homemade garlic-parmesan croutons. Yum.The fate of the zucchinis.Half of which went into my amazing zucchini muffins.Which the kids seemed to like. Pulled up a Walla …
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My ankle is still really sore, the healing was decimated by a few days by a kid who ran into it, and it's having these fun shooting, hot pains. Lots of fun.Dh says it's because I overexerted it.Gee, you think?Two kids. …
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