We are having a cool-ish weekend, which is fine with me. But I did have to wear a jacket last night when we were invited to friends' for a glass of wine out around a campfire to celebrate a birthday. Today is my brother, Albert's 63rd wedding anniversary. He just missed it. I'll give Barb a call. She was only 19 and he was 22 when they eloped to Idaho. I was 7 and I remember when my parents discovered the elopement. When they found he hadn't come home the night before they checked his closet and found his good suit gone. They weren't happy. But it all worked out!
Yesterday I got all my gift jams packed up and ready to give for Christmas. Much of it will be hauled to Texas, and many jars will be going to Colorado when my sister visits next month. The rest is all labeled and put away in our back pantry. I want to make just one more batch of strawberry/habanero. We really liked it but it was more sweet than hot. So I hope to try again, making it a little more spicey this time.
I got the binding on my dizzy daizy and a good start quilting my yo-yo quilt. Don't know if I can get that finished today or not but I'm going to try. I also need to do a bit of laundry and pack the trailer fridge. I'm not taking my machine on this shorty camping trip - just handwork.
JANA - that's quite a story you have to tell about the Teton area! Looks like we both cheated death there! Glad you made it home OK and didn't have to take a side trip to Cuba! I tried skiing once but couldn't stay upright and slid all the way down, taking out a bunch of little kids who were having their first lesson on the bunny tow rope. When I finally came to a stop, I took off my skies, stabbed them into the snow and went into the lodge for a hot cocoa and sat and waited for my crew to find me. That's MY idea of skiing!
TINA - hope your dad's OK. Let us know how he's doing, OK?
CAROL - you really have been busy with your produce and cooking! As to chopping the berries for jam, I personally prefer my jam a bit chunky, though I did use my food processor with my berries the other day. What a great idea for your oranges - freeze the zest and juice. I don't freeze much because I don't have an extra freezer. Hope you find some sugar. I need to buy some more, too.
BECCA - I cook mostly out of my head, too, but I do use my BC cookbook when I need a real recipe. Some of the pages are pretty dirty and worn now. My kids loved their dentist when they were little, too. Of course, that was before they ever had any work done except check-ups! But the hygienist was so sweet. They referred to her as their dentist and the actual dentist was "The boy who helped their dentist".
Well, since we were invited to an impromptu birthday celebration I didn't have to cook last night, so tonite will be the pork chops I already thawed, fried apples, corn on cob, and salad.
