More from the peanut gallery
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snoweeJuly
This month has been busy, really. I suppose I should admit that as well. The weekend of the 4th, the Summer of Jam officially began! I made and processed about 24 pints of jam (mostly half pint jars - a few quarter pints - so I had more than 48 jars roaming around the kitchen). Regular strawberry, low sugar strawberry, Black Strawberry (blackberry/strawberry), Raspricot (raspberry/apricot), and lemon-strawberry marmalade. YUMS!
There will be more. I bought a pressure cooker last week so that I could do the low acid foods. I intend to make pickles, salsa, more jam/marmalade, and hopefully figure out how to turn all the grape juice I've been making from our vines the last three years into wine. We'll see what actually comes about.
Same weekend as the jam kickoff, we went on a day trip to this huge car show I heard about this year. Lots of great restored vehicles. Pretty cool.
And tomorrow night, I'll be going to see Jon Schmidt in concert. I haven't seen him in years because he's so popular around here that his tickets have been more than I'm willing to spend. Found out about his show just down the street from my mom's house so I got three tickets and will probably park at her place so I don't have to deal with stupid people. YAY.
Upon reflection here, halfway through the year, I'm not sure these things I'm doing each month really seem that big. I don't know. Maybe they aren't, but I had just become so comfortable in my rut and the status quo that it feels huge to just do these things. Plan them. Make them happen. Not consult everyone and occasionally consult no one.
End of this month, will be seeing friend who is visiting from Missouri... one of those friends I've had since we were kids. I NEED to find a way to get out and visit her as it occurred to me this week that she's been gone 10 years and I only see her when she comes out to visit her family. Anyway, I'm VERY excited to see her.
Need to book my room and tickets for August. Next month I'll be going to the Utah Shakespearean festival to see...non-shakes. They're doing a performance of The 39 Steps and I can hardly wait to see it. I've heard a little hype about this Broadway adaptation, but hey. It's Hitchcock related. We know I'll love it, right?
They're doing Macbeth. I haven't decided yet if I'll see that too.
Oh, one last thing! It was nearly 106 in my area of the valley today, according to car's gauge. OMG, it was the best thing ever to come home from errands and step inside the COOOL FUCKING HOUSE! That's right, kids. Gone are the days of it being 88 in the house because the cooler can't keep up. I have central air now! (added excitement, I checked in on my power usage and it's not a whole lot more than last year because I insisted on going with the highest SEER rating. HA! It was worth the battle)
This month has been busy, really. I suppose I should admit that as well. The weekend of the 4th, the Summer of Jam officially began! I made and processed about 24 pints of jam (mostly half pint jars - a few quarter pints - so I had more than 48 jars roaming around the kitchen). Regular strawberry, low sugar strawberry, Black Strawberry (blackberry/strawberry), Raspricot (raspberry/apricot), and lemon-strawberry marmalade. YUMS!
There will be more. I bought a pressure cooker last week so that I could do the low acid foods. I intend to make pickles, salsa, more jam/marmalade, and hopefully figure out how to turn all the grape juice I've been making from our vines the last three years into wine. We'll see what actually comes about.
Same weekend as the jam kickoff, we went on a day trip to this huge car show I heard about this year. Lots of great restored vehicles. Pretty cool.
And tomorrow night, I'll be going to see Jon Schmidt in concert. I haven't seen him in years because he's so popular around here that his tickets have been more than I'm willing to spend. Found out about his show just down the street from my mom's house so I got three tickets and will probably park at her place so I don't have to deal with stupid people. YAY.
Upon reflection here, halfway through the year, I'm not sure these things I'm doing each month really seem that big. I don't know. Maybe they aren't, but I had just become so comfortable in my rut and the status quo that it feels huge to just do these things. Plan them. Make them happen. Not consult everyone and occasionally consult no one.
End of this month, will be seeing friend who is visiting from Missouri... one of those friends I've had since we were kids. I NEED to find a way to get out and visit her as it occurred to me this week that she's been gone 10 years and I only see her when she comes out to visit her family. Anyway, I'm VERY excited to see her.
Need to book my room and tickets for August. Next month I'll be going to the Utah Shakespearean festival to see...non-shakes. They're doing a performance of The 39 Steps and I can hardly wait to see it. I've heard a little hype about this Broadway adaptation, but hey. It's Hitchcock related. We know I'll love it, right?
They're doing Macbeth. I haven't decided yet if I'll see that too.
Oh, one last thing! It was nearly 106 in my area of the valley today, according to car's gauge. OMG, it was the best thing ever to come home from errands and step inside the COOOL FUCKING HOUSE! That's right, kids. Gone are the days of it being 88 in the house because the cooler can't keep up. I have central air now! (added excitement, I checked in on my power usage and it's not a whole lot more than last year because I insisted on going with the highest SEER rating. HA! It was worth the battle)
