Busy day- processed a bunch more summer apples into applesauce (got 4 quarts out them), rubbed down a brisket and got it in the fridge for tomorrow, processed a couple more gallon bags full of tomatoes and got them in the freezer (gonna make sauce all in one day when my basil is ready), got …
John Cole Presents "This Fucking Old House"
Countertops Are In – Open Thread
The kitchen is functional again. The only thing that has to be done is that the drawer under the cooktop needs to be cut down a half-inch or so. I think I can talk a friend into doing that. The kitties and I are taking the day easy. Before: After: And a helper in between: …
Samantha’s Awkward Moment
This is Samantha getting a bath: She looks adorable, right? Why is Samantha getting a bath at 11pm on a Friday night? Because sometimes Samantha accidentally eats one of Tammy’s two foot long hairs, and when she goes to do her business, it turns into something like those edible strings of candy, but with poop, …
I’m Tired and I Ate Too Much
It was dad’s birthday yesterday (#78), so I went and picked up Tammy and met my parents and my sister and her husband in Pittsburgh at a restaurant called Kaya. I gotta tell you, this is the best new (to me) restaurant I have been to in ages. Everything on it was in my favorite …
Man, What a Year
Was just going through some old pictures and man, what a difference a year makes: Just looking at these and it brings back the knots in my stomach every time I went outside and looked at the yard. Much better this morning: I’m also laughing at all my old pictures because THURSTON IS IN EVERY …
Today’s Haul
Spent a few hours and put up some more stuff from the garden (and the July apples I got at the farmer’s market): Three quarts of applesauce, two quarts of beans, five pints of just regular beets, and three half pints of peas. Like I said, shit year for peas, but I also ate about …
Bad Year for Peas
Been an eventful couple of days around here. As I mentioned last night, we had all kinds of storms which knocked out the power, the cable and internet, and then inevitably the cell service (which dies after a couple of hours of the tower not having any electricity. The proximate cause of the outage here …