General Discussion & Chat: Coffee...and for July 25, 2006, 1 by darius

darius wrote:
Good Morning GOB's... I've been up and about for quite a while... may have to go back to having morning coffee once I find my coffee pot (which I suspect is still in storage in NC). I have my espresso pot but I'd hate to start the day with a jolt.

Mike and I picked maybe a little more than a gallon of wineberries last evening, and I juiced them before bedtime. I have between 6 and 8 cups of juice now in the freezer for jelly later. The berries look like raspberries but have a wonderfully tart taste. I may have to grow some!

Finally found out what company owns the 250 gallon propane tank here. I had thought to buy maybe 100 gallons as a back up heat source but they want $60 per year just for the tank rental. Not worth it to me. The gas logs are unvented and not good for my lungs, so they will come get the tank this week. My woodstove will go where the gas logs are now and I will sell the gas logs and mantle.

Gracie seems more "normal" this morning and was hungry. I haven't checked to see how much she ate.

It's rainy and yucky so inside work today. Maybe I will get all the boxes of my clothing unpacked and perhaps start unpacking dishes. BUT FIRST (LOL) I have to go buy some shelf liner material. It would be a good day to do some jam and jelly making except I just don't feel like it. Sure wish I had a dishwasher to sterilize jars... it would free up some space on the stovetop when I'm canning.

Defoe, sometimes I wish I had a huge freezer and could just blanch and freeze stuff. Power outages are so common here in the mountains that I worry about losing food I have frozen. I've only been here about 6 weeks and the power has gone off at least 20 times. Not for very long each time, but who knows what winter will bring?

BBL