Coffee and...Part 22...! :-D

Sounds like you have a LOT of fish! I used to work for a company that did portion packing. Following their method, I wet my fish, laid the individual pieces on a cookie pan and flash froze them in the freezer. Then I could put them in a large plastic bag and since they weren't frozen all together I could take them out as I needed them. It worked great when I was cooking for just two people and didn't have to thaw more than I needed.
Pati

Climbing inside a freezer- no way =- you need to get one that has a door. We have one (trashed the chest one - I wanted to use it for a worm bed!!) We toyed with the idea of a frost free one, but decided on the old defrost one. Now I have second thoughts!! DH helps me clean it every other year. A job I hate!!

Got the trailer all cleaned and mostly repacked for our weekend trip. DGS and I need to make a grocery store trip soon - something I hate!! I am an impulse buyer and end up with way more than I intended to buy!!

Just made a pan of pay day bars and DGS and I ate one side already. Once you start, you just can't leave them alone. Also made 2 loaves of banana bread - help yourself to both goodies!

Weatherman said Sunday is supposed to be the hottest day of the summer yet....sheesh - this is a HOT summer in Mich.

Take care all!! I'm off for the weekend now

Oh Darius ... I haven't seen that before. Thanks for telling me about it. (I guess) I haven't gotten much done, though, except look through that. Been running back and to between the washer and dryer. We are either the dirtiest folks or the cleanest. I'm not sure which! If anyone needs any rain, I'll be glad to send you some. We are getting daily thunder storms here in south GA, and my poor plants are drowning. I keep going out and dragging the containers on the carport. Such a pain, but the rains are so heavy it's beginning to rough them up a bit. Well, there goes that dryer again, so better run. Thanks, again, Darius for pointing out that to me. I find that even after 3 months here ... I'm still overlooking things.

IO1, I've been here over four years and still find things I hadn't known about!

I'm sure there will always be something new. It's a wonderful place ... so much information to read and learn about. Dave has done a remarkable job along with all those who have contributed. The only problem I'm having is ... I'm spending waay too much time at the computer these days. *smile*

Yeah, me too. But it beats walking the streets LOL!

has always been a theme of mine:
Anything that keeps us off the streets and outta trouble is a good thing.

Hey, I'm gonna tell that one to the DH when he comes home and doesn't find supper! LOL

Supper? Heck with that, we're hitting a movie when DH gets home from work and if I play my cards right I can fill him up with popcorn and he won't want any supper, and then we can have chocolate cake with ice cream later. That's also my new diet plan.

We had a couple of good rains on Wednesday and Thursday, which has made my plants very happy. Maybe more this weekend, so they predict. Dozens of prickly weeds have popped up too, so I'm going out to see how many I can pull before I need to come in, it's only about 80 and there's a breeze.

That sounds like a plan: I keep this sign on my fridge door:

LOL, and I have this one on the wall.....

Darius, just wondered if you walked the streets by day or by night. Is this a second profession? Yes, I am sure that had someone come along the day I was in the freezer, it would have been a sight!!

Who wants to stay out of trouble? I try to make as much as I can, so that people will talk about that, instead of me. Of course I try to do this anonymously!!

I am spending more time at the computer too since joining DG. However, when DH says something about it, I just reply that it is higher education. I have learned lots, and met great people.

Well gotta run, supper is cooking while I type. Gotta make sure that we don't have burned anything, would hate to do it over.

LOL, Bonnie... Walking the streets is certainly NOT a second profession (or even a first!)... and out here, you'd have a hard time finding anyone anyway... boonies, y'know!

My luck would be a chewin' man (tobacco) about 90 with a lecherous grin!

ohhhh - my type of man, darius - LOL.....

And if he's wearing long johns under his overalls with only one strap fastened, you've probably hit the jackpot!! Woohoo!!

Or you could have my DH's brother....LOL

Edited to say, never mind, I wouldn't wish him on anybody, let alone someone as intelligent and perceptive as Darius.

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What is it with men and flannel? It's the dead of summer!!!

Molly
:^)))

Flannel shmannel. This little Mac is giving me fits. Thanks to some great guys on the Apple Discussions forums I've managed to get all my photos moved onto an external hard drive. Now comes the trying part of figuring out the wrinkles, and there seem to be a bunch of them. Like, now that there is a copy of my photo library on the HD why do I have to drag a photo out to print it? Why doesn't the 'print' icon on the library work? and more that I haven't even found out that are problems. Well at least it keeps me off the streets and out of the alleys.
Tonight is Tinkers graduation from Intermediate Obedience. She does OK, but I'm the one who is lagging behind in her training.We'll get it right though. The littlest GD is here tonight. Wife, son and other GD go to the Island for the weekend tomorrow and I get to stay home and try to finish the arbor, and straighten up some of the debris. Friend John came over this afternoon after carving and took some Hostas and a lot of "surplus" wood. Now (probably later) I need to haul two pick-up loads of big rock over to him. He's got 5 acres, we've got a dinky place. Good to have friends like that.
I've decided (against some suggestions) that black spray paint isn't my hair color. Think I'll look into 'sunburn pink'. Erik, the carver who made the pattern and assembled the wood for my portal carving was by the other day to take measurements for the final pieces. Can't wait to get started. Oh, may have to put in the new sunroom windows, rewire the lighting, and finish the arbor first. Is this another 'but first' situation I wonder? Here's Haylie (youngest GD)

Hi y'all. Just got in a bit ago from shopping. Have y'all seen the clothes out there? HORRIBLE! Oh, before I forget ... here's the left over chocolate cheese cake I made yesterday. Don't know why I bother. The DH doesn't eat sweets, so that means I have to eat it all by myself. It was suppose to be chocolate cream cheese fudge, but in the middle of it, I got a wild hair and turned it into a cheese cake. Sooo, y'all help yourselves. Now, back to the shopping. Who do they make those clothes to fit? The one good thing ... I didn't have to cook tonight! Oh, and if y'all start walking the streets, I know where you can buy you a new outfit! *smile* I saw some that would be perfect for just that.

Oh boy, you said it! There seems to be no middle ground between running around with your belly button hanging out and looking like Omar the Tentmaker is your seamstress. If you are a size 14 or more, the prints look like wallpaper, the sleeves look like grocery bags, the fabric is made of some kind of petroleum byproduct, and the tag says dry clean only. It's no wonder I live in sweats and jeans, because I wouldn't pay to wear that kind of attire.

Not to mention the skimpy singlestitched seams, nonexistent hems, lack of gussets, cheesy button hole stitching, no linings, scratchy labels....oh, I'm off on a rant here....sorry. ...you've hit on one of my pet peeves. One of my favorite clothing stores was Northern Reflections, out of Canada, and they have closed all their stores in the states. You can still find some of their things on Ebay, but you can't try them on!

Wow, Robert, that Haylie is a cupcake for sure! What a sweet face. All my grands and the GG as well are boys. Not a chance of any girls in the future either. Working on my middle grand to have a girl...just for me! Sounds like you have created another to-do list for yourself. Keeps you outa the pool hall, no?

My popcorn ploy didn't work. We had leftover turkey when we got home. I need to work on my technique.

She's positively delicious, Robert... bet yu just love snuggling that little neck til she giggles.

As to 'but first' syndrom.... has finally occurred to us to paint the bathroom ceiling before going any further.... ssshh don't tell Darius... she will laugh herself silly.

Was in there admiring the greenboard installation all finished and all - then glanced up thinking about paneling and molding and was confronted with old ceiling.... didn't need replacing in fact it looks remarkably good for paint that's been on there for 16,17 years in a bathroom with no working vent.

Just needs a coat of the same... but coulda done it in an empty room..LOL
go ahead ... hangs head... laugh I AM. ~Blooms

When I took my DGD home this afternoon, had to stop for gas. When I went in to pay, this hayseed, snuff using hick hit on me!! He was about 40ish. I thought to myself, if this is a result of the highlight job I did on my hair last night, I need to get to the beauty shop asap. LOL Having compliments, or out right flirting is flattering if the person is a decent sort, but an insult if it is given by someone of his ilk. Makes me wonder if he put me in his catagory. based on what?

Oh well, picked green beans tonight, broke them and have them ready to can first thing in the morning. Looks like a busy day.

Blooms... you DID make me laugh in the description of the bathroom ceiling you posted on Nightowls~!

Bonnie, there will be a day that you will wish anyone would hit on you, LOL.

yeah, that s a dim memory.......lol

busy busy - DGD is in the Little Miss Pageant and had to have a 50s outfit. DD got a skirt on ebay so last night I stopped at WallyWorld on the way home and bought tulle for a crinolin. Got it ready to go, so just gotta get ready and head out.

DS left at 2 am for his trip to CO - didn't even want me to take him to church to get on the bus - booohoo - he's 16 - make him give me a kiss tho ! He wasn t getting by without that!

have a good day all!

Yesterday I went over to my friend's in Andrews and "borrowed" half a cup of Sambuca. Today I will attempt the blueberry recipe with Sambuca and 10 coffee beans in each half pint jar. Not sure what use it will have except maybe wonderful over vanilla ice cream, LOL.

kooger... that sounds like typical 16 year old boy behavior... surprised you could get a kiss out of him, LOL.

Isn't this thought amazing? We live in one of ther most advanced cultures in the world and I'm but 64 years in it... and this I can remember... (my post in another thread about skin problems)

No one has posted besides me since 9 this morning? Everyone snoozing in the heat? (Not much else to do!)

Anyway, I have the batch of Sambuca Blueberry Jam in the water bath. Smelled wonderful as the hot blueberry/Sambuca sauce hit the coffee beans. The kitchen sure is like a steam bath, though.

Pictures later if it looks like more than a jar of blue/purple something...

I can't believe you actually have a stove on!!!! I do want to see a picture, if you have enough strength left to press the button. LOL

As usual, I hung out on DG until it's the hottest part of the day. Now I have to go to the grocery store and brave the trek across the black asphalt parking lot. *sigh* The Poopers are out of "cookies" and I'm out of Diet Sprite so I guess I'll just bite the bullet.

See ya' later (I hope)
Pati

Pati, not much could get me to trek across hot asphalt in the middle of the day... well maybe the critters but NOT for myself, LOL. Makes PB sound tasty!

Well, Darius,

I have been in and out look/lurking, 4 of us met over at Nancy's yesterday for a little swap and chat. We all went away with new knowledge and plants.

While I was out, Jeremy shucked and split some coconuts. He got me a small cup of juice from a couple. I never drank the stuff, since I don't care for coconut meat, I never figured to like the juice (except maybe in a Pina Colada). It has a lightly sweet clear juice taste, a bit refreshing. Who Knew?

2 of the nuts were brown so he was able to put together a coconut planter for one of my orchids. Although the nut shell was small, it came out quite nice for a small sized plant.

Darius, being from Miami, could you take a look over here and advise on anything you can think of that might be helpful? http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/531910/

But for today, been in and out of the heat puttering in the yard. Finding some new tiny blooms in the pond plants. Now playing around in the pond is quite refreshing. Water up to my shoulders scooping debris from the bottom. Cools me down. I am very pleased that the water smells like a true pond and not something skanky.

My blackeyed susans are finally blooming like crazy. These I got from the KYRU last fall. Being a plant hog such as myself, having everything planted in such a disorganized manner, I find nice little surprises everytime I go out there. Something will shoot up and bloom and I'll think, "Oh, that's where I put that thing!"

Went to Tampa Tursday morning and did a paint job at an office building. Didnt get home until 3:30 the next morning. But on the way over, since I was riding backseat, I got a chance to catch up on my gardening magazines. Got some great ideas on throwing out some seeds to make my yard even more disorganized. And I've got just the seeds!!!

Molly
:^)))

Molly, I shall post my comments over there... except this one: I LOVE fresh coconut milk!!

yeah, Molly, somewhere I have a list of ''scatter 'em in the fall'' seeds/plants, really will do it one of these years...

When I was a kid circa WWII we had an inside toilet, but it was definitely an afterthought... sink and toilet in what had probably been a closet.

and bath's were in Mom's big Washtub in the kitchen, which had a wood cook stove. Then we got a gift of a folding rubber bath tub from my aunt who worked in a TB hospital. Wow! a full size tub ... it looked like a cot frame with a rubber tub hanging where the bed would be.

I even have a vague memory of Mom heating flat irons in their little stands on top of the range. And a real sharp memory of coming home from Fri nite grocery shopping to find the wood Dad had drying in the oven [open door] had dried to the point of conflagration. Daddy hauled that wood outta there and into the ever usefull big washtub. That would be about 1944.

Molly - I love coconut milk, and the shells also make great bird feeders. Its fun to watch the big cardinals try to get to the seed, only to come face to face with a little goldfinch sitting inside chowing down!

ginni

Hi all ...
Darius
You're so smart ... I haven't done anything in the kitchen today. I bet that's a beautiful color. Oh Molly, my black eyed Susan's are blooming like crazy, also. I got mine in a trade here at DG. I'm partial to them as Grandma use to grow them, and I remember what they look like.
Well, y'all will NEVER believe what I did today. All because of this thread ... I went and got my hair highlighted. I've never done such a thing before. I always color my hair and keep it as close to the natural color as possible, so I feel wild and crazy now! This is my birthday present to myself. I'll be 50 next month, and we're going on vacation, so thought I deserved it.
Well, we're getting back out in the heat and running more errands. Saturdays are always the errand day, so I'll catch y'all later.

By the time we got ourselves together [DS&me] to make the two hour trek to the nearest HD [in Grand Junction, Co] what with loading up returns and having to locate a diff spare tire for the truck... you know stuff... Son offered it was getting 'really hot' to start the trip. Old truck, no air conditioning. Big though, will hold the full 12 inches of list. LOL WE didn't go. ROFL too HOT

lot of 8ft stuff, paneling, molding, toe-kick boards, 12' long baseboard for long kitchen wall.... will be glad of big truck.. and 5 base cabs and 3 wall units.
Truck gonna be full.... when we ever go. good thing they're open tomorrow.
We had made it late enough so we were tempting the afternoon t-storms to rain all over our truck load.

t-storms been advertised for here last 2-3 days - like most adverts, failed to live up to promise. Had big winds. took down a coupla little branches from cottonwood.... but heck, cottonwoods do that if u sneeze on 'em.

Blooms, you and I must be of an age, as they say... LOL. I remember being fascinated with razor blades, and the little slot in the back of the medicine cabinet to dispose of them. (I still have a scar on one thumb.) I was the only child in the house at the time and all my aunts/uncles and my grandparents lived in the house with us. You could NOT raise a serviceman's rent if he was overseas. The common cry through the household would be, "Donna (my birth name) WHAT are you doing?" and when I replied "Nothing" I was always told to QUIT IT!! I think I never had a kid for fear she would be like me.

Molly, do you get paid for travel time?

Darius, I had one just like me... her name is CrystalSpin LOL

But then I had three, and they kept each other busy. I always hollered "Don't let me catch you ... da da dee da..." and they did their best not to let me 'catch them'. LOL

My DS claims the best advice I ever gave him....
Dont Get Caught. ROFL

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Good memories, no kid today will ever remember trying to start a fire in a wood stove, or heating water for laundry on top of one, or using a flat iron ...called a SAD iron, in our tribe. And the path in the back instead of indoor plumbing.... getting chased by wasps who always built their nest near the outhouse...emptying the pan of water from under the icebox..running barefoot all summer so your shoes never fit you in fall when school started! No wonder we're all out digging in the dirt!

My rudbeckia is blooming like crazy too....today we're digging up the roots that we can find of the horsetail....I'm helping, it just looks like I'm sitting here at the computer...

And I rototilled the entire bed this morning, honest! DH is doing an extra deep dig around the big rocks because we're finding a lot of roots there, maybe that's where it came from to begin with. It's starting to thunder so we'll be back inside very soon.

Best advice you can give anyone Blooms!!
War time rationing in the UK was fierce, and it went on for years afterwards too. I suspect the poor teeth in my generation are down to a shortage of protein and calcium as kids. We had 1 pint of milk a day for a household of 4 - Mum's parents, mum and me. Dad being a serviceman wasn't counted as living with us, even when he was home. We did better than most because grandpa was a pig farmer. His registered 'dozen' piglets was actually a 'bakers dozen' - 13 - so there was one extra which never made it to the ministry slaughter house. I think the local butcher and he had a deal going, but I was too young to know for sure. He also had an allotment and grew nearly all our fruit veg. Pig manure grows wonderful rhubarb!! amongst other things.
In the post war years we used to get food parcels from dads family in New Zealand. His brother had a fruit farm so they canned peaches and pears and sent them to us - we weren't allowed more than 2 parcels a year though. We would have had extra confiscated, so birthday and Xmas presents were accompanied by tins too.
The post office must have thought my gran knitted very heavy sweaters!!
Carol

It's so hot....I'm melting......

Everyone sounds like they're having such a good time - and I've been doing work work all day - bummer. We were suppose to go to Arkansas this weekend, but plans changed when my boss asked be to recreate a database before Monday to have the big wigs review since we've made extensive data changes in the last two weeks. They said on Thursday they didn't need it - decided on Friday at 1 pm they did. So trip was postponed and I'll be working more tonight and tomorrow. bummer......

Oh well - at least I have job security for a while. Don't know if anyone heard but International Paper is about to do an extensive restructuring - closing plants, divesting business units and selling forest lands....probably mean job reductions I'm sure. Oh boy.....

Sorry to bring everyone down - I'll go look at pictures of flowers since I can't go out to enjoy any I have!

M.