What Did You Do Today? What are you doing today?

[Spideyman]

I survived taking the girls to the high school football game last night. Our team played their arch rival in the season opener, and the student body was so much fun to observe. My daughter and her friend had a blast.
I have to hand it to the students.....they stayed with the game the entire time, cheering on the team and heckling the opposition.
The rival team is from Ashe county, and their catchphrase for them in past years has always been "Ashe is trash".....and every year, when they play this team, the student body has attended the game wearing trash bags over their clothes. This year, the school admins told them they could not wear trash bags......so the entire student body showed up dressed as "white trash" and rang cow bells......it was hilarious. I saw several people that I knew, but only one couple spoke to me.....I went to cosmetology school with the lady and her son is now on the football team. It was all good, though.

Yes, to a good time and what an inventive and imaginative student body!

 

[swiftdog2.0]

I survived taking the girls to the high school football game last night. Our team played their arch rival in the season opener, and the student body was so much fun to observe. My daughter and her friend had a blast.
I have to hand it to the students.....they stayed with the game the entire time, cheering on the team and heckling the opposition.
The rival team is from Ashe county, and their catchphrase for them in past years has always been "Ashe is trash".....and every year, when they play this team, the student body has attended the game wearing trash bags over their clothes. This year, the school admins told them they could not wear trash bags......so the entire student body showed up dressed as "white trash" and rang cow bells......it was hilarious. I saw several people that I knew, but only one couple spoke to me.....I went to cosmetology school with the lady and her son is now on the football team. It was all good, though.

Glad you survived the game!

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Took Brody Dog to the vet for shots and a nail clipping today. He's a 1/2 size dog now. Up to 40 lbs.!

Took SwiftMom grocery shopping. That was lots of fun (not)!

My niece left for college today. Makes me feel old Her school isn't out of state so she's not too far away.

Tomorrow I will be taking Brody Dog to Pond Meadow park.

 

[pegasus216]

End of garden time of year. Went through the tomato plants and picked everything, pulled up what was left of the plants and made a pile, washed and de-capped all of them...5-gallon bucket of green, 5-gallon bucket of red, 2-gallon bucket of cherry. Looks like I'll be making another batch of green tomato pickles today, cooking them up, anyway, and then can/bottle them tomorrow after they set overnight. We had a really good year with tomatoes, everything really. Need to go and get the last of the green & yellow beans, dig up the onions and bag them up, compost all of the stuff that gets left behind. Completed one window estimate and e-mailed that to the customer, need to do two more...those, I have to ride out to Big Traverse to deliver as the customer is not on-line...some are not, not many, but some. The nozzle to the garden hose took a fritz, too. I'm out there at the bottom of the deck, buckets on steps, cleaning tomatoes and I go to use the hose. What's going on? No water!
I check the valve, yep, in the on position. Harump! What are the odds the village loses water? I have a bunch of tomatoes to clean, so I do that...check the water again...still nothing. Then I decide to unscrew the nozzle and soon as I start I realize the nozzle is no more. Those things never last, unless you have one made 50-60 years ago...those are still going strong.
Happy Weekend!
Enjoy the day!

What do you do with all those tomatoes? Can they be frozen?

 

[Walter Oobleck]

What do you do with all those tomatoes? Can they be frozen?

I have six quart jars of bottled green tomato pickles cooling on the counter. Later on, I need to go get some ingredients to add to another batch of salsa we or I will make. The first batch is delicious! As are the green tomato pickles. I take a dozen or so cherry tomatoes in my lunch each day, as does the wife...or I open the fridge and grab a couple and eat them like candy. We'll be giving a friend or two some cherry tomatoes, too. And I include some sliced tomatoes on my sandwiches for work, not that I ever needed much motivation to look forward to a coffee break or lunch (a jar just popped...my wife upstairs, "I heard something.") You put the bottled jars in a big pot of water, bring it to a boil, and boil for 15 minutes to seal the jars. When you take them out and as they cool they "pop"...or it sounds more like a "ting!" We'll be using most of the empty jars. I think I did 67 jars of pickles and salsa last weekend, six so far today...should get another 4-5 jars of salsa by the time it is done. We have 72 empty jars that the jam will go in...later this fall or time permitting. Only have three jars on the shelf, a couple opened in the fridge...I've given jam to friends, too. We have frozen tomatoes, too...and then the wife uses them somehow...things she makes in the crock-pot or maybe chilli and spaghetti?

 

[FlakeNoir]

I have six quart jars of bottled green tomato pickles cooling on the counter. Later on, I need to go get some ingredients to add to another batch of salsa we or I will make. The first batch is delicious! As are the green tomato pickles. I take a dozen or so cherry tomatoes in my lunch each day, as does the wife...or I open the fridge and grab a couple and eat them like candy. We'll be giving a friend or two some cherry tomatoes, too. And I include some sliced tomatoes on my sandwiches for work, not that I ever needed much motivation to look forward to a coffee break or lunch (a jar just popped...my wife upstairs, "I heard something.") You put the bottled jars in a big pot of water, bring it to a boil, and boil for 15 minutes to seal the jars. When you take them out and as they cool they "pop"...or it sounds more like a "ting!" We'll be using most of the empty jars. I think I did 67 jars of pickles and salsa last weekend, six so far today...should get another 4-5 jars of salsa by the time it is done. We have 72 empty jars that the jam will go in...later this fall or time permitting. Only have three jars on the shelf, a couple opened in the fridge...I've given jam to friends, too. We have frozen tomatoes, too...and then the wife uses them somehow...things she makes in the crock-pot or maybe chilli and spaghetti?

I love the jar-popping sound, next to eating the spoils... it's the best thing about having your own garden.

 

[Walter Oobleck]

I love the jar-popping sound, next to eating the spoils... it's the best thing about having your own garden.

I have one even better! The wife is getting ready to head out, walk at the park...but she was taking things out of the freezer for blueberry pie! She's scrolling on her phone, looking for a recipe. We have a cabinet full of recipes! Heh! But it is probably easier to look on-line, quicker. I need to head out, go measure some windows in Houghton, pick up ingredients for salsa, still haven't written those letters to our elected officials...at heart I believe it is wasted effort...but I guess I need to go through the motions.

Happy Sunday! everyone! Blueberry PIE!

 

[Arcadevere]

overloaded with some history books beside me (also the book 1 of the secret series by P. Bosch, lol) because i'm in middle of a research project

 

[Walter Oobleck]

the blueberry pie was delicious! had it with several scoops of french vanilla ice cream on top. i don't think the salsa is going to last long...maybe not even to the first snow...sometime in october'd be my guess. i hope you're having a wonderful time!

 

[Steffen]

I was in the mood for ice-cream all afternoon. I waited until I heard the ice-cream van and went out to meet it but it goes past my house way too fast. Like, you're selling ice-cream dude, what the heck are you doing driving so fast? He drives all over the g*ddamned neighbourhood doing lord-knows-what then decides to finally stop by my neighbour. I yell at my neighbour to tell the ice-cream guy to come over when he's done. Ice-cream guy takes his bloody sweet time about it, then eventually drives over. JUST as it starts to rain. He looks at me, I look at him, then I tell him to move on, cause I'm not coming out in the freaking pouring rain to get my ice-cream.
That ice cream guy is such a d*uchebag.

 

[GNTLGNT]

I was in the mood for ice-cream all afternoon. I waited until I heard the ice-cream van and went out to meet it but it goes past my house way too fast. Like, you're selling ice-cream dude, what the heck are you doing driving so fast? He drives all over the g*ddamned neighbourhood doing lord-knows-what then decides to finally stop by my neighbour. I yell at my neighbour to tell the ice-cream guy to come over when he's done. Ice-cream guy takes his bloody sweet time about it, then eventually drives over. JUST as it starts to rain. He looks at me, I look at him, then I tell him to move on, cause I'm not coming out in the freaking pouring rain to get my ice-cream.
That ice cream guy is such a d*uchebag.

...was his last name Hartsfield by chance?...

 

[Steffen]

...was his last name Hartsfield by chance?...

That's EXACTLY what I thought after he left! Bastard...

 

[pegasus216]

I have one even better! The wife is getting ready to head out, walk at the park...but she was taking things out of the freezer for blueberry pie! She's scrolling on her phone, looking for a recipe. We have a cabinet full of recipes! Heh! But it is probably easier to look on-line, quicker. I need to head out, go measure some windows in Houghton, pick up ingredients for salsa, still haven't written those letters to our elected officials...at heart I believe it is wasted effort...but I guess I need to go through the motions.

Happy Sunday! everyone! Blueberry PIE!

I want some blueberry pie! It is my favorite!! I can only have a tiny slice though.

 

[Lynnie L]

Slept in today, went to lunch then thrift shopping. Found 3 paperbacks in decent condition so I was happy, and made it home before the skies opened up. Finally a decent thunderstorm!!

 

[kingricefan]

Went for an oil change then drove over to Value Village.

I bought a first edition of The Regulators by Richard Bachman in excellent condition, a Doubleday edition of Salem's Lot (both were hardcover) and they both still have their dust jackets.

I also picked up six pocket books for my collection - The Dark Half, Insomnia, Duma Key, Lisey's Story, Cell and Black House (which is actually Stephen King writing with Peter Straub).

Such a deal (buy four books, get one free!)

I tucked away three others in a lower shelf and hopefully they will still be there when I go back.

Somebody working there has mixed up all the books - Sai King was mixed in with Dean Koontz, V.C. Andrews [] and even whatsherface (the one who writes about sparkly vampires - Stephanie somebodyorother

Neesy- I found those three books you hid. They're mine, Mine, MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Learned how to play Heavy Metal on guitar by Sammy Hagar this morning.

Took the Brodster to Pond Meadow Park today for an extended walk.

Got a haircut.

Did some tree pruning for SwiftMom.

Set up an overhead run line for Brody Dog along the side of SwiftMoms yard as here is no fence.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

I was in the mood for ice-cream all afternoon. I waited until I heard the ice-cream van and went out to meet it but it goes past my house way too fast. Like, you're selling ice-cream dude, what the heck are you doing driving so fast? He drives all over the g*ddamned neighbourhood doing lord-knows-what then decides to finally stop by my neighbour. I yell at my neighbour to tell the ice-cream guy to come over when he's done. Ice-cream guy takes his bloody sweet time about it, then eventually drives over. JUST as it starts to rain. He looks at me, I look at him, then I tell him to move on, cause I'm not coming out in the freaking pouring rain to get my ice-cream.
That ice cream guy is such a d*uchebag.

I always wanted to drive an ice cream truck. So I could drive away really fast when all the kids showed up. Then stop about 10 ft away. Then drive away fast again when the kids run up to the truck again! Wash, rinse, repeat

 

[Nomik]

Slept in and went for a swim. I remember the sadistic ice cream truck ! My favorite were the foot shaped Popsicles. I worked this evening and other than that, the day has been emotionally draining. I plan to call a realtor tomorrow, check on my car AC (think it needs freon), and find a new place to live. Love my life, can't complain. I'm trying to stay cheerful here! Sorry

 

[Walter Oobleck]

I want some blueberry pie! It is my favorite!! I can only have a tiny slice though.

Okay! Here's some blueberry pie, Mary!

And here's one for Steffen with some French vanilla on top!

Happy Monday!

 

[FlakeNoir]

Okay! Here's some blueberry pie, Mary!
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And here's one for Steffen with some French vanilla on top!
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Happy Monday!

OMGoodness... did you guys make this?!