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July 8, 2006
Time, time, time see what's become of me
More like a clear shade of summer than a hazy shade of winter, though. I've been hard at work, and trying to regulate my sleep schedule and be as productive as possible. Richard has a business trip Monday night through Tuesday night, so I'll no doubt be washing the fancy clothes tomorrow in preparation for that.
As far as the farmstand goes, I haven't quite summoned the will to pick up another half flat of strawberries, but I think tomorrow might be the day to check things out. We're almost out of strawberry season, but transitioning into raspberry and blackberry season. I think seedless raspberry freezer jam would be a lovely addition to the larder, so I'm looking forward to picking up a flat of raspberries. Hopefully the processing of those will go a lot smoother, since I won't have to pick off the caps.
In other news, I finally got my Ernest Cline cd "The Geek Wants Out" and it is fucking funny. Beyond the tracks available on the website, there are a few gems on the cd as well.
And, after nearly a dozen years online, I'm finally getting over my shyness at interacting with other people's websites and strangers in general. I'm currently involved in a thread on Shoo-fly pies with Anna Ginsberg of Cookie Madness, and it's only in retrospect that I realize "Oh. MY. GOD! I am talking baking with this year's Pillsbury Bake Off $1,000,000 winner!" I'll skip over the details, but I'm waiting for a package from the Amish Country Store with a big bottle of King Syrup, which is essential for Shoo-fly Pie. Once I get that next week, I'll bust out some of my recipes, and report back to Anna (who has never had a shoo-fly pie the correct way).
Tomorrow, I want to head to Fred Meyers and buy myself a folding table for my little work area so that I can work on some of those Christmas sewing projects that I didn't get to make last year. I'm also hoping that they have a full on canning set for me. I already know that I want to make apple butter in the fall, but if I could get a hold of some good cucumbers, I'd love to make pickles too. And no, I'm not mentioning this to Richard as he'll think I'm nutty :)
Posted by jodikins at July 8, 2006 11:13 PM