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16 years ago

Wow. I can't believe that July is almost over!

I am hoping to get to a farmers market tomorrow and get some canning tomatoes. I have tomatoes on my vines, but they are still green and I am out of salsa! Yikes!

If I have time I may get to a batch of Habanero Gold, too. I have turned my daughter-in-law into an HG addict!

Other than that no huge plans for the weekend.

How about all of you?

Linda

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wizardnm
16 years ago
Linda, I need to make salsa also. Not sure that the main crop of local tomatoes are ready here just yet.

Late tomorrow afternoon we are headed over to a friends home for a boat ride and dinner. I need to come up with a hostess gift for her.
Sunday should be quiet, maybe give my dog a bath in the lake and catch a few rays...

TGIF to all, have a great weekend!

Nancy
shaun
16 years ago
Howdy CF'ers!

Working today.

We have a party tomorrow night; I need to make an appetizer to take and I'm trying to come up with something different rather than my Marmalade Meatballs. Also need a little gift for the birthday man.

Linda, I've been threatening to make more of that HG too; love it on a bagel w/cream cheese.

Nancy have a fun boat ride. So what kind of hostess gift will you give?

OH, who posted about giving a high heel pie/cake server as a hostess gift?

Well that intrigued me so I googled it and bought two of them in red; one for me and one as a xmas gift for a girlfriend of mine. I never knew these existed so thank you to whoever it was that mentioned it. They already arrived and I love them. What an excellent gift!

OK then, hope you all have a terrific weekend!!
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caliloo
16 years ago
Linda, this may be the year I finally try Annies Salsa.... I am getting more comfortable with jams and jellies and pickles, so if I can get it together I will put it up next week.

Nancy - have a gerat time! I would love dinner and a relaxing boat ride with friends. Let us know what you decide on for a hostess gift.

We just got back from the last day of lacrosse camp - what a super experience this has been and the kids will definitely be taking the next one. This afternoon I am putting up some of the peachy stuff in jars. I am supposed to go to a political fundraiser tonight, but I really am not in the mood even if they ARE serving some fab wines. Tomorrow it is finally going to be cool enough to do some yard work without heatstroke setting in, so it will be limb trimming, shrub trimming, etc Sunday is an outing with several of the girls to a patio bar/restaurant that has a Buffett cover band, great food and frou-frou drinks. Should be a blast.

Have a happy and safe weekend all!

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okie_redhead
16 years ago
Happy Friday!
Not much going on here this weekend except heat! We are supposed to hit 101 this weekend. I am having people over for a BBQ on Sat but in an effort to keep the house cooler it will be smoked meat, corn on the cob cooked outside, salads and ice cream for dessert.

Yard work in the mornings, housework in the afternoons, margaritas in the evening. I don't plan to leave our place all weekend long. Its been a long time since we stayed home all weekend and I am looking forward to it. I will live vicariously through every body else this weekend. Have Fun!
Melissa
Teresa_MN
16 years ago
Linda - if you are planning to go to the Minneapolis Farmer's Market for tomatoes - don't make the trip. I just called my friend that I help on the weekends there. She is also there on Friday. The tomatoes are scarce and still very expensive.

I will be there early tomorrow (6:00am)and could call you and give you an "in person" report if you would like. You can email me thru my member page with your number - and an time that is okay to call you!

Teresa
bunnyman
16 years ago
Hope the salsa turns out! Looks like I'm working the weekend alone. Probably short on material or I'd have help. A gal friend that moved away looking for work is home for a wedding and will be around a few days.

: )
lyra
lindac
16 years ago
Nancy...make a batch of my habanero raspberry preserves for a hostess gift..I think you have the recipe.
It's raspberry time and I need to make a couple of batches for gifts!
No plans this weekend I was driving to Chicago, but a nasty sinus infection put the kibosh on that.
Maybe a "jammin" weekend.
Linda c
annie1992
16 years ago
Linda, tomatoes aren't ready here yet either, just a few for eating fresh, but nothing in amounts that I could can. hang in there a few more weeks. As for HG, I have 3 jars of it on my counter right now, I ought to buy bagels and cream cheese...

Nancy, enjoy the boat ride. The lakes are so warm and nice this year, it should be lovely. Hostess gift? Um, I'm really bad at that so I'm no help, but I know you have wonderfully talented pottery makers near you, so maybe?

shaun, Happy Birthday to the birthday boy and have a great party.

Alexa, go ahead and try the salsa, it's so easy and it can be "adjusted" in heat and sweetness to whatever your family likes. The only real work is chopping tomatoes, I even do the onions and peppers in the food processor, but I like big chunks of tomato, so I peel, scoop out the goo with my thumbs and chop 'em all by hand. If you don't mind thinner salsa with smaller pieces you could probably chop the tomatoes in the food processor too, but I'm too picky, LOL.
And have fun with the girls.

Melissa, stay cool and definitely have ice cream and margaritas...

Michael/Lyra, enjoy the visit with your old friend.

Here, I'm picking up The Princess after work. We're going to McDonald's for supper, then to my house to swim in the pool. Tomorrow we'll go out for breakfast, run to the farm market, then go pick Amanda and Bruvver up so I can take Amanda in to complete her bridal registries. After that it's garden work. Hmmmm.....maybe I should check the garden first, THEN the farm market, but I know I don't have sweet corn ready right now.

Sunday I'm canning sweet relish and strawberry jam, maybe some blueberry syrup if I have enough time and depending on what else is in the garden that needs to be "dealt with".

Clinking with my Diet Coke.

Annie
annie1992
16 years ago
Jam on, LindaC, I'll be there in spirit. Hope your sinus infection gets better...

Annie
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16 years ago
You industrious types are making me feel guilty!

I'm at the cottage and have done no canning whatsoever since I did strawberry jam. I'm worried I've missed the raspberries and dills are looming!

Meredith and 6 of her GF's are coming to the cottage this weekend. It's a long weekend here so they are here for three days! Should be fun but heaven help the septic!!!!
wizardnm
16 years ago
Sharon, your septic comment cracked me up... we used to worry about ours whenever we had a gang here. A few years ago we had to replace.

I picked up some nice kitchen tools for the hostess gift. I know she'll like them.

Nancy
pkramer60
16 years ago
I will say a prayer for the survival of the septic tank for you Sharon. Six GF=no sleep, no hot water. You are a good Mommy.

No big plans here, as we are somewhat restricted this weekend. We are on the Pond and Garden tour this Sunday, so I have "gardenkeeping" to do before, but it will be a queit evening here tonight. The pooch, yes, the dog is going on a sleep over tonight. We are going on a two week vacation next month, so Dilly is spending a trial night with some friends who will have him while we are gone. The sitter wants him acclimated to her house well before.

Saturday I am heading tothe nursery to replace some plants that have crapped out. Heck, this is too late to have a garden tour. And after tens years of tours, this is my last one, I swear. (said that last year too).

Have a good one everybody!
annie1992
16 years ago
Sharon, good luck to the septic, LOL.

I distinctly remember a group of us staying at Sherry's (sheshebop) and she had to have the septic tank pumped, right in the middle of a multi-day get together. I don't think the poor septic tank guy will ever be the same. (grin)

Annie
doucanoe
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16 years ago
Teresa, thanks for the heads up on the Mpls. Farmer's Market. I doubt I'll make that trip this time, but I do want to get down there sometime in the next month and get some goodies!

I'll probably just check out a couple of the local markets. They're small, but you never know what you might find.

Sharon, Meredith's sleepover sounds like a blast. I am sure you'll be dead tired afterwards, tho! Keeping my fingers crossed that the septic holds out!

Peppi, I bet your pond and garden will be the hit of the tour! (I also bet you'll be on the tour next year! LOL)

Linda
craftyrn
16 years ago
Linda-- yep, it's a good weekend for canning-- Salsa's on my list of "to dos" also , just waiting for the oldest DD's garden to ripen up enough tomatoes.
Sounds like a good weekend, Nancy-- don't forget the sunscreen !
Shaun-- enjoy the BD party
Alexa-- should I say enjoy the yard work? Well at least you should enjoy the outing with the girls.
Linda C-- where's that Raspberry Ha recipe? Sounds great. Maybe the fumes with help the sinuses !!
Annie-- I envy you the little ones-- all ours are getting so grown up & the GGkids are too far away to easily enjoy.
Lyra/Michael-- seeing old friends is always good.
Sharon-- isn't it nice having DD back in the "house" ? Enjoy!

Doc at camp this weekend with a couple of his buddies-- me I'm "canning" -- just picked up a peck of cukes- mixed sizes--
some will end up in Annie's Gramma's sweet relish & a couple qts of small Chase's dills-- and while I was picking up the red peppers for the
relish picked up a few extras & a dz ears of just pickecd corn @ Morgan's to do Corn relish. Sunday is breakfast with a couple girlfriends & then depending on how the hips are we may
go to the Sterling Renaissance Festival-- it's a must get to at least once a summer.

Looking forward to clinking with mead on Sunday-- have a safe, enjoyable weekend all.

Diane

Here is a link that might be useful: Sterling Festival
rob333 (zone 7b)
16 years ago
Happy weekend all!

I'm moving boxes from the room into the moving container :) Well, after a good dinner tonight and some relaxing!
dedtired
16 years ago
I sure hope the rest of the weekend goes better than today. I'm in the midst of a bathroom reno. It's been going great. Contractor if terrific. Today I said "where's the box with the handheld shower head?" I got a blank look. The idiot woman at the plumbing supply place screwed up the order. Ugh. Some things can be fixed and others can't. I am bummed.

Oh well. I have been spending too much time at my mom's house hiding from the contractor and taking showers. We are tired of each other.

Niece #3 and her two daughters are coming to visit Mom this weekend so I will be over there all weekend, too. Aaaaa! I need a break. I do adore my niece and the girls and I enjoy seeing them -- I just wish it weren't this weekend.

Thanks for listening to me vent and I hope you all have a great weekend!
paprikash
16 years ago
Your welcome, shaun -- I'm the one who posted about the high heeled cake/pie server hostess gift. I have a leopard one, recently gifted someone with a zebra, gave my sister in law a red one, and have an extra leopard in my gift closet. They really are cute.
shaun
16 years ago
Oh OK Paprikash! Thanks again. Really a sweet gift idea.
gbsim1
16 years ago
It isn't Friday, but I thought I'd pop in and say hi! Sounds like everyone has some fine weekends planned.

We arrived home at midnight last night (friday) from our trip to VA, unloaded a few things from the RV section of the horse trailer and crawled into bed after our 17 hour drive.

Worked outside this AM until the 100 degrees got to me and chased me inside where I'm catching up on mail. I plan on working outside from about 6-9 each morning and then I'm just praying that the AC keeps chugging along!

Grace

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