It started out a normal day. Went outside to drink my coffee and enjoy the birds and thought "I'll pick some beans for the reunion tomorrow." Well, that was 5 gallons of beans ago! So I've spent most of the day breaking and canning 14 quarts of green beans. And probably won't get to eat any of them as I have hungry kids -- from coast to coast!
Tomorrow is the Jackson reunion. We start with a worship service at Tar Fork Church, built in 1889. A lot of my ancestors are buried there, and were involved in building the church. My grandfather and great-uncle, both gone now, were the last surviving members. It is a bit nostalgic to use the same pews and pulpit that have been there since it was built.
I had some extensive rennovations done last fall. The church building was painted inside and out, and new windows were installed. The original tin ceiling was repaired, and the man who did the work came up with the idea of using the good ceiling tins to fix some that were damaged, and then he put a big cross in the ceiling to cover up the hole he made. It really looks good. Hope everybody else is pleased with it. Guess I'll find out tomorrow.
Still waiting for something that we've been praying for. It will happen, but the devil got into somebody and has put a hitch. It will slow things down, but it won't stop it.
Guess that's all. Pray for the flooded people in Florida, and for the ones along the Gulf Coast that, apparently, are going to get hit by a big hurricane. . . Did you know that hurricanes start in the Sahara Desert? I saw that on TV. The winds blow up over the desert and then when they hit the ocean they begin to spin and pick up water causing the hurricanes. . . Now you know "the rest of the story!" luv, mom/mrt
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Cookin' Up Somethin'
Yesterday was spent cooking. I canned 21 quarts of different kinds of dried beans (brown, navy, mixed, black eye peas), so I have 21 meals ready for this winter! I also made Redneck Ryan a pot of beans, Mexican cornbread and fresh apple pie. Then I had to cook supper!
Used all my "cackle berries" and "Jersey bourbon" so have to go to the grocery today to replinish. Because tomorrow Sister Karen is coming with four of her friends, and two of our neighbors, for chicken and dumplings and chocolate pie -- and fresh green beans and corn. Sis said she is bringing a box -- empty -- to get the green beans I canned for her and some corn.
Michelle put in her order for apple pie -- in January. She figured she better get her order in early!
Also have to make "Cornbread" some applesauce. The apples on the tree at the "white house" are ready so I will be working on them the end of the week.
Have a reunion Sunday, which will require more food.
And then someone had the audacity to mention "cleaning house"! I didn't know you had to clean?!?!? I was under the impression that dust was a country accent, and you don't wash windows (the 'film' is a natural sun filter). And if you leave enough books on the piano, dust can't get to it.
You can eat or drink out of any dish in my house. Just wash it first. There's no sense in washing everything at once! It will just have to be done again!
And that sticky stuff on the kitchen floor? What's the cat going to have for a snack if you keep mopping it up? Cheesh! Those people who clean house all the time? They're just not thinking things thru!!
So when I get thru cooking for everyone, I can relax and crochet! Because that kitchen which is part green and part antique white? Looks good! Just leave the paint can out where people can see that I am in transition.. . .
And always leave the vacuum out. If someone comes in, you can say "I was just getting ready to vacuum!" See how easy house cleaning is? luv, mom/mrt
Used all my "cackle berries" and "Jersey bourbon" so have to go to the grocery today to replinish. Because tomorrow Sister Karen is coming with four of her friends, and two of our neighbors, for chicken and dumplings and chocolate pie -- and fresh green beans and corn. Sis said she is bringing a box -- empty -- to get the green beans I canned for her and some corn.
Michelle put in her order for apple pie -- in January. She figured she better get her order in early!
Also have to make "Cornbread" some applesauce. The apples on the tree at the "white house" are ready so I will be working on them the end of the week.
Have a reunion Sunday, which will require more food.
And then someone had the audacity to mention "cleaning house"! I didn't know you had to clean?!?!? I was under the impression that dust was a country accent, and you don't wash windows (the 'film' is a natural sun filter). And if you leave enough books on the piano, dust can't get to it.
You can eat or drink out of any dish in my house. Just wash it first. There's no sense in washing everything at once! It will just have to be done again!
And that sticky stuff on the kitchen floor? What's the cat going to have for a snack if you keep mopping it up? Cheesh! Those people who clean house all the time? They're just not thinking things thru!!
So when I get thru cooking for everyone, I can relax and crochet! Because that kitchen which is part green and part antique white? Looks good! Just leave the paint can out where people can see that I am in transition.. . .
And always leave the vacuum out. If someone comes in, you can say "I was just getting ready to vacuum!" See how easy house cleaning is? luv, mom/mrt
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Just an Annoyance
It's an annoyance when people do stupid stuff. And it will always come back to bite them in their big ghetto butts. Somebody is facing serious prison time, and I don't think that will be very enjoyable. You can't polish a turd! And you can't fix stupid!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Oh the Joys of Country Life!
Seems there's no rest for the wicked! We've been working since 7:30 this morning -- hard work.
Ben came about 7:30 so I had to cook bacon and Mickey Mouse pancakes. When we finished, like the last bite, he was ready to pick grapes. We ended up putting 9 gallons of grapes in the freezer to take out later for jelly.
Then we picked more corn and took to Mama Jean, where we picked up apples. Then we started pulling off grapes. . . we, being me. Ben had enough corn in the little red wagon so he set up shop in the front yard and sold 44 ears for $5. He's rolling in dough!
While all this was going on, Mike, Ricky, and Ronnie were digging a hole next to the house to put in the new water line. Joey and Sarah came up and he did most of the drilling through the basement wall to get the line inside. Sarah and her friend Jennifer picked corn, then beans. I was still pulling grapes off the clusters.
About 2:30 we kind of found a stopping place and ate a sandwich. Then the operations moved to Aunt Helen's. We got home from there about 6. While we were resting, Rick came and needed help getting his water line in, so Joey and Mike took off with him. Sarah made some kind of Mexican casserole out of whatever we could find and we got to eat about 7:30. It was good; we were all so tired and hungry we'd have eaten SOS!
Ben got sick with a stomach virus and went home about 3. He's better now. After throwing up a couple of times.
And yesterday, while they were digging the lines to the road, Rick cut through the phone cable and shut off everybody's phone from here to Kingdom Come. AT&T came out this morning, but it was way after lunch before the backhoe got here to dig out the line. It was about 5 when the phone lines came back on. . .
Oh, the joys of country life! I'd rather be lost in the woods than found in the city! luv, mom/mrt
Ben came about 7:30 so I had to cook bacon and Mickey Mouse pancakes. When we finished, like the last bite, he was ready to pick grapes. We ended up putting 9 gallons of grapes in the freezer to take out later for jelly.
Then we picked more corn and took to Mama Jean, where we picked up apples. Then we started pulling off grapes. . . we, being me. Ben had enough corn in the little red wagon so he set up shop in the front yard and sold 44 ears for $5. He's rolling in dough!
While all this was going on, Mike, Ricky, and Ronnie were digging a hole next to the house to put in the new water line. Joey and Sarah came up and he did most of the drilling through the basement wall to get the line inside. Sarah and her friend Jennifer picked corn, then beans. I was still pulling grapes off the clusters.
About 2:30 we kind of found a stopping place and ate a sandwich. Then the operations moved to Aunt Helen's. We got home from there about 6. While we were resting, Rick came and needed help getting his water line in, so Joey and Mike took off with him. Sarah made some kind of Mexican casserole out of whatever we could find and we got to eat about 7:30. It was good; we were all so tired and hungry we'd have eaten SOS!
Ben got sick with a stomach virus and went home about 3. He's better now. After throwing up a couple of times.
And yesterday, while they were digging the lines to the road, Rick cut through the phone cable and shut off everybody's phone from here to Kingdom Come. AT&T came out this morning, but it was way after lunch before the backhoe got here to dig out the line. It was about 5 when the phone lines came back on. . .
Oh, the joys of country life! I'd rather be lost in the woods than found in the city! luv, mom/mrt
Thursday, August 14, 2008
I have to Post . . .
Seems I have to post something as KG said I never did. . . of course, she's the pot calling the kettle black! Today it's about buying shampoo. Just get Suave. My pet peeve in purchasing is toothpaste. . . for goodness sake, make one kind that does everything and people won't have to buy 3 different kinds to get clean teeth, fresh breath and fight cavities! And none of that gel stuff. It's like washing off grease!
Anyway, this is what I have been up to. Last week I canned 35 quarts of green beans and froze 630 ears of corn. Sarah and I worked one night till 9:30 putting up corn. Ben (he's 7) helped pick beans and corn. Said he was a good farmer and hadn't decided if that was what he was going to be, or somebody who digs and finds stuff.
Anyway, that new kitchen? It's a disaster area! I think I slung corn all the way to the ceiling! But it's done for the winter, and we will have something to eat.
Sarah and Joey and Mike and me went out for a celebratory dinner last night. Chicago pizza. Good stuff. There's still several steps to go, but what we have been praying for for a long time is coming to fruition. Can't be more specific than that, yet. But I will explain in about 2 weeks.
I bought red checked gigham to make curtains for the kitchen, haven't done that yet. With the dark counter tops, I thought red would be a good accent color. There's a lot of red in the "coffee" border. Haven't gotten the kitchen painted either. I have a small round table that I want to put a red checked table cloth on, and put my antique rockers (if Mike will refinish them) in the kitchen. To add to the rest of my old crap, eh, stuff.
Got fabric to make Michele pillows; haven't done that yet. Got Sarah 2 blouses cut out; haven't finished them yet. Trying to get our ancestral church/graveyard on the KY Heritage list and National Register. That's proving to me a lot of work, too. Haven't finished that yet, and the Jackson reunion is the 31st.
I've been busy; having a nervous breakdown or something. Probably more "something". But that's going to end in a couple of weeks, too.
Now to serious stuff, how much more cheating will the Olympic committee allow China? I can't even watch the events because I know so much of it is "communized". And you can only watch so many skinny kids twist their bodies into unimaginable shapes until your arthritis tells you that you hurt all over!
And for the presidential candidates? I think I'm going to write in Tug-of-War. He does what I tell him to do and he doesn't crap on any body. He's brown, so he would get the Mexican/Negro votes; he's a member of a Caucasion family so he'd get their votes. He loves everybody, women are crazy over him. Kids love him. Let's just all write in my chocolate lab for president. And he fetches!
Now back to canning. Looks like a bumper crop of apples and grapes this year, so get your order in for whatever jellies you want Going to get another cutting of rhubarb so I can make rhubarb/strawberry jam. Grew my own strawberries, too! Right outside the back door. Jelly making begins next week. . . need lots of sugar!
Gotta can Ashton some applesauce, and his mama some apples for pies. As a matter of fact, apple pie sounds good so I may make one tomorrow. I picked enough green beans today to can Karen some in pints, so while they are cooking I can make an apple pie! And homemade ice cream. Dang, I'm getting hungry and just finished taco soup!
So have I written enough? There's been a lot going on, but it's also been a hurry up and wait situation. . . luv, mom/mrt
Anyway, this is what I have been up to. Last week I canned 35 quarts of green beans and froze 630 ears of corn. Sarah and I worked one night till 9:30 putting up corn. Ben (he's 7) helped pick beans and corn. Said he was a good farmer and hadn't decided if that was what he was going to be, or somebody who digs and finds stuff.
Anyway, that new kitchen? It's a disaster area! I think I slung corn all the way to the ceiling! But it's done for the winter, and we will have something to eat.
Sarah and Joey and Mike and me went out for a celebratory dinner last night. Chicago pizza. Good stuff. There's still several steps to go, but what we have been praying for for a long time is coming to fruition. Can't be more specific than that, yet. But I will explain in about 2 weeks.
I bought red checked gigham to make curtains for the kitchen, haven't done that yet. With the dark counter tops, I thought red would be a good accent color. There's a lot of red in the "coffee" border. Haven't gotten the kitchen painted either. I have a small round table that I want to put a red checked table cloth on, and put my antique rockers (if Mike will refinish them) in the kitchen. To add to the rest of my old crap, eh, stuff.
Got fabric to make Michele pillows; haven't done that yet. Got Sarah 2 blouses cut out; haven't finished them yet. Trying to get our ancestral church/graveyard on the KY Heritage list and National Register. That's proving to me a lot of work, too. Haven't finished that yet, and the Jackson reunion is the 31st.
I've been busy; having a nervous breakdown or something. Probably more "something". But that's going to end in a couple of weeks, too.
Now to serious stuff, how much more cheating will the Olympic committee allow China? I can't even watch the events because I know so much of it is "communized". And you can only watch so many skinny kids twist their bodies into unimaginable shapes until your arthritis tells you that you hurt all over!
And for the presidential candidates? I think I'm going to write in Tug-of-War. He does what I tell him to do and he doesn't crap on any body. He's brown, so he would get the Mexican/Negro votes; he's a member of a Caucasion family so he'd get their votes. He loves everybody, women are crazy over him. Kids love him. Let's just all write in my chocolate lab for president. And he fetches!
Now back to canning. Looks like a bumper crop of apples and grapes this year, so get your order in for whatever jellies you want Going to get another cutting of rhubarb so I can make rhubarb/strawberry jam. Grew my own strawberries, too! Right outside the back door. Jelly making begins next week. . . need lots of sugar!
Gotta can Ashton some applesauce, and his mama some apples for pies. As a matter of fact, apple pie sounds good so I may make one tomorrow. I picked enough green beans today to can Karen some in pints, so while they are cooking I can make an apple pie! And homemade ice cream. Dang, I'm getting hungry and just finished taco soup!
So have I written enough? There's been a lot going on, but it's also been a hurry up and wait situation. . . luv, mom/mrt
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