It's Friday! Where has this week gone and what happened to the first week of August!?
The week started off with a family outing at an outdoor pool/splash park and a wienie roast for our wonderful Daughter-in-Law's birthday. I can't believe those kids, and our poor son, spent over 4 hours splashing and running and laughing at this awesome outdoor play/water park. Papa, DIL and I got to watch the shenanigans pool side, in our lawn chairs, in the shade. The three youngest ones had sun screen on and fared very well, the oldest kid, our son, - got burned to a crisp! They had a riot!
We drove around for quite a while looking for a day use area for our wiener roast after we left the water park, then finally ended up coming back to our place in the end. I remember many day use areas from when I was a kid for such impulse occurrences. Apparently this isn't as popular any more. No worries, though. We have our own fire pit, complete with indoor plumbing and running water. It's all good!
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| Tea Towels I make for our DIL's birthday present |
This week found us with a young house guest. Our middle grand child is a delightful young man. Full of mischief, stories and lots of fun! He was on a mission this week. As it happens, his family is moving later this summer to a house on the lake. His mom thought it would be cool if his bed could be raised so he can see out his bedroom window from his bed, to enjoy his new lake view. Papa, of course, is always happy to accommodate, especially for a grand buddy. A plan was formulated. A color was chosen and the two men set about their project. Anyone who knows Papa, knows that he is extremely efficient with his time and can accomplish just about anything he sets his mind to.
The new bed base is full of cubby holes which will run down both sides of the bed for easy access. It is designed in two halves, for weight, "movability" and to potentially accommodate a larger bed in the future, should the need arise. The young one chose to paint it red. The Reddest Red paint we could get at the paint store. Perhaps Gremlynn should make him a new quilt to go with it? Papa still has a ways to go yet, but our house guest was very happy to assist with it's construction and painting. It will be amazing when it is complete.
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| First section being sanded |
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| A Great Red! Good Color Choice! |
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| These two halves will be given another coat of paint Then the cubby holes will be on either side of the bed The mattress and box spring will sit on top There will also be a ladder and a toe kick added |
Our young chef made the perfect omelette, in the cast iron pan. This kid's got skills!
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| Wrist action to incorporate the yolks and whites completely Only a tablespoon of water and S & P at this stage |
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| Ham and left over Pico de Gallo and some mozzarella cheese added when the eggs began to set up |
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| Not quite the perfect "flip", but it was amazing! |
The other day I told Papa that when we finally get some heat, everything is going to need to be dealt with on the same day. Thursday, was that day.
It all started innocently enough, in the raspberry patch. 13 1/4 lbs later, on to the beans. Two five gallon pails full, then filled with cold water to be dealt with later. On to the peas.
Our young house guest picked the snow peas, while Papa and I got into the pea patch. Two fully heaping 5 gallon pails of peas later, the two men set about to shucking them, while I continued to pick. We ended up with over 9 lbs of shelled peas for the freezer. And 5.5 lbs of snow peas, picked, blanched and frozen.
Time for a late lunch! It was 2:30 by the time we got in, for our first break. Toasted tomato and bacon sandwiches on homemade sourdough bread with homemade Mayo. Recharged, we set about to snap beans.
Papa then spent 2 hours on the lawnmower, while I worked on the beans. By 4:30 I had two onions and four colored peppers to made up four batches of seasoned green beans. By 7:30, the 24 pints of beans are put up. Time for a late supper. Sausage and eggs for three at 8 pm.
During supper, I mentioned to Papa that he might want to check the onions. The two I pulled were soft. He went out to check while I tidied the kitchen and got the laundry in. Papa decided to pull the 300+ onions. The men started tying them up while I went to check on the neighbor's place then watered the deck pots.
By 9:45 we were all in and hitting the showers. We all slept like rocks! Even the Furry one!
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| Over 13 lbs of freshly picked raspberries Papa needs 15 for a batch of wine, so he'll have to top it up - just a bit |
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| 24 jars of seasoned green beans |
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| About 300 onions harvested. Whew! |
We had to go to town anyways, so I picked up a pint of cream, but didn't check the Fettuccine noodle situation before we left. Come supper time, I put the water on for the noodles and set about to make the sauce, when I discovered that we didn't have any Fettuccine noodles. Did you want Spaghetti or Shells, instead? He chose the shells. Good thing since I really didn't feel like making homemade noodles that late in the day. It turned out great and he was a happy camper - but then again, he always is!
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| Chicken Alfredo with Shells Homemade sourdough garlic bread and cucumbers from the greenhouse |
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| Chocolate Jelly Roll |
It's always fun when one of the Little's come for a visit! They really are the Jewels in the Crown of Life.
Enjoy your weekend!
Gremlynn
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