Whatever Zoe had this weekend she generously shared with me. Nothing like fever and chest congestion to show how much you care ( Read more... )

I cannot begin to go into all of the events of the past week and a half at this moment, but as I am now happily married and honeymooned I can say that everything was a success ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I am volunteering at the Virginia Scottish Games festival. I have never been to this one. Telf and I had hoped to try and sell stuff there, but it was way too expensive for a booth. However, the Glengarry Bhoys are playing throughout the day and I'm looking forward to seeing them ( Read more... )

Saturday we celebrated the youngest monkey's birthday at the water park. Brought a tasty picnic and acquired some Spongebob cupcakes which proceeded to melt and smoosh in the heat like a Dali painting. Kids had fun, weather was nice. I went on a water slide which I haven't done before and it was suitably amusing ( Read more... )

Been a while since an actual update. ( Things progress. )

Well, after a week, batch one seems to have thickened up quite nicely on its own and I declare it a success. We have now also consumed an entire jar of batch one (Sour Cherry with orange/almond flavoring), and it was officially yummy. I think my favorite application was on top of "Mission to Marzipan" ice cream. The oldest monkey reports ( Read more... )

So, 6 hours, 8 quarts of cherries, 31 half-pints of jam. Christine came over to help which made a big difference as it would have taken much longer if I had had to pit all those cherries myself, despite the nifty cherry pitter I acquired which was awesome ( Read more... )

On Sunday I am going to try and make preserves. I have acquired the requisite materials. I will have sour cherries from Butler's Orchard, and some peaches, maybe some rhubarb. I have not done this before so it will be something of an experiment. I have one cohort already, if anyone else is interested, let me know. You can bring your own fruit, ( Read more... )

1. I signed up for a Tai Chi class that started last weekend. So far I like it. It is good exercise but also relaxing. The class is 8 weeks I think, so it should help me stay centered and not too stressed out as the wedding approaches ( Read more... )

OK, haven't posted in a while but I had a very nice weekend so I decided to share. Friday V was off to his gaming so the kids and I watched Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which was actually not that bad. Not as hilarious as the first, but certainly a much better film than the second. Then I watched the Jane Austen Book Club, which was full ( Read more... )