just cruising by...where is everyone these days?

Vickie...your silence is worrying me. Are you OK?

Rhonda

i'm here. just running in circles getting ready to leave in the am. i'm sort of op but not 100%. it's looking like we'll be leaving extra early in the am. the smoke is awful here in missoula valley. we even saw ashes floating in the air today. the big fire is less than 30 miles away as the crow flies. and as the smoke blows.

have a great day, all. i'll be loading the puter later this evening but will prob be back online one more time before i do that.

i hope i haven't offended anyone. if i have, i humbly apologize. i would never intentionally hurt anyone's feelings or make anyone mad. i wish everyone would come back and post. we need all of you. newbies, oldies----everyone.

Wow Can you believe it is August already. Where is the time going.
Doggie update. Well she is doing better. Finally went #2 yesterday. She seemed to be doing better yesterday. But today she is laying around a good bit. So dont know if it is the heat. Or she still just isnt feeling good. She is 6 years old. So really not that old.
Well how is everyone doing.
I will have to go and read the post and check on everyone.
Didnt do much today. Canned 14 quarts of green beans. And will have enough to cook for supper tomorrow night. YUMMY!
Well I am going to get off here and read the post.
Thinking of each of you.
Hope everyone is staying cool.
Hope everyone is having a great day.
coco

coco, i think canning 14 qts of beans is quite a bit to do. i'm impressed. (wish i had some.)

Sandra, I, for one, am not offended. :) I've been quite busy, and struggling to get back OP, hence my silence.

We froze sweet corn today...around 37 quart bags full. We buy it from a nearby roadside stand (they pick it fresh every morning), shuck it, blanch it, and then cut it off the cob and freeze it in ziploc bags. Works great, and it's wonderful to have that taste of summer in the middle of an Iowa winter. :D I think I got all the silks and sticky corn juice off my kitchen counters and floors, but I'm sure more will turn up. :lol:

Vickie...where are you? I miss hearing about what's going on in your life. :hug: I hope everything is going OK.

Angela

angela, thank you. i have been worried cuz so many have been mia the past few days. i never know when my mouth will get me into trouble. sometimes it runs on automatic.

now you and coco have me hungry for corn and beans. and they're core!! life is good.

i'm going to pack the puter now. i'll be back saturday.

I'm impressed by all us who are freezing and canning! Blueberries, beans and corn. YUM. Angela, I'll have to try doing corn like that. Do you ever freeze it on the cob?

Things here are going OK, I'm struggling op but I won't give up. I am in count down mode till vacation - 9 days to go (we leave a week from Saturday!). One week on the beach, woo hoo! I'm ready. I just started my list - I'm ususally so anal about these things, I have yet to pack anything. I realized last night that when I go shopping for groceries on Saturday I need to pick up the dry goods to bring up. I'll stop up there and get the produce and dairy. Working all next week and trying to get organized and packed is going to take some time. Maybe I'll get clothes organized this weekend. Lets see what the weather brings.

I hope everyone is lurking and comes out as well. Its way to quiet here. Maybe its just being the summer.

Well, need to get to work. I'll BBL.

Nice to see a few more writing in.

I haven't canned or frozen one thing! But, I usually can Ontario peaches on Labor (Labour, here) Day. I KNOW what you mean about having that summer taste in the winter!! :drool:

I lost another pound. :woohoo: Nothing like thinking about the 60's reunion a few months from now to stem the tide!

I'm going off line until Monday night. Sandra, good luck at the competition!

Rhonda

Hi Everyone
Hope everyone is having a great day.
All my jars of beans sealed. So glad of that.
Now got mine on to cook for supper.
Has anyone ever fixed them like this. I found the recipe on the WW site.
But you take your beans. And then you add diced tomato's and mushrooms. I also added some onion. They arent bad. But was lacking something. So the last time I fixed them. I added just a small amount of splenda brown sugar. What a difference. And my guys really liked them that way. This way I dont miss the salt side in them.
TEJAS CONGRATS ON THE LOSS. That is wonderful. Hope you have a great weekend. Will miss you.
ONTARGET GOOD LUCK with your competition. Will be rooting for you from here.
AGHIOWA I like to freeze the corn. I like it better than canning it. But I always cook my a little. Then add juice and all into freezer containers. Taste just like you picked it out of the garden.
BLESSEDWITHSARAH I know what you mean about struggling staying OP. But with the fresh veggies coming on. That is helping. We dont have a garden. But my parents do. So getting stuff from them. That sounds exciting to be going to the beach for a week. I am sure you will have a wonderful time.
VICKIE WHERE ARE YOU?? ARE YOU OK?? MISSING YOU!!
Well am going to get off here for now. Going to go and clean my cabbage. Going to have that also tonight. Going to fix it in my wok. And add some hot pepper to it. And maybe some zucchini.
Well hope everyone has a great day.
STAY COOL!!
It is 83 now. And very very humid.
Will check in later.
coco

No, I never freeze corn on the cob. It always ends up getting squishy. I think it's something to do with the enzymes in the cob itself continuing to ripen the corn. I think you can core it beforehand, but that just sounds like a huge pain, and it's tastier cut off, so that's how we do it.

Angela

WOW WHERE IS EVERYONE!!
Just thought I would get on here for a few.
Need to start washing some clothes.
Going to be another hot one here. Well the humidity is up.
Not much happening here.
Doggie is doing better. She is almost herself again. So that is good.
Well I hope everyone is ok.
Will check back in later.
coco

Hey I feel all alone here.
Where is everyone.
Guess everyone went away for the weekend.
I am trying to find out where I can go and points info for restaurants.
But so far I havent come up with much.
We are going out to eat tomorrow. And I was wondering what to order.
So thought maybe someone could help me out.
So guess I will go and see what I can come up with.
Hope everyone is doing ok.
Miss you.
coco

i'm here! we got to colorado springs today. we have wireless internet here so i'm good to go. we'll be here for over a week--but i'll be able to get online each day.

we went to ww thurs am before we left town. curtis got his 10%. he was so cute. he was beaming ear to ear. now, however, we're pigging out. this is more like a vacation so far than an archery tournament trip. i'm not complaining. we're having a ball.

we've done 2 dairy queens, wheat montana (huge iced brownie), and i can't remember what else. we are sort of journaling but not seriously. we're going to an ice cream social here at the koa at 8 pm.

that's all the confessing i'm going to do.

today we drove over to the venue and watched some friends competing in a different tournament. it is good to see all of them. it's raining outside now. it's to rain almost every day while we're here. hopefully, it won't start till we're done shooting each day. if not, life goes on.

i hope everyone is out there having a wonderful summer but will have time to come back here every now and then. i miss everyone.

coco, paula, and angela, i'm glad you're here. rhonda, i'll be watching for your post monday. will you be back home monday or will you still be in nm?

paula, i know you're excited about your upcoming vacation. we'll be waiting to hear all about it. is sarah excited yet? i'll bet she is.

coco, i don't know beans about canning. wish i did. i did a tiny bit of canning a few years ago but that wasn't much.

not much going on here right now. we're just chillin' waiting on the ice cream social. it's stopped raining and is cool outside.

we'll prob be back op monday. i don't want to tomorrow. i want to party some more first. okay, that's my last confession for now.

Hey There
ONTARGET Glad you made it safely to Colorado. Good Luck in your tournment. Will be rooting for you. Tell hubby congrats on getting 10%.
Not much happening here.
Went to Church. Then went out and ate. But didnt do to well with the eating. I had a baked potato and they had some kind of oil or something on the outside skin. But I ate it anyway. And then I had a dinner roll. This things are so good. I resisted for a little while. But then gave in. But I had steak and green beans. But the beans had some butter in them. The place has really good food. But dont have that much healthy stuff on it. Was going to get grilled chicken. But it had gravy and cheese on it. So went with the steak. I guess with the chicken I could have told them to hold the gravy and cheese. But my parents were with us. And they dont like it when I ask for my food to be fixed a certain way. They think I should get it however it is fixed and that is it. Be we were celebrating Their birthday's. So figured it was there day. But I have ate anything since. So am hoping it will all work out.
Not sure how weigh in will go tomorrow night. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Does anyone know of a site. Where I can go and get points values for food in a resturant. Cause the place we went to isnt in our dining out book.
Well I am going to get off here for now.
Hope everyone has had a great weekend.
Thinking of each of you.
coco