New-twi-sun

Happy Summer Solstice! While other people spend the longest day of the year outside celebrating, soaking up the sun and enjoying the company of loved ones, I was at the dentist. 4 shots of novocain for 2 measly fillings, and 5 hours of numbness that left be unable to speak. If you know me, you [...]

Sunday Funday

Have I already used this title before? Seems possible. I have trouble naming my posts…. The dogs and I have had a pretty good weekend here at the farm. Yesterday was primarily consumed having my car detailed. I spent almost 4 hours sitting inside the shop, watching Cartoon network with a 9 year old (who [...]

And Friday rolls around again

… the weeks seem to be flying by! Some highlights of this week: Homemade ice cream – I lugged my thrifted CuisinArt ice cream maker to work. My new-year’s eve attempt at homemade ice cream may have failed, but it turns out that the hospital’s walk-in freezer is much colder than my garage freezer, and [...]

Energizer Tomatoes

Will these tomato plants ever quit? Apparently not. It’s now October, and my plants are still producing tomatoes like a little factory. They don’t grow quite as big anymore, and tend to be holey if I let them vine ripen, so I’ve been picking them green and bringing them in the kitchen to ripen. I [...]

Oh my gourd!

Don’t you love vegetable humor? :D The summer garden has finally come to a close. This is an assortment of ornamental gourds (the warty guys), pumpkins and spaghetti squash. Funny thing is that none of these were planted (except for the one spaghetti squash plant I found at Lowe’s) so they must have appeared from [...]

The end is here

Today after work I pulled out the squash and zucchini plants. Definitely makes the end of summer seem closer. My squash and zucchini did great over the past two months. The final numbers from the harvest spreadsheet show that I had 50 yellow squash and 36 zucchini. The first squash! I have baked numerous batches [...]

Lazy Day Sunday

Had a fun time at game night yesterday. Improved my cranium skills, and discovered a new game with a twist. Plus, my zucchini chocolate chip cookies were a hit! This morning I was able to sleep in until almost 9 o’clock! (of course, that was after the dogs woke up me up at 7 for [...]

2nd half of 2010 starts now!

Who can believe it’s already July!?! The dogs and I will be spending the 4th of July weekend in Nashville, so today’s to-do list is fairly lengthy; lots of things must be done before we can head out of town! However, with the heat outside (even if it’s cooler than the last few weeks), all [...]

New Uses for Squash

No need to remind any of you that I’m being overrun with squash this summer – both the straight neck, heirloom yellow squash, and the zucchini that I planted a few months ago. This week I decided to tackle pizza as my next use for squash. I present to you the results. Squash Pizza #1 [...]

A post-novocaine afternoon to relax

Got back from yet another trip to the dentist. 3 shots of novocaine and 4 fillings later…. I am so numb it’s not funny. Well, actually it is humorous. I drove home from the dentist, attempting to sing along with Queen and Bon Jovi on the radio, but was frustrated with my lack of mouth [...]