Soda Shoppe July 1 , 2024

JaneS · July 26, 2024, 06:26:45 PM

Hello to anyone who peeks in!

PATRICIA, you make me see things around my house that truly need doing. And all the things you are finishing uo are embarassing me. I know I won't get done and my kids will be stuck with the job ehen I'm gone. But you do make me feel like I should try! And maybe one of these days, I will!

I have everything ready and measured to make a quadruple batch of mustard and can it. AMY, I figured out a while back, that if I can it, I can make more and it will keep. And the canning works. I waterbath it for 10 to 12 minutes and it does keep!

I'm going to hit the hay early because Frankie said they might want her to come in an hour early tomorrow. That means I'll have to be ready to meet Cooper a bit before 6 tomorrow.

So have a good night Everyfriend! Wake up to a good day wherever you are!

RAMMEL · July 26, 2024, 07:05:44 PM

Jane, ---- I'm with you on your first paragraph above. So much to be done it kills my incentive.
Nice day here today. Hope tomorrow is the same.

Amy · July 27, 2024, 06:47:13 AM

Good morning..

Starting at 52° but heading to the 80's° with no rain until Wed.

Working around home getting caught up on jobs that should have been done yesterday plus todays work.

Jane, what a great idea to can the mustard!! I have always just put the extra jars into the fridge,this will spare up some room in it.I asked the young lad at Krown Rust if he liked HOT mustard and his eyes lit up.. I told him next time we are in the city I would bring him some, he then asked if I like venison or fish!

Rick I think we could all use Patricia's tenacity at down sizing ,de-cluttering. Being a quilter I know I am not going to get through all my fabric stash and need to do something about it!

Patricia, I bet the cooler air felt good! We are now in for some smoke from the fires from out west now.

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

JaneS · July 27, 2024, 09:54:26 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! Frankie was not having a good day at work so they sent her home. She came by and picked up Cooper so the rest of the day is my own

AMY, I quadrupled the mustard recipe and put it in half pint jars. I got 8 for the canner and ended up with on more to use now. I've given some of this away to different friends and they all bring back the empty jars hoping to get another full one in it's place. They love it! Christy took my last jar of the old recipe home with her when she was here. This morning, Frankie said, "Wh do you make your own hot mustard? They sell it in the stores." I informed her that the stors isn't nearly as good!

Now I'm going to take the day off! I'm sure something will come up but I'm not planning anything! I wish you all a good one. Make it your own in every way. And come on back and tell us about it!

Amy · July 27, 2024, 10:15:33 AM

Jane, I agree, I am not fond of store bought mustard either!!

I think my friends and neighbours are going to hide when they see me coming with more yellow beans and or zuchinni!!

Better get back at it...

patricia19 · July 27, 2024, 01:47:59 PM

Good morning, the clouds and rains have returned, Today will range only between 50 and 59, with rain through the third. Typical August cooldown into fall.

I've finished!! However, I'm still looking for something to do, it's always a letdown when you finish a big project, or at least for me. You're still revved up, but with nowhere to put that energy.

Jane, you and Amy have houses, whereas my apartment is only 850 square feet with not as many places to stash. Plus, I've done this before a few times and always believed never again.

Amy, that cooler air does feel better. When I was out roaming, doing errands the other day, I was exhausted when I finally finished and made it home. Besides the roasting heat, I was reminded of how used I was to doing everything digitally. Before computers became so prevalent, that was a regular occurrence.

Today I'm on package duty. One friend has a delivery and another has a food box delivery.

I received an early birthday card from a longtime friend who, in the nineties, moved back to Minnesota. This year, she questioned whether I was still in to several things I had once been so passionate about. And brought up people I had to rack my brains about. I was reminded of how much we changed and how what was once so important, no longer was.

JaneS · July 27, 2024, 08:37:17 PM

Day is done! I watered the plants and put everything away that needed to be put away! Now I'll be heading off to bed early because Cooper will be here a bit before 6 a.m. tomorrow!

PATRICIA, youre right, I do have a house but it's about half as big as the one where I raised my family and I don't have a basement or an attic! I do have a "JUNK ROOM". One of the bedrooms took over that job. I have shelves in there to store my jars, empty and full and shelves for storing stuff that I don't use regularly but that I do need sometimes. Unfortunately, it has also collected some JUNK and STUFF that I don't know what to do with. I do have a plan to start cleaning it out but who knows when?

Now I'm ready for the haystack!. A few things to do yet and then I'm throwing in the towel! Good Night Everyfriend! Sleep well and wake happy and ready to go!

JaneS · July 28, 2024, 06:03:55 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! I'm up to meet my little guy and I just got a phone call saying that he kept Frankie up all night being sick and she's worn out so she called off work. No doggie today. I'm sort of glad he's not coming if he's sick. I hope he feels better soon! I guess I'll take my walk alone today! I wish you all a good day.

Amy · July 28, 2024, 07:11:35 AM

Good morning..
Back into the frying weather ,must admit I enjoyed the cooler weather. A day of rest here,may see if I can deliver a quilt either today or tomorrow. Grass was cut yesterday and the trimming also done! So I hope to go play in the sewing room today. The vet asked if she could keep the sling I made fro Babe to give to someone else and I agreed and said I had two more at home. Will make up a few more to take with these now washed ones.

Jane, I am going to let Bri know about canning the mustard as they go through it faster than us. Hope Cooper feels better soon, maybe he ate something that didn't agree with him?

Patricia, I remember doing hay in the hot weather, this hot weather is nothing new. You also got the heat off the tractor while cutting ,raking and baling the hay!

Better get the day started..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Denver · July 28, 2024, 10:36:52 AM

Good morning EVERYFRIEND 💐

Catching up on all the goings on this morning. Many of you are so motivated and busy. Then there is me‼️😩 We continue to spend time going through things in our basement. Yesterday I did not accomplish a whole lot as Bob brought me a metal file box half full of my grandmas paperwork containing the most interesting things. A couple of hours later 😆😆😆 My Kansas great grandfather had purchased stock in two different airlines....purchased land in Missouri, etc. The deed to the land was folded and in a leather ladies size wallet. There were 30 plus pages. I did not, btw read all of it‼️😆 One of the most interesting things to read were cemetery plot purchases. I discovered that it cost $150. to fly my grandmothers remains from AZ to Colorado and the newspaper obituary was $133. This was in 1983.

The next thing I went through is a briefcase thing FULL of sheet music of my mother's. My mom was a singer and passed up a scholarship to Lamont School of Music here in Denver to marry my dad when he returned home from the war. She did however continue to sing her entire life. In high school she was part of a famously known SINGING CHRISTMAS TREE at her high school and the tradition continues today. I wish there were some place that could take this sheet music and use it🤷🤷

Enough of my goings on. I have no delicious mustard or a quilt to show for my time‼️‼️😤

Today my son and two grandsons fly to Utah where his oldest son will attend his orientation for college at the U of Utah Monday and Tuesday. Our granddaughter is in FL with a friend's family vacationing on the beach near where my husband grew up on the panhandle of the Gulf Coast.

Monday the dil and oldest grandson will be here from Boston to join the son and grand that have been here awhile. We hope to get together for lunch after the oldest grand and family visit Denver University as he is a senior and DU is one of his colleges he is interested in attending.

I wish you ALL a good Sunday as well as a wonderful week.

patricia19 · July 28, 2024, 01:56:20 PM

Good morning. We're back to cooler weather and steady rain, with lows in the early fifties. We won't return to sunshine and the seventies until August fourth, so I hope this helps with the fires southeast.

Jane, I do hope Cooper is feeling better, if not now, soon.

Jenny, so nice to see you and your family is always busy it seems with lots going on. I miss those days when everyone lived close and there were continual activities and visits back and forth.

Even my local group has shrunk and the activities no longer doable.

My Idahoan sister has a number of cross-country trips, one to Boston and back with friends, and another westward. She's fully embracing her retirement.

I do remember that type of hot weather, Amy. As a child, I can remember highs of 103 and 104. We spent most of the time at our cabin up the Salcha river, with dad joining us on weekends.

There was lots of swimming, splashing and fishing going on back then and less work. It was forty miles by road to the bridge and another 60 miles by jet boat to our cabin. Now I understand there's a road going by it. It's no longer the escape it was.

There's a let-down after finishing a project. After I vacuum, the only remaining issue is laundry, and then it's back to the mundane.

JaneS · July 28, 2024, 08:41:09 PM

Well, Cooper was her this afternoon. He brought Frankie with him and she made a quick trip to the store to buy some hamburgre. My daughter told her that when doggies have an eating disorder they'll sometimes eat a mixture of hamburger and rice. So she got some of that and we tried it and he did eat it! And he went for a walk with me! So she was going to give him a little more of the mixture tonight and see how that goes. It looked like he liked the taste and it's the first thng that he's really eaten in 3 days. so I guess we'll see! He'll be here tomorrow!

I got a lot done today but it was all stuff you can't see. I suppose you could have seen some of it if I hadn't done it.

PATRICIA, I'm so envious of you for getting all that work done and all the spaces cleaned out! I sure wish I had that kind of energy! I do want to get started on the closets pretty soon but they're not yelling too loud yet!

Tomorrow is another day! I wish you all a good night and a goo tomorrow! Make the day your own in every way.

JaneS · July 28, 2024, 08:43:41 PM

Almost forgot....JENNY, enjoy your family now and enjoy the past through some of those papers you're finding in the basement! That's neato!

RAMMEL · July 28, 2024, 11:20:42 PM

Goodnight anyone.

Amy · July 29, 2024, 07:45:31 AM

Good morning..

Starting out at 56°and heading to the 90's. A friend is stopping by to pick up a few things and he is also heading back home with beans!!

Bell repair man will be here again to "fix" the satellite dish.

Jane, try chicken and rice also...a little lighter on Coopers stomach.

Better get the day on the roll.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · July 29, 2024, 10:14:36 AM

Good Morning, Everyfriend! Cooper and I are doing well. I think he might be on the road to recovery! He's getting special meals and they're working! He's doing better!

Now I have to get a load of laundry done. I figured it's something I can do and still watch him! And when I eat lunch, he gets a little more of his special stuff!

Enjoy your day Everyfriend! Eat more BEANS!

CallieOK · July 29, 2024, 01:30:17 PM

Is anyone watching the Olympics??

RAMMEL · July 29, 2024, 03:20:36 PM

At times. I saw over in Norm's B&T that Marilyne is.

CallieOK · July 29, 2024, 05:31:40 PM

Quote from: RAMMEL on July 29, 2024, 03:20:36 PMAt times. I saw over in Norm's B&T that Marilyne is.

I saw that and will reply there. Was trying to get a conversation started there but doubt that it will.

JaneS · July 29, 2024, 08:45:14 PM

So am I watching whenever I have time! I have them on most of the time!

I was planning to make a batch of "Jim's Egg Thingys" tomorrow but I just finished going through the freezers and can't find any frozen hash browns or any tater tots. I'm thinking I might try to make them with regular potatoes that I grind up in one of my kitchen tools. I'll think about that over night and decide in the morning! I need something quick for my breakfasts. Maybe I'll check for a recipe on line and maybe I'll just improvise.

I think Cooper is getting better! He ate food and kept it down today. I fed him small meals and I watched him eat and he ate in his usual manner. Maybe he had some kind of upset and when we changed the food, it helped. He does seem better tonight!

Gotta go. Stuff to do before I can hit the haystack and I'm ready for that now. I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy day tomorrow. Don't forget to come by and share it with us! We miss you when you don't stop in!

Tomereader1 · July 29, 2024, 11:29:12 PM

My Goodness, yes Callie. I have been glued to the set for hours, every day. I am an Olympics freak. The four years cannot come soon enough. I even do the same with Winter Olympics. I watch swimming, diving, beach volleyball, regular volleyball, men's or women's, of course Gymnastics.
I love equestrian, but they just don't show enough of it. I thought it was neat they were having Surfing, from Fiji. I wouldn't won't to get "near" one of those waves. Haven't seen any rowing yet, but I like that too. See, I'm just addicted to Olympic sports too. And a couple weeks from now the NFL football season will begin.

Amy · July 30, 2024, 06:30:49 AM

Good morning..
Another cool start to the day 58°,no rain so far.
Yesterday didn't go as planned butit all worked out. Repair man that was to be here between 12-5 phoned just as we were heading out at 8 am and said he was minutes away could he come now.....oh yes!! Our friend phone and said his day had been rearranged and it wouldn't be till later in the day, that too was fine . He not only headed home with beans but also raisin bread . Then I ran a loaf over to the neighbour.

Today we are heading north to check out quilting supplies my friend had.Will see how that goes. On the way home will stop and pick up cucmbers for icicle pickles, first checking on the time to do that it doesn't occur in appointment times.

Better get ready for the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · July 30, 2024, 08:29:15 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! Our day here started in the low 70s and right now it's 73 And it's heading for a high of 85 and rain starting at 4p.m.

I have lots of stuff to do today and I'm planning on getting started as soon as I finish here but you all know that plans don't always work out!

I've just had a lovely trip to Fairbanks, Alaska and I'm planning on a couple more visists there today. Thank you, PATRICIA!

You all have a great day....better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow. And don't forget to share it with us!

RAMMEL · July 30, 2024, 09:54:51 AM

We've been brushing the 90's, and not below 70 at night. That and the humidity makes it real yucky out. Lots of TV time with the Olympics.

patricia19 · July 30, 2024, 11:45:37 AM

JaneS · July 30, 2024, 09:18:51 PM

Time to say, "Good Night Everfriend" I hope you all had a good day. I got a lot done. No Cooper but lots of house stuff done. I made a delicious breakfast casserole. I had some potatoes that needed to be used up before they took off for the spoiling stage so I chopped them and baked them then added eggs, bacon a little milk some cheese and (what else?) Anyway, it turned out pretty good and I have breakfast (or brunch) for several days!

Did a lot of kitchen cleaning and made a pretty good supper, too!

I'm going to up and attem tomorrow morning. Cooper will be here, fed and walked and then DIL Sarah is picking me up to go to the Farmers Market! I love that place. They have everything that is in growing season and I love the fresh veggies. I'm especially in the market for string beans to can. See, AMY, I have been happy to hep you get rid of some of yours!

I think I better get going and get as ready as I can for early eising. I probably won't be in tomorrow until we get back from the Farmers Market. So I wish you all a good start. Make the day your best!

MarsGal · July 31, 2024, 06:40:47 AM

Morning everyone!

The very muggy/humid weather and high barometric pressure are doing a number on my osteoarthritis since yesterday morning. Kind of puts a damper on moving furniture around. I am waiting on a replacement part for the new TV console I got and need to put together. And now, the sofa table is here and will need put together too.

My new pizza pans and cookie sheet are here. Now I can test out the oven. Next up is to get two new sauce pans. I have glass, but it isn't recommended for this stovetop. I am hoping the pans I want are lighter and easier to handle than the glass. While the stove at the house looked a lot like this one, this one is larger and the controls are slightly different.

My sister's neighbor's dog and an encounter with a skunk which has been spotted in both yards. The pest control people are gong to set out a trap for the thing around Sue's garden beds because they noted that it had been digging in her mulch. I hope they are not on the PA kill list like groundhogs are. They are such beautiful animals.

Amy · July 31, 2024, 08:01:05 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATRICIA

JaneS · July 31, 2024, 11:43:45 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PATRICIA!!!!

JaneS · July 31, 2024, 11:53:33 AM

Good Morning, Everyfiend (for about 15 minutes, yet)

I went to the Farmers Market with my DIL, Sarah and I got a half bushel of Green string beans for nothing. She informed me that my son told her whatever I picked up he would pay for! So I have the beans and some fresh potatoes! Nice, huh! I sure wasn't expecting that! And then while I was sitting there cleaning them, Cathy showed up, pulled up a chair and helped me clean the stems off! This seems to be MY day today!

And the it was suggested tha feeding Cooper some fresh pumpkin might make him GO. So I got a pack out of the freezer and fed him with some pumpkin in it. We shall see!

I hope all of you enjoy your day as much as I'm enjoying mine! Go for it!

Oh yes!, I almost forgot! The guy came to mow my grass just about the time we finished the beans! Now I'm taking Cooper for a walk, searching for a ham in the freezer and canning beans!

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