Soda Shoppe September 1 , 2023

RAMMEL · September 13, 2023, 10:52:08 PM

Quote from: JaneS on September 13, 2023, 10:03:30 PMI have tomatoes canned by themselves

How do they do that?
Goodnight anyone.

Amy · September 14, 2023, 06:34:25 AM

Good morning..

We are off and running to the city this morning, picking up fabric and then a Dr appointment for the boss. This should end my road running for the week!

Jane, have you made salsa , or tomato jam.

https://www.aspicyperspective.com/old-fashioned-tomato-jam-recipe/

Found this for fire roasred and it sounds delicious!

https://foodwineandlove.com/how-to-make-fire-roasted-tomatoes/

Better get my city duds on..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

RAMMEL · September 14, 2023, 09:41:36 AM

Good morning everyone. Beautiful morning here (for a change). Just below 60 and bright and sunny - low humidity.

Has anyone heard from Lloyd lately?

JaneS · September 14, 2023, 11:17:13 AM

RICK, I told those tomatoes if they didn't get in those jars, seal themselves and get back on the storage shelf, they'd end up in the dump! I guess they chose the best way!

AMY, I have some tomato jam and it's pretty good on a piece of bread with cheese and some Canadian hot mustard for lunch. I also copied that Fire Roasted Tomato recipe yesterday and I'm thinking about it. I'm finishing off the apples today. I just took 6 half-pints of Apple Cranberry Relish out of the canner to cool. I also have some that didn't fill a jar that I'm going to eat with my lunch.

Gotta get back to work! Have to empty the wastebaskets and get the trash can ready to put out before I hit the hay tonight.

Denver · September 14, 2023, 11:21:55 AM

Good morning EVERYFRIEND 💐

It is feeling very "fallish" around here.

I got my bursa shot yesterday as planned and it went great‼️ No way was it as uncomfortable as the lower back ones, so I was a happy camper‼️ This morning I am feeling like I do think it helped. 🤞🤞🤞🤞

PATRICIA, happy to read that Farrah is showing signs that she is feeling better🙏🙏

JANE, I wish I could be in line for your ripened tomatoes‼️ Heck, I would like to try every single thing that you can and make‼️‼️ We have a high school not too far from us and around this time of the year we get treated to hearing and watching them as they pass by on the road behind us. I get sentimental seeing and hearing them. I was in the high school band and played the snare drum. I often say that some of my aches and pains may have come from carrying that drum as we marched the ENTIRE way around the Indy 500 track‼️. In those days we did not have the fancy things to hold the drum in place so it banged against my left leg on every step I took. It took months for the bruises to go away......but what a wonderful expierence😘 Ah, sweet memories 😻

I love fire roasted tomatoes and often use canned ones by choice. They have such a wonderful flavor.

AMY, sorry to read Babe has to go back to the vet but hopefully she is getting better. I had to chuckle at her spreading out good to be comfortable in bed.....I am one that does not want to move my legs as I don't want to disturb them‼️‼️

Hurricane Lee is causing us some concern as the timing of its arrival around Boston is at the same time we are due to land. Nothing we can do about it🤷

We will have Dr. Dave's doggies tonight and tomorrow as well as the responsibilities of helping out with grands to and from school and dance. We will do it again the day after our arrival home from Boston😻

Guess I better get a move on......things to take care of are calling my name.

Have a good day.

Jenn

patricia19 · September 14, 2023, 11:30:59 AM

Good morning, 39, and cool here in the Interior; at 7:14, the sun is just beginning to make an appearance over the horizon.

Amy that is a good recipe for fire-roasted; you only need to remember to use a meatier tomato. It's an excellent way to preserve your tomatoes. Jane, I found four ways to roast your tomatoes. I use a cast iron grill pan, but an oven sounds easier.

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/how-make-roasted-tomatoes-4-easy-ways/

There is nothing on today's calendar after some chores. Farrah is almost back to her old self today, and the city is wrapping up the end of this year's construction by digging up and making a roundabout at the end of my street, less than a quarter of a block from my window. There are only two years left in their ten-year plan to revamp the city, and we won't know what to do without those giant cranes and trucks laboring around us.

Good morning, Jenny; you are another one who rarely seems not to be sitting still.

patricia19 · September 14, 2023, 02:10:45 PM

Have you heard the wonderful news?

https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?msg=241816

Amy · September 14, 2023, 07:42:21 PM

I am happy that tomorrow is a stay at home day.
Patricia, I have some plum / Roma tomatoes in the garden that I can use. We may get a frost tonight.

Jane,how did the coffee apple jam turn out?

Early to bed tonight!

Enjoy your evening

JaneS · September 14, 2023, 09:19:31 PM

Time to think about the haystack! I sure hope the animals left room for me! I'm tired right down to my toenails! I never realized how tired our toenails can get!

AMY, the Coffee Apple Jam is just right as far as I'm concerned but I still don't have granddaughter Courtney's opinion. She's the one that wanted it and I won't see her until Thanksgiving!

The Cranberry Apple relish is also great and so is the applesauce. And I'm finished with apples except to eat all this stuff! Applesauce for breakfast tomorrow morning!

Tomorrow morning when Cooper gets here, he'll be staying for a week! Frankie is leaving right after work to go to her mother's in Frederick, MD and then she gets a plane for Mexico at 5:30 Saturday morning! Her birthday is the 19th and her brother who lives in Mexico has his birthday on the 21st. It's a big one for both of them and they decided they needed to spend it together!

Now I'm going to hit the hay! I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow!

Right now the temperature is 60degrees heading for an overnight low of 53!

Amy · September 15, 2023, 07:46:38 AM

Good morning...
Very foggy this morning..not sure if we were hit with frost or not. Hope no as our Morning Glories are loaded with lots of buds yet to bloom.

My pace will be slow and steady today..I am up but my attem was smart enough to stay bed.

Jane, I am going to send that recipe onto Bri. She may be done canning potatoes and might want to try this. You and Cooper had better come to an understanding on who gets what part of the bed! These guys have yet to understand that part.

Patricia, thank you for giving us the heads up on the wonderful news.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · September 15, 2023, 07:57:29 AM

Good Morning AMY and anyone else who shows up today!

AMY, I don't know if Cooper has made up his mind about who sleeps where but I don't move for him. He is a snuggler though! He seems to need to touch whoever he's sleeping with somewhere...usually top to middle!

Today, I'm thinking what to do with the tomatoes and I've almost decided to turn them into juice. I do like tomato juice and I can do it as the tomatoes ripen and freeze the results as I go and then get it out and can it when I think there's a canner full!

I hope Bri likes the recipe. I'm thinking you mean the Coffee Apple one?

Gotta get started. It's foggy and cold outside....right now only 52 degrees and only heading for a high in the low 70s. Make today a good one!

patricia19 · September 15, 2023, 11:19:24 AM

Good morning, it's 38 degrees here and dark. Our highs this month will be in the low fifties and less light daily. Farrah is back more or less, still sleeping a lot, but better each day.

She is back to sleeping with me as long as I leave space between the pillow and the wall. She's not a cuddler, so having her close is her version of cuddling. Her past has left her with trust issues, and she will still jerk back if you reach suddenly. I'm the only one she trusts, and will hide if anyone comes in. Alan and Dora were the only ones she ever stayed out with.

Our trees and other greenery have shown some color, only russets, and yellows, but it's inevitable now with less light and warmth. We're still having periods of heavy rain.

Today will be another day of basic chores; our morning meet and greets have gotten smaller as we lost one in hospice and added one. Alan and Dora no longer participate, and visiting is hard for them.

JaneS · September 15, 2023, 05:27:14 PM

Hi BUBBLE, I hope it not to late for...

HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH!

Amy · September 15, 2023, 06:49:24 PM

The weather is perfect, cool, sunny and a light breeze. Temps in the low 40's for great sleeping weather. Managed to sew a bit after some domestice duties.

Patricia, is Farrah back to her eating a full meal?

Jane, David is at home for a while, Bri may get time to do the jam after he goes back to work.

JaneS · September 15, 2023, 09:31:09 PM

Good Night Everyfriend! I'm off to the haystack! Cooper is waiting for me with one foot in the hay!

so_P_bubble · September 16, 2023, 05:58:12 AM

Thank you Jane. We are in the middle of the celebration: the Rosh Hashana continues for 2 days

MarsGal · September 16, 2023, 06:45:35 AM

I keep forgetting that Soda Shoppe starts a new thread every month so I missed a lot. Again!

Patricia, I am sorry to hear that Farrah was under the weather. Glad to hear that she is recovering.

It has cooled down considerably here. Yesterday morning when I got up it was 55^o. This morning it is 50^o. Yesterday was fine, but this morning my back is a bit achy. It will clear up a little later when I am moving around more. I hope! There is some yard work I want to get to once the dew dries off.

Amy · September 16, 2023, 06:51:59 AM

Good morning...

Another morning for the fog plows!! Working around home today and I hope to sew the four rows on the quilt together. Need to get everything lined up or I will be having a date with Jack(seam ripper)again.

Sweatshirt weather this morning..40° here this morning.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · September 16, 2023, 08:08:44 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! And a special one to you, MarsGal, for finding your way back to join us.

The temp here is up to 51 degrees heading for a high of 77 but it started out at 46 when I got up. Cooper and I just got back from his walk and it was chilly out there!

Today will be a sad one! One of my best, long-time friends passed away and her funeral is today! Her husband was a year ahead of me in school and he was one of the nice ones. When they married, they built a home catty-cornered across the street from mine and they had a daughter the same age as my second one. They grew up together and they are still friends! It's hard to see Lena May leave us! her funeral is this afternoon and Cathy and I are going!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

patricia19 · September 16, 2023, 01:16:42 PM

Good morning; nothing new here other than the lows will drop again starting tomorrow. Today will be a repeat of yesterday, other than a trip for groceries and coffee with a friend.Our meets and greets have lost three members, so our numbers are drindling.

Many folks are doing their winter hunting, and gardens have been pulled and put to bed. Some have given up hunting after moving to town so things are in flux.

Amy, Farrah is spending her time closer to me than usual, and I've given her smaller meals throughout the day instead of her usual morning meal. This morning, she wanted more, so tomorrow it will be back to regular mealtimes. She does always have dry available which she treats as a last resort.

JaneS · September 16, 2023, 09:31:47 PM

Good Night Everyfriend! Today has been a difficult day and I'm tired right down to my toe nails! Sleep peacefully!

Amy · September 17, 2023, 07:21:20 AM

Good morning..

Cool here 47° at the moment and there is rain in the forecast. A day of rest, have supper all planned, roast beef in oven along with potatoes,carrots, parsnips and onions. I can finish off that last quilt today.......I hope.

Jane, hope you had a good nights rest and chomping at the bit to get started today.

Patricia, furkids seem to know when to back off the food when they are not feeling well. glad she is feeling better now.

Rick, cooler temps your way?

Where is Callie?

I do see Lloyd pop in now and again.

Better get on with the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

patricia19 · September 17, 2023, 11:18:59 AM

Good morning from the Interior, where it's 44 degrees, and light rain will be with us all day until we reach a high of 49. That's a comedown from yesterday's high of 61.

There is nothing new today but some vacuuming and watering my plants. I was planning on cooking my pork roast but might find something else when the time comes.

MarsGal · September 17, 2023, 11:29:39 AM

I woke up to 49^o this morning. In the house, now, is is 68. I haven't put the heat on yet. Oscar has been trying to stay close to my lap. He does not care for the chill. He will stay out on the porch in stifling heat in the summer rather than be in the cool air conditioning. Shan, on the other hand, prefers the air conditioning.

Other than that, I haven't much to contribute today. Just doing some housework and finding a few more things to put out for the trash.

RAMMEL · September 17, 2023, 01:16:32 PM

Quote from: Amy on September 17, 2023, 07:21:20 AMRick, cooler temps your way?

Got em. Down to around 50 last night. No A/C needed today. I think we're into the Fall season.

JaneS · September 17, 2023, 02:16:29 PM

Good Afternoon Everyfriend! I got up and fed Cooper and took him for a walk, checked out my email and then took a shower and got ready for church. Cathy was very early to pick me up because she says there's still a smell when she comes in the door. She brought two bottles of stuff that can be sprayed on anything and a candle which I made her take home. I have candles.

When I got to church, I approached two friend that I knew would tell me the truth and asked them if they smelled skunk on me. The guy leaned in and took a good whiff and swore there was no odor. The other one was a friend who often brings me home after church and I knew if I had an odor, she'd find some reason not to transport me in her new car. I asked her point blank on the way home and she said an emphatic "NO". We've decided that it's coming from the neighbors because it's only on that side of the house.

You all don't smell any skunks, do you!

The temp started out at 49 here this morning and will only reach a high of 61! That's typical Fall weather in this area!

I better think about getting busy around here or nothing will get done. Oh well, what's wrong with that idea? Nothing is better than worrying...right!

I wish you all a good day and no skunks!

CallieOK · September 17, 2023, 04:36:58 PM

Amy, thank you so much for noticing!!!!

Sorry, but I just don't see any point in posting if I have nothing to say about the subjects that most of you post about day after day.

The last couple of weeks in August in my life were taken up with 1) discovering I had a hairline fracture in an ankle bone and having to wear a big heavy klonky boot, 2) after all the blood work at my annual physical was perfectly normal, the urine test showed I had an infection and I had to take two pills a day for a week, and 3) granddaughter Emily's wedding was the weekend just after I finished the meds (which made me feel "weird" but worked) and just before my follow up appointment for the fracture (it was completely healed)
I had a great time at the wedding; I used a wheelchair and did NOT wear the klonky boot!!!!

So far this month, I have felt 100% better and have been catching up on Domestic Duties and other activities.

And that's what's going on in my life.

JaneS · September 17, 2023, 09:08:24 PM

Well, Callie, if we're all going to post about the same stuff we might as well not post at all. You do some pretty interesting things and it makes for some contrast in the posting. PLEASE, don't leave us! Come in a make a difference!

I bet the wedding was beautiful! And I know that having you there was special to Emily!

I'm going to go to bed a bit early again tonight. I'm not sure what I did to make me so tired but the day just sort of zipped by! We had rain from the time we stepped out of church and it's still raining. Cooper and I took two walks in the rain. As we were going out the door at church, Judy said "It's supposed to rain today but it hasn't started yet." We took about 3 steps and we said together, "Oh yes it did start!"

And it's still going! And I'm going...to the haystack in a few minutes! I'm going to wait for Cooper to dry off from his last "outie" and I'm going to put a few things back in place and get my jammies on and that will be the end of my day. I wish you all a peaceful night and a good tomorrow!

Amy · September 18, 2023, 08:03:41 AM

Good morning..

We were blessed with rain during the night, one less job for me to do today!
Taking garbage away and then hom to get a quilt ready for delivery and hope to finish off the one I am doing.

Jane, I am with you on going to bed early, I try to stay up as long as I can for the dogs last outing then we all hit the hay.

Callie, a or a is fine, just as long as you are fine. Feeling 100% better is a bonus! And as Jane said making Emily's special day more so by being there.

Patricia, how is Farrah? I did cook that roast of beef and will deal with it later today vacuum sealing some for the freezer.

Rick,Sso far no frost here but we do know it is coming. Mentioned to the neighbour yesterday that I will check with the folks to see when the snowblower can be taken in for an overhall. Yes, that too is coming.

Better get ready for the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

phyllis · September 18, 2023, 11:52:06 AM

Callie, I feel the same way you do. With the advancing of age the physical restrictions increase and I begin to have different concerns from the "younger" people who post here regularly. Most of my meal planning is done by ordering over the computer from the grocery store, prepared meals from Schwann/Yelloh that are delivered to my door and a few fresh items that are delivered to me (mostly fresh fruit, a few fresh salad vegs., bread and a few other pastries that sound good from Papa Spuds. Other than occasionally slicing and pickling a few cucumbers I do very little in food preparation. That makes it difficult to have a discussion with someone else who hasn't gotten to that stage yet. But, I thankfully still have a brain left and I am always interested in what is going on in some else's life. So, please keep talking to us about whatever is happening in your life because I really love to hear whatever you are up to and I will attempt to respond from time to time.....when I remember.

To all of you, Good morning! It is a beautiful day here. The laundry is going, the sun is shining and I'm managing to get around if everyone is patient and has a lot of time to wait on me.

Take care, All.

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