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5.23-26: Memorial Day Weekend Recap

May 27, 2014

{Friday Night}

Price came home early | took a little nap with Autumn | made tortelini with sauce for dinner | watch DVR’d shows | bed

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{Saturday}

veggies from Haymarket | made hashbrowns and a mushroom and cheese omlet for brunch | I got a pedicure | take Autumn on a walk while Price did house stuff | grocery shopping | make macaroni salad | sausage patties with beans and macaroni salad for dinner | lounge around watcihng TV | bed

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{Sunday}

up really early | made pancakes for breakfast | swim lesson for Autumn | watch the Monaco race | watch the Indy 500 race | made art for our room | steak for dinner | watch NASCAR race | watch part of mad men | bed

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{Monday}

made a quick fruit salad for breakfast | go to 2 dog parks | Price mowed & did yard prep work | finish watching mad men | made guac|  hot dogs for lunch | price mowed the front lawn hang up stuffs for Autumn’s gallery wall | give Autumn a bath | fold like a bajillion loads of clothes | bed

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: cleaning, Cooking, dog park, Haymarket, haymarket Boston, laundry, pedicure, swim lesson, talking a walk, weekend recap

10.25-27: Weekend Recap

October 28, 2013

{Friday night} home | Price tidied up the den and moved the rabbits from 2nd floor down to the basement | I made salad | tidying up the kitchen and living room while ‘watching’ Grey’s and Scandal | folding baby clothes | go to bed early

{Saturday} up at 4.35 with Kemper | back to bed | get out of bed at 7am | Starbucks for PSL’s | brought Kemper to the dog park | Haymarket for veggies | Mike’s Pastry for lobster tail | home | start cleaning for hours | grocery shopping | Price folding loads of clothes | prep for dinner | get ready | Cstherine and Ed come over for dinner | snack on cheese and crackers while chatting | dinner: chicken with shallot wine sauce, roasted lemony aparagus, sauteed mushrooms, and rice | dessert | Cath and Ed leave | lounge around while watching the Sox game | sleep | more Sox game | bed

{Sunday} slept in ’till 8 | breakfast : coffee, cheesy eggs, bacon, tots | watch Grimm | Home Depot to pick out and get paint | go to work at 12.30 | Price painted 2 walls of the baby’s room | home at 7.30 | watch DVR’d NASCAR race | dessert for dinner | blogging | watch Red Sox | bed

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 folding baby clothes halloween oreos

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: errands, Haymarket, weekend, weekend recap

7.12-14: Weekend Update

July 15, 2013

{Friday} meet Price at the garage | taco bell take out | write out weekend to do list | Price went to Home Depot & CVS | lounge around and catch up on the DVR | bed

{Saturday}  up early | haymarket | boloco for breakfast | get dry cleaning and packages at my office | dry cleaners | home to unpack the car | Price starts to work on setting up the projector | cut the rabbits nails | clean the tub | make peach and raspberry sorbet | get ready | finish making guac | party at Cheri’s house | home | relax | bed

{Sunday} up early | price set up the projector | made breakast- mushroom and cheddar scramble with home fries | random house clean up | watch NASCAR race | lunch | nap | go to the grocery store | price does tons of laundry | finish watching the race | make peach and blueberry cobbler | hot dogs for dinner | talk to mom | make pudding for banana pudding trifle | watch The Newsroom | fold loads of clothes | bed

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Boloco, guacamole, Haymarket, nascar race, party, Taco Bell, weekend recap

50 pounds of tomatoes

August 30, 2010

I think I have my mojo back. At least I did this weekend. Price and I got up early and went to Haymarket to get tomatoes for sauce and veggies for the buns. I knew I wanted to make a lot of sauce and I wanted it fresh so we went to Haymarket to get a lot of tomatoes. Well a lot is an understatement. I did not feel like getting bags of tomatoes by picking out each tomato, so we went to area where they have a boxes of tomatoes. Well did you know that they are 25 pounds each? I did not, but that did not stop my from swallowing my fear and buying 2 tomato varieties. 25 +25 = 50 pounds!

So we dropped it off and I ended back out to the store to the quart size Ball jars, meat for meatballs, and some other stuff. Once I was back home I started cutting, and cutting, and cutting. It seemed like it was never ending but was relaxing and worth it. My feet were sore by the end of the day from standing at the stove for hours on end but I love that kinda of pain. Like working out at the gym and being sore later on.

Well all of these tomatoes yielded about 22/23 quarts of marinara sauce. Even though I just bought a pot for this I had to use another because we had soo much! I had bought a 20 quart stainless steel pot last weekend and it was put though a very food first test. It passed with flying colors since nothing burned, it held heat evenly, it held heat well, and it was easy to clean. Loved it.

Besides the marinara sauce Price and I made meatballs using 4 pounds of meat (beef and pork), onion, parsley, breadcrumbs, cheese, 5 eggs, crushed red pepper, salt, and pepper. I also used a package of hot and sweet Italian Sausage. Since you can’t put meat into sauce and can it (well maybe you can, I just head you can’t so I am not about to question it) we divided the sauce up for canning and freezing. I froze the meatballs that we will eat with the jarred sauce.

Every time we heard a lid pop we counted down with the # remaining that needed to pop and we would then cheer. I think canning is going to turn into a new addiction. I love how the process, the popping, and how I have all that sauce and I still have room in my freezer. I now have 14 happy quarts sitting in my cabinets.

I’m hoping this productivity carries over into the week since I have scrapbooking to do and clean up and an office to rearrange.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ball Jars, Canning, Haymarket, marinara sauce, sauce, tomato

Canning Adventures

August 12, 2010

Every now and then Emily and I have these adventures where crazy hijinx occur. Such past adventures include our day at the Brimfield Antiques fair, our trips to the Quite Corner, and our day visiting the cape. With the summer winding down and the start of school fast approaching for Em we decided we needed one of these adventures. Well instead of going somewhere we decided to say local, very local in fact…. my kitchen. We decided would would make jam and can it!!!!!

Last Christmas I got a pressure canner and a canning accessories kit (thx amazon wishlist and Mom!)  Since then I bought 2 books on preserving home made food, starting to hunt down some canning blogs, and follow people on twitter. So with the equipment, some ‘knowledge’, and a desire we set out to make jam and can it.

Hijinx did ensure. We ended up with plenty of burns from hot jam and steam, a sticky floor, well used aprons, and got to prove that my smoke dectors do in fact work ( I already new that the one in the kitchen worked but sure enough, the one in the living room does too!). Luckily Price and his friend Chris were out getting us more jars when the apartment filled with grey smoke. Of course, Price knew when he called with a question that from our laughing and hint to ‘take your time’ that something was up. Price sums it up best… we are bad news. Yes, but we love it 🙂

So we ended up with 26 jars of 3 types of jam. Everytime a jar popped we would squeel, jump, or give each other high fives. eek! We have not cracked open any of them. I’ll describe them when I post recipes next week.

Enjoy our video…. be sure to leave some jam or general canning suggestions. I’m going to do another round of canning at the end of August!


Filed Under: Family and Friends Tagged With: Canning, flip cam, food and drink, fruit, Haymarket, jam, pectin, pressure canner

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