Preparing Jalapenos for the Freezer
(This time I remembered to wear gloves!
One tends to forget that only once.)
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1. Something on your October calendar that makes you smile.
Besides the big picture of a German Shepherd? two of our children's wedding anniversaries - one on October 1 and one October 17. One has been married seventeen years and the other has been married four years. One is living in Wisconsin; the other escaped to Texas.
2. Food for the soul or music for the soul...which camp are you in? Tell us why.
Music for the soul. But isn't music food for the soul? I could last a while without my chicken salad sandwich, potato chips, and tomato, but beautiful music feeds my soul. One of my favorites:
3. What are two or three things you've learned recently as the result of an online search?
Most recently, finding the 25 most popular hymns of the 19th century; finding prayers of the early church; searching my own website for one of my favorite pork chop recipes. Then again, I'm always looking up stuff, from news articles to recipes to book reviews - and more.
4. Share your favorite game day recipe. You can describe it, post the how-to, or add a link to the actual recipe.
Game? Are you talking Hangman or Scrabble?
But I do have a recipe to share: Here's a link to my favorite pork chop recipe:
Blackened Pork Chops and Butternut Squash
'Blackened' sounds intentional and so much better than 'burned,' doesn't it. Oh well, they were delicious, and I used both black beans and cannellini beans, drained. The butternut squash was baked and set in the skillet for the photo. This made a great fall dinner.
5. What are
your five essential steps for creating the perfect morning routine?
I should preface this with the most important step for creating the perfect morning routine, and that would be not waking (and staying awake) at 4:30 AM. That throws the whole day off key. Now, with that aside:
Prayer
Bible and other reading
Coffee and protein bar
Morning news
Dogs
Laundry
Making soap
That takes me to 8:30, and from there it's up for grabs.
(Mr. C. is gone to work before I even awaken.) I hope my daughter will let me know if that is a bad sentence. :-)
Jazzie, making herself comfortable
For any who were concerned last week when I mentioned that Jazzie's favorite bed had been moved to make room for the new door to the screen room, please note - Jazzie managed to find it on the other side of the library. She doesn't look too anxious, does she.
6. What small thing have you taken note of today?
The new battery for my computer. I was without computer for about a week, waiting for the new battery to arrive. Why is it the computer can't work on electricity, simply plugged into an active outlet, without the battery? That seems strange to me.
Makes me want to go barefoot
7. Sum up your September in seven words or less.
September - even better than May this year
8. Insert your own random thought here.
This is a link to a Wisconsin Public Television short video describing the way many of us here in the Northwoods feel about winter - um, that does not include Carla. I think Carla is part Polar Bear. Anyway, it's a cute video and aptly describes our daughter and her husband who abandoned Wisconsin for a better life (Ha!) in Texas and my sister who escapes each winter to spend half of her life in Florida. The rest of us stay here and try to muster up a good attitude.
We're now into the nights of predicted frost, which means dragging out sheets and blankets to cover flowers and house plants that are currently living outdoors. Squash and pumpkins can take a light frost, so they're toughing this one out without a blanket.
Garden's End
Pumpkins, Sunshine Squash, Butternut Squash
Peppermint in the foreground
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