Well, it started out being Favorite Aunt on Friday night for my sister, Emi. She has a newborn, in addition to three others. My parents are out of town so I called and volunteered to come watch the kids so she and her husband could get out. There is nothing quite as fulfilling, that I'm aware of, of hearing the kids clamoring to get to the door yelling out "Aunt Amy! Aunt Amy!" Awesome.
Then Saturday I made my weekly visit to the farmers market. Can't help it- fresh fruits and vegetables are delicious! I got 18 ears of corn and froze all of it. The tomatoes, both yellow and red, are being eaten. And the peaches got made into jam. The Frankenstein pumpkin has a place of honor on my dining room table. By the way- those tomatoes are heirlooms. The farmer described them as Romas on steroids and he's right! Oh my gosh they are so good!
And finally! They were honoring some season ticket holders at the soccer game Saturday afternoon. My friends and I were all part of the "honored" group. This is what I walked away with! Seriously! Now I can go visit the rest of my nieces and nephews in the picture from above! (oh- and my siblings, too.)
Like I said... nearly perfect weekend!
Then Saturday I made my weekly visit to the farmers market. Can't help it- fresh fruits and vegetables are delicious! I got 18 ears of corn and froze all of it. The tomatoes, both yellow and red, are being eaten. And the peaches got made into jam. The Frankenstein pumpkin has a place of honor on my dining room table. By the way- those tomatoes are heirlooms. The farmer described them as Romas on steroids and he's right! Oh my gosh they are so good!
And finally! They were honoring some season ticket holders at the soccer game Saturday afternoon. My friends and I were all part of the "honored" group. This is what I walked away with! Seriously! Now I can go visit the rest of my nieces and nephews in the picture from above! (oh- and my siblings, too.)
Like I said... nearly perfect weekend!
2 comments:
Hooray for a great weekend! I ran into Em at the post office today... I didn't realize she had a new babe! I should have stopped to chat with her a little more :).
Can you tell me the best way to freeze fresh corn? (Should have paid more attention in all of my food science classes, eh?)
here's what i learned from selling it: blanch it (put in boiling water for 2 min- then immediately into ice water). Remove when its cool to touch. Slice off kernels with a knife and put into ziploc bags. done. its so so easy. if you want it on the cob, just don't slice it off.
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