This was another one from Lisa Scottoline. If you’ve read one, you’ve read them all. It was an ok book, but nothing special. Something about one twin representing another twin (that was previously unknown) in court.
My rating: 3/5
qotsa again
Ten years ago this month, we took Jake to see his first concert, Queens of the Stone Age. When we heard they were coming to Pittsburgh again in support of their new album (this time to Stage AE), the three of us decided to go. Not surprisingly, it was a great show. Royal Blood was the opener, and they were good, too. We saw them open for the Foo Fighters a couple of years ago. Anyway, we were home by midnight, which is surprising for a Pittsburgh show, but things wrapped up really early. I wasn’t a huge fan of the venue as it was an outdoors show and everyone was packed in like sardines–at least the rain mostly held off.
In anticipation of being tired today, I took the day off. So far, my major accomplishment has been canning another batch of tomato soup (the third one this season!). Not that it’s any small feat–it took about 4 hours to do. Up next: a nap.
almost an eagle
Jake wrapped up his Eagle project last night. What a relief! It kind of dragged on longer than it should have, but now everything is done except for the paperwork and board of review, both of which should happen within a month. After that, we’ll have his Court of Honor ceremony/party and that will be that.
phil
Last year, it was mice, this year, it was a groundhog. One set up residence in the pond area and had to be dispatched. It’s just as well, because he thought my garden was his personal farmers market. Brian set up a trap and relocated the bugger once he was caught. It didn’t take very long to capture him–it turns out that groundhogs can’t resist cantaloupe.
canning and freezing
I’ve continued to can and freeze as much as possible. One thing that’s not vegetable-related is that I canned up some BBQ Pulled Pork. I have not tried it yet, so I hope it turned out well. I also did another three trays of zucchini stuffed shells, so we should be good on those for the winter. The garden season is winding down, but I still haven’t canned any tomato-related recipes. I have two in the queue for the weekend, but I just don’t have that many tomatoes and the weather is turning cold already. I’m hoping that I can do at least another recipe or two down the road.