Britesea - Living the good life in rural Oregon

[hqueen13]

I don't mind doing dishes if someone else cooked!
Hope the biddie is doing better!

 

[Britesea]

Hubby is pretty much healed except for the arm with the pins in it. He's (hopefully) going to get them taken out this coming week, but the doctor was talking about putting him in a cast after that. It's kinda looking like he won't be going back to work in November. In fact, the last time we talked to him about it, he asked what DH does and when we told him Bus Mechanic, he winced. Doesn't sound good, does it?
We've been talking about what sort of work he might be able to do if this turns out to be a permanent problem, and we have a couple of leads. The only problem is he is 57 years old, which means most employers won't even look at him.

Titipu is doing well. We just moved her into a larger box this afternoon. She enjoys the occasional swim in a tub filled with warm water. When she starts crying a lot, one of us will pick her up and hold her in our lap- she usually calms down a bit then.

I've been having trouble getting motivated to process more apples- I still have 2 buckets and I'm so tired of them...

 

[Denim Deb]

Hope hubby continues to heal and will be able to go back to work.

I know the feeling of getting sick of processing something. That's about how I've been feeling about tomatoes.

 

[hqueen13]

Me too on the tomatoes and all I did was dice them and freeze to deal with them later lol

 

[Britesea]

I have been known to just stick tomatoes whole into the freezer. On the plus side, they are really easy to peel after that, and if you thaw them in a colander over a bowl, almost all the water comes out first and drips into the bowl. That part can be thrown into vegetable stock. You now have the tomato flesh- peeled but not seeded, and thick enough to can as a sauce just as it is.

 

[hqueen13]

It is helpful Britsea, almost easier to deal with it when it isn't so hot outside either!

 

[Britesea]

I'm tired of drying apples, so I've made arrangements to use my friend's cider press and just make a bunch of juice out of the remaining 2 buckets. No idea how much juice that will make; I hope 1 glass carboy will be big enough!

Today we went in to town and picked up a couple of things, and I met up with my girlfriends for coffee. We solved the problems of the world for almost 3 hours, lol. Luckily, there were enough leftovers in the fridge for dinner!

It looks like we got the date wrong on DH's doctor appointment- I guess it's next week that he gets the pins taken out, not this week. He says things are feeling stronger in his arm; I am praying he will be able to heal completely.

 

[Denim Deb]

I hope so. I forget, which wrist is it and is it his dominant hand?

 

[hqueen13]

Warm healing thoughts coming your way!
Ohhh cider! I love cider!

 

[Britesea]

@Denim Deb, it's his right hand, but he's left-handed. He's been able to do some things for himself, but it's surprising how much that non-dominant hand does in daily living, and being a bus mechanic- he uses both hands interchangeably so it needs to be strong and flexible or he can't do his work.
@hqueen13, I love cider too! I already have plenty of applesauce, and the dried apples will be good for pies and such... so juicing those apples seems a good idea. I plan to can some to keep it from going hard, but some of it we will allow to ferment. I'd like to see if I can make some ACV with it too.

The apples on our own trees are almost ready- their color is good, but they are still tenaciously clinging to the trees. We haven't gotten that killing frost yet, so I'm crossing my fingers; but a cold front is rolling in so I dunno