by Judy Handley | Aug 23, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 235: One Overnight Turned into Two
Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Weather: Mostly Overcast with Some Rain; High 79, Low 69 degrees
Location: At Home in the Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
It was another rainy, overcast day so Jonah, Ollie, and I decided to go to see the new Minions movie we went to see last week, but the projector wasn’t working. Today the theater was closed, so tonight we bought the movie online and watched it. After finding the theater closed, we decided to go candlepin bowling in downtown Falmouth. I have never been a good bowler, but with the smaller hand-sized balls, I was delighted when I won the first match. The boys played with the kids next door when we returned and came inside soaking wet. While they were out playing in the rain, I got another canner load of pizza sauce processed. Then we invited Heather over for dinner since the boys had decided to spend another night here but wanted to see their mama. Jed and Sam are spending the night in Maine and driving home very early in the morning. Hoping for sunshine tomorrow.
by Judy Handley | Aug 22, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 234: Jonah and Ollie Overnight
Date: Monday, August 22, 2022
Weather: Overcast with Some Rain; High 74, Low 69 degrees
Location: At Home in the Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
Jonah and Ollie wanted to come over early today so they could play with Charlie next door and his friends who were visiting from New York. But the couple with two boys left early this morning, so it was just Charlie, Jonah, and Charlie’s friend TJ. They watched the 3 pm soccer match between Manchester United and Liverpool and Ollie played with Charlie’s little sister, Lena. I canned marinara sauce and made Toll House squares as a snack for the boys. Near the end of the soccer game, Andrew came over to watch the final few minutes and later Lara came over. We had a nice visit while the kids went outside to play. I rushed to get J and O home as it was almost 6:30, but just as we were getting in the car, they announced they wanted to spend the night. Okay, then. We went to get clothes and came back here for dinner. Heather is alone tonight as Jed and Sam are in Maine working on the boat. I hope she is enjoying her alone time as she doesn’t get much of that. We have no plans for tomorrow. We’ll just see where the day leads us.
by Judy Handley | Aug 21, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 233: Tomato Sauce Mismatch
Date: Sunday, August 21, 2022
Weather: Another Sunny Day; High 81, Low 66 degrees
Location: At Home in the Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
I had planned to can marinara and pizza sauce today, but we ran into a little mismatch problem. I made the marinara sauce, but it ended up thicker and sweeter tasting, more like pizza sauce. Heather made the pizza sauce, but it ended up thinner with a stronger herbal taste, more like marinara sauce. Heather had decided to make pizza for dinner tonight, so I postponed the canning until I hear the results of tonight’s taste test. They will vote on which is to be the pizza sauce after the taste test. Then I will start canning as the pizza sauce is processed in smaller jars than the pasta sauce.
Otherwise, it was a quiet day for me. Tomorrow Jonah, Ollie, and maybe Sam will come here for the day. My neighbors from New York, the Dearman’s, arrived yesterday. Their kids and the Goldpebbles love to play together. Charlie, who is Jonah’s age, has three friends with him. That means there are four 13 year-old boys already in the one house. I am not sure adding two or three more boys to the group is a good idea, but we’ll give it a try.
by Judy Handley | Aug 20, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 232: All About Tomatoes
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022
Weather: Another Beautiful, Sunny Day; High 84, Low 66 degrees
Location: At Home in the Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
Today was all about tomatoes. I went to Heather and Jed’s this morning where I worked to get the second half of the 50 pounds of tomatoes blanched, peeled, and deseeded while Heather chopped onions, celery, carrots, and garlic, sauteed the veggies and added the spices. Heather kept half the mix to let it burble all afternoon to turn it into pizza sauce. I took the other half home with me to burble into marinara sauce. Tomorrow will be canning day. Then we will be ready to do it all over again when the next batch of tomatoes come our way.
by Judy Handley | Aug 19, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 231: Day at the Cape Cod Inflatable Water Park
Date: Friday, August 19, 2022
Weather: Beautiful Day, Sunny; High 84, Low 66 degrees
Location: At Home in the Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
Jonah and Ollie had a fantastic day at the Cape Cod Inflatable Water Park.
We entered the park a little before 11 am and didn’t leave until 5:30 pm. When we arrived, we did the inflatable side of the park where the boys played soccer shooting goals into inflatable nets and then scrambled up an inflatable rock climbing wall.
We then moved to the water side of the park and immediately headed to lazy river where you ride through a water course while sitting in inflatable tubes. After lunch, the Jonah and Ollie connected with long-time friends from Falmouth. Molly and Joey, the next-door kids from their old neighborhood were there, along with other friends we used to spend summer days with at the beach. It was like old home week and the next five hours flew by. The park has been renovated and all the kids enjoyed the new wave pool, a new FlowRider where you lay on a body board and fight against a strong current,
the high slides, the water obstacle courses, and what Ollie calls the water playground. Ollie is now old enough that he is on his own, so I really had nothing to do today. He did keep coming back to me from time to time to invite me to ride in the lazy river with him, and I did. But in between lazy river rides, I was on my own. I didn’t bring a book with me today, so I finally had to download one from Kindle to give me something to do while the boys enjoyed the afternoon with their friends. I no longer need to be an active participant, but it was such a joy to watch the Jonah and Ollie with kids I have watched them grow up with having such a joyous time together. At one point in the afternoon when I was concerned that Jonah was going to get sunburned because he had taken off his swim shirt, his former next door neighbor, Molly, said to me, “Oma, it’s okay. He really did put on sunscreen.” It made me smile. They are no longer little ones who need Oma to constantly watch over them. They have Molly! I feel so blessed that I have been here to watch them grow to this point. And I enjoyed my afternoon of reading. The book I downloaded from Kindle is fantastic. And it is now time to go to bed and do a little more reading.
