Life continues to be rich and full in the Miser Mom Household.
In the "chalk" news, my co-authors and I (but, actually, I) submitted a draft of our book to our editor on Monday. Whoop! This is still in the proposal phase; the cross-our-fingers hope is that the editor will convince her director to send it to reviewers, and they'll spend a bunch o' time reviewing it, and then we'll do edits next summer, and then we'll submit a final draft next fall. Everyone keeps saying that book projects always take longer than the writers think, but so far this book project has keep remarkably close to the schedule I'd set for it, so I have high hopes in spite of all this wise caution. Yay for getting the book off my to-do list! Chalk one up for the mathies!
In the "stock" news, N-son's culinary program tried to teach him how to can chicken stock. But they couldn't teach him because he already knew, being my own son after all. He thought that was hilarious.
We did in fact get to make our own turkey stock this week, and then canned up six quarts of it, following our annual (and much beloved) Pirate Dinner, which we celebrate on Talk Like a Pirate day, and which features giant turkey legs prominently on the menu, great for turning into stock that my son and I can can up.
Following the meal, the traditional Treasure Hunt gave us all a way to work off the food.
In sports news, J-son has gotten back into boxing, and tells us he'll have a match next month. N-son has started up squash for the year -- I love the picture below of his squash team and their parents. My husband is still riding his bike with abandon, and for me, training for the Miser Mom Half Marathon is proceeding nicely. So we're not succumbing to lethargy as fall arrives.
And that's the update from the Miser family, who continues to be rich in adventures. May you and yours be similarly prosperous.
In the "chalk" news, my co-authors and I (but, actually, I) submitted a draft of our book to our editor on Monday. Whoop! This is still in the proposal phase; the cross-our-fingers hope is that the editor will convince her director to send it to reviewers, and they'll spend a bunch o' time reviewing it, and then we'll do edits next summer, and then we'll submit a final draft next fall. Everyone keeps saying that book projects always take longer than the writers think, but so far this book project has keep remarkably close to the schedule I'd set for it, so I have high hopes in spite of all this wise caution. Yay for getting the book off my to-do list! Chalk one up for the mathies!
In the "stock" news, N-son's culinary program tried to teach him how to can chicken stock. But they couldn't teach him because he already knew, being my own son after all. He thought that was hilarious.
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| I-daughter and a friend enjoy bananas and turkey legs, with limes to prevent scurvy. |
Following the meal, the traditional Treasure Hunt gave us all a way to work off the food.
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| J-son, back for the dinner, teams up with a pirate guest to search for treasure. |
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| N-son is in yellow. My sisters will be happy to see that I wasn't wearing a brown shirt when I stood behind him, like I used to do in family photos when he was small (and consequently blended in with my shirts). |
I never thought about canning chicken stock. Woah! My husband just canned 10 quarts of pickles and 4 of homemade salsa, and we are planning on doing applesauce sometime after apple picking next weekend. I'm getting into this whole canning thing. It's not as intimidating as I imagined. I love the canning party you went to once, so it's now a life goal to host one myself someday.
ReplyDeleteWay to go on pickles and salsa! I ought to can salsa, too -- I need a good recipe first though. Chicken stock requires a pressure canner, but it's easier to make stock than tomatoes or peaches . . . although maybe that's more a matter of scale. I made "only" 6 quarts of chicken stock, not dozens and dozens of quarts (like with tomatoes and peaches).
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