Mother's Day. In keeping with the spirit of the day, my kids decided, without Randal's knowledge, to prepare me some lunch. They came in my room as I was getting ready for a little nap with a sandwich (ham, cheese and gobs and gobs of mustard) and a sippy cup of water. I thought the drinking implement was a nice touch. So sweet!
Randal and the husbands of two of my friends surprised us with tickets to a Broadway show in two weeks. Awesome!
Dinner was lovely. Randal makes a mean grilled kabob. And Ethan's fruit salad cannot be beat. It really is good. He'll be the first to tell you too. Delicious!
Even lovelier--it was our first Sunday dinner together at our new table. Not a Mother's Day gift per se. (I don't want you thinking tickets to Broadway isn't enough to satisfy me.) Just ironic.
And the loveliest--the view while we ate. The trees are finally emerging from their winter ugliness and I am reminded why we were crazy enough to buy a house with a glass enclosed dining area. Even though it's a dead ringer for the set of Growing Pains.
(If you're going to actually watch the youtube clip you won't have to wait long. The kitchen makes an appearance 12 seconds in. And there's little Leonardo too.)
As for today:
A recent, humongous beetle staring up at me from a bottle of purchased jam helped me decide it was finally time to get off my lazy bum and freeze my own jam. With strawberries in season this is exactly what I did today.
I made the rookie mistake thinking one would need a lot of berries to make jam. Oh, not so. What I thought would be just enough berries to make 12 easy jars of jam turned into an extra trip to the store for more pectin for the grand total of 21 jars. It may be too much for our little family of four, but at least I know just how many beetles are in this jam--NONE!
And now that I am a jam making diva I have a new best friend:
Not only does this hand-held blender puree up a scrumptious pot of butternut squash soup, it makes the job of turning strawberries into 21 jars of jam a cinch. A must have!Hope you all had a very happy Mother's Day.
I love you, Mom! Thanks for making jam all my growing up years. I really do appreciate all you did to keep my sandwiches beetle-free.
PS--I'm totally okay with who won the Amazing Race. It did make me wish I was in Maui. And that I had won a million dollars.
9 comments:
I might have to get one of those hand held blender things. I just remembered my blender is on the fritz, and since jam making is in my near future, I will need to remedy that soon.
John and I almost didn't want to watch our recording of Amazing Race last night because we knew it was the end :( I hate that, though I was good to go with the winners too.
They played a fair game and did well throughout the game, though I was sad that Luke (was that his name?) didn't finish the surf board thing first since he was there wayyy before everyone else and had it almost done before the 2nd team even arrived. That part did make me a little sad.
Loved the blog and I love your view in the dining area! I can't wait to hear about the play. I too would like one of those little gadgets. I'm determined to do some bottling this year. You're getting me excited. They looked great! Happy Spring. Would love to see you!
Linda
wait wait wait...you bought a jar of jam, opened it up and there was a beetle in it???? aaahhhhh!!!
You jam looks way better than even beetle-less jam. And not HFCS either :)
Your dining room looks so pretty!! What a view!
I love your dining room, it's so beautiful! Do you see a lot of wild life there? Your table fits the room perfectly. Good for you on making your own jam. Since you didn't want so much jam you should have left the pectin out and made pancake syrup. That's what we inadvertantly make with our failed blackberry jam :) I was just looking at some pictures of the 4th of July parade (a couple of years ago) and thought about your family and how fun it was to watch the kids watch the Murray Parade. Your babies are getting so big.
Love the table and the view and especially the jam. (I use a blender)
I have one of those hand held blenders. We got it for our wedding.. I mostly use it for eggs.
I like to think that I helped you make your jam since I was basically on the phone with you when you made it. Which means that you helped me be unproductive because I sat around mostly when we talked. So together... we averaged out.. and I get half that jam!!
Love the table!! Love the view!! Can't wait to see the rest of the kitchen... in fact I'm dying too!
I love your table area and the windows! I just made jam too, it is amazing how much it makes with so little strawberries. And tonz of sugar. It's so yummy! I am having your skirt problem too! Maybe if I kept eating bread and jam all the time!
Gorgeous dining area!
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