Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!
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Well, this was a crazy weekend. The highlight was the Greek Festival, where so much happiness and merriment was had. The Olympics began and after a little bit of frustration about not being able to watch things live on NBC and their affiliates, I discovered I could watch many of the events live on the internet! Yay!
On Sunday morning I watched the Women’s Preliminary All Around Gymnastics, from beginning to end! The only problem with this is that watching non-stop feeds, leaves no time for bathroom breaks! LOL!
One of our Gymnasts, a young girl named Gabrielle Douglas, is amazing!
They nicknamed her the Flying Squirrel because, she truly does fly! She is young, graceful and if she doesn’t get a Gold Medal this time, I think in 4 years she will be a seasoned veteran and ready for the intense pressure these kids must feel.
Meanwhile on the home front, I ended up with 10 pounds of ripe pickling cucumbers! What to do, what to do! I have plenty of bread and butter pickles, Plenty of the Moon Glow Pickles, so what do I do? I looked at Hubby and asked, “Well, how about we try to make Dill Pickles?”
Off I went to the grocery to buy some fresh Dill Weed. I also had a package to pick up at the Pharmacy, so I got that first then went into the grocery. I picked up the Dill and headed to the cash registers. That’s when the sky opened and the rain began to come down so hard, that suddenly the roads looked like ponds!
Of course, I had no umbrella, so I took my bags and ran to the car as fast as I could. Apparently I am not as fast as I once was, because I got soaked to the skin! When I got home and came inside, I looked like a drowned rat!
After putting on dry clothes, I proceeded to make lunch, and afterward we worked on Dill-ing the cucumbers! That done, we must wait for three weeks before we can can them! Stay tuned…
Happy Monday Everyone!
Besides the opening we didn’t watch anything of the Olympic games, I am not interested and my friends neither ! Geez that’s a lot of cucumbers ! So far the weather is quiet good here except it is too cold for the season, and I have always to wear my raincoat !!
Sounds like an interesting way to can pickles. Never heard of that before. When I make Dill pickles I can always can them right away. 🙂
Had lunch with the soon to be Bride and Groom yesterday after church. Always a pleasure!
The workers are already out on my street, UGH! I love the quiet on the weekend.
I have Eggplant to cook and I have to check the cucumbers. Love YOU, Mel
I ranted a tiny bit about the non-live coverage. It’s crazy in this day and age when everyone has social media, multiple tvs, and the internet on their phones!
That adorable little Gabby literally bounces : )
oooh dill pickles! YUM!