I'm taking a day of vacation today. Whoop! Don't get too excited...today is full of chores and a massage (well, that's okay to be excited about) so my Saturday will be free to spend all day at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival! I've signed up for a spinning class so I can learn to use my lovely Margaret Rose, um, more efficiently, yeah, that's the word. I've signed up with Beth to help with the pre-ravelry Afterparty set up over in Rome. Then it is fun at a fiber party! I am looking forward to a very fun day and evening.
One of today's tasks is to take these garden lovelies and make them into sauce. It will just be a basic sauce that I will bag up and freeze for use throughout the year. I like to add shredded carrots to the sauce. They add a bit of natural sweetness and other vegie goodness to the sauce. I also have boatloads of basil to turn into some pesto but I'm not sure if I'll make my way into the basil patch today or not.
The drywall is being delivered right now. After the rain we had all day yesterday, the ground is very mushy, so the big truck/semi is staying on pavement and the guys are hauling the drywall over the lawn. All before 8 AM. I know one trade that I'm not suited to, for sure. I'm still enjoying my morning coffee.
Better drywall than plumbing repair. :-D
Have a great day off! Even chores are better when you're supposed to be working.
Posted by: Carrie | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 08:41 AM
Have a wonderful day! I can smell the tomato sauce now... I wish I were joining you tomorrow.
xox
Posted by: Nora | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 09:13 AM
I can't wait to hear that report on WI S&W. Please take pictures!
Posted by: MX | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 09:21 AM
I wanna come with! ^^
Posted by: Charlynn | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Woo hoo! Have a great time at the S&W festival. I'm jonesing for a fiber festival but the next one isn't until early October (NJ) and then Rhinebeck in mid-October. The shredded carrots in the sauce is an excllent idea. So simple but I'll bet it adds so much.
Posted by: Kim | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 01:35 PM
Lovely tomatoes! A co-worker with a garden keeps bringing us tomatoes. We blanch and peel them and then just puree them with our stick blender and freeze it. The carrots sound like a good idea.
Posted by: Brenda | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 07:21 PM
Oh, those tomatoes look delicious!! I didn't get any good tomatoes from my garden this year. YUM!
Posted by: jessica~ | Monday, September 08, 2008 at 09:01 PM
Argh, I didn't know you be there or we could have arranged to meet. Dang! I bet we were in the same building on Saturday as I was in the Russian lace class at the back. There was a spinning class right next to us and another up front. We also tried without success to find the Rav meetup. The maps were all gone by the time we picked up our tickets so Rose wrote out some hand written directions and they just didn't do the trick. We did find Rome but after milling about around the Fire station we gave up and headed for home while it was still light enough to find the way. I'm so bummed I didn't get to meet you!
Posted by: Julie | Tuesday, September 09, 2008 at 07:46 AM