Entries from August 2009 ↓

“This is the best way to freeze corn.”

• 4 quarts corn
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 1 quart water

Select fresh corn and remove husk. Cut corn from cob. Boil corn, sugar, salt and water for five minutes. Stir to keep from sticking. Place kettle in sink of cold water to cool. Pack cooled corn to into freezer containers, using brine to cover corn. Do not drain. Freeze. To serve, use the already seasoned brine and add butter while heating.

Mrs. Donald Melnarik
Denmark, Wis.

I have a lot of photos from the last, what, month? that I haven’t shared here. I’m going to try to get them posted before adding more to my Flickr account, but as summer draws to a close, it seems that more and more fun events are being planned and thus I take more and more photos. It doesn’t help that I always take too many photos to begin with, either.

Also just a note that I added a couple new things to the bottom of the sidebar here: Related Posts and Roulette (random posts). I’ve already read (and edited) a couple of older posts. I think they’ll be fun additions and hopefully bring up fun, older posts—and good memories.

I like being a hostess every once in a while. Between having people over to watch movies (or talk through movies, which is usually what actually happens) or simply sitting around outside during the evening, I enjoy having people around my home.

My friend, Erin, and I have been talking about having a doggy play-date for a long time (her doggy, Captain, and Kristi and Jared’s doggy, Ziggy) but we never really got serious about actually planning it. Finally the day arrived when I just couldn’t not have Erin, her husband, Jason, and their doggy over. Karyn, Bryan and Hannie had come over earlier in the day for a trip to the beach and to help me finish up my bathroom redecoration, so in the afternoon everyone gathered in my backyard.

Somehow we had too much food, but it was all delicious. Karyn made a pasta salad and brought over a million types of fancy cheeses. Erin and Jason brought chips and dips. I provided some sausages I bought from Fred’s in Goodland, MN and s’mores. The day was much warmer than I had anticipated, but Jason got a fire going anyway and that’s where we roasted the sausages (and marshmallows).

The doggy play-date didn’t really work, but it was a good excuse to get together anyway.

Hannie began going to daycare a couple months ago. They keep a “theme” during different seasons and decorate the classroom accordingly. Since it’s summer, the current theme is all about the beach. They’ve hung paintings that Hannie has created and family photos from Hannie and her classmates.

I helped take Hannie’s family photos. Karyn, Bryan, Hannie and I all ventured out to Theodore Wirth Lake Beach to capture these:

I went to Redstone with Karyn, Bryan, Hannie and my Dad last night. I didn’t bring a “real” camera but I snapped a few photos with my phone.

I was just reviewing this one:

…and just realized how stinkin’ cute it is! Dad and Hannie looking at each other, Hannie’s expressive little face, and the tiny hand on Dad’s manly finger… I’m dying of the cute! I only wish I had captured it with a nicer camera.