It Only Hurts When I Blog

Greetings, Bloggy Hunter-Gatherers!

It's that time of year again, when the counter gets overloaded with produce from the garden.

We've been 'squashed' for the past week or so.

It's a wonderful thing, but can also be an aggravation - what to DO with it all! How much to give away, how much to freeze, and how much can the two of us CONSUME?

Last night I made some cauliflower with cheese sauce with dinner, but I snuck a yellow squash in there with it just as 'filler'.

I guess I should start eating squash for breakfast too. Wonder if I could make squash wontons. (I don't think so). Last year I dehydrated and froze a lot of squash, it is great in soup and dehydrating it saves SOOO much room in the freezer.

Last year we had so many green beans there was a huge 'ceremonial mound' of them greeting me every day when I came home from work. Thank you Charlie for your gardening prowess!

By the way - I did try the 'Alton Brown' method of cutting up a watermelon and haven't had a chance to talk about it on the blog and show you the photo.

Remember how that works?

You remove the ends and then strip off the peel, leaving one big 'naked' watermelon to cut up any way you want to.

Do you think a bunch of people will surf over to this blog because I put the 'n' word in there? Probably.

My butcher knife could be better, and it would have made the job easier to have used a sharper knife. I saw another Food Network show where Rachel Ray was cutting watermelon. That knife went through it 'just like butta', so I know it was a super-sharp knife.

Changing subjects away from the Harvest topic...

I have a telephone interview this afternoon with a medium sized company in the Cool Springs area. Working in Cool Springs is my #1 preference. I am hopeful about this place too, and a lot of their information is posted right on their website.

You might as well keep your fingers crossed for me till the weekend, as I have an in-person interview tomorrow at yet another place - not in my target location area but a good company.

I have swimming this morning and sophisticated luncheon plans (Taco Bell) with Buddy Joe.

DW - I'm bringing you some zucchini whether you want some or not!

My friend CD just sent me a whole set of 'Low Fat and Healthy' softcover cookbooks organized in categories. Thank you! I started out (appropriately) reading 'Appetizers and Starters'.

After reading about 'Warm Crabmeat Spread' , 'Potato Crabcakes' and 'Pickled Scallops', I'm ready for lunch, not breakfast!

TTFN folks and have a nice day!

**** Breaking News at 5:14pm ****

I just had a phone interview at the 'Medium Sized' company in Cool Springs, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY CALLED MY RECRUITER BACK AND WANT ME TO COME IN FOR AN IN-PERSON INTERVIEW ON MONDAY!

Talk about fast - I had a second interview scheduled within 45 minutes.

A job at this company appears to be a better choice - for example, no on-call rotation duty, they didn't seem stressed out, I would be on a team of 6 people that they say work great together and COMMUNICATE well, better benefits, etc.

I'll know more Monday afternoon, my interview is at 2pm. ;-)

**** End of Breaking News ****

Ok, let's not forget that I have an in-person interview at 9:30am tomorrow morning too, at a different company, but NOT in my preferred area.

(play film clip of Sigourney Weaver whispering 'Lucky Lucky Lucky' as she climbs into the pressure suit before doing battle with 'Mama Alien'.)