I was inspired this morning to go grocery shopping quite early and get it out of the way before the day started to get away from me. Because I work at home I can usually take care of these kinds of errands whenever I feel like it but more and more I feel like it ruins my day to have to deal with a supermarket and I've begun to put it off. Early on a crisp, clear fall day it felt more like a pleasure to head out just after rush hour to take care of it. Plus, getting it done today may pay off in other dividends - UVA is playing FSU here in town this weekend and I've been told by those in the know not to even try to head into the city or get anywhere near it, for that matter. So if we're sticking close to home this weekend, it's nice to know that there is some decent food in the house.


    I must be started to get a little nesty, because I as I was pushing my cart around I started to think of all the stuff I wanted to cook. I bought supplies for bigos, black bean soup, split pea soup, potatoes grantinee, roast chicken and lots more. The soups I'll do and then freeze, since there's nothing better than to be able to pull something like that out of the freezer when you think there's nothing to eat and you don't feel like going anywhere. In front of a fire with a glass of cider and a hunk of good bread a nice thick soup is like heaven.


    I'm going to roast the chicken for dinner tonight. Along side will be succotash (don't say "yuk"- it's really yummy), the aforementioned potatoes gratinee (bought a nice gruyere for the occasion), and a green salad.


    Here's how I'll make the succotash - it's based on a Laurie Colwin recipe that I think she, in turn, took from a friend. I start by sauteeing a small diced onion in about 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter. When the onion becomes translucent, I add two parts frozen or canned corn, two parts frozen lima beans and one part frozen sliced okra. Cook, stirring frequently, until all the veggies are heated through and the liquid is mostly absorbed or evaporated. Add a bit more butter to taste and season with salt and pepper. Hmm...I'm getting hungy already.

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    I haven't done any canning since the brussels sprouts last week. Work has been busy and now that I've realized that our bonfire party is only a week away followed rapidly by a host of other activities I'm not sure if I'll ever get to that applesauce. I'm sad about this, but in the pantheon of trade-offs it doesn't rank very high.


    Just because I haven't been canning, though, doesn't mean I haven't been preserving. This is the time of year I renew my supply of flavored oils and vinegars. I tend not to get to fancy with these - basil vinegar, garlic/pepper oil, garlic vinegar and so on - but I still like to have them around. It's very short work to delicious marinades and salad dressings once you've got a supply of this stuff on hand and it's much cheaper to make your own than buy them, even if you choose to get fancier than I. I use old Grolsch bottles or the kind from the fancy lemonade you buy at Whole Foods. My sister also made me a set of really great etched wine bottles, which I stop with a cork. So even though the applesauce remains undone, I still feel the warm glow of accomplishment.


    I had a minor meltdown last weekend when I realized that I have roughly 15 weeks (give or take a fortnight) left of pregnancy. This made me very happy until I realized that these 15 weeks will have to encompass:


      The Biomed pigroast (those engineers sure can party)


      Our bonfire party


      Halloween (more specifically, completing my son's Race Car Driver costume)


      A quick business trip to Philly


      A 10 day trip to Florida with the extended family


      Thanksgiving in Philly


      Another quick business trip to Philly


      Christmas


      New Years in Philly


      Wrapping up the project I'm working on


      Preparing the nursery (paint, chair rail, moving the current furniture out, moving baby furniture in)


      Painting the rocking chair


      Other home improvement we really want to do: painting the bathrooms, buying a comfy chair for the TV room, finishing the bed my husband made for us)


      Actually having the baby


    And this doesn't take into account the stuff I've said "no" to (my soon-to-be-born nephew's Christening, Christmas in either Philly or Buffalo, a Christmas party the week prior in Philly). I simply do not have time - I'm just going to have to be pregnant for 50, maybe 55, weeks.

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