Saturday Update

Wow, I swear, you blink and another week is gone. 

I feel like another seven days just flew by. And speaking of flu, that bug hit here too, which kept both Shannon and I down and out for a day or two. 

But here are some peeks at fun things that we managed to do:

St. Xavier High School / Good Counsel High School Football

My husband, his brother, and my father-in-law all went to St. Xavier High School here in Cincinnati. Last week, they played a football game against Good Counsel HS of Maryland, where my niece and nephew attend...lots of family connections in that game. My brother in law Chuck flew in for the weekend and we had a lot of fun at the game. Did you see us on ESPN?  

Here's a pic of Chuck and Andy. Chuck has his St. X shirt on with his Good Counsel hat. It's nice to go to a game and know that no matter what, your team won't lose!

After the flu bug left the building, I decided to try my hand at making and canning homemade salsa. I've made salsa a lot in the past, but never canned it. At the end of the day, it went well, but it was a TON of work. Unfortunately, when pulling the last jar out of the canner, it slipped out of my hand. A hot bomb of boiling salsa and glass hit the floor and exploded all over the place. Yuck. Lesson learned ~ get a jar lifter. I have one now and made spaghetti sauce yesterday. I should have purchased one of those gizmos long ago. This week I think I'm going to do a bunch more tomatoes and maybe some peach preserves. Yummy!  

Canning is fun and easy, don't be afraid to try it!

This weekend the pro beach volleyball players are in town for their annual tournament. It's fun watching the Olympic gold medalists and their top competitors do their best. I'm amazed at how high these people can jump in the deep sand. Wowza. Lots of eye candy too. 

Yesterday I was there for the day session and got to see a lot of great volleyball. I got to meet Kerry Walsh (that's her in the teal tank top above), one of the Olympians too. The volleyball players mingle with the crowd and are super nice. They may be world class athletes and famous, like Misty May Trainor (above) who not only won a gold medal, but danced a mean cha cha on Dancing With the Stars, but they are super friendly. We're going again today...a lot more pics coming this week! 

Happy Labor Day Weekend everybody. We're going to watch more volleyball today and are going to a barbecue tomorrow, so I need to get running. I've got food to make and pics to take!

 

 

Comments

[automaticpetfooddispenser]

oh i just love sports! i could imagine my high school years i was so athletic that time. hehe :D

[Lena Gardner]

Looking at the muscles on those athletes makes me feel suddenly very rotund LOL! What great photos!

[Jan C.]

omg, Andy and his brother have almost the exact same smile.

I drove past the volleyball tourney several times, but we didn't go in. Looked like fun, though. Can't believe how fast they put that Hahana Beach place together!

[Creative Junkie]

Oh man, I would have loved to watch that volleyball! It's one of my favorite sports in the summer olympics.

I think you should do a tutorial post about canning!