tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post8191021525397172486..comments2023-09-22T10:50:41.465-07:00Comments on Finny Knits: Hermits do it in the canFinnyKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-16361296424452083242008-08-13T15:57:00.000-07:002008-08-13T15:57:00.000-07:00We are totally hermits too. In fact, sometimes it'...We are totally hermits too. In fact, sometimes it's hard to get us out of the house to visit family, let alone for a social event that includes friends. Which is odd, because when I was single I was totally social. Maybe it's marriage that does it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-66465692392827170702008-08-12T13:17:00.000-07:002008-08-12T13:17:00.000-07:00Sign me up for hermit ville. LOVE what you've done...Sign me up for hermit ville. LOVE what you've done here. I am considering making prickly pear jam this weekend. How's that for nuts? Not only will I spend the weekend alone in my hot kitchen boiling fruit, but first I have to take a hot hike to harvest it.<BR/>On the other hand? Three cheers for free harvests!African Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741350447523434665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-51071587155533894022008-08-12T11:20:00.000-07:002008-08-12T11:20:00.000-07:00No, Finny--YOU are MY hero. Know why? Because I ...No, Finny--YOU are MY hero. Know why? Because I tried your tomato sauce recipe last night. I did indeed love it (it's even the subject of my post today, and I linked to your recipe so everyone else can make it) and it's so easy that it's going to be the recipe I use to make sauce for canning this year. When the tomatoes are all ripe, which will be in about 2 weeks, God help me. <BR/><BR/>Last year I spent all damn day reducing a pot of tomato sauce, but this year? All done in the oven and blender, then shoved in the pressure canner. Yay! So thank you for saving me hours of boiling in the kitchen.Kristin @ Going Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-52606300213592684362008-08-12T09:08:00.000-07:002008-08-12T09:08:00.000-07:00Decca - I knew I wasn't alone in this. Swap take-o...Decca - I knew I wasn't alone in this. Swap take-out Chinese for Pizza Night and we're having the same weekend. Except when you come over for mah jong, that is.<BR/><BR/>Knittah - SEE! I even SEEM old! But thank you - that made me happy.<BR/><BR/>Wendy - Um, yeah. And just doesn't everyone in our neighborhood know it, too. And, no, they can not borrow it and Bubba is not available for hire.<BR/><BR/>Alisha - RIGHT?! See. I knew we weren't the only ones. <BR/><BR/>Elkit - You know the depths of our sociability. We come to your house, eat your scones, pick your lemons, disturb your kitties and then we race home like freaks. Why you let us come over is beyond me, but I'm grateful :) We need to get out from time to time.<BR/><BR/>So, I do use this method when peeling tomatoes, but it's still too messy for my AR tastes. I'm so high maintenance!<BR/><BR/>Claudia - Thank you for asking, my melons are doing great! All of them! I have 6 new ones on the vine. And then the same old two that keep hanging around ;)<BR/><BR/>Kristin - You might be my evil country twin, but I'm not worthy. YOU HAVE 24 TOMATO PLANTS? My hero.<BR/><BR/>Umberdove - Bless you. I agree completely. LETS!<BR/><BR/>Meg - I'm marching into my 30s with high expectations. Don't let me down.<BR/><BR/>Diane - Yes. Why DO we feel compelled to go out on the weekends when we just spent all week BEING OUT. I'd rather be home enjoying the place I spend all week working to pay for. The mortgage, she isn't cheap you know. <BR/><BR/>Maybe instead of calling it Being a Hermit I will start calling it Appreciating my Investment. Yes?FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-43823569478853954872008-08-12T06:40:00.000-07:002008-08-12T06:40:00.000-07:00My name is Diane and I am a hermit. There, I've s...My name is Diane and I am a hermit. There, I've said it. Maybe we should all start a hermit club. Course, there'd be no meetings cause we don't want to leave home. Oh well, never mind about the club. See, the thing is, I HAVE to go somewhere five days out of the damn week (curse you, stupid job), so maybe I don't want to go somewhere the other two days. Is that OKAY PEOPLE?!!! I get so tired of the labels, man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-36908041749382607722008-08-12T05:49:00.000-07:002008-08-12T05:49:00.000-07:00Girl, embrace that inner hermit! My sister-in-law ...Girl, embrace that inner hermit! My sister-in-law usually has no less than three activities planned for her Saturday, and the very thought of it gives me anxiety. If I have a party or whatever on Saturday AND Sunday, I need charts and graphs to keep it all together. Hermit Weekends restore my (relative) sanity.<BR/><BR/>Two more things: I am sick with tomato envy now, and I love being in my 30s more than my 20s. Have no fear, Sister!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-13027053324000995382008-08-11T20:06:00.000-07:002008-08-11T20:06:00.000-07:00I love it. Let's all be dashing young women (yes,...I love it. Let's all be dashing young women (yes, talking to you) who swing their hips and can actually strut in stilletos and can drink gin martinis as well as cheap ballpark beer and are so self-aware and self-reliant that we can make our own canned tomatoes and bread and berry cobbler. I think it's a pretty kick ass way to live.UmberDovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15897533875971637080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-64108955086928593432008-08-11T18:58:00.000-07:002008-08-11T18:58:00.000-07:00Word up, Finny. I leave the property once a week. ...Word up, Finny. I leave the property once a week. I can do this because I have no job to go to. Glorious.<BR/><BR/>And it's a good damn thing, since we have no less than TWENTY-FOUR tomato plants. I need all the time I don't spend at a job to can all those tomatoes. That's a full-time job right there.Kristin @ Going Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-25778524578228698132008-08-11T18:21:00.000-07:002008-08-11T18:21:00.000-07:00Social schmocial. I work with people all damned we...Social schmocial. I work with people all damned week long. I don't want people in my face or anywhere else near me on my weekends. I wanna have tomato plants instead, but I am a little lazy and didn't get anywhere near doing something resembling gardening. I keep telling myself next year...but alas, it is never next year.<BR/>I need to know...how's your melons?claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16572555442321120647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-25309860870105302042008-08-11T18:09:00.000-07:002008-08-11T18:09:00.000-07:00I would just like to state for the record that I w...I would just like to state for the record that I will never get tired of the status of your melons. <BR/><BR/>And next time you need to skin tomatoes, do this: put a pot of water on the stove. While it gets ready to boil, cut a little cross into each tomato's bottom. And get a bowl of cold water or ice water ready. <BR/>When the water boils, drop the tomatoes into the water for just about a minute. Fish them out with the slotted spoon, and drop them into the ice water, and then peel them easily from their crossy little bottoms. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and the hermitude? It's the way to go. Being sociable all the time is *SOOOO* 1993.elkithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12159500334022101688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-50753161792277218442008-08-11T16:47:00.000-07:002008-08-11T16:47:00.000-07:00My husband and I are right there with you on avoid...My husband and I are right there with you on avoiding all human contact whenever possible. Well, not <I>right there</I> with you because, well, that would require human contact.Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08184098055512959374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-52225560184716650292008-08-11T16:42:00.000-07:002008-08-11T16:42:00.000-07:00You have welding equipment?!You have welding equipment?!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882235346307802213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-73489497993493793792008-08-11T16:34:00.000-07:002008-08-11T16:34:00.000-07:00I hate people too. I much prefer spending time wi...I hate people too. I much prefer spending time with my tomatoes. But holy crap - you're only 30! (wait, I meant that in the nicest possible way, as in wow you are so accomplished and well traveled for 30)Knittahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15945035053199605558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-33340296172612401562008-08-11T16:29:00.000-07:002008-08-11T16:29:00.000-07:00I envy you your tomatoes. And I applaud your herm...I envy you your tomatoes. And I applaud your hermititude. Husband and I have that same trait. For us a perfect weekend is the two of us, a cat, a movie on TiVo and some take-out Chinese. Horray for the comfy couch.Deccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515274049604839002noreply@blogger.com