Berries, berries berries!

The dogs woke me up at 3:30 this morning wanting to go out… they were barking at something, probably the darn deer eating more of our fruit trees!

I couldn’t go back to sleep, so I got up, had a cup of coffee, and decided to run to Walmart (it’s open 24 hours) and get the ingredients to make Karen’s cheesecake.  It sounded like a much lighter version of my white chocolate raspberry cheesecake, perfect for summer!  I had everything on hand except for the cool whip, that isn’t something I use very often.  Honestly, I think the stuff tastes like whipped bacon grease! But mixed in, it tastes fine.

I opted to leave off the toffee chips, and make a blackberry sauce for it instead… why not?  I have blackberries in abundance!

By 5 o’clock I was back from the store, and by 5:30, the cheesecake was made, the sauce cooking down, and I’d chopped up and marinated some veggies I plan on grilling for lunch, along with Chorizo and steamed rice.

Anyone else love grilled veggies?  I honestly could live on them and bread, but Jim is not the veggie lover I am. He’d eat the asparagus and yellow squash, but not the red pepper, onions, or portobella mushrooms.

And then… miracles of miracles, it started to rain!  Only a light rain, but it lasted for two hours!  And that’s just about how long it took me to pick these blackberries for my folks, (in the rain!) who are coming down for a visit today.

That’s a huge stockpot, it holds five gallons.  I have two of these, I used to use them to make cheese in back when we had the farm.  I’ll probably have this many berries again day after tomorrow, so I guess I’ll be making some jam.

Update on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 8:44AM by Created by CJ

I have the most generous hubby in the world!  Not just to me (always!) but to complete strangers as well.  He just emailed me to let me know there was going to be a large charge on his credit card.  He’s down in New Orleans working again, and three army guys were at the front desk of his hotel, and were going to share a room for the night to save costs.  Jim got them each a room… isn’t he the best?

Anytime we eat out and see men or women in uniform eating, he alway picks up their tab.  Just one of the many reasons why I adore him!  I mostly love him to death though, because he makes me giggle… a LOT!