Fig Jam Friday

[Kittykatt]

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[Kittykatt]

Fig jam originated in ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civilizations, dating back to at least 4000 BC when early people preserved figs by cooking them with honey or sugar to extend their harvest season. The Sumerians documented the use of fig cakes in temples on tablets from 2500 BC. The Ancient Egyptians called the fig "Tun" and it was a significant fruit, linked to the goddess Hathor.

The practice of preserving figs spread over millennia, with figs becoming staples in ancient Greece and Rome, where they were even protected by law or considered sacred. Figs were a staple in the Greek diet, and the government once passed laws to prevent the export of the highest-quality figs. The Romans revered figs, linking them to the founding of the city through the myth of Romulus and Remus under a fig tree. Roman senator Cato the Elder famously used fresh figs from Carthage to warn the Senate about the city's proximity, ultimately leading to the Third Punic War.

The introduction of sugar to Europe during the Crusades enabled the development of modern jam and preserve-making techniques, although figs were historically preserved for long journeys in dried form.

During the Middle Ages, all sugar-cooked confections, including candied fruit, were often called "jam" during this period. Dried figs were still a popular and affordable way to transport the fruit for long journeys due to their long shelf life.

Figs spread to other parts of the world through trade and exploration. Spanish missionaries brought the first figs to California in 1520.

Today, fig jam is a popular product in many regions, with many unique recipes and flavours available. For example, the jam is a must-have on a cheeseboard in Corsica. Artisanal fig jams are made with traditional methods, often highlighting the fruit's natural flavour.

[Kittykatt]

Good morning, everyone, and happy Friday!

I hope that your DH cooperates in giving the parcel to the postman.

Dogged, in theory it should be very simple. DH has no meetings today and no tests to witness, the spare room/ office is above the front door and the postman always rings the bell loudly. I have forwarded the email with the time slot for collection to him, so he knows when it should be collected. Also, the postman must be familiar with this procedure, BUT the whole thing depends on DH listening for the door bell! (it's quite loud, so, so long as he doesn't play his music too loudly we should be ok. Also some of the time slot covers lunch time, so he should be in the kitchen then, which is next to the front door.) I'll leave the package on the kitchen table with the sellotape next to it, just in case the label the postman provides doesn't want to stick. I feel I can do no more! Hopefully I won't be gone too long this morning, and will be back before the postman.arrives!

I need to get up as soon as my light box session has finished (I don't want to skip that, as the effects are, apparently, cumulative). O ce it's light.I need to go down to the garage and pull out the right box that needs to be sent today (they're all in a crate and each I e is labelled, but the job is still easier in daylight! )

[Kittykatt]

Today's list:

Cuddles on the bed with Matilda, Jude and Freddie
QT
Light box session
Physio exercises
Up, shower, personal care and dress
All cats fed
Take Freddie out? ( If he wants to go!)
Breakfast and meds /supplements -me
Rubbish down to bins
Go for my walk
Run hoover round downstairs?
Quick dust sitting room?
Garden time - can I feed pots? A little deadheading?
Lunch
Delicate /wool wash
Clean shoes
Polish bag
Fold laundry and PA
Clean sheets and towels out of the airing cupboard
Does DH have choir practice?
Cats' supper
Our supper
Bed at a reasonable time!

Extras:
Find package in garage and lea e on kitchen table ready for postman
Remind DH yet again he needs to answer the door when the bell rings!
10.30 am hair appointment -me
Any other errands while I am in town?
Pick up some sweets in case G13 yo and her friends come trick or treat "for real" this evening. Somehow, after yesterday's "practice" I'm not sure if DF CW will allow this, but I want to be prepared!
Give DF CW the money for the raffle tickets

[trissie]

Happy Friday!

I don't particularly care for fig jam, I consider it a waste of good figs, but I know some people do like it, kittykatt

We've had a lovely time at the cottage. The teenagers talked to us! We consider that a special benefit of the cottage, since everybody enjoys the warmt of the fireplace in the living room, that's where the entire family gathers and it means more interaction than normally. Also, there's no TV there (intentional), and very limited internet (we could do something about it, but won't).
Been home since Wednesday evening, the girls are off school all week, DS is not, so DH was working from home yesterday while I went to the office, and it's the other way round. Visited my grandma, who celebrated her 92nd birthday yesterday - it's not going to be long now. The family has decided to take her home from the hospital, luckily one of my cousins is a nurse and another is a doctor, so there's enough medical professionals in family to oversee her care. She had a rough night and slept the whole time I was there. But I was told she did remember I visited in the hospital, so there's that. I do feel a bit guilty as apparently she was sharing the yearly family photos I was sending her all the years with other members of the family (there's a very complicated relationship there for a lot of reasons), but there's nothing more I could do about it now. I will try to stop by next week, though.
For the time being, I got work I need to do for payroll (even if I did three hours of unplanned overtime yesterday - with the grandma run and grocery run, I didn't get home till 9pm), and a house that's mildly disastrous and a party to plan for for Sunday. But sure I can do it, right?

TaDas
- morning madness
- snacks for DS
- dressed to shoes
- DS and DH off the door

ToDos
- morning routine
- 30 on cleaning
- get started on work

Braindump
work
- SB materials
- BoD excerpts
- record BoD resolutions in database
- BoD agenda for November
- peer review of A-R guideline
- final edits to amendment of OS guideline (not likely)
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- cookie baking with DBD
- feed breadstarter
organization
- rework contract with DS14's therapist
- order printer cartridge
- email to DS14's therapist - need another prescription
- review meds and order
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing
cleaning
- clean kitchen
- clean living room
- clean downstairs bathroom and hallways
- clean office
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
laundry
- load of colors
- load of towels
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- decide where and which bulbs to plant
- hopefully plant some
- pruning of rose bushes
House&Holidays - I kinda really should do something about it
- week 1 deep cleaning - office
- week 2 deep cleaning - master bedroom
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 5 deep cleaning - DS14's room
- week 6 deep cleaning - twins' room
- week 7 deep cleaning - master bathroom
- week 9 deep cleaning - living bathroom
- week 1 Christmas tasks
- week 2 Christmas tasks
- week 3 Christmas tasks
- week 4 Christmas tasks
- week 5 Christmas tasks
- week 6 Christmas tasks
- week 7 Christmas tasks
- week 8 Christmas tasks
- week 9 Christmas tasks

[helia]

That's great that the teenagers talked to you, trissie! SO good to keep those line of communication open. Is it a Halloween party on Sunday?
Kitty, our friends, the Cs, always have fig jam - and I like it!

Next:
- finish reclaiming the kitchen
- darks on tumble press
- darks: f and p/a
- some qt

Later:
- payroll: grade midterm tests + verb quizzes
- payroll: update gradelink
- payroll: prep AIAS D8
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- lights: w d f pa
- Memorial Thank yous progress
- any of the myriad phone calls I need to make?
- lunch
- spiff self and gather things and otd by 1:15
- 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D8 (after the school Halloween party. . . Since they're adults, I hope they can concentrate - we're doing grammar today. LOL!
- walk - to the girls' place and back?
- dinner out with dh
- update health apps
- duolingo
- reading or knitting?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - up a bit
- coffee
- emailed baby I update to the Ks
- updated toodledo

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Fri 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D8/ 5-ish, at the girls to hand out candy / dinner date with dh
Sat 9 - 5K? / 5:30-9-ish CG1
Sun church/ 3:30 - 6-ish CG2 @ L+B/ 6 - ? host Sunday dinner

Mon 9:30 coffee with SS/ 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D9
Tue 10:50 neurology appt. / host T dinner crew?
Wed 8:10 dentist/ 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D10
Thu 2-3 trainer work out
Fri 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D11/ dinner date out with dh?
Sat Prof Conference all day
Sun church/ J12yo BD dinner! (wrap gifts; write speech)

October Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- get 2 guest beds remade with clean sheets
- repot my little orchid - dh will do

This Week - Deskwork
- make appointment with optometrist
- schedule window washers - wip - got an estimate and will call to schedule once we're back
- Memorial thank yous
- call gravestone store to engrave Mom's gravestone

This Week - Errands

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
- buy queen bed frame + mattress + box springs for dd27's room - wip

Mom
- start washing her clothes and blankets donation site

[L.Ann]

1-Little Bit-costume and hair
2-drop Little Bit off at the pumpkin farm
3-post office for packing stuff

Events
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 10-1(pumpkin farm with her mom)
Saturday-Little Bit@8:45
Sunday-casino with DD39 and DD32

Weekly House Blessing-
Detail cleaning of kitchen-scrub floor
Detail cleaning of dining room-scrub floor
Extra Stuff before surgery-set up online account, bank?.., check DD32’s meds and Tylenol, call for 2 wk follow up date, run off med form, reread surgery info
Little Errands-drop off DM’s driver’s license
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-make gift for Little Bit’s dad, buy rest of bday cards for Nov and Dec

Events
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-meds and temp for DD32
-dress and pick up bedroom
-walk outside
-pick up Little Bit
-breakfast for Little Bit
-fill out papers for Christmas boxes with Little Bit
-start laundry
-quick house pick up

[trissie]

helia, yes, it's a kids' Halloween party on Sunday. As all local schools are closed this week, a lot of people are away, so we've chosen a date when they are likely to be back. How's DS and family, is baby I still in hospital? Any chance of her going home soon? It's heartbreaking to leave hospital without the baby
L.Ann, what is Little Bit's costume?

I don't know what I had been doing, but it's 2pm already!

TaDas
- morning routine
- SB materials
- BoD excerpts
- record BoD resolutions in database
- misc work this and that
- clean living room
- clean downstairs bathroom and hallways
- load of colors

ToDos
- lunch
- midday routine
- 15 on laundry

Braindump
work
- BoD agenda for November
- peer review of A-R guideline
- final edits to amendment of OS guideline (not likely)
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- cookie baking with DBD
- feed breadstarter
organization
- rework contract with DS14's therapist
- order printer cartridge
- email to DS14's therapist - need another prescription
- review meds and order
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing
cleaning
- clean kitchen
- clean office
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
laundry
- load of towels
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- decide where and which bulbs to plant
- hopefully plant some
- pruning of rose bushes
House&Holidays - I kinda really should do something about it
- week 1 deep cleaning - office
- week 2 deep cleaning - master bedroom
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 5 deep cleaning - DS14's room
- week 6 deep cleaning - twins' room
- week 7 deep cleaning - master bathroom
- week 9 deep cleaning - living bathroom
- week 1 Christmas tasks
- week 2 Christmas tasks
- week 3 Christmas tasks
- week 4 Christmas tasks
- week 5 Christmas tasks
- week 6 Christmas tasks
- week 7 Christmas tasks
- week 8 Christmas tasks
- week 9 Christmas tasks

[helia]

trissie, yes, little I is still in the hospital but out of the NICU. I haven't gotten an update since yesterday morning. It sounded like they were going to try having her nurse more yesterday. (She still has a feeding tube.) F mentioned the possibility of a biliblanket, which makes me wonder if there's some jaundice now? If so, that would really upset F further - another hurdle but it' very treatable. Dd30 (now) was a preemie and spent some time wrapped in a glowing blanket. F said they're expecting to keep her in the hospital until around Nov. 5, 2 weeks before her official due date. I hope to get an update this morning.

[trissie]

helia, jaundice is annoying, but as you say, it's very treatable and with treatment there's no long term effects, other than maybe that jaundiced babies tend to have less energy to nurse - at least that's what we've been told, to wake the baby for regular feedings because there was a risk of baby conserving energy by sleeping more and therefore eating less and entering a vicious circle. November 5th is just around the corner now!

TaDas
- lunch
- midday routine
- 15 on laundry
- load of colors flipped to dryer

ToDos
- 30 in kitchen
- 15 in master bathroom
- 15 on laundry

Braindump
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- cookie baking with DBD
- feed breadstarter
organization
- rework contract with DS14's therapist
- order printer cartridge
- email to DS14's therapist - need another prescription
- review meds and order
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing
cleaning
- clean kitchen
- clean office
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
laundry
- load of towels
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- decide where and which bulbs to plant
- hopefully plant some
- pruning of rose bushes
House&Holidays - I kinda really should do something about it
- week 1 deep cleaning - office
- week 2 deep cleaning - master bedroom
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 5 deep cleaning - DS14's room
- week 6 deep cleaning - twins' room
- week 7 deep cleaning - master bathroom
- week 9 deep cleaning - living bathroom
- week 1 Christmas tasks
- week 2 Christmas tasks
- week 3 Christmas tasks
- week 4 Christmas tasks
- week 5 Christmas tasks
- week 6 Christmas tasks
- week 7 Christmas tasks
- week 8 Christmas tasks
- week 9 Christmas tasks