@J.Musser I love this! I thought I'd pop in and say hi to you and @Stephie! We're getting ready to go to Maine for a few days-tomorrow through Tuesday, and I probably won't be taking my iPad. I'll have my phone, which has SE Android, but the app doesn't work very well for me. I'm just hoping to get logged in each day so I don't lose my consecutive days! I hit yearling at SE and will very soon here too.

Thanks to both of you and @NiallC. and others for all the cool stuff going on. I'm going to have SE withdrawal, but my awesome hubby gets very little vacation, and we're looking forward to getting away. We're going to visit my oldest and best friends, who we rarely see cuz they live in Florida. They're vacationing in Maine so we're taking advantage of their proximity. She warned me that it's very cold up there-ick!!!

@Sue Ooh!

Maine sounds cool!

literally

@J.Musser Ohai! Quite literally!

ha

I haven't been up that way for some time

She said bring very warm things-cold and I don't get along!

@Sue do you drink coffee?

Hot chocolate is good too

@J.Musser With marshmallows!

:P

@J.Musser Nope, have never liked coffee-can't even stand the smell of it! I'm into herbal teas these days.

@Sue ah!

I love coffee

Has your work slowed down or are you just staying up extra late to spend so much time here?

I drink pots

@Sue Actually, taking a lot of time off.

All this cold rain makes it hard to do stuff

@J.Musser Do you like regular or stuff with flavors, like hazelnut?

@J.Musser Did you get the hurricane, or just a lot of rain?

@Sue My all time favorite is Colombian light roast unflavored coffee, black

@Sue Just rain. It's been raining steadily for 2 days now

the hurricane will be next week

@Sue I do like the flavored one's too

@J.Musser Raining here too, and you can have your gross black coffee :))

haha

I think tea tastes like hay, so there

@J.Musser Laughing out loud! Too cliché to write lol, but thanks for the laugh!

ha

D had some cherry tomatoes on the vine, but the rain broke the branch while they're still green. How should I ripen them?

@Sue Are they full size?

Not quite. He planted them quite late, I'm surprised they produced at all, but I'd like to use them...

@Sue If they're most of the way grown, they will ripen. I'd set them on a napkin or something, on a warm, bright windowsill (indoors of course)

Cool-I'll leave them on our best window and hope the sun comes out!

if they're too small, they'll start shriveling before they turn red.

I know someone who picks all her green tomatoes right before the last frost, and pickles them

pickles are so gross tho

hmm here's different advice

That's interesting, I never knew they shriveled like that. I know some fruits will ripen in brown paper bags, and tomatoes are a fruit! I'm with you on pickles!

yeah ethylene gas... that makes sense

I suppose a rather ripe banana would be great for that

@J.Musser Interesting post!

My cats are annoyed-I think it's cuz we've got the suitcases out.

They sit on them so we can't leave, except for one who sits inside it so we won't leave him. Very sad.

@Sue oh ha so they know what those mean...

Animals are the best

the last one is soo funny

@J.Musser Have to agree with you on that!

@J.Musser My dog ate my homework!

@Sue HAHAHA

what a jerk

I suppose I'd best go do something like get out my warm clothes! Have an awesome weekend:))

@Sue Yeah, I will!

You too