What to do when you don't have time to can tomatoes....

Make "freezer tomatoes" so that when you do have time to make tomato sauce, or when you fancy tomato sauce in the middle of winter, you can pull out the tomatoes from the freezer and make sauce.

The first thing you do is get organized.  Make sure you have a bowl of iced water, a pan of boiling water and your tomatoes.

Place your tomatoes in the boiling water for a minute or so.  Sometimes the skins of the tomatoes will crack, sometimes they won't it doesn't matter either way.

Then place in the iced water.

Take the skins off the tomatoes, they will just slip off.

Cut the tomatoes in half.  I cut out the stalk end but didn't remove the seeds.  You can remove the seeds if you want.  I then put them in a colander to drain for a while.

I then placed them in a freezer bag, and will freeze them for use at a later date.

Had another rip-roaring exciting day on Tuesday.  It started with a trip to the dump.  Was pretty exciting as we got to dump our stuff outside, instead of the stinky mind numbing smelling inside area!!!  Then went to Home Depot and bought a 32 foot ladder; which meant we had to hire the Home Depot van to bring it home.  That involved dealing with a Home Depot employee who was as happy as someone who had just lost their favourite pet; oh, and who followed the Home Depot rule book to the exact letter!!!

By the time we had ran back and forward with that and came back home again it was after 11:30 am when we got home.  We then made a trip to Barrie to pick up a few things, and to give us both a rest.    After supper I did a little bit of grass cutting before deciding to sort out the tomatoes.

Tomorrow I will be down the old basement all day helping dh change the electrical panel.......I know how much more excitement can I take!!!!!

Another busy 'staycation" day....

The guy came to service the furnace, said it was very dirty.  Not sure when it was last serviced, so it was a good job, done......no idea how much it's going to cost, as they have to bill us.

Managed to get all our paperwork submitted for the passports, and got the photos taken etc.  Cost just under $200 for both passports, and should have them in 10 business days or less.

Went on a search for a vanity unit for the bathroom as well, but wasn't successful.  Have seen a couple I like, just have to figure out what will fit.

Plan on having a day in the house on Friday.  I need to do housework, and there are a couple of electrical jobs I want dh to complete.

Here are some more photos from our day out in Orillia.  They have these 7 foot guitars all over the town.  You can read more about them here.  To see more detail,  please click on the photos.