Family Fun - Macon Georgia

As you know, if you've been reading, I try and fly with the FlyLady and Saturday is supposed to be family fun day.  I was not scheduled to teach any classes yesterday so we planned some fun. 

I have been enjoying the summer fruits so decided I needed some peaches for the freezer too and they seemed to be located near Macon.  We decided to take the drive, less than 2 hours, and see what we could find.  We started at the Macon Farmers Market and found lots of beautiful fruits and vegetables.

I was pretty restrained.  We bought a lot of peaches and I will deal with them on Wednesday.  I'm thinking freezer but may try and make some pies for the freezer too.  We also had to have - okra, yellow squash, a small watermelon, sweet banana peppers.  I knew I could make a menu for the week using what we bought.

We found a great yarn store and now I have yarn for 2 more projects.  The store had beautiful yarn, lots of it and most of it natural fibers. 

After the farmer's market we went to the visitor center and spoke with a very nice woman.  We looked at all the possible things to do and decided to tour Hay House.  The house was built in 1860 and is beautiful.  Very, very high ceilings, pretty wood, and a very nice tour guide.  We spent about an hour here and really enjoyed the tour.  My only disappointment was that the kitchen was not on the tour, they are in the process of renovation.  We may need to go back.

After the tour we decided we were hungry so we stopped for some barbecue at the same place I had been to when I worked in Macon a short time ago.  We went to the Pig in a Pit for pulled pork, fried okra and my husband had roasted corn.  Perfect. We then headed home.

Once home I used the internet to find some recipes for my haul from the farmer's market.  This is the menu for this week:

• Sunday: Stewed Okra and Tomatoes with Cornbread and Peach Cobbler
• Monday: Baked Gnocchi and Sliced Tomatoes
• Tuesday: whatever, probably leftover gnocchi
• Wednesday: whatever again, husband has a meeting
• Thursday: Stuffed Banana Peppers, Yellow Squash in Brown Butter and Foccacia
• Friday: unsure but we have hummus, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and I'm thinking appetizer night

Right now I have 2 cobblers in the oven because we'll have one and I have a Loving Meal to take for someone and I think they'll like peach cobbler.  I hope so since I don't know them.  I also made Baked Macaroni, Ham and Cheese.

I'm going to relax some now while the cobbler bakes and then call the woman to see what time is good to deliver her meal.  I need to spend time with the cat since she didn't get to have family fun in Macon yesterday and is seeming a little clingy.  I think my load of towels is dry so maybe she'll fold with me.  She loves to help with warm laundry!