Shucking Part 3

Last corn post...I promise.

During one of our shucking sessions, my sisters and I were banished to the garage to decrease the mess from our shucking. We set the shucked cobs on the car. While we working away one of the cobs rolled off the car hood onto the ground. We all laughed and decided that we would "mark" it by picking out some selected kernels so we would know which one it was and not eat it. So as dinner was being served that night we made sure my dad got the one that rolled onto the garage floor. We all watched with anticipation as my dad munched away. He exclaimed, "this is the best corn I have EVER had." We fell off our chairs with laughter. We decided that it was BECAUSE the corn rolled off the car and onto the ground. So from then on we made it a tradition to shuck the corn then roll it off a car and onto the ground. I really think it made the corn that much better, plus it was a fantastic tradition.

*Note: if you eat corn on the cob at my house now, you can rest assured that I have disbanded this tradition.*

Shucking part 2

Based on my informal poll it looks like shucking in the store is a nationwide thing. Maybe it is a new thing. ANYWAY I remember as a kids my mom would get corn from my uncle's farmer's market stand. It would be our (my sisters' and my) responsiblity to shuck the corn. One day we found a catepillar and for what ever reason we put it in a glass of water and it sunk. Decided that it should be named "sinka." Over the years everytime we would find a catepillar in our corn it would name sinka II, sinka III, sinka IV etc. So while I was at my friendly local walmart I was thinking that we were morbid children for naming this little animal after the manner of its death. What if we went around naming people with names like "bullettotheheada" or "myocardialinfarctiona" or "tripandfallintothegrandcanyona"?

Shucking Part 1

Today I was buying corn and I realized that the whole shucking corn in the store thing is completely foreign to me. I don't ever remember seeing people shucking corn before they buy it. Not that I mind it, but I am just wondering is that a Virginia thing?

Labor Day Weekend

This weekend we went camping at lake anna. I still maintain that my favorite thing about camping is waking up early, while everybody else is sleeping and going for a walk in the cool morning dew...followed closely by Smores.



Also I have a story:

On Saturday before we left for our camping trip we went to the annual Sedwick family reunion/potluck lunch. I didn't have anything to bring for the potluck lunch and with all the hub bub of packing for camping I didn't have time to make anything. SO we just weren't going to bring anything. Then I go too nervous about going empty-handed (I kept envisioning people watching us walk in with nothing to contribute and then whispering to each other as we promptly got in line for the food they brought....irrational, I know, but this is what I was picturing). SOOO We stopped at the grocery store and I started browsing the bakery and saw these cookies that could pass for homemade. I decided I would buy them, but I knew it would be obvious it was store bought if I brought it in the box, so I thought I would try to make it look like I made it. I went and bought a tupperware container, removed the stickers and put my cookies in the container. Looks authentic, right??

Then I had to hide the evidence in my car.

Luray Triathlon and busted Rich

Our relay team for the Luray Triathlon
Me (run), Kim(bike), Rich (swim)

Our team (4th place!!)

This is what happened to Rich from training too much. Diagnosis: Stress Fracture