I (thanks, Kate and Aubrey, for the idea) have added a new feature here to your right. Now, you can request to be notified by email when we have written down a random thought or two.
Jacob fell out of bed again last night. First time since Daddy posted about it. This time he woke up and he was sitting on his knees, crying. I love that moment. Not when they're hurt (I'm not sadistic) but when they wrap their little legs around your middle, clamp on with their little monkey toes, hugging you so tight, holding wads of your jammies in their chubby hands while you rub their little backs telling them they're okay and you love 'em. It kind of erases the moment when he turned his bottle of blue Bug Juice upside down and shook it all over my new living room couch.
Did I mention I'm going to start canning? No? I'm going to start canning. Simple stuff. Some dill pickles, bread and butter pickles, relish, and jam for now. I'm a little scared to can other stuff cuz you need a pressure cooker. When I was a kid, pressure cookers could explode and they did and I'm scared of them still. I went and bought my canning kettle, racks, funnel, tongs, seals, and jars last night. Did you know that new jars are 79 cents? Jars from Goodwill are 20 cents? You have to sterilize them anyway before you use them and I can save 50 cents a jar. It doesn't take a genius! Now I just need the stuff to put in 'em. I'm sure you'll hear how this project goes...
In my garage sale, I sold all of my flower arranging stuff, my painting/stencil stuff, and my thread crochet for doilies so, I know Jeremy was wondering what I was going to get into next (I know he was). Hopefully, the canning crap doesn't end up in the yard sale next year. At least I know I could sell my jars for at least 50 cents a piece and still make a profit!
I gotta go - I have another Goodwill to hit before I get home and they close at 6!
Ugh..I hear ya, a couple of years ago we waited so damn long to buy our canning jars that we had to, get this, pay over a $1.00 a piece!! Since then we've stocked up a little...no way I'm doing that again!
ReplyDeleteI'm interested to see how your dill pickles go and if you find a good recipe, please share. I think (assuming we gets loads of cucumbers again this year) I'm going to take a shot at those as well. So far we've only done tomatoes....which are super easy and don't require a pressure cooker (at least not per my mom's instructions).
Good luck! Can't wait to hear all about it.
I like it when you share little Jacob stories. They always make me smile. :) Have fun with the canning! Like gardening, that is something I just haven't had the wherewithal to try yet. I am in awe of those of you who do and hope to get there someday. :) Looking forward to hearing about it.
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