Tuesday, What a difference a day makes!

      

I have to say that I love March. Even though the days do get noticeably a little longer in February, they really start to become Sunny in March. I remember when I was coaching, our competition season was always around St. Patrick's day.  I would enter the gym at 5:30 in the morning in the dark and leave in the most glorious sunlight, by the time we were heading off to competition. I loved not driving home in the dark and the cold.

It was 60 degrees here today, but I was stuck in the house in the middle of jam hell.  I swear I hate my stove.  I want my gas stove back so bad.  You cannot cool down this stove top once it is hot.  It heats up instantly but with gas you have much more control.

My first batch managed to boil over just a little which has never happened to me before.  But the second batch was a disaster with a major boil over and then to get the damn thing clean I damaged the cook top.  So frustrating.  Even hubs is encouraging me to switch it out.  We have always used cast iron and we cannot get the cast iron not to cool down.  Anyway three batches of jam done.  29  various size jars.  20 of huckleberry and 9 of cherry, raspberry, huckleberry.  It is delicious. We had a little of the left over ( not enough for a jar)on sugar free ice cream. 

I made a large bag of home made shake and bake and put it in the freezer, to use for chicken and pork chops.  Hubs put out the portable green house, so now I have no excuses not to start my seedlings.  I will keep them in the house for a few more weeks or at least until they are up. But that is a project for another day. He also started the new enlarged chicken run.

No sewing was done today, but I had several people pick up and another wedding dress go out.  It is nice to start the month with some money.  Last month it was like pulling hens teeth to get any cash in this house. I was able to fill all my savings envelopes and still have money left over to apply to my monthly bill payoff.  Yesterday I was some what discouraged with the month and today I felt like, I can do this!  It was a wonderful feeling.

Schmills was over with Kelsa while his mom taught, and he loved the baby chicks.  He picked one out that is especially his. He named it Peepers. He wants me to bring them up to his school.  I told him to ask his teacher and I would. It was a long day yesterday and I am very tired.  I still have dishes to wash but they can wait until tomorrow.

Trying to decide, besides some sewing whether to concentrate on taxes and get it over with, or get my seedlings started?  And the age old question what will we have for dinner?  A freezer search is in my future.

Now that all the years fruit is out of the inside freezer, I really need to clean it.  It has spills, and melting.  Such a mess. I might have to get that done today as there is plenty of room now in the chest freezer in the garage. I am blessed with work.

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim