Monday, Busy weekend

 THIS WAS MY WEEKEND!  It was long and it made my feet hurt.  I also had Kelsa Friday night and all-day Saturday, so I could not get any jam made. Jam is something that you need to pay attention to and so is a two-year-old.

 Before Hubs went to the High School, I ran to Ace hardware to get a new apple corer as the handle broke off my old one which was actually my grandmother's, so I think we got the goody out of it. I also purchased a new water bath canner.  I had my grandmothers for years, but it was getting really rusty, and we threw it away when we moved.  I had a 50% off coupon so only had to spend 22.00 for a new one.

I spent the day coring and slicing 5 bags of apples and 1 bag of pears.  It took Friday and Saturday night to get this big bag of Apples and a few pears done.

When you dry fruit you really concentrate the sweetness, and it is so good. This will be snacks for many small and large hands over the winter.

Finally, after Nate picked Kelsa up, I got to the jam making.  I did up 4 batches of raspberry, and strawberry jam.  It is so good. I am completely out of small lids and will look for more after canning season is over and stock up.

You can just imagine what my kitchen floor looks like.  

I started out Friday afternoon, by cleaning the fridge, and using 2 small heads of cabbage from the garden to make a large coleslaw.  I also took the advice of many and seeded and cut up a bag of peppers for the freezer. I also made homemade marinara sauce and a batch of eggplant parm which is delicious.

We will finish it today.

I went through the freezers, and I pulled out a bag of apple slices and the last pie crust and made Hubs a Dutch apple pie.  I also took out a bag of pumpkin, I will be making piecrusts this week, just not today.

So, one of the things I wanted to get done was free up some space in the freezers.  I did a pretty good job.  Missionaries called on Sunday afternoon looking for a place to eat and I was going to have left over eggplant parm, but there was not enough for everyone, so I pulled out two bags of porkchops, 1/2 bag of frozen corn, and two bags of applesauce. I baked some potatoes and made homemade biscuits with fresh jam.  Halloween candy for dessert.

So, this weekend I was able to get major things out of the freezer:

 

1. a pie crust

2. a bag of pumpkin

3. a large bag of sliced apples

4. large bag of strawberries

5. two large bags of raspberries

6.two packages of porkchops

7. two bags of apples sauce

8. 1/2 bag of corn

I also found a whole chicken that I am going to take out and thaw as it needs to be used.  I don't like to find freezer burned food, so I am careful to dig to the bottom and really look at what I have. I was pretty pleased with what I got done, but it really wasn't what I had planned.  Oh well the things I wanted to do are still in need of doing, they will not go away.

Hub's and I took our car in this morning to have the body work done, as they finally got in the parts.  This leaves us with one vehicle and Hubs has a busy week at the High School.  So, I have no excuse to not get projects done as I have no car that I can escape in.  Kim is good at escape.

Today I am going to get the shop cleaned and organized if it kills me.  It just might.  I can ignore the rest of the house for a while, but I have to sew in the shop, and it is just beyond me right now.

Do you ever just plan something and then God laughs and throw another something at you?

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

Kim who is going to clean her shop....