Today

Four out of four jars of pepper jelly sealed - check

Eyes burning from making pepper jelly - check

Large bowl of scalded tomatoes cooling and waiting to be sauced - check

80's music playing in the background - check

Me still in my pajamas - check

Crocheted afghan in progress calling my name - check

Chicken cackling outside - check

1 of ? loads of laundry started - check

101 house things waiting to be done - pending

Numbers - Take 2

24 - the number of buttermilk muffins I made for breakfast this morning

2 - how many muffins are left

15 - the number of blog posts mentioning tomatoes so far this year

16 - how many quarts of carrots I washed, chopped, cooked and froze on Saturday

10 - how many fingernails still have an orange hue to them

3 - the number of things not having to do with carrots that got done on Saturday

78 - how many times I've walked past the bowl of jalapenos and wished I didn't have to do something with them

10 - how many times out of 10 I'd rather choose crocheting, reading or interneting over chores

5+ - how many times I really do choose fun stuff over chores (see previous post)

3 - how many hens are molting right now

200 - the number of blogs I check regularly (including feeds)

122 - the number of Monk episodes I've watched over the years

4 - the number of Monk episodes left to watch

4 - the number of square feet the afghan I'm working on is right now

16 - I miss my mom

1.5 - hours until the kids start coming home from school

 

 

Disclaimer:  Some numbers are approximate.  Some numbers I wish were approximate.

Reality



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This is Really the Last of it

Daughter #1 and I picked 3 more overflowing grocery bags of green tomatoes this morning.  Now we wait for the green tomatoes, all about 500 + of them, to get ripe.  Then more saucing and canning.  I can finally see the end!

The Last Of It



Daughter #2

Daughter #2 will be having a birthday next week.  She will be 10.  In preparation for her birthday, she has written a list of things she wants.  Here it is:

As you can see from her list, she is into crocheting lately.  Here is something she and Daughter #1 made for her horse, Truffle:

And one last picture.  Here is what happens to toast after Daughter #2 gets done with it:

We sure love ya, Daughter #2!!!