peaches! - picking and canning

Oh goodness I am so tired!

I left my grandparents' house at around 8:30 this morning, went picking with my mum (10lbs of blueberries and 30+lbs of peaches) then proceeded to spend the rest of the day making 9 jars of peach chutney 19 jars of peach jam and then helping Bill make however many gallons of his amazing tomato sauce to be canned tomorrow!

I lost count of the number of dish-drainer-fulls of dishes I washed today around 2pm :D

I've just gotten back to Surry, it's 9:34pm and I'm off to a shower and a comfy bed.


zzzzz :D

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Critter count and birthday packages

On the drive from my mum's to surry (about a 20 minute drive) I saw a white mouse, two hopping frogs, a cat and a hawk of some sort. :) This is all at night. I love the backroad drive with almost no cars, lots of turns and hills and trees and fields and air that makes you wish your lungs were bigger so you could breathe in longer each breath.

He got his birthday package :) :) :) I love hearing him happy.

Today - lots of wonderful things

Things that are great about today:

I took myself on a movie date

The pants I'm wearing are a size smaller and fit better than the size larger did a month ago :)

I got to chat, text, AND talk on the phone with my husband, with lots of happiness, smiles, silliness, and most of all love.

I made a tough decision to take care of myself rather than extend myself too far.

Heard a silly story about a hampster/dog (miniature chihuahua) falling in a lake (hilarious!)

Finally ordered a new compost crock and a couple of other things that have been on "get when money is a little looser" list.

Lots of love and support from Joanna

It rained! Thunder and lightening and rain! (I was in a movie so it took me a minute to realize that it was not part of the soundtrack :D )

Got to get a shower present for my dear friend Lara and do some window shopping

Took some really cute pictures for my Joe

Did I mention I got to talk to him? Well... I did. :)

oh oh oh! I KNEW there was something really good I was missing:
I made myself a dinner entirely from leftover parts of a few different meals from the fridge (plus an egg) and swiss chard from my garden. :D And I made a girly pink drink :) with lots of baby ice cubes.

So now, I'm relaxed, tired, happy, and content. I just have to figure out how I'm rearranging my studio.

Pancake's back!

Hooray for Jesse Pancake!

One of my dear friends who's been away working in different states is back in the area. It is such a delight to have the option of hanging out in person.

While we may talk a minimum of every few weeks or so, it is still lovely to have someone as fun as him to call up last minute and have playdates.

Today: errands turned into errands and ice cream and swimming in waterfalls in our clothes. :D


= happybunny

we don't have a pepper anymore!

Well, remember that pepper?

The one I wrote about?

Well... I ate it. :D

That is all.

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