Today our friend Joleen helped us make freezer jam. It was pretty awesome. We had never done such a thing before. Here are some pictures. Today's blogging is brief because Dave and I are trying to put most of our energy into the two remaining days. Also, it is raining in West Texas tonight, and that requires curling up with some good old 18th-century gothic literature, eating snacks.
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| Blackberries and skinned peaches and nectarines to add flavor to our strawberry jams. |
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| A fruity brew. I sort of wished I were making soup that I could just bowl up and eat. I kept being sloppy with all the steps so that I would have excuses to lick my fingers. |
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| Baby Hollie wore her strawberry outfit in support. |
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| We named the flavors Stoneberry Jam (Dave's name) and Summer Blush (my name. I know that sounds more like a name for make-up than one for delicious jam. I don't have an explanation for that. I don't even wear make-up all that often. I don't need to. My summer blush is all-natural, baby. However, if I don't wear mascara, David always points out that his and Hollie's lashes are much fuller and longer than mine. He says I have "action lashes," but I'm pretty sure they are just runty lashes after all). |
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| Meanwhile, David and Hollie sat on the floor and dreamed of freshly baked bread. |
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| Thanks, Joleen, for letting us use your kitchen and your jammin' know-how! Jo is also my morning exercise "buddy" (Gillian Michaels refers to the beautiful women in her videos as "buddies," and this always drives us crazy). Hopefully by the end of the summer, that double-chin you see on my face will be less prominent. Also, this is what my hair looks like when I immediately pull it back into a ponytail after showering so that I can get on with my day. Blow dryers shmo shmyers! And why, yes, that IS a maternity top! (It ends up that wearing maternity tops when you aren't pregnant really makes you feel thin. And my torso is so unfortunately long, they are about the only shirts that will cover me up. Why am I making excuses? I made a ton of jam today and it was awesome!) |
Things #2: Make Jam =
ACCOMPLISHED
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