Plans to can (jam)

from summer 2010 learning session - fun day!

Told my daughter that I would collect jelly jars for next summer.  Found 2 dozen at Goodwill for .20 each.  Gold mine!  I like the tall ones so will keep those.  It's a good start, with the one's I'll let her keep from our little jam making party last year.  There is nothing like homemade jam in the middle of winter,  I can close my eyes and 'taste' summer.  Need to find more varieties of fruit this next year.

To Do List:

Been working in the basement again.  Whenever we get to move (sooner than later, hopefully), we absolutely cannot take all this stuff with us (years of accumulated stuff).  Most of it not used.  We all need to consume less and give of ourselves more.  Anyway, we went to the dump again (3rd time recently) and working on more!  Found more for garage sale stuff.  Just need to buy some storage totes, anything in boxes seem to absorb moisture or attract bugs which then has to go the dump because of mildew.  We have had so much rain in the last 2 days, I found a second leak in the basement, in the wall of the foundation.  Not good!