Awright already!

I haven't posted in forever and my conscience is nagging me. It keeps telling me to either blog or delete the entire thing. Sigh. Why do I listen to the voices in my head?

This summer has been busy. Jess is leaving Sunday for college at Clarendon. Nana and Melissa are going with her to get her settled into her dorm room. I have been crying all year and this is going to hit me hard. I know she's not my child (Will) and I know this is a great opportunity for her to play volleyball (Nana) but it's still a day away. And when I see her, I don't see the gorgeous talented, awesome young lady she has become. I see the little girl just learning to walk. I see the ponytailed girl racing her Nana to the mailbox on her tricycle. I see the little one who was so short her legs stuck straight out on the horse. I see the first goat show where she won Junior Showmanship (and I have the pictures from that too!!!). I see the little girl jumping on the trampoline and getting me to jump with her. Sigh.

Okay, now onto things that make me cry for different reasons. We planted a garden this year and I have been busy!!

Pepper Sauce, 2 quarts and 1 pint. Do you know how many little peppers it takes to fill a jar?!?!

Old South Cucumber Lime Pickles, my grandmother's recipe, 2 batches (24 pints) and counting

My canner on the stove. I have cooked 2 batches of greens in it (greens to the top, water, boil till done). I now have 5 quarts of greens in the freezer plus the ones we ate and still have some leftovers in the fridge. Whew!

I started the last batch of peas in my corn pot but it was lipping brimming full and had no room for the peas to boil. So I brought out my trusty canner again. This was batch 2. Batch 1 was last Thursday and we ended up with what we ate and 3 quarts in the freezer. Batch 2 was yesterday and I ended up with 4 butter bowls, 1 HUGE Cool Whip bowl, 2 quart and a half Glad containers, and 1 quart in the freezer. Plus some in the fridge and what we ate. I cook my peas until they are done then I freeze them. That way all I have to do is thaw and heat, no cooking required when I am in a rush.

Now I have a gallon of jalapeno peppers in the fridge and twice that many to pick. Making jalapeno bread and butter pickles for Will. Plus the squash that just keeps coming!!