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Yesterday was long and busy. I am still working on canning the green beans. They are holding up fairly well in the refrigerator considering how bad off they were when we got them. Most of the morning was spent cleaning out the pantry. I had been planning on doing this, as my in-law's still had a pile of stuff in it that needed to be cleaned out, and I had a pile of stuff that needed to be cleaned out. But I had really wanted to do it slowly and clean and repaint while I was going through it. That was not to be. I am up to almost 70 jars of green beans and had absolutely no place to put them. We've been eating in the den because they were sitting on my kitchen table. Finally, I had had enough of that and broke down and just started cleaning it out. I found enough room for the beans and I WILL finish them today.
Ray brought home about a bushel of yellow sweet corn yesterday, so that will have to be put up today. I can't decide whether to leave it on the cob or go ahead and start working on canning off the cob. Ray will be purchasing another 2 bushels this weekend so, whatever I am going to do, I'd better do it. We don't have enough room to grow some of the large crops, like corn, etc. Next year we are going to try to rent some acreage around here to put some of these. Right now, with the exception of those green beans, what we have purchased has come from friends/family. This is like the next best thing and I know they will return the favor with the blueberries and tomatoes.
I picked about 36 pints of blueberries yesterday evening. I don't have an exact tally yet as they had to be allowed to cool off overnight. So they have to be packaged up and delivered. I am currently working from a waiting list on my blueberries. Which is a good thing, except the children are eyeing me wondering if we will actually get some put up for ourselves. The way I think I'm going to have to work it is to take whatever is left from the Mon/Tues picking and put it up for ourselves as the Friday's pickings are all sold, between our farmer's market and the state market.
Joshua had his first 4-H workshop yesterday. Mom let her little man ride into town with his older sisters and be dropped off at the building (with an older sister). I gave him the lunch he needed and the money for the class to pay the receptionist. He is so grown up, even at 7, and I find myself being more stretched at times than him. He is learning to handle so many situations by himself so well. It's hard for me to step back and let him take over. Boys are so much different in this respect and I find it much more difficult not to think of him as "only 7". I also forget how much he has watched his older sisters do and learned how to handle various situations. It's almost like he was born knowing. He really enjoyed the fact that he was going to get to go to the workshop "without a sister, even Samantha". He was so excited when he got home and could tell everything without any competition from others. I think he grew 2 feet yesterday.
The olders were invited over to some friends' home for the evening, so after chores they left. Ray and I still had a bunch left to do and it was quite late when we finished up, especially since we were met with customers several times. It was after 8PM when we finally ate supper, which is unheard of around here, then after 9PM when we fell into bed. I really don't remember the last time I was that exhausted. I am so thankful that Joshua and Samantha were satisfied to have a sandwich and a movie. I was too tired to think, much less talk, and ended up leaving the kitchen just as it was. Now that has to be straightened before beginning today's work.
Speaking of which, I had better get started.
May Yahweh bless you in this new day!
Laurie
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