Colowyo - grudgingly settling in :P

[Farmfresh]

modern pioneer is right about the head space. He just beat me to the punch.

 

[colowyo0809]

The rewards of canning will be much loved in the days of old man winter!!! Having food that you put up, and even grew, is such a self rewarding to present for a meal to your family or friends. Congrats...

Something to mention, no expert here, others may know better than me, but those quart jars that are half way filled should be put in the fridge and used soon, as the head space may allow it to spoil much sooner than you expect. My rule of thumb has always been not to store products that didn't have the correct amount of head space. But see that might just be me, but it is worth looking into.

thank you for that. that's info I did not have . On the other hand, the jar of jam that has excess head space is already half gone and the jar of sauce that has excess is being used on pizza tonight so i'd say we'll be 5x5 Thank you though for that info, I wouldn't have thought of that (although I suppose CJ might have and just didn't mention it!)

And welcome to the journal MP!

 

[colowyo0809]

TO DO LIST!
Process the pumpkins!
- punkin butter, frozen punkin, punkin soup, punkin pie, punkin.....
Get weathe strips for the doors and put them in place
Get more window stuff and put that in place
Start processing the potatoes
- BeeKissed i need water bath help!!
Put the bulbs in the ground TODAY before it gets any colder!
Eat! Can't stay warm if the body ain't got no fuel!

 

[colowyo0809]

I think, if I keep worrying about my mother and her new husband, I may develop ulcers! They flew them to the hospital early friday morning, got him stabilized with his rapid heart rate, and moved him to a cancer unit. this morning they pulled him out of the cancer unit and back to where he was because his heart rate become incredibly elevated again. It is a race to see if the heart will give out first or the cancer will kill him, or if they do heart surgery if he will survive that! meanwhile my mother is there with him, and i'm not there as a good and supportive son should be!!

*sigh*

in other news, i have a rather large pumpkin in the oven, gonna make pumpkin butter with it!

 

[colowyo0809]

I have learned the truth, and it angers me.
But, I am letting it go, and I will move on. Thank you.
p.s. I'm aware my journal has taken a rather sad bent lately, and after this I will make sure that i focus on more affirmative posts

 

[eggs4sale]

Seriously? You have NO idea???? REALLY???
You shouldn't be making this issue public.

I'll probably edit this in a bit, but I need to get it off my chest once and for all so I can move on with myself.

Have you ever felt like someone walked up to you and just out of the blue swung their fist directly into your gut? Thats how it felt for me yesterday. I had a friend. And I apparantly did something to lose that friend. I'm not totally sure what I did to offend that friend and coming fully out of the blue, like a light switch being turned off, left me feeling sick and depressed. It's hard for me to make friends, and when I do I tend to make strong friendships and it tends to be quick. And when one of those friends just terminates the friendship, and doesn't even explain why, it just drops my world out. *sigh* i know i'm not explaining this well, and I'm being purposefully vague. But, I need to get past this, and the only way to do it is to think it through and process it, even if the other person won't give me closure. That is ok, because I cannot rely on outside influences for closure, I must rely on myself for that.
So, having said all that
I am honored to have known you for the limited amount of time that I knew you.
I'm sorry for whatever it was I said or did to offend/hurt/anger you.
I will not address you in any way, in any capacity and have already deleted your info from my various areas to make sure I leave you alone.
I will rely on myself to get through this, and I will recognize that no matter what, I am still me, and if I am feeling slightly diminshed I will get through this, and I will get past it. I am strong and I can do it.

thank you for helping me to realize this.

Matthew Ryan

p.s. I'm aware my journal has taken a rather sad bent lately, and after this I will make sure that i focus on more affirmative posts

p.p.s. I do not expect anyone to reply to this and as I said, I will probably edit this in a while

 

[urban dreamer]

Sorry Matthew, hope things get better soon. Live and let live.

 

[colowyo0809]

We made pear jam again yesterday.
CJ made the first batch and it is slightly more set up than the last batch but not by a whole lot. I made the second batch and it is totally set! Yay!
I also processed and canned some pumpkin so we'll have that to use for stuff.
I had made pumpkin butter the other day, but it grew mold so that is going out the door (apparantly you need to either can or fridge it and not just leave it on the counter )
He also made Mountain Dew Jelly (thanks for the instructions! )
Tomorrow I will make canned potatoes, again thanks for the advice!

 

[urban dreamer]

We made pear jam again yesterday.
CJ made the first batch and it is slightly more set up than the last batch but not by a whole lot. I made the second batch and it is totally set! Yay!
I also processed and canned some pumpkin so we'll have that to use for stuff.
I had made pumpkin butter the other day, but it grew mold so that is going out the door (apparantly you need to either can or fridge it and not just leave it on the counter )
He also made Mountain Dew Jelly (thanks for the instructions! )
Tomorrow I will make canned potatoes, again thanks for the advice!

Oooooo! Was it good?

 

[colowyo0809]

We made pear jam again yesterday.
CJ made the first batch and it is slightly more set up than the last batch but not by a whole lot. I made the second batch and it is totally set! Yay!
I also processed and canned some pumpkin so we'll have that to use for stuff.
I had made pumpkin butter the other day, but it grew mold so that is going out the door (apparantly you need to either can or fridge it and not just leave it on the counter )
He also made Mountain Dew Jelly (thanks for the instructions! )
Tomorrow I will make canned potatoes, again thanks for the advice!

Oooooo! Was it good?

lol, i dunno, haven't tried it yet! will have to tomorrow!