Hi everyone!!
Do you ever have one of those days that you just can’t shut your brain off?? I’m talking about things just keep running around in the noggin and you convince yourself that if you think long and hard enough….something will come….it will be the best thought you have ever had….you know better than sliced bread kinda thing. Well, it’s been one of those days!!
I got up this morning and checked email(s) first thing. Had my little cup of hot Chai going on and was all settled in for a few moments of giggles and maybe a game of freecell …..you know to wake up!! I check to see how many orders we have today for Greendeva…YES!! I check to see if there are any comments from customers…YES!! (very cool) I check our new myspace site, which is www.myspace.com/greendeva, and things seem fine there too!! All is well in the electronic world.
Well, my day consisted of making apple butter, peach chutney and HOT peach salsa. Sounds like fun huh? Well, I have made those things before but I have never canned them the old fashion way. WHEW…I got to tell you….my ass is tired tonight! It was a lot of cutting, skinning, boiling hot water and questions all day long. But, I must say, even though I am really tired, I feel like I have accomplished something I thought I would never do and I liked it! Ok, see this is where the head stuff comes in….I start thinking about the reason I am canning these things anyway!! All of this scary stuff going on with our world right now. The cost of gas, the ever increasing cost of food stuff, more and more people are losing their jobs, their homes, global warming and folks I got to tell ya…it’s not looking all that great going forward. It’s a scary feeling right now. I try not to worry, but when I think of my little nieces coming up….wow….I wonder what there world is going to be like when they reach 20!! Holy Cow it could be sooo different. I just want to scoop my whole family up and put everyone in one area and that way I know they are safe….know what I mean.
Well sorry to rattle on so much…its just that when I cook, which I love, I kind of get lost in the zen moments. And that is where my brain went today.
Have a wonderful day tomorrow!
