Sometimes ideas come into my mind and possess me until I have finished and put them to rest. Such was the case of making jam. I had found a place where I could go pick raspberries and blackberries here in Utah County. So off Sabrina and I went last Saturday to pick and pick. We had ordered some pre-picked flats also, as the thought of 95+ degree weather and being 7 months along didn't seem to mesh well with picking all day long.
So we can home with our spoils and I enter the kitchen with great gusto. I cleaned and scrub all the surfaces, and shredding 4 big zucchinis, one that was the size of a small baby elephant to put in the fridge for later use. So away went the jam process. Needless to say our kitchen turned the color purple by about 5 or 6pm. However, by 9:30 pm it was all cleaned up and looking fabulous. Praise the man who discovered bleach! It was well worth the effort, as the children have already consumed one jar of jam, I mixed the blackberry and raspberries together. Yummo!
So now I just have those 2 big bowls of tomatoes staring longing at me and whispering "Don't forget about us!" and less we forget the 2 huge bowls of shredded zucchini patiently waiting for their turn to be of service. I sometimes wonder if I have ended up like my mother, where I spend the entire day in the kitchen and watch as my days efforts disappear in a blink of an eye (usually around 3pm when they all come home from school). Then to be asked a minute later "What's for dinner?" and that today folks (like most days) is a mystery yet to be solved, hopefully by 5pm it will be a closed case, as now my jam ideas have been.
So now I just have those 2 big bowls of tomatoes staring longing at me and whispering "Don't forget about us!" and less we forget the 2 huge bowls of shredded zucchini patiently waiting for their turn to be of service. I sometimes wonder if I have ended up like my mother, where I spend the entire day in the kitchen and watch as my days efforts disappear in a blink of an eye (usually around 3pm when they all come home from school). Then to be asked a minute later "What's for dinner?" and that today folks (like most days) is a mystery yet to be solved, hopefully by 5pm it will be a closed case, as now my jam ideas have been.
The kids outside the entrance of one of the funnest stores in Utah.
This moose is so lifelike that you are just waiting for it to spout off some pearls of wisdom while you watch him.
The children just love looking at the all of the animals on the mountain in the middle of the store!
Spencer loved the coon hats. Maybe Santa will bring him one! Spencer is our resident expert when it comes to animals, so he was giving a running commentary on all the animals, one day I'll need to get it on video!
This Cougar is so realistic, it gives me heart failure when I look at him. I am waiting for him to pounce any second. I think we've watched too much Animal Planet lately!
