Woo Hoo Blogger Is Back!

That's right, and with fingers crossed I hope our dear Blogger guru's have been able to work out all the little bugs that were tormenting us all.

So for me today, I spent the day helping a dear sweet neighbor and her husband with a huge yard sale. The cash register was chaaaachiing-ing all day long. It was fun and I scored some fun, fun things, and what was I thinking, I didn't take my camera.

For my friends if you checked in since Blogger came back up, I'm so glad you stopped by. If you're visiting for the first time...welcome, please follow along and leave a comment.

I scored a couple of incredible old french doors that I'm thinking will become a headboard in our master bedroom, so stay tuned I will snap a few before pictures, and share the progress as we go along.

See you again very soon!
Toodles

My New Pressure Canner Is Out Of The Box!

That's right...finally I had some time to use the shiny new pressure canner my hubby and daughter bought me for Christmas this past holiday season.

I have to admit I am no expert on canning, but thanks to my fabulous sister-in-law who is good at it, I am learning, and I see my pantry cupboards will be full of goodies this gardening season.

Last summer I scored big time at a yard sale when I bought ten large apple boxes full of canning jars for a whopping $10.00! Seriously that isn't a typo, I was only going to buy one or two boxes for that amount but she really wanted to get rid of them and asked me to take them all, well of course I couldn't say no and she really did take only ten bucks.

One thing about canning, is it takes time, patience and attention to detail. It ended up being a day well spent, not just learning how to can but a relaxing time of visiting and enjoying the company of my sister-in-law, my mother-in-law, and my niece with her 4 month old twin daughters. It was a good day of priceless family time, and...

Seven hours later, the payoff for all of our hard work....22 pints of canned elk meat headed for the pantry. That means many yummy meals of meat gravy over pasta or mashed taters and canned meat sandwiches for lunch, two very popular things in this family.

Have a favorite recipe from home canned goodies

that your family raves about?  Please share...

Have a great day!

~Teresa