Working Girl
This is jalapeno jelly. I made 13 half pints of it after getting off work last night. Working outside the home is kicking my ass because the things that need doing around here still need doing whether I'm gone working all day or not.
These are the dry shelled beans I've harvested so far. Still have some more to go. All from one 10' row of beans. Not bad. I would probably have gotten a higher yield if I had trellised them.Here's what I did yesterday:
- Took the dog for a walk.
- Made a new friend. (The most beautiful Tanzanian woman in the world!).
- Sent out Etsy orders.
- Spent an hour weeding and harvesting at the community gardens.
- Paid an urgent bill.
- Worked at the toy store.
- Cleaned the kitchen.
- Made fresh salsa.
- Made another batch of hummus.
- Made jalapeno jelly.
- Shelled beans harvested from the community garden.
- Possibly patched a frail family relationship. You can never be sure with my family.
I don't know how people keep up this kind of activity all the time. I am wiped out. Today I work at the toy store, must clean out the kitty litter box, finish juicing my pomegranates and make grenadine out of it, can it, help Max with homework, do a load of laundry, respond to some e-mails, figure out which urgent bill to pay next, and make final decisions on magazine content so that I can solicit my friends to start working on articles for no pay*.
*Aren't I the best friend EVER?!
*Aren't I the best friend EVER?!
Labels: canning, chaotic life