June 19th, 2008

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I Get to See My Parents!

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

So tomorrow at noon, Dave and I are heading out to PA to meet my parents in Erie. It is kind of the half-way point. I’m very excited. I haven’t seen any family on my side since February. And the added bonus is that I get to see them on my birthday!! Yeah!

So I’ll drive Dave to work in the morning. Spend the morning with my sister-in-law, then pick Dave up at noon. We should hopefully get to Erie by around 8PM.

I’ve never hung out in Erie before…driven through, but never stopped. Oh, yeah, I stopped near Erie once, but it was because I was driving in a bad snow storm and my car was blown off the highway into a ditch. I only stayed as long as it took me to channel enough annoyance into my tires to get me out of the ditch. (hehehehe)

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Strawberries

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Yesterday I went to our local strawberry farm and picked zillions of strawberries. Most of them were rather tiny so it took me a long time to take the tops off and get them ready to make strawberry jam. Last night we had strawberries on top of strawberry cake! YUMMY!

So later today I’m going to make 8 pints of strawberry jam! I’m using a traditional sugar included recipe for this first batch. However, I am seriously considering going out again to pick another batch next week so I can try making a no-sugar strawberry jam recipe.

So this will be my first canning venture of the season. Later, I am hoping to can green beans, tomato sauce and possibly potatoes! (Probably with some serious guidance from my dear Aunt A back in IL!!)

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