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Monday, October 12, 2015

Changes and moving forward

Been over a month since I have posted here. But I am back lol
 This coming week will be my third week at the new job. Left the temp job at P and G for another temp job at Adidas.  Hopefully I have more of a chance to get hired on there then I did at the other place. Made it there just past 5 years with no hope of being hired. So we shall see.  The job is not bad , I do what they call picking. Where you pull a skid behind you up and own aisles and pick product off shelves that the little hand held computer tells you to. Not hard to do at all but just a lot of walking , but lots of exercise too.
 Had Thanksgiving yesterday , my two sisters, brother and brother in law were here. I think they liked what I cooked. Tried cooking the turkey a bit different way. Stuffed a quartered lemon and onion in the neck and one piece of onion in back, rosemary, thyme, sage , parsley in neck and cooked it uncovered for a hour at 400 degrees then turned it down and continued to cook for about 2 1/2 hours more. Never had such a juicy moist turkey.  Then made homemade cream corn which everyone enjoyed though it did not get as thick as I thought it might . Honeyed squash and garlic mashed potatoes completed the meal. Oh with buns too. Then strawberry/rhubarb pie and a pumpkin pie too. Now lots of leftovers but can make a Turkey shephards pie or turkey soup. Lots of things to use up the leftovers (Pinterest is best friend there)
  Now to start looking for Christmas dinner suggestions LOL. It is coming on fast.
   On a sad note. My sister begins radiation treatment , as soon as her incision heals which is taking quit a while to do. Her and her husband won't be able to head south as they usually do at this time of year.  I feel for her as I know all this must be getting her down. But she has all us beside her if/when she needs us. And her own kids and families are right there too.  I just pray everything comes along well for her and she can put this behind her .
  A happier note I have a new great great niece. Born this past Friday. Her name is Ella Nicole. and she is beautiful. Just seen pictures so far but hope to meet her in the next week or so. My great nephew , her Dad, is over the moon about her as is her Mom.
  Well all for now dear blogger. Hope to be back soon

Monday, September 7, 2015

Busy busy

Making jams, marmalades , cabbage rolls and on and on. And surprisingly having a great time doing so. As long as people stay out of my kitchen and don't bother me.  Or the cats in the kitchen lol. Let;s see made
Rhubarb raspberry
nectarine raspberry
blueberry lime
elderberry
raspberry blackberry
cherry lime
cherry cinnamon
peach

Ok I know that seems like a lot of different kinds but...oh some are freezer jams and some pantry jams too. I love making different kinds. Rather make them with two fruits than one too. I have a huge list on Pinterest of jams and jellies I want to try next year But... some I can make anytime so likely won't wait till next year.
  Still to make... Apple Pear freezer butter,  Cranberry apple butter(in place of cranberry jelly with turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas) and pickled beets. But  (got  a lot of buts eh)  if I find some prickly pear cactus fruit at grocery store will be making jam or jelly and if I find other different fruits on sale it will give me a reason to make more.
  I want to find blogs to of people who make their own jams and jellies ** Homemade jams and jellies have a much fresher taste than store bought and less preservatives too**  Follow these blogs. There are so many people to learn new techniques to canning food for the family.  So many have different kinds of recipes that sound absolutely delicious. 
  Past weekend I made cabbage rolls and took some up to one of my nieces (they provided a huge cabbage) and some tomato jam. They loved the rolls and my nephew in law really liked the jam and wants to know if there is more. Well I made two different batches of this the first seems , so far , the better . I have 2 more jars of that so I guess he can have one.
  Want to see all the recipes for all kinds of things here is my pinterest page

https://www.pinterest.com/mswend2013/

Catch ya later

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Places to go for information and recipes on canning and/or freezing

Of course go to Pinterest and find loads of people who have been making jams, pickles, butters etc for ages or just lately found they could do this.  Like me

http://www.bunkycooks.com/2010/08/how-to-make-freezer-jams-were-jammin-now/

http://foodinjars.com/

http://www.canningacrossamerica.com/recipes/

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/08/canning-101-and-strawberry-jam-part-1/

http://www.simplycanning.com/

http://www.sbcanning.com/

http://canninggranny.blogspot.ca/

http://canarella.blogspot.ca/

There are likely loads more out there just google it :)

Jammin it

Been *another* long time since I have been here to write.  I have no excuses to make other than I just didn't get to it. Bad me....
The last three weeks I have had a lot of time on my hands being as it is slow at work ( but beginning to vamp up again which means hell on earth again :)  ). So I found a new hobby and one that drives me absolutely nuts at times but I go back and continue it.  Making jam . Cooked jam, and freezer jam. I don't know it just gives me pleasure in making something that we can have for those longggg winter months that actually tastes like real fruit.  I mean I have bought jarred jam at the grocery store and it is nothing like home made.  Of course there is more sugar, more preservatives etc in those jarred jams.  I have tasted two of the ones I made and excuse me for saying so but they are much better tasting...
What I have made so far
Rhubarb Strawberry
Rhubarb pineapple
Raspberry and blackberry
Cherry

There are so many more I want to make though such as
Blueberry
Raspberry
Concord Grape (maybe jelly too)
Tomato
Pear
Plum
Christmas jam

Then on to pickles
Beets
Dill
Bread and butter

Other things might be interesting to make is fruit flavored butter like
Apple
Raspberry
Blueberry
All great on pancakes

On my pinterest pages I made *another* board or two or three really. One for cooked and not cooked freezer jams which are the very easiest jams to make,  one for cooked jam for pantry and one for pickles (butters, freezing veggies and fruits).   Thank goodness for Pinterest and the huge selection of ideas you can get there......

See ya soon(er)

Saturday, January 3, 2015

New blogs to check out

Well for some reason my blog list add button is not working right now so I will make a list of blogs in a post .

http://thrilling-quilling.blogspot.ca/

http://www.honeysquilling.com/paper-quilling-blogs/

http://manuk.ro/en/

http://ajourneyintoquilling.blogspot.ca/

http://ajourneyintoquilling.blogspot.ca/

http://nhiart.blogspot.ca/search?updated-max=2012-05-10T16:59:00-07:00&max-results=7&reverse-paginate=true


So I will be back later to look at all these and more.... See ya

It is a New Year

Happy New Year to all.  Wishing everyone all the best in 2015.  I have already broken some of my resolutions but then they are made to be broken right lol.
   I love the holiday season but by the end I am happy it is over, well except for having to get back to work that is.  That will always be the same... just a job to make money from ... nothing special.  NOTE to the younger people ... STAY in school and make something of yourself.  Go for what interests you the most and never settle for a factory job that you will come to hate.

  Today I will go to my nieces and make a card or two with quilling on it. There is so much to chose from in that medium.  Takes a lot of time but I do find it rather relaxing... unless you have someone around who seems to wait till you are busy to want to talk or make noise or something that screws up your concentration.  Same with when you are knitting and have to count your first row., The phone rings or the door knocks lol.  Oh well, when I get the back room cleaned out I can go there to do my crafts. Which my list of crafts is getting longer and longer.,  And I have rubbed off on my niece in that way as she has quite a few too.
Knitting
Crochet
Quilling
Ceramics
Card making
Iris fold cards
and on and on .......

 When on pinterest I see quite a few blogs that have to do with quilling. Some very beautiful work done on those blogs. Only trouble is that some of them are in a different language and can't be translated. But they have great pictures that help figure things out if you want to take the time to do so.

The quilling I did for my sister I was not happy with.  I felt rushed, especially the last one I worked on.  Still working on it Christmas morning. I was getting dinner ready , taking care of the family pets and it all seemed rushed.  So the last one is lacking the quilling I would of liked to do for it. Maybe I will take my kit out and do some more on it before she hangs them.  If she hangs them as I am not sure she was happy with them either :)   Well they are my first quilling works so with time I will get better at it.

 Beginning to knit and crochet some more scarves for the Womens shelter in nearby city. I will try to make some afghans too as I find them very comforting on a cold evening.  Doing this while watching tv helps me immensely in several ways. Relaxing for one. Helps me with keeping my hands busy so I don't eat all the time. And hands busy so they do not seize up what with the beginnings of arthritis in them.

 That is about it for now.  Going to go find more websites of interest to add here in hopes they help anyone who drops in and read my blog.
Take care all...