IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG !!!!!!

I have had a busy summer........best of all our oldest son was baptisted...I really Praise the Lord for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I have been doing some canning.....this is 6 of 8 jars of pickled orka that I have put up.......

We have been enjoying our grapes............

We also enjoyed the blueberries.....I made 2 or 3 of these cobblers........

We are now getting peanuts......we enjoy them boiled.........

And to introduce you to the newest member of the family....Jack....he is 7 weeks old...he is a Jack Russell Fist mix.......and a ball of fire...but sooooo sweet.........

This was Jason, Cheryl, Caitlyn and Caroline's 1st meeting with Jack.......And this is Noah, Lori, Pearl and Eddie Van's 1st time seeing him........This is his quilt that I made him...every good fur baby needs his own quilt......



I hope to be visiting more often ....I have missed you all......

PSALM 106; 1

Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

CANNING

I canned these today.....I got 8 pints & 1 half pint........I cut them into chunks and then put them in my little hand crank shredder....put them in a pot and heated them through......(looked and looked for my little weight that goes on my pressure canner....I can never find it when I need it).....anyway after I found it I pressured them on 5 pounds of pressure like the book said for 15 minutes......and now we are getting a summer storm.....rain, thunder..the whole 9 yards......

we really need the rain...and I have a chicken in the pot......stewing slowly.....I am going to fix chicken and rice and some chicken salad......

2 TIMOTHY 2; 15

Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

IT HAS BEEN A WHILE

Sorry it has been so long since I have been on here long enough to write on my blog.......life is really busy some times.........but here is a few of the things I have been doing.......

First is a rag quilt I made for the bed in the guest bedroom/ my sewing room......

This is a bag I made for a baseball team that has a member that has leukemia and is in the hospital..... the team is going to sign it for him...Please keep this little boy in your Prayers....

These are some hairbows that I crocheted........

This is what I have been busy doing today......string beans......I did 7 quarts today...and will probably do at least that many next week.........

More crocheted items......most of them are dishclothes.....a cup cozy and a notepad/pen holder.....I have crocheted for a while...but have never learned to read patterns......that is why I am working on dishclothes.......and now I can understand the pattern terms..... at least some of them.............

I hope I will be able to catch up with my blogging friends and keep you posted ...a little better....

I have really missed you all.......

2 SAMUEL 22; 2

And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortess, and my deliverer;

I WANTED TO SHARE

These are a few of the goodies I put up this summer ....they are going to be good this winter. I just pickled the pepper Saturday, I had 4 pints of jalapenos and 5 pints of banana pepper, I cut them into rings, I did both of them from the same recipe......I can't wait to try them. I cut the banana peppers up first...then the hot ones......the jalapenos........I wore rubber gloves for the first 3 pints...had to take them off to get the banana peppers out of the water bath....thought...I could get by with out wearing them.............lets just say.....I am glad I wore them as long did......and should have kept them on........but it is okay now. I did the grape jelly a few weeks ago...it turned out really good.....I have 10 pints and 12 for the little 4 ounce jelly jars.....I realized I hadn't shared the pictures then I read thishttp://msredneck.blogspot.com/ and I have to say the deer Loved ours too.

PSALMS 128; 2

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.