That's how it felt for a while yesterday. I took twenty pounds of potatoes out of the fifty pound bag to process. Peeling, rinsing, cutting up, rinsing, soaking, rinsing...Potatoes were the center of my universe for much of the day.
Once I'd rinsed away the starch that would cloud the jars, I was ready to start filling them with all those beautiful spuds. In the end, twenty pounds of potatoes were canned into twenty four wide mouth pint jars. Three didn't seal, but I had a plan for that eventuality, too.
I made potato soup with ham. Handsome thought it was delicious, and I wasn't going to try to convince him otherwise. It was just the comfort food we needed after both of our busy days. The best part was that there was exactly one full quart of leftover soup, so we can have that for lunch in the next day or so.
I work tonight, so I'm planning to rest and stitch feathers today. I think I've accomplished enough for one week, so I'll take it easy today. I hope you have a great weekend, dear friends.
The taters look great! That's a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteYes, rest & stitch today.
Marilyn
Hi Marilyn:
DeleteI tried my best to just sit, but of course, other things got in the way. Even so, I did manage to get my feathers set up and a bit of stitching done. Work went well, and I'll do my best to finish the feathers this weekend.
Hugs,
xoxo
Donna
I wholeheartedly agree...time to stitch and get off those feet...and enjoy a sense of accomplishment from all you accomplished this week!
ReplyDeleteHi Lois:
DeleteI was doing my best to "rest on my laurels", but Handsome needed bread, so I did a quick two-loaf batch. He had to bake it for me as I had to take him to the dealership to pick up his repaired truck before I had to get to work. sigh I'll be stitching today for sure!
Hugs,
xoxo
Donna
More goodness to line your shelves! A stitching days sounds wonderful. I've had a busy social week and precious little time in my sewing room. Hopefully tomorrow I can make at least one pair of pj's for the grandies.
ReplyDeleteHi MA:
DeleteOh, dear, you're way ahead of me! I've got the jammies fabrics, but that's as far as I've gotten with that so far. Perhaps I can make some headway on C-mas (I don't want to say it out loud yet!) in the next couple weeks.
Hugs,
xoxo
Donna
That's more than enough accomplished in a week.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the weekend.
Shirley
Hi Shirley:
DeleteI agree! No more for a while.
Thanks, dear. Same to you.
Hugs,
xoxo
Donna