Guess it’s time for another update on life:
About two weeks ago I picked a bunch of wild pears off of a tree I had been watching since spring. I had two Wal-Mart sacks full of them! You are supposed to pick them while they are still hard and then let them ripen.
Well, they were ripe now, so I decided to put them up as pear butter (kinda like apple butter).
Here are about half of them as I washed them in the sink. Then I cut them in quarters, peeled and de-seeded them. My hand was worn out after peeling so many – it took almost two hours!
This is the biggest bowl I have, but the picture hardly does it justice. They were very good and I kept snacking as I worked I froze a ziplock bag of them, made two loaves of pear bread and cooked the rest in a big pot until they were soft. Then I mashed them and put the in the crock-pot over night with a few spices and some sugar.
Here is the finished product, or at least half of it, I’d already dished half of it out into a applesauce jar before I remembered to take a picture. It was a nice sloppy mess . It tastes pretty good though – we had it on our pancakes this morning. So there you go, homemaking 101!
19-Jul-2007
16-Jul-2007
Brian passed his test! Boy is he ever happy!
Plus, he got his grade back on the last two papers of his college course and got a 100% on each!
Yeah, Brian is pretty much the smartest coolest, most good looking man on earth.
(and yeah, same applies to you, Brinan)
15-Jul-2007
Well folks, some good news…I finally got my degree from Charter Oak! Yes, I finished last year but paper work and who knows what else kept it from coming until now. I now have it in my hot little hands and got around to taking my picture. It matches the one of Brian with his so I’ll post them together.
Now we’re both smart – though Brian is getting an edge on me with his Master’s classes.
Today he is studying and tomorrow he’ll take a computer test around 9:45 in the morning if anyone could pray for him. He’s hoping this certification will help him in his job hunt.
13-Jul-2007
Hooray! I’m an aunt again!
Congratulations to my brother and “sister” on the birth of their new little girl.
I want to shout for joy to God for His multiplied blessings to our family.
You can see pictures here .