Jam & flowers

Yesterday I made homemade jam for the first time. One of my goals this year was to “can some food” and I’d like to think I successfully accomplished it. Making the jam wasn’t difficult at all and it was way faster than I thought it would be (20 minutes on the stove!). I had strawberry … More Jam & flowers

Spices and cats

On Thursday I took a half day so I could spend some time with Dana and Kaitlin. We had lunch at Kaitlin’s house and hung out for a bit. I forgot to bring my camera so no new pictures of EG (but not to worry, I’ll see her tomorrow!). She is now a little over … More Spices and cats

Halloween activities

On Wednesday, the ladies and I carved jack o lanterns. I haven’t had much success as an adult carving pumpkins so I usually don’t do it but I was in the spirit this year and decided to give it a go. I chose what I thought would be a relatively simple design: the dragon, Toothless, … More Halloween activities