Blame it on the coffee

One of my big projects this week was to straighten out my pantry. I didn't have that job on my To-Do list this week so I was very surprised to do it!! It started out on Wednesday. I went into the pantry to get a bag of coffee and couldn't find it. I knew that I had bought a bag the last time I was at Sams Club so where was it? After hunting for it for about 10 mins., I decided to straighten up the cereal boxes that was in there. Well, that led to straightening up the extra condiments which led to taking everything completely off the shelves, moving the food items to the back of the pantry where they will be at eye level and can be seen easier and moving all the kitchen appliances to the left side of the pantry. After 3 hours in there, I finally had everything the way I wanted it. Oh yeah, I found the coffee!!!

Welcome to my pantry.......

Ahhh, so much nicer..........

See the coffee? Second shelf, all the way to the right in the gray bag in front of the Club crackers.

Well, I guess I can cross that job off of my "one of these days" jobs. Surprisingly, that day was Wednesday.

Beth

FOR TODAY August 4, 2008

Outside my window...

I see my poodle, Dom, waiting patiently for me to let him back in the house.

I am thinking...

That I need to be in the kitchen, starting on my apple jelly

I am thankful for...

a husband that leaves home each week, for days at a time, to provide for us

From the kitchen...

pickles, pickles and more pickles with some dehydrated tomatoes and apple jelly in the works

I am wearing...

Blue shorts, gray tank-top and my apple apron

I am creating...

all types of goodies in the kitchen to be eaten and enjoyed this winter

I am going...

to Wal-Mart to get some dogfood

I am reading...

Ball's Blue Book of Canning

I am hoping...

to have all of these cucumbers taken care of TODAY

I am hearing...

Caylon and her friend, Kelly, talking in the livingroom

Around the house...

My kitchen is need of a deep cleaning and the grass needs mowing BADLY but other than that, we're doing o.k.

One of my favorite things...

is putting food up for the coming winter.

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week:

~finish canning pickles, apple jelly and dehydrating the tomatoes

~pick and can tomatoes

~finish tilling and raking the area for the collard and turnip greens

~freeze bell peppers

~dehydrate more cayenne peppers

~mow grass and clean up yard

Here is picture thought I am sharing...

2 loaves of homemade bread, apple juice for jelly and apple pie filling that was all made in my kitchen on Saturday.

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Gifted

I went to my great aunt Lena's today to get more cucumbers and as we were behind the barn, looking at her greens patch, I spied something. She had an old double washtub just sitting there. I told her that I would love to have that if she ever decided to get rid of it and was told that my cousin had already asked for it, he just hadn't come to pick it up yet. Oh, my heart was broken. BUT, (the story gets better!!) She asked me what I was going to do with washtubs and I told her I didn't have any idea, I just wanted them. She took me to the root cellar and looky what she had..........

These were my great-grandmother's washtubs that she used in the 1930's before they had electricity!!!! There was still a hose hooked up one of the tubs but it fell off as we were loading it into the truck. I'll order more hoses from Lehmans and these babies will be ready to rock and roll!!!!!

Oh what a wonderful day.

Beth