Who would have thought...

If you had asked me when I was growing up if I would ever enjoy gardening, cooking, sewing, knitting, etc. I probably would have laughed at you. Growing up, Mom worked out of the home doing sewing for people. She is a phenomenal seamstress. I never took the time to learn from her while I had a great opportunity. Now she gets calls about how to fix a seam, hem pants, or about a new pattern. We are even talking these days about how to make custom breastpads for me! We got a good laugh at some of the patterns we attempted. I even have a good garden growing and this year I'm working on learning to can some of the products. I would love to have a supply of green beans and marinara sauce to pull from all winter. Well, I think this might be the year. My grandmother gave me a hot water bath and I tried it out last night. I got some good strawberries and made some strawberry jam! Here are the results. There were 4 jars, but I had to open one and try. I need to get some of the smaller jars so they aren't so big. Anyways, maybe at the end of the summer, I'll be able to can all kinds of stuff!