Still Here

Just a quick post to say yes, I'm still here, and no, I'm not ready to come back yet..at least not on a regular basis.  My posts here will be sporadic for the foreseeable future.

There's so much to do lately and so little time, it seems. Our garden is still producing some tomatoes, some acorn squash and oddly enough, some bell peppers that didn't do a thing until just a couple of weeks ago. I already have a freezer full of whole tomatoes and whole peaches that need to be canned so that I have room in my freezer again. Deer season will be here before we know it, and this year Shane has a good place to hunt with a high deer population, so we're anticipating a freezer full of venison.

Also, I have a good supply of chicken breast halves in my freezer, too. I'm thinking of canning some of it like Quiltgranny Sharon likes to do. It would be so nice sometimes to simply grab a jar of canned chicken for enchiladas or chicken salad instead of having to thaw and cook it each time. So that's on my to-do list, too.

The fishing bug has bitten Shane, so there may be fish for the freezer as well. We have been invited to fish in a nearby pond owned by the parents of a friend of mine, and my understanding is that it's well-stocked.

Meanwhile, here's a pic or three of Kat's fishing endeavors from last weekend at our friend John's pond. This was Kat's first catch ever, and boy, was she proud of it. Shane caught one just a little bigger, so alas, no fish dinner that night. But John made us a wonderful steak dinner instead. All's well that ends well.