It's been too long!

Posted on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 18:59

Evening everyone. I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I can't believe how time flys. I've been busy working and moving and it's been busy at work so not much down time to come post.

I rented a dumpster for the other house on Monday. Yesterday I spent 4 1/2 hours putting stuff in it. I finished cleaning out the living room of old rotten furniture that I refused to move due to it's condition. Then I went upstairs to my daughter's old room. I've asked her time and time again if she'd be so kind to come help since it's her mess but she will have nothing to do with it. It's smelly and disgusting. I got almost half shoveled out. I found a bunch of dishes I had lost as well as a few of my old things I thought I lost.  Uff da, what a mess!!

Let's see, aside from work..... I've been busy dehydrating. Started with strawberries - oh so yummy!!! I managed to end up with a gallon jar filled before they quit producing. Now the trick will be to stay out of them until at least fall. The grocery had sliced baby portabella's (my favorite) on sale so I dried a bunch of them - almost a gallon jar's worth. If they go on sale again I'll get a couple more and top off the gallon. I'm hoping to obtain some other fresh veggies next week. I'm looking for peppers, corn and zucchini to dehydrate. My shelves can't hold any more canned foods so I've decided to dehydrate the fruits and veggies this year as they take up less space. I miss having the room of a basement for sure but am making do with what little room I have. I couldn't fit all my shelving units in the small room I have to use for storage so am unable to can up any more to top off my stock. I have a list of what I eat and what will last for a year and try to make that par. Well, last year I was still planning for two but now it's just me as my daughter moved out. There was quite a bit left then as it was just me eating from my stores since mid-December but I'm still below par for what I figured for myself and to get thru till next summer.  Whew, I sure hope that makes sense LOL.  Also on my list is of course a nice variety of apples, peaches and nectarines, pears, onions - I do a variety of sweet, red and yellow.  As things come in season I'll dry them. Apricots unfortunately never go on sale or have a seasonal price here but fortunately I have a half gallon already dried. Someone gave me a bunch last year and I only ate up about a half gallon of what I dried. My Uncle runs a cranberry marsh so I'll get a bunch of them as well. So good in cookies - esp oatmeal. Blueberries are in season here so I'll also have to make time to pick some of those as well. I'll freeze the majority of those but do dehydrate some for adding to cookies.

Well, gotta go for now. Hopefully I'll be able to come back sometime this weekend as I work night shift all weekend. See you soon!!

Michele