Bottling pears!!

Just to get this out of the way . . . yes, I heart the Picasa collage feature ;)

I bottled 15 bottles of pears today!!!!! Go me, go me, go me!!! Truth be told, there are still several bottles, processing, but I had to get pictures up so I can go to bed soon :) I have never ever bottled/canned/whatever it's called before. Ever. But thank goodness for Val - she walked me through it step by step over the phone and gave me much needed confidence. She IS coming up Wednesday to help me with the apples we have . . . could I have better friends?!

It took Josh and I a good 2 hours to peel and core all the pears, but it's so worth it!!! Ruth gifted me a crap load of bottles and we had all the fruit here. Have I mentioned I feel especially thrifty today? Josh helped me do everything . . . with a smile on his face. Nothing short of a miracle for him to help throughout the ENTIRE process. I don't mean that badly . . . not really. Just mostly that he doesn't usually keep his attention on stuff for that long lol. But I know he's incredibly relieved that he was let off the hook for the apples lol.

Other than bottling today, we had a relatively busy day . . . fruit picking, Brigham City driving, Gaylyn and Claire visiting, Walmart shopping for some cool freebies, outside playing, and exhausted mom. I doubt any of this blog will make sense . . . I'm exhausted beyond belief.

Hope you all had a great Monday - and if you've never bottled before, you can do it!!!!!!!! It was actually fun . . . and so relieving to be adding to our food storage. It really IS a great feeling!

Okay, really, I'm done. I know I'm going to read this entry in the morning and die of embarrassment. Forgive me. Love you all. Night!