The Great Expedition

Summer 2010 marks the first year of my new Super-Mom mentality! I have picked, cleaned, canned, cooked, boiled, baked, dried, and created my heart out. Mina and I have a sturdy supply of berries, vegetables, syrups, and sauces. My next move is to learn how to make soap! My experimentation with butter-churning was an eye-opener...that's a lot of dang work for a product I don't use all that much. ;o)
Today my younger sisters and I went blackberry hunting. I say hunting rather than picking because I now carry war wounds with me that may indeed scar for life. And after hours and hours of leg-cramping, skin-tearing, face-staining work...we now have blackberry syrup, blackberry cobbler, and jars upon jars of good old fashioned blackberry goodness. I am psyched! My only problem is that I really don't want to open any of them after all the work I put into it. ;o)

So, I'm going to take my charlie-horsing legs and bloodied hands to bed and dream of my new life as the bestest mum ever. Providing nutrition and love to all in need! Until I wake up tomorrow and take a look at the mess I have yet to clean up...