I am such a SLACKER! I think I am a hard worker!
I think I have it all together..
I DO NOT!
My Grandmother & MY MOM
raised a family, worked at home & outside the home,
and we always had stuff when we wanted it.
THEY were hard workers!
AND I NEVER ASKED HOW?
Gma & Gpa taught me to work hard!
This is my GMA & GPA…
I miss them both.
They lived on a dairy.
My GPA taught me about cows, HARD work, & what “silage” tasted like! ICK!
My Gma always wore a dress & heels. She was a petite little thing.
She wore toilet paper around her hair at night, so she would look “good” in the morning.
My Gpa didn’t give us candy.
When we left his house, he would give us a teaspoonful of brown sugar
, from the jar in Gma’s kitchen.
Nothing fancy..but it meant EVERYTHING to us!
They owned a peach orchard.
40 acres of peaches.
I never really thought about it when I was little.
It was just a “lot of trees”.
My Mom & Dad who taught me about Hard Work.
This is my MOM & Dad ( I just found this engagement pic.) HAHA
My happy parents who both work hard!
They are hard workers.
My dad went to work every day.
Dressed in his suit & white shirt
( that my mom ironed..I know ..with an iron & ironing board! )
And my mom worked a self-owned business,
was ALWAYS there when we got home form school,
and helped us with EVERYTHING we ever did ( sports, clubs, school, etc).
And I never asked HOW?
And now this….
Both my GMA & My MOM canned fruits, made pickles, and baked goodies!
Now I don’t bake ( leave that gene to my sister, Susie).
I have NEVER made pickles..& probably won’t..BUT
I CAN FRUIT!
I CAN FRUIT, A LOT!
I remember walking into GMA’s garage & seeing shelves FULL of canned goods.
I grabbed bottles of canned fuits from my mom’s shelves in our garage.
Peaches, pears, cherries, etc, etc, etc,, whenever we wanted!
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
It didn’t matter…it was always there.
HOW???? Hard Work!
I never asked.
So now..I apologize to GMA & MOM.
I should have asked to help you peel, or slice, or wash, or……..or….or……to do the hard work!
But, I cannot take it back.
SO?
I will follow in your steps.
I will teach MY DAUGHTER to can!
And my granddaughters!
I will continue the family tradition. Work Hard!
Only…we will use the recipe on my laptop.
( I know GMA & MOM didn’t do that!)
So here was my day TODAY ( from start to finish ).
Canning fruits & vegetables is Hard Work!
Work Smarter not Harder!
Wash the jars ( hot water & heated dry) in dishwasher.
Pick the fruit from the trees, Hard Work!
Wash them for safety. Hard Work.
Blanch them to peel them easily. Hard Work.
Wash..rinse…BLANCH ( Boil whole peaches, then put in pan of ICE WATER!)
Their peels just slide right off!
Slice, Slice, slice!
Work Smarter not Harder!
Too hot to cook inside!
Set up our campstove OUTSIDE!
Pan on the left is a sugar/water mixture.
Cook the peaches in for a short time, then pour into jars!
Hubby is sooooo good at this!
Hard Work.
Harder Work.
Hubby does the hard work.
Then…
Boil in a water bath ( 25 minutes ) to seal.
Hard work pays off.
and…
VOILA!
Canning is hard work, but so worth it!
Hard work pays off for MONTHS to come!
There we go!
11 quarts of fresh canned peaches!
They will be sooo good this winter!
(Daddy gave us more peaches
…so I am thinking peach cobbler for dinner!)
or maybe…..
I SHOULD MAKE JAM!
Gma made jam……so did MOM….WOW…Hard Work!
I should THANK them. 🙂
