Kitchen Busies

It's been a busy week.  I got the tires all figured out.  For the moment.  The sweetness hasn't been looked at since Monday and that's ok.  Maddy and Matthew's car is doing just fine so no rush on the sweetness.  Jen's car will be fixed by tomorrow.  

Yesterday morning I got some saurkraut in the works!!  I found a recipe on a canning site I belong to that said how to do it with a seal-a-meal kind of setup and I HAVE that setup!!!  So it's fermenting nicely in a lower cupboard and I'll get it stuck in the fridge or canned on 4/20.

Speaking of canning.  Yesterday I canned 4 pints of corned beef, 1 jar of Mexican beans with meat, 5 pints of leftover leeks from St. Patrick's Day and got two Instant Pots going with various bits of meats, bones and veggies I gleaned from the freezer.  It made a ton of broth and lard, which I'll be canning both.  

Today I canned 4 quarts of corned beef, 5 pints of coleslaw and will can the broth and maybe lard this afternoon.  I've got another corned beef in the fridge and will make that into corn beef hash tomorrow if I feel like it.

I also have the leek ends that I'd cut off from SPD and they're sprouting nicely...  It'll be nice having some growing in my herb garden!

I'm so ready for spring, I can taste it!

I met with the bride's mom at JoAnns last night and she's getting the fabric ordered for the final dress.  Meri will be by later and we'll get the stuff ordered for the bridesmaid dresses too.  Then I'll be over the canning kick and back into sewing mode.

I haven't sewn for myself in such a long time, except for a pair of bell bottom leggings that I got for cheap and edited them into skinny leg leggings.  :)  I love them and have worn them a lot.

There are some days when I look down at my clothes and say, "wow, I've made everything I'm wearing!"  Today it's just the top, but I love that feeling.  I mentioned that "everything I'm wearing" bit to the bride's mom and she said, "gasp!  Even the sweat shirt?"

Well... not that.  It was Robb's.  But the top and leggings underneath were mine!  If I'd made the sweatshirt, she'd definitely question my sewing and fitting abilities... :)

Ok, back to work.  Have a great Thursday!  The weekend is almost here!!!