Holdin' Down the Fort: Strawberry Jam

Friday, June 20, 2008

Strawberry Jam

Somedays I don't think I get anything done...however, my kids and I have 5 flats (yes, FIVE) of strawberry jam in our freezer. We SHOULD be able to eat strawberry jam through June 2009. BTW...we only eat strawberry jam.

2 comments:

Jillian said...: Good to see you are coming back to the world of blogging. I was beginning to think you have given up. And I think you can successfully say you get things accomplished in the day. 5 FLATS!; June 21, 2008 at 9:15 AM
M&M_Mama said...: Your jam looks delicious! I keep wanting to make jam with my mom's strawberries, but I keep using them for other things...strawberry rubarb pie, strawberry pancakes, snacks...in fact Lizzy ate them for lunch here today! I should be more like the ANT instead of the GRASSHOPPER in Aesop's fable.; June 25, 2008 at 10:58 AM

View From the Hill

How do we reduce the pressure and enjoy our families more? "...recognize that the joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction. Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments. She said "The biggest mistake I made {as a parent} is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of {my three children} sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less" (from "Daughters of God", Ballard April 2008; click on image for complete article)