Gettin' all domestic and shiz

So, I have been home almost two months. It took me a while to find work, and I was enjoying doing menial tasks for my mother. Feeding horses, chickens, children, doing dishes, watering plants, mucking stalls....then I got a little crazy on us.

After my mom jokingly pointed out a squished tomato on our sidewalk, calling it "sundried tomato," I thought I better try making them. My mom, sister, and I love them, and they are actually kind of expensive. We alway have tons of extra tomatoes growing in the family's garden, and it just seemed like the right idea to dry some for gifts and some for us winter.

AND THEN when I was buying jars for my sundried tomatoes, I saw liquid pectin, and the jelly they were advertising on the box was jalapeno jelly...since jalapeno jelly around Christmas time us one of my favorites, and I was buying jars anyway, I decided to give it a go!

I had never made jelly before...and have a knack for leaving things unfinished. Really, I am proud of both efforts. The jalapeno jelly went very well over cornbread muffins (made by me also...I would brag on that too, but those are too easy to brag about!) yesterday when Aunt Gwen was over to my parents' ranch. The sundried tomatoes are jarred in olive oil, and will be consumed at some point in the near future.