Wordless Wednesday - Visiting Daddy at Work

Canning

Anyone with experience in canning food have any suggestions on how to get started?  I'm pretty sure we're about to have a TON of ripe tomatoes soon so I want to make tomato sauce and can it for fall/winter but I have never canned anything on my own and haven't helped anyone since I was little.  I vaguely remember helping my grandmother put up snap beans.

I'd also love to make some blackberry jam since our backyard is full of them.

Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated!!!

Wordless Wednesday - Reading

CSN Review - Combi Hero Highchair

I was so excited when I was contacted by CSN Stores to do a review!  There are so many fabulous products it was really hard to choose.  I finally settled on the Combi Hero Highchair in Wasabi and not only it is great, but it arrived in record time!  We originally just bought a simple wooden highchair without a tray and it worked for a while, but we needed to upgrade, and upgrade we did!

We have been using Combi Hero Highchair in Wasabi for about a week and this chair is fantastic.  It's a highchair and booster seat that has 5 height adjustments and 3 different reclining positions.  I love the fact that you can take the seat off and just strap it to a chair, that will come in super handy when we're traveling.  I LOVE the Wasabi pattern.  It even has a green apple snack tray that matches our green apple fabric in the kitchen perfectly.

 David really likes it...

(He REALLY likes throwing the snack tray when he's done with his food)

I honestly think it looks better in person than it does online and how often does that happen?  CSN Stores is my new "go to" website for, well, everything!  With over 200 stores to choose from you're bound to find what you're looking for!

Here are some of the features listed on the website:

• Wasabi color
• 2-in-1 high chair and booster seat combination
• Removable top tray with compartments
• Main tray with slide-out cup holder
• Combi mug and Combi towel included
• Towel hook on rear handle
• Large adjustable footrest
• Removable, washable seat cushion
• Well padded seat cushion
• Front swivel wheels
• Rear anti-slip feet
• Removable booster seat
• 5-position height adjustment
• 3-position reclining seat
• 5-point harness with belly pad
• Easy to fold self-standing frame
• Oval tube design for sleek appearance
• Color coordinating accent pieces

**The product in this review was provided in part by CSN Stores but this was not a paid post. My honest opinions have been given, however others experiences and opinions may differ from my own**

Celebrate the Joys of Homemaking Event at Happily Domestic

Happily Domestic is having a Celebrate the Joys of Homemaking Event starting July 17th and it will run for at least 1 month maybe longer.  I can't wait to see the sponsors and start entering the giveaways!

Head on over to her blog and check out the event!

Mema and the prunes

My grandmother is amazing.  That's really all there is to it.  She's over 90 years old, lives on her own, cooks ALL the time, drives, does all of her own shopping, never forgets a birthday and loves her family unconditionally.  She's also kind of crazy.  Not bad crazy just fun little old lady crazy.  I guess it's not so much crazy as it is that she just has no filter.  I guess when you're her age you earn the right to say what you think and you just don't care what anyone else thinks.  I have stories and maybe someday I'll post them, but most of them use language that I don't feel comfortable using.  (Not so much bad words, but more just foul/crude language lol)

Anyway!  David and I went up yesterday to visit her for the day.  We had a great time!  We went to lunch with her friend Dean, had the usual fight over who was going to pay (I won only because I paid the server cash when Mema was arguing with Dean about who was going to pay ;)), then I ran some errands and headed back to her house to visit some more.

Now, if any of you know anyone over the age of 80, you know that not pooping is in their top 10 list of concerns, and Mema, being over 90 is VERY concerned about such matters (as are David's other great-grandparents).  So of course, she had to inquire about David's...um, schedule.  So I told her that normally he's a once a day pooper, but he actually hadn't gone since Sunday.

*GASP*  Well, that is unacceptable!  She brought out the prunes.  He ate two at dinner and she was very pleased that he liked them.  He's had them before at his other great-grandparents house, but honestly, I never buy them.  When Mema found out that we didn't have any at home she sent us home with a small bucket full.  Not a small baggie or cup.  A small bucket.  I told her we didn't need to take all of her prunes and I can easily stop at the store and pick some up.  But she insisted and said she has plenty because she buys them at Sam's.  I didn't even know Sam's carried prunes but then again I've never considered buying them in bulk before.

Mema never lets you leave her house empty handed, but this is the first time I've left with a bucket of prunes.  If anyone is in the area feel free to stop on by and have a prune or two.  We have plenty.



UPDATE:  Mema was please to find out that as of 10am David had taken care of his problem...twice. ;)

Wordless Wednesday - Beyond Hot!!

I'm moving to Barrow, Alaska if it doesn't cool down soon...