Makin' Goodies!

So my mom gave me a dehydrator a few years back, and boy has it been awesome (thanks mom!)! We bought cherries (cheap!) and have been cutting and dehydrating them like mad!  Since dehydrating has been such a fun and essentially easy way to make treats, we decided to put a little more work and research into making goodies, so...

We decided to make blueberry jam.  To do so, we asked the expert... Wren's Mom.  She offered her expertise and some essential elements (cookware, some jars and priceless experience and knowledge).  Here's the visual story... first we picked...

Then we cleaned, cooked and canned them...

The process is hot, sticky, and delicious.  Cook down the bloobs with sugar (we did 8 cups fresh bloobs and 3-4 cups sugar and 1/4 cup lemon juice), bringing to a rolling boil... keep it there and keep stirring! Sterilize the jars and lids by boiling. To know when the fruit becomes jam, pre-freeze a plate and put some of the hot bloob sauce on it... run your finger through the sauce and if it stays separated, it's jam!  Woot! And hooray for moms!

My first blog post!

My first post on my first blog! I love how fun and easy this was to start... I'm hoping to use this as a scrapbook journal type thingy to help me remember all the fun and beautiful things that happen in my life! To start, I will share a photo showing last months adventure (New Old Time Chautauqua - The group photo, Wren and I, and Chloe my favorite poop song dueter!)

And last weeks adventure at Oregon Country Fair! I was in two shows... Dream Science Circus and Stage Left... did my first trapeze routine (what?!) and performed for the first time on the Main Stage Midnight show (the chair dance! Thanks Tom Noddy!) with one of my favorite peeps, Sam Williams!

On the way home we stayed at Bobland where we got juggle to accordion played by and eat homemade bread made by Robin Schultz!  Then saw my folks and my dad's new hats he's knitted for the Jefferson County Fair! Hooray for fun, family and electronic memories!