Of Apple Butter and A Crying Jag

15,097 Days Alive

7 Quarts of Apple Pie Filling Canned

1 Crockpot Full of 5 Quarts of Chopped Apples to Make Apple Butter

1/2 A Bushel of Apples Blanched for Canning

Oh my goodness was the kitchen hot this evening! Owl and I canned about eight quarts of the apple slices into pie filling this evening. And another five to six went into the crock pot on low to stew down into apple butter. So good!

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Of Cold Snaps and Coca Cola

14,756 Days Alive

2 Weeks From Today is the 4th of December

Trigger warning: speaking on the loss of parents.

I feel like I’m not allowed to be as sad as I am about my Daddy’s death anniversary. it’s two weeks from today exactly. He’s been gone since 2018; I literally didn’t know what to do that day. Meaning the day after I got the phone call at something like three in the morning.

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