Coffee and Ice Cream

When I'm not being studious behind my laptop, glasses perched on my nose and mozart plugged into my ears, I am working at either Cool Spoons Frozen Yogurt and Treats or Common Grounds Coffeehouse.  To answer your question, yes I get free coffee and ice cream. Dream job(s). 

Pickles and Pesto

Pesto

A few months back I helped my friend Terry Kessinger put on a rehearsal dinner for her son.  One of her appetizers was a Caprese salad skewer (cherry tomatoes & mozzarella chunks drizzled with pesto).  She used her home-made pesto for the skewers and it was delicious!  With my garden exploding with basil I thought it would be fun to try to make it myself.  

She graciously gave me her recipe - thank you Terry!

Joy that is Inexpressible

"Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith - more precise that gold that perishes through it is tested by fire - may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls." 

1 Peter 1:3-9 (ESV)

Adventures in Canning: First Attempt

What do you like to do at 9:30pm on a Saturday night?

Well, I like to learn how to can peaches, that's what I like to do!

Garden Update

Our garden is exploding!  

I am definitely regretting the chicken wire around the boxes, it makes it very difficult to weed and care for the plants in the box.  I don't think we were expecting the plants to get this big so we didn't think it was a big deal. Next time I think we will do a fence around the whole thing, which would allow space to move around the boxes more freely.  

Regardless, the plants are very healthy and starting to blossom and produce veggies!