What I Realized....

as I was canning peaches for six hours after the kids had gone to bed and Bryce was out of town on Monday night:

• I'm a little bit afraid of the dark. The kitchen light went out twice.


• Old, squeaky floors make me nervous at 12am in the morning.


• I've watched too many episodes of Law & Order: SVU.


• I'm an eternal optimist...I thought for sure I would be done canning 85 lbs of peaches by 11pm.


• I'm delusional....it took till 2am.


• I'm lazy. I would rather put freezer jam in a quart jar that is clean then walk down stairs to find a pint and then have to clean it.


• I'm not a fan of fruit flies.


• I find my basement a little bit scary.


• Just because you like a certain type of music, that doesn't mean it's great for canning peaches.


• Beatles: not peach canning music. Jon Bon Jovi: peach canning music.


• Ice makers go 'thump' in the night.


• I can come up with a lot of blog post ideas when I have only peaches to distract me.


• I can forget about a lot of blog post ideas when I haven't gotten enough sleep.


• I'm thorough....I did all of the dishes and cleaned up all of the mess before I went to bed.


• I am not a perfectionist....one jar broke in the water bath the first batch and I refused to switch the water....so now all of the jars are sticky.


• Some honey bees....like the one that flew into the kitchen....are completely clueless about the bee curfew.


• If you plan to sleep in the next morning....your kids will wake up earlier than normal.

Katie