What have I been up to.....

After moving to Logan, getting married, and life settling down, I found myself with lots of extra time on my hands. And I will admit, it has been a struggle. Everyone always says...man if I had some extra time I could get so much stuff done. I could do all those projects I have always wanted to. But let me tell you, in excess it is bad! I get less done than before. I went through a good amount of depression and trying to figure out my place in life but I am glad to say that I am on the up and up and have been doing much better for several weeks. I have been subbing where I can and know for sure I was made to teach very young kids. Middle school blows. So, for those of you that follow my face book and have heard about things I have been doing, I thought I would follow up with some pictures to fill in any gaps.

We made aprons in Young Womens with a very basic pattern.
So, I altered mine and made it a little sassy.

I have recently purchased a pressure canner and the world has opened up to me.
I have been doing a lot of reading and on line research to learn how to can.
This is my hoard of beans and the 5th row is pot roast! Yes please!

The top shelf holds turkey chili, chili verde and juiced green chilies and roasted green chilies. The bottom shelf that is bursting with goodness is from left to right, roasted tomato sauce (spaghetti), yukon gold potatoes, grape juice (saving that to bottle my pears with), cranaheim jelly, (behind the jelly is... peach/blueberry jam, cherry jam, cherry pineapple jam, and plum jam) fruit cocktail, donut peaches, spiced donut peaches, and Amanda's lemon honey. And tomorrow I am trying my hand at a small batch of apple butter from asian pear/apples.

I got caught up on all the Brandon Mull books that I had not read yet.
Now I am ready when the next Beyonders book hits the shelf.

Joshua and I purchased bikes! We have enjoyed riding them around and
discovering our side of the valley...that is, when I am not crashing.

I have a good friend who does Stampin Up. Amanda and I helped ourselves to a
fabulous craft party and made 3 different halloween crafts. In the bowl is a banner
that says spooky on one side and wicked on the other. We had so much fun!

This is my newly covered ottoman. It used to be leather and all scratched up.
Before I declawed my cat he had spent his youth sharpening his claws on my
ottoman. I had never reupholstered anything before but I really wanted
to fix my ottoman so it was not such an eye sore. Two youtube videos
later and one 50% off upholstery fabric at JoAnns and I was set.

I even love the way the inside turned out. I will be working on throw pillows
for the couch that have that same green and white on one of the fabrics and the
blue and white on the other. We shall see how this turns out.

And lastly...I have been waiting for this fuchsia shade of henna to fade out so I
can go get my new license with my fabulous new married name.
Hopefully that will be this week.