Wednesday, July 3, 2013

happy heart

My friend wrote: Channeling my inner Suzie homemaker today--I made 45 friggen jars of jam (had to rescue fruit from a new friend's broken freezer, had to be used today)! I feel like a kitchen warrior lol and I am so tired
&Can I just say how much I love this group? All of you feel like a lovely EP family to me and it's awesome :) case in point-- thanks so much Jennifer, who I hadn't even met before she offered me her defrosting food (a lifesaver btw, my husband has only been working 20hrs/week and picking up shifts when possible but this month is hard and we're struggling) and now my house smells great as I cook up free (to me) chicken, pasta sauce, a pizza yesterday, bacon & biscuits this morning, etc. Not to mention all that amazing jam. Sorry for the long weepy post but things like the camaraderie we have here make me smile, and I wanted to thank you all for making that happen :)

I responded: I told my husband tonight how excited I was that I gave the food away before everything was a complete loss and I felt so much better giving you the contents of the freezer after I rant out of stuff on Saturday when you came over. Add in my feeling all emotional on a trip out to the Bay Area, and realizing how I could not ask for a better place to live-and so much more. ahhh my heart is happy tonight.

I love the picture she posted, I love how my kitchen disaster turned into this beautiful food. I am so very thankful to be where I am, in the midst of all this chaos, something turned out so wonderful for someone else.


Photo: Channeling my inner Suzie homemaker today--I made 45 friggen jars of jam (had to rescue fruit from a new friend's broken freezer, had to be used today)! I feel like a kitchen warrior lol and I am so tired