2 posts tagged “jobs”

2008_08_07 - crabapple jelly, etc 002.JPG - Jelly in the Window

Here's today's batch of crab apple jelly cooling on the window sill.  As you can tell, I put jelly in whatever leftover jar I can find.  I would like to get one nice set of jars to use as gifts.  I looked at Wal-Mart today, but they didn't have any. It's all I can do to make one batch a day.  I do have enough extra juice from today that I can make another batch tomorrow morning before I start on the next batch of apples.  I may just freeze some of the juice to fix later.  I'm about out of jars.

My interview this morning went really well.  I liked the superintendent a lot.  I applied for the position of food service director for a school district.  It would be basically the same as my old job, except at a smaller school.  That's fine with me.  I hope to find out soon, because school starts on August 20th.  Not a lot of time to plan menus and order food.  I think I could pull it off if I started on Monday or Tuesday. 

I am really tired from standing so much today.  Need to do laundry and pick green beans tomorrow, as well as working with more of those little red apples. Need to do a lot of paperwork, too.  No rest for the wicked! 

Pink flower in the city

I've been home for two days now, but haven't had a minute to spare.  Friday night after I got home, I spent two hours tranferring pictures from my camera to my computer.  On Saturday, I had to do laundry, clean house, and make a dessert to take to the graduation party.  It was nice to see everyone one, and the food was good, but we were late getting home again.  I did take a few pictures of a yellow hibiscus that I will post. 

Yesterday we had a house full of family for Father's Day.  I started cooking and getting things ready as soon as we got home from Mass.  By the time everyone came after lunch, it had started to cloudy up, and by 3:00 we got a downpour.  It chased everyone up from the lake, but it did cool things off enough that we were able to enjoy being outside for the rest of the day.  The kids had fun on the swings and at the lake.  Grandpa got to show his granddaughters how to cast with a rod and reel.  That was exciting for them and for him.  Most everyone got a canoe ride, and we had tons of food.  Couldn't ask for a better day. 

This morning I got to do a little farming.  Hubby needed help getting the mower hooked up to the tractor so he could finish cutting his hay down.  We didn't get enough rain yesterday to hurt anything, and there isn't any in the forecast for at least three more days. 

I've been trying to clean up my computer today.  I have too much stuff saved.  It keeps telling me that I've run out of disk space. 

Hope you can see the pink flower on the post.  I took it at my daughter's house in the city on Friday between showers.  It was a really good day to take flower photos.  I'll try to post more of them as I get organized.

I spent my computer time last night applying for a job in the city.  I really like being home, but it doesn't pay the bills or the insurance, so I guess I'll have to put my nose back to the grindstone.  I was hoping to get my old job back out here in the country, but that isn't going to happen, so I'll just go to Plan B.  I'll let you know what happens.  Now to see if I can do some more cleaning!