Trying to be more diligent

I've been picking on my sister, Tina, quite a lot lately about her lack of blogging lately. So, in an effort to not follow her footsteps, I must continue no matter how small the task.

Big news!! My school money finally came. Now I can buy my books and work on catching up.

Hubby started his 7 day long stint at the local steel mill today. The mill shuts down operations twice a year to perform necessary maintenance. They hire people for the shut down only and these people take vacation from their regular jobs to work up there. The big bonus is they pay quite well. The down fall is the work is extremely difficult and specialized and they must work 12 hours each day for 7 days straight. Poor sleepy, achy, meany (lack of sleep combined with long hours will do that to you) hubby.

I make the best of hubby's shutdown stint and try to accomplish things I couldn't otherwise. I spent the day cleaning up and organizing so that I can spend the week moving stuff around, and buying new stuff to fill the voids. I also spent the afternoon canning pickles. My garden (which is new to me this year) has been overflowing with produce and I can't quite keep up. So, here I sit listening to the popping of the lids on the cans as they seal. What a great sound! It's the sound of accomplishment. It's my favorite part of canning.