In This Crazy Life...

Its been unseasonably cool this summer! According to the news this is the second coolest July in History. I saw the date 1880 pop up the other night when they were talking about it. Hey I'm not complaining. We've not hit high 90's but a couple of days.   Sunday I drove to Hot Springs to pick blackberries. My parents have a few acres of land and they are growing wild ALL over it! My brother and dad went to help. We picked a little over two gallons. Spence ate more than he put in his bucket. I spent today freezing a few bags and making 14 jars of jam. I made Kev a cobbler too. Blackberry Cobbler is his favorite! I mention the other day that I purchased a canning funnel. Boy does it make getting the sticking hot liquid into the jars easier! Jam

I decided since I wasn't busy building a house or planning a wedding this summer, I would read!! I love Jennifer Weiner so I picked this book up. Once I saw it was about addiction, I had to read it. I've been reading Janet Evaonvich for years and even though they are getting redundant at book twenty. I still read.  I've had this book for years and I've never picked it up. I really liked it. It's about a lady and her husband tries to kill her by throwing her overboard during their cruise. She swims to safety and sets out to get revenge. At the same time she is falling for the guy who rescues her.  Very good young adult novel about a boy with a deformed face and the challenges he faces.  LOVE this book!! Can't wait to see the movie.  I went to church with Adam Brown. I never really knew him, but my mom was and his parents knew each other. I've been wanting to read this book and finally purchased it through my Kindle App. Adam Brown was a...

This is my grandfather's favorite cake and I make it for him whenever we have family get togethers in the summer. We didn't make it to the family reunion in June, so I made it for our July Family Fish Fry. The fish fry moved to Hot Springs whenever papaw bought the lake houses. Everyone hangs out and takes boat rides. I don't have any picture of that day. We ate with everyone and then went out on the boat with my brother and his fiancé. I wanted to document this recipe here because it's just in the notes on my phone. this way I will have it somewhere else.

Kev's dad planted a huge garden this year and we are benefiting from it. Every time we see him he has a bag of tomatoes, squash, and zucchini.  Sunday we went out there to pick green beans. The plants were loaded down. Here's our bags.  I was generous and shared with our friends. We still had tons of squash and green tomatoes at the house. I plan on trying to can some of the green beans. That will be a whole post in itself, so stay tuned.