Orange Marmalade

The canning process I have learned

 today can lead to drinking....

This was my vision of how this beautiful

 Sunday afternoon would go.

My two sweet children gathered around the kitchen table

next to me, peeling oranges and learning how to

make their own orange marmalade. 

Telling me tales about their school week and friends. 

 They would have so much fun...so much in fact

that they would give me lots of hugs and kisses and

tell me no one has a better mother than them!

not even close to how it all went down

It started out okay enough. 

While I was getting everything washed and ready

out they went to play with the husband. 

I get everything all set....so I go outside to get them

Where i'm quickly informed by my two sweet children that

they are having to much fun to come inside right now.

Would it be alright if I started without them?

...minor set back but not a problem.

Once all the fruit has been peeled and chopped

I quickly realize two things

1.  The kids are never coming inside for our

magical marmalade memories

and

2.  All my canning equipment has gone missing

Fast forward to the pot of fruit and sugar boiling over

all onto the inside and outside of the stove.

I clean that mess up

THEN....

the biggest stock pot I have isn't deep enough

for the water to cover the jars.

That's it I give up...

the marmalade can just kiss my.....

Out comes the wine

A little etsy retail therapy

thank you to my friend

Linda at

Itsy Bits and Pieces

But don't worry...every story has a knight in shining armor and a fairy tale ending...right

In walks sweet husband,

he sees what is going on and says to me...I can fix this!

Good luck I tell him....let me know how that turns out

.....as I pour glass number 2

Twenty minutes later my caped hero

emerges from the kitchen with

6 perfectly processed jars of Orange Marmalade

Yes girls...I married well!!!

I don't know how he did it...but this afternoon he is my hero.

I'm thinking however at this point I had better just go grab glass

number 3...because now i'm having visions of

the children and I gathered around the table

making lovely scones to go with our marmalade....

I must be out of of my mind!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend