Mostly Midlife

Absolutely...but proceed at your own risk! My post...

2010-12-23T14:10:47.700-08:00

Absolutely...but proceed at your own risk! My post "The Making of Jalapeno Jelly" gives a recipe I used to cut back on the vinegar flavor, but I had to reset that batch, so I'm not sure I would follow that one again.

The recipe that finally worked for me is the one off the Ball liquid pectin box. However, I think the directions are misleading in that it appears you are to use both packages of the liquid pectin. NO! You will only use one package, and I cut the cider vinegar down to 1/2 cup mixed with the jalapenos at first and then just 1 cup after that.

The freezer peach mango jam was simple. Again, I used the Ball freezer jam package and just added a very ripe mango to the fruit puree. The batch set up perfectly and was very tasty, similar to marmalade.

Glad to hear the jelly set! Will you share the rec...

2010-12-22T09:08:41.607-08:00

Glad to hear the jelly set! Will you share the recipe?

Excellent post!

2010-12-17T05:49:10.603-08:00

Excellent post!

I used to make my own tie-dye shirts back in the e...

2010-03-15T04:49:14.828-07:00

I used to make my own tie-dye shirts back in the early 70's! Good times! BB

I think this sounds like a blast! I would've ...

2010-03-02T00:10:01.128-08:00

I think this sounds like a blast! I would've liked to have been the teachers helper that day.

Thanks for the add. I returned the favor :)

2010-02-05T15:31:28.272-08:00

Thanks for the add. I returned the favor :)

Wow! You had a cerebral adventure and I'm sit...

2010-02-05T05:13:10.762-08:00

Wow! You had a cerebral adventure and I'm sitting at home, grounded by the weather! Book signings are great experiences. Oh, I added a link to your blog on mine.
http://baytownbert.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much!

2010-01-17T22:58:34.038-08:00

Thanks so much!

Hi Melissa, I've now checked out your blog; lo...

2010-01-13T02:58:18.373-08:00

Hi Melissa, I've now checked out your blog; love your approach and the material. I shall be adding you to my own blog roll at http://justmidlife.wordpress.com Best regards, Suzy Barker, Just Midlife
P.S. Also liking your choice of reading - The Time Traveller's Wife is one of my firm favourites.

Hope you had a wonderful birthday!

2010-01-12T14:18:56.560-08:00

Hope you had a wonderful birthday!

Awesome!! love ya sis.... Have a great day today!...

2010-01-04T07:30:59.408-08:00

Awesome!!
love ya sis.... Have a great day today!

Thanks, Anita. I still love the feel of a pen in m...

2009-12-29T19:38:04.310-08:00

Thanks, Anita. I still love the feel of a pen in my hand and the ink spilling onto a clean journal page. So, I find myself writing in a few different modes from this blog to my Houston Chronicle one and then back to the journal.

I can't wait to start up my 2010 blog project here. Hope you will follow. I must say I miss you Haiku postings on Facebook. Have a great new year!

I enjoyed your post on letter writing. Once I was ...

2009-12-29T11:33:51.600-08:00

I enjoyed your post on letter writing. Once I was a prolific writer of letters, but over time, my correspondents wrote less and less, and e-mail seemed to take the place of most letter writing. I am now going through letters from my husband's family that date back to the 1850s--fine letters that bring the letter-writers to life.

By the way, if you teach a unit on letter writing, check out Garrison Keillor's humorous and breezily written instructions in his essay "How to Write a Letter." I used this essay in my classes. You can probably find a copy online.