Introductions...

One of my favorite blogs to read is 1+1+1=1. Carisa does some amazing stuff with her "tot" and has inspired me to start working with Max on some things. She is celebrating having 1000 followers and I'm joining the party!!!


My name is: Kristi
I have: 2 boys, Max (22 months) and Jake (4.5 months)
I am: a full time pharmacist working night shift weekends at a local hospital and a SAHM during the week
The name of my blog is: On my mind.... and Double Trouble
I blog about: On my mind is my mommy blog where I put recipes, my thoughts, prayer requests, things I'm learning...general mom stuff. Double trouble is the boy's memoirs.
I have been reading at 1+1+1=1: not sure when or how I found it (sometime since Jake was born)
This is my first time commenting on 1+1+1=1: I think I've commented before and I've emailed Carisa multiple times!!
My favorite Bible verse: (right now): Isaiah 35:2 It will burst into bloom; it will greatly rejoice & shout for joy!
I participate in Tot School: not yet, trying to get it started and feeling Max out. I'm starting in small doses and will start posting soon on Double Trouble.


Thanks for visiting if you're coming over from the celebration!! Please stop and say hi!!! And if you're one of my readers, go check out Carisa!!! She's great!!!

Thoughts on canning....

I wanted to type up my thoughts on the canning process. It was alot of work!!! But now, especially having 1 time under my belt, I really think it's something I would enjoy doing every summer!!! Especially jelly and salsa!!! Not sure if I'm ready to do pressure canning, but water bath I think I could handle!!!

I hope to do more jelly this summer still. Next summer I'd like to do black raspberry jam and of course more salsa!!! I'm going to plant more roma tomatoes instead of cherries so I hopefully won't have to buy any tomatoes to do salsa!!

If anyone has any questions, feel free to post a comment or email me using the snazzy button on my sidebar!!!

Canning Salsa

We put the tomatoes in hot water, then ice cold water so they were easy to peel. Then cut them into small pieces.

It took a lot of tomatoes!!!

Mixed the tomatoes, pepper, and ball salsa seasoning pack

Got the half pint jars prepped in the water bath.

Mmmmm....salsa.

Filling all the jars and getting them ready for the bath.

After the jars were filled, it was processed just like the jelly. I didn't take any additional pics because well, I just didn't.

Canning Jelly (part 1)

Prepping the jars in the water bath
Mixing the cherry juice, splenda, and pectin.

This is the pectin we used.

How Jason kept Max busy while grandma and I were in the kitchen!!!

Spooning it into the jars.

Canning Jelly (part 2)

Filling the jars


Jars ready to go into the water bath

Processing the jars

Finished product!!!

Canning success (i think)

I took lots of pictures and will post them tomorrow (I'll try anyway). We only got one batch of jelly and one batch of salsa. I think now we will do better...definitely something I'm wanting to do more of in the future. There was a lot of prep work and reading (and re-reading) directions.

No promises for pictures tomorrow, but I promise it will be soon!!!

just a short delay...

Equipment issues, 2 very grumpy boys, and a sleepy mom and grandma caused a little delay in the canning project!! But do not fret- we're gonna try again tonight. I know you'll be waiting for me to post my updates..haha!!!

Adventures in Canning....

I've never tried it before!!! My mom and I are gonna give it a go tonight. She wants to make some jam and I want to work on salsa!!! We'll see...I bought all my supplies and I'm so excited!!!I've gotten a gazillion books from the library and I even bought myself the Ball Blue Book guide to preserving!!!

How hard can it be??? HAHAHA!!!