a peck of pickled peppers.

who even knows how much a peck is? i don't. but i feel like it's a lot. and more importantly i think we have a peck of pickles and peppers and beets canned fresh from our garden.

and while i can be proud that austin and i have a {relatively} successful garden and we can turn it in to good food for ourselves, it's really too bad that i won't eat any of it. because the thought of pickles makes me want to throw up. although i will use the jalapenos and other peppers in cooking {but i won't actually eat them, just the flavor of them...}

but one thing we've made recently from our garden veggies that i will actually eat is this:

homemade tomato sauce! yum! we decided just to freeze it in freezer bags since it really won't be that long before we'll want to use it. and in each bag we only put the amount we would use for one meal, so we can just heat up what's in the bag and the rest can stay stored in the freezer until next time. i can't wait to have some pasta with homemade sauce. i hope it's delicious.


so that's about all i have to share today. we have literally been doing nothing over the past few days other than attempting to stay cool and hydrated. please let these 107 degree temperatures back off a bit, because i'm getting summertime cabin fever. but i can't really complain too much especially when i know my family back home is in the same heat without any power. that means no air conditioning, people! hopefully the wonderful power people will have them back on the grid sooner rather than later...


oh. and look at my pretty puppy. she's been a little absent lately, so i just want to share her cute face with all of you.