{"id":2731,"date":"2015-07-31T15:12:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T20:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2015-08-03T12:22:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T17:22:29","slug":"with-a-vengence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=2731","title":{"rendered":"… with a vengence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shirt #19 (seersucker)<\/p><\/div>\n

Summer has definitely arrived in East Texas with daily temperatures breaking the century mark for the past 2 weeks and no end in sight.\u00a0 Even after biblical, record rains throughout Spring, we are now watching the skies, hoping for rain.\u00a0 Our colder-than-normal Winter is only a distant memory as we chase air conditioning while hiding from the sun.\u00a0 Texas!\u00a0 No need to say more!<\/p>\n

Along with these dog days has come laziness and lack of ambition.\u00a0 I’ve accomplished little recently and I use the heat as my excuse.\u00a0 I have only started making shirt #19.\u00a0 It’s another seersucker with contrasting collar stand and backside of the shark tail collar.\u00a0 It has a chevron pocket.\u00a0 All that’s left is to insert the sleeves, sew and flat-felled the side seams, construct buttonholes, add buttons and hem.\u00a0 Frankly, that’s a 2-3 hour easy job which I have no ambition to complete today.\u00a0 Shame on me!<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, I canned some chicken soup.\u00a0 It’s SO easy to do.\u00a0 I cooked 10 chicken thighs in water with seasoning, chopped onions, a bay leaf and celery to make a flavorful broth.\u00a0 I deboned and chopped the chicken, chopped more onion and celery which I inserted into quart jars along with a couple of tablespoons of frozen corn and frozen peas.\u00a0 I ladled hot broth into the partially filled jars, wiped the tops and added lids and rings.\u00a0 I processed the jars in my pressure canner for 1 \u00bd hours.\u00a0 Each of the 7 quart jars is a beginning to a wonderful, homemade chicken soup.\u00a0 As we heat a jar for a meal, I can add rice, barley, noodles, dumplings, etc. according to what we desire at the time.\u00a0 We’ll have a terrific homemade, hearty, healthy dinner in a matter of minutes.\u00a0 (I LOVE deliciousness especially when it’s quick and easy!!!)<\/p>\n

After making room for the chicken soup on the shelf, I notice we have no more space for jars.\u00a0 The freezers are also packed full so I need to stop putting up so much and start eating some of it.\u00a0 It’s time to chomp down on some of this accumulation of fresh, wholesome food.\u00a0 I’m down!<\/p>\n

Stay cool!<\/p>\n

Shirl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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