I Could Vomit

The sight of corn I swear is going to make me vomit. I am so sick of corn that I thought I was covered in it during a dream. I did enough ears of corn to get me thru the entire year, if not next year. Below are pictures:

Before:

After:

During. Miss A and Mr C were playing restaurant. A was 'the customer' altho she repeatedly said 'i'm the princess' Oh does she ever have THAT right!

Cute I thought!!

What doesn't help during the process is Boji. He LOVES corn. I would think he'd be as sick of it as I am.

Please may I have a piece???

You think she'll notice??

GET A WAY!! MINE MINE ALL MINE!!!!

Ahhhh piece and quite!!

Really the next picture should be the first picture of him b/c he's right back for more. Silly dog!!

Here's a video of what the kids do while momma works! They only last so long 'helping'.
This was taken @ 1030PM! I had been doing corn for 3 1/2 hours STRAIGHT by now. That didn't include the 2 hours I did earlier in the afternoon. DH kept asking me questions about do you want more corn? Is there a box to put it in? I was just crosser then a hornet. I was like I'm armed with a knife, corn stuck to the bottom of my feet, blew up the electric knife cutting the corn, my back feet and other areas of my body are aching, and the heck with you! STOP ASKING questions that you can answer yourself.

I just started tossing bags of corn. After we took this I said boy this doesn't look like much. To which DH says AGAIN: You want more?? I about came after him with my knife LOL JK!!

NEXT YEAR, assuming I come out of the corn induced haze, I am NOT doing it alone! This job is meant for at least 2 people. I don't care if I have to HIRE someone to help, I'm not doing it alone.

That being said, after looking at corn for a week straight some of the corn starts looking....well....pretty interesting and your mind starts playing. So what do you think this looks like:

My next project is these pears as soon as they turn ripe. I will can them. They are THE BEST!!

Canning

Phew....we've been busy over here at our farm house. Besides the constant drama/issues with FIL I've been working on canning and freezing. Here are pics:

BTW as I sit here typing, YES in THE AM!! the kids are playing so nicely beside me. Some of what I'm hearing:

C'man asking Miss A if she's going to play at school with him

C'man telling Miss A 'sorry I just can't play with you right now' (ouch! That must come from hearing me??)

C'man is working on building a test track. That is a result of our trip to DSW. He/WE LOVED that ride.
Miss A must have drawn a picture and she's telling C'man: this is my brother, my daddy, my mommy, etc but now Mr C'man is saying no THIS is Daddy. (I'll have to see this picture)

Miss A is signing: This is my commandment that you love one another.....

C'man just yelled: The bus is here!! (he must be getting excited for school, but he's going to be disappointed b/c he's not old enough to ride the bus)

Obviously C'man is doing all the talking around here, unless Miss A disagrees then she loudly speaks up.

OK they are on to the kitchen now doing god knows what. Back to my original post:

Already to be blanched.










Was able to get 2 pots going. Goes much faster but only if you're doing this with two people.












Soaking in cold water. Next step is cutting if off. I'll have to post pictures of that after my session today:)

End result was 88 ears got me 20 bags. Needless to say, that's NOT enough to get us thru the winter. There is probably over 100 ears sitting outside right now. Will get better pictures today.

I guess I don't have any pictures of the next stages of the process of freezing corn.