Archive for April, 2008
April 27, 2008 at 10:39 pm · Filed under I am feeling..., Work
The end of life as a student is drawing near. There was that end back then but this is the real end. I start my new job as a Usability Analyst this Thursday. I’m a little scared. I guess it makes sense given that I’ve had student status for the past 23 years. I’m scared but I really really need to move on. I need that dental plan.
Hmm…I’ve been thinking about here. This site, this box. The past few months have been weird. Things are changing but they have not changed yet. I think my life has been holding its breath and when I think about writing part of me is wide-eyed shaking my head “no we have to keep on holding out breath!!” I’ve thought about shutting down, hiding away, closing the box. But I can’t completely because there might be that one day a month I have a picture to share.
I don’t know. I’m confused now? I am and I will leave it at that.
Though PS I’ve taken away commenting on posts. There was so much spam and it was tiring. If you have a comment, you probably know or can find my email address.
PPS I am reading the best book ever thanks to Andrew and then Eric.
April 20, 2008 at 11:59 am · Filed under In the Kitchen and Foodstuff
A visit at my aunt’s informed me and my tongue that “freezer jam” is easy to make and tasty. In some ways more so than regular jam because you are not boiling that fresh fruit taste away.
With strawberries being so cheap this weekend, how could I not try making it myself?
I blended enough strawberries to make 4 cups.
The strawberries were mixed with a blend of 1.5 cups of sugar and a package of Bernardin Freezer Jam Pectin. This was stirred from 3 minutes and then ladled into jars.
I put lids on the jars and waited 30 minutes. Then I put the jars into the freezer and waited some more. A few hours later I finally tried my jam.
Very strawberry-y and yummy. But it didn’t thicken as much as I hoped it would. It’s more of a fruit spread then a jam. Perhaps because I bought the package of pectin with a recipe calling for 1.5 cups of sugar to make 1.25 litres of jam instead of the one that uses 8 cups of sugar to make 1.5 litres of jam. Or was that 2 litres? No matter, you can still see the difference and imagine that the higher sugar content might make for a thicker more gelled jam. Maybe?
I will try again, maybe with more sugar, and possible with fruit combinations.
April 20, 2008 at 11:57 am · Filed under Mostly Hilarious
Jemma: “Worst limo ever!”
April 20, 2008 at 11:48 am · Filed under Photographs
Hi.
It is supposed to be here.
But there have been interruptions.
Though soon enough.
