FIRST TIME Raw Pack Canning CHICKEN Tips, Canning Ground Beef (AGAIN :) - with a towel on my head! 

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Who else admires her for letting her children be children, while she records content for us.🌺

“I don’t know,I’m old and it seems fun to me”. Jamerrill says☺️we have so much in common!😆 love this lady!!

Jamerrill...LOVE watching you, you inspire me in my faith, in my life and in motherhood! 2 of my 6 kids have Covid right now...they are doing pretty well ...It has been harder on my adult daughter so far. Asking for prayers for Rachel and Rowen and really all of us...❤️ Thank you!

Tip: When canning meat, add a celery stick, carrot stick and a chunk of sweet or vidalia onion to the raw pack. The flavor is amazing + the added nutrients from the veggies.

I love the garden and farm chore videos. I just like listening to you go on about your day. I find you comforting.

“I’m old and it seems fun to me.” That's my current motto cause in the current situation it's fun to prepare and learn new skills. Thanks for sharing.

Every time I watch one of your canning videos I curse the fact that canning just isn't a thang here in the UK, so few people use it as a storage method that we had to import our 3 pressure caners from your side yet its such a fantastic way to save thousands on your annual grocery costs by just swinging with the seasons and bulk canning as seasonal glut brings prices down or you have your own home grown glut, not to mention how darn handy canned foods are when you find yourself with unexpected meal guests that 0 defrost time makes bulking up or baking an extra pie a dawdle.

I love seeing you doing all the things!! Inside or out. Maybe another garden tour would be nice. Thanks for all you teach us and for sharing the love of Jesus every day!! ❤️🍓🥬❤️

I love seeing people like me on RU-vid. People who don’t have an immaculately clean home and people who don’t have their hair all fancy and make up on. Most of the time I feel like I’m just getting by 🤣 I like knowing I’m not the only one with dishes in the sink

I must say that I am TOO excited for your garden to come in and you sharing that with us. I can hardly wait for the next video to see if there is a bit of an update on your veggies and to see what has become of all the potato methods! Love your videos, the bring such happiness!

I have nothing constructive to add about canning, but I love your willingness to learn by doing - and that you're willing to sharing that process with us. Thank you ❤️

Yes, please do a farm chore video! I have learned so much watching this process and can understand why my farm bred dad missed his boyhood home so much. He married a city girl and she wasn't having anything to do with the country. I feel I really missed out when I watch you enjoying your farm life.

I would love to see farm chore videos. Love seeing Jazzy girl. And also seeing who follows you around. Thanks for another great video.

We canned pork that we bought on sale. I just put one tsp. canning salt to each quart. If my husband goes deer hunting in the fall we can venison and put one tsp. canning salt, large chunk of onion, and a cubed piece of fat back in each quart. It makes it smell and taste like beef. It takes out the wild taste. I love your videos. I learn a lot of tips from you. Thanks for sharing and God bless you all.

I love canned peaches and cottage cheese, so yummy and reminds me of mornings before school at grandmas house.

It makes my heart sing to see you canning😊. Just a tip when you wash your lid, remove your gasket. The soap will dry it out. Btw canning freezer food to make room makes perfect sense

I leave the plastic on the boxes and pull it back over the jars. Keeps the dirt out and holds them steady. If you ever lose the rack that goes on the bottom of the canner, a cotton kitchen cloth works. Don't ask how I know. First thing I tell new canners is don't get a canner with a gauge. You watch it and adjust and re-adjust and that can cause loss of liquid in the jars. Which is fine, it's still good. If you go with a weight only canner, it self stabilizes the pressure in the canner. If you have to can over 10 lbs for your altitude, just use the 15 weight it's fine. I have never raw packed ground beef. So, you're not alone.

I love that I found your channel. You are amazing. I have a small family of 3 and you have taught me so much. I'm 55 and still learning. Thanks for everything you provide for your viewers. Looking forward to more.

As much as I LOVE your freezer meals, I'm happy to see you canning and dry storing for us small freezer gals!

We love the farm chores and the garden videos too!!! Thank you!

Please, PLEASE SHOW US THE FARM CHORES!!!! LOVE WATCHING U AND THE KIDS DOING THE FARM THINGS!!!! LOVE U AND THE FAMILY SO MUCH!!!

I just love how humble and honest you are on your channel. You are you. Take it for what it is. If I'm not dressed, welll??? Here I am. Turban on.....yep I'm still here... Thanks for being true to you and not trying to change to get more viewers or mainstream... Keep being you! Love your channel!

I can’t imagine all of the things you did that day before you turned your camera on. Too bad you can’t bottle up some of that energy you have and pass it on to some of us ⚡️

Yes, I would live to see a farm chore video, morning and evening chores. I don't can food but it was fun to learn what canning is all about and what it involves. Thanks.

Linda’s pantry is another really good RU-vidr. She does a lot of canning and prepping. She cooks or par cooks meat because she says it just taste better. I’m in the canning mood too but the gauge on my canner doesn’t seem to be working quite right so I’m gonna have to get that replaced.

Your videos always make me feel good. I was thinking about you as I needed cheering up and your video notification arrived yay. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺 it’s Friday and 12.30 in the afternoon . Am eating my lunch at work and watching you - feel better already. Thank you 🙏

My parents put together about a year of food storage, and we started eating out of it right away. We kept up this method of shopping on sale, storing up, and making meals out of what was on the shelf and it got us through a few years where my dad wasnt making really any money and us kids hardly noticed the difference.

Linda’s Pantry is a great canning Channel and Homestead Heart is great!

Jamerrill, I love to hear you talking to the camera, you crack me up. I don’t have a big family but I LOVE watching you cook, your grocery hauls. If I am having a bad day watching one of your vlogs will cheer me up. 🙂😃

I hear ya Jam about having a preference for those wide mouth jars. I have not yet had the nerve to can meats but you are an encouragement. LIFE IS GOOD!

I miss the farm chores! I love all the videos, but we just started a homestead so its interesting to see how others do it!

I grew up on a farm. My mom and grandmother would can a lot.i have been canning for awhile. I am still learning. RU-vid can provide a lot of info. Ball makes a different canning book every year with different information and recipes. I’ve been collecting these. When I first started canning, they provided a lot of information to me. I also can ground meat. I don’t add liquid, just cooked meat. It’s a little harder to get out of the jar, but you can get more out of a jar. You can store more using less jars. If I were to start canning now with all I’ve learned, I’d only buy wide mouth jars. They are easier to deal with. Especially when doing meat or pickles. I think we have the same canner. If we do then you can actually fit 10 pint jars and if you buy another rack, you can double stack....can 20 pint jars at a time. Huge time saver! Check your book. This year was the first time I canned meatballs! They are awesome! I recommend to can this. Can’t can breads or crackers in your meat. Doesn’t work well. Take hamburger and spices, mix, roll into whatever size balls you like...I did small, cook in oven for about 15 minutes....so they hold their shape during canning, put in jars with broth.....can use water, can according to your canner. I opened a jar for meatball subs, they were great. I want to make the broth into gravy and put over potatoes next time. Love love love my canner. Hope you have fun with yours! A lot of work, but easy meals when you need it. Homemade soups are so nice in winter! Also, first year for me and my dehydrator. You should try this. Great way to use veggies that may get thrown out. I got a good sale on veggies. Have about 20 or so pounds of dehydrated potatoes in a half gallon ball jar. Great way to store a lot in a small space. Got two 10# cans of green beans in a half gallon jar. If I only need a little of this and that for a recipe, have it without extra left over.

I love farm chore videos! I love seeing all the animals and your garden 💕

Love the towel... gives that high priestess vibe!! Love all your videos and content. Thanks for always staying authentic and true, much appreciated 😊

Loved your video. Would love to see an outside update on the garden, animals, house, etc. it’s so satisfying to watch you accomplish so much.

Absolutely love it when you post a new video. Usually it is early morning and I grab a coffee while bleary eyed and just sit and listen to you, such a breathe of fresh air to hear as well first thing while I’m waking up.

Yes! Farm chore video! LOVE your videos! Thanks for sharing with us!

this was fun! and YES please get some farm chore and organization videos out for us! THANK YOU!

I love your videos! The more the merrier! Chores, beauty, hair fixin’, homeschoolin’, gardening, kids, cleaning-bring em on!

Yes to a farm chore video! Also, down the road I would love to see how to use canned ground beef and chicken!

Most of us would be screaming by now. Your kids are so happy and it is just another day in the life! I love it.

I would love to see a farm chore video. I just love watching any video you make. I grew up on Long Island on a farm. We had chickens, sheep, a ram, rabbits, goats, cats, german shepards, horses, cows, fruit trees, gardens, fish ponds, a honey bear, a sweet baby monkey, racing pigeons, and many more, even a desecented skunk. 🙂💚

Thank you! You have motivated me to can meat again! I haven’t canned much in years and have a new Presto just waiting for me to get busy. Yes to the chore videos! Love watching that part of your day! Your videos bless me! Keep your light shining for Him!

I love how you dive in and get things done!

Lots of people are doing just as you are. Just look up and try and buy canning supplies today. Most stores are out of stock on alot of stuff. Try and buy long term shelf food. Wait list. Especially now with everything going on in the world, job loss. Many things could happen. People used to make fun of extreme couponers. I think I envied them the most when stores were bare for weeks. Great job Jamerrill!

I would absolutely love to see more updates on the farm. I want to see new pics of the garden, all the animals, the kid's fort... well...all of it.

just clicked on the you tube to watch a little as i start prepping my bushel of green beans from the farmers market this morning . half bushel of tomatoes was done last night. i too love canning.

When you open the chicken, save the broth...it's the best tasting broth I have ever had. I freeze in in zip lock baggies and add to it as I open more jars...I use is when make something that calls for a little chicken stock.

When you have a space when canning meat... add 1C of dried beans to a qt jar or 1/2C for pints and fill to 1/2 inch with water. Then process with your jars of meat. 90 mins for qts and 75 for pints. I have the AA941 and it does 20 qts at a time. I love it! I also get the bags of chicken quarters and separate the legs and the thighs. The back you take and roast and then simmer with veggie butts and onion skins for chicken broth.

Spent today canning raw packed chicken breasts, hot packed chicken thighs, and hot packed beef stew meat to get some space for tomatoes and figs in the freeze as they start to come on quicker that I can process. I don't like canned ground beef, but that is just personal preference (it is a texture thing). Make sure you are wiping those rims with vinegar to get a good seal. You are doing a great job with your home preservation efforts, keep up the good work!

Love to see a farm chore video! Great job canning!!

Love watching your videos. I live in an apartment but am wanting to do a patio garden sometime. I’ve pointed my sister in your direction who does have about an acre garden, grapes and fruit trees. God bless you and your family.

I just finally got all of my canning stuff delivered yesterday! So excited to get started

Once the garden comes in, are you going to show more about canning veggies? Idk why but the canned meat freaks me out 🤣🤣 but I’d love to know more about canning green beans, tomatoes, etc.

A FWIW... On Presto canners, consider replacing the 15 lb standard pressure regulator with their adjustable regulator. Presto Part Number 50332. I bought 2 of them several years ago for mine. As long as I'm within seeing and hearing my canners, I can do other things while I'm canning WITHOUT having to baby sit the dial pressure gauge. And, IMO, equally as important. It is recommended that canner pressure gauges be checked annually for accuracy. County extension services used to do this. It's no longer being offered as a service, in many places. When you use an adjustable pressure regulator and use the 10 lb weight, for example, it will test the accuracy of your gauge for you. It takes 11 lbs of pressure to move a regulator set for 10 lbs. When the regulator moves, check the reading on your dial. Currently mine reads about 11.5 lbs. So I know my dial is accurate. If, when set for 10 lbs and your dial reads 9 lbs or 12 lbs, you know that's how much your gauge is off. When reading the dial, you know how much to add or subtract from the dial reading to know the actual amount of pressure within the canner, when using the 15 lb standard regulator. BTW, I recently bought a 16 qt Presto canner for small batch canning. It didn't come with a dial gauge. It did come with that adjustable regulator. Because I already had experience with it with my larger canners, enjoyed seeing it work like a charm on the new one. NO MORE DIAL WATCHING NEEDED for modern* Presto canners. Paid about $10 each for the adjustable regulators I bought. Well worth the investment!!!!!! *From what I understand some of the OLD canners use a different style vent pipe. The adjustable regulator won't fit those. PS: When ordering the adjustable regulator, do order a replacement gasket set. The gaskets that come with the canners last for many years. However, accidents do happen, such as setting the lid on a hot burner. And, eventually the original gasket will fail. Not an issue, when you have a full canner load of meat and that happens, IF you have the replacement gasket on hand. Learned that lesson, personally, years ago. Have on my to-do list to order a replacement gasket for the canner I just bought. May be 10 years before I need it. When I do, it'll be in my canning supplies kit.

I like to add French onion soup mix to my ground beef adds so much flavor.

Love your shirt! You are a modern day pioneer woman! Love to watch your adventures! You must have the energy of a 20 yr old! I did can a few things this year but have never canned meat! Interesting to watch!

I love canning. It’s something that gives me peace to know I have homemade home grown food on my pantry shelf. There is only 3 of us but, it’s nice to open a jar of veggie soup in the winter.

I love to can meat to take camping! One trick with ground beef, add 2 packets of taco seasoning before flossing. You can also do this with packets of spaghetti sauce. Love your videos, been an "off" day so have spent all day enjoying catching up. God Bless you!

Wow Jamerrill! You have really lost weight since moving to the farm. You are quite the busy lady. You are amazing.❤

I loooooove your videos, I cannot wait for the farm chores video, you are my role model I wish I have even half of your energy.

In the future there will be articles written about you with headlines like, "Jamerrill: Feeding the Stewart Family for 6 Generations." 😍😍😍

Love to see the animals and chore time!!! Please share!!

I cannot imagine being able to tend to canners while I "worked" ... When did you have time or energy to do anything else? I'm exhausted just watching you. Do you buy your redbull by the truckload?

I've been pressure canning meats for many years. One if my family's favorites is meatloaf. I also make freezer mashed potatoes and homemade creamed corn. All preprepped. You can have a beautiful meatloaf dinner in minutes.

Jamerrill, let me blow your mind. Here in Australia we don’t can! Mhmm mhmm that’s right we don’t can so I find this all so interesting!

Doesn’t it make your heart happy to know that you have food put away in case of emergency. Seriously I love canning, I enjoy it, I love knowing that I have at least a month of food. I’m lazy and know I can pop a jar and I’m good to go! So glad you’re doing this! Very good job. Our ancestors canned food after harvest to last the year. Love it, God Bless

Good morning, love to watch your farm chores and garden tours , canning and cooking, it’s all good 😂❤️ have a blessed day and weekend. Stay safe

I was laying in bed but my mind was just a goin and I couldn't fall asleep and what do you know "ding" I get a notification that you posted a new video. Just watched and man can I say I love your videos. So relaxing. Now I think I'm ready for 😴😴😴😴❤️❤️❤️

I would love to see a farm chore video!! Also, cant wait to see your new pool and sofa. You always have something exciting going on!!

I’ve been binging your videos for a week now and you’ve got me building up my food/freezer storage and its just my boyfriend and I in our little apartment lol my mama actually cans several times a year: tomatoes, apples, peaches, pickled veggies, etc. She is a single mama empty nester with to 5 adult children with a full blown canned food storage filling half her basement because she cans for fun!

Yes please do chore video! Love watching your homestead come together and all of the projects you guys get done.

Yes love the farm chores and the cooking

Slightly browning the hamburger prevents it from sticking/packing together. The more dense the mass the harder it is to get the center to the temperature for the time required (10/11 lb pressure = 240F for 90 minutes ) to kill the spores that produce botulism toxin. Same reason we don't home can mashed sweet potatoes, butternut squash, etc. Browning the ground beef allows the water (I use beef broth) to help distribute the heat. I use a large skillet and brown about 2-3 lbs at a time. Straining it, as it's removed from the skillet. Dripping are saved, refrigerated, fat removed and remainder is processed for beef broth. Fat is rendered into tallow, as well. Nothing goes to waste. Been working on reducing our reliance on our freezer. Have canned or dehydrated most of what was in it. Started when weather folks predicted a more active hurricane season, this year. Have experienced extended grid-down from both hurricanes and ice storms. Many folks say they'll can what's in the freezer, if electricity fails. Those are the folks who've never experienced the hours it takes to do large batch canning. During hurricane season (HOT weather), the time is short before what's in the freezer thaws and spoils. Nor, do they realize how much fresh/clean water is needed for this task. I have a well, so I don't have abundant water when the power fails. Plus, there's no guarantee that city water will be available in a disaster situation, whether natural or man-made. Just washing and rinsing equipment, jars, lids takes gallons of potable water. BTW, its still several weeks before the beginning of the highest time of hurricane activity. From what I understand, 12 named storms is the average, in a season. We've already had 6!!!! I won't turn off our freezer, as I use it to make/store block ice. Use it for foods that I don't want to can such as Cornish Hens and chicken destined for the grill. It is a good holding pen for extra turkey bought in November to can in January. Bulk chicken is being sold, here, in 10 lb bags of leg quarters for $.59 or $.79 / lb. Whole chickens on sale for $.99 /lb this week at our local Food Lion. There's room in the freezer to buy a bunch and can it as time permits. (Sanitized soda bottles filled almost full of water & frozen can be removed and returned to the freezer, as needed. Plus, they will provide drinking water, if/when the need arises. ) We don't know what the future is going to bring. Don't know about other folks. I can't stock enough fuel to run a generator for weeks while waiting for repair crews to finally come down our rural country road. Solar is an investment that I'll leave to the generation that follows mine, if they wish. Born on a pre-grid farm. Remember, well, when REA brought power lines across our land. Love the convenience of electricity. Yet, recognize the need to be independent of it, when it or anything that runs on it fails. Thus, canning and dehydrating are my main means of being independent of that meter on the side of my house. There are also salt curing (learned it as a child), fermenting, root cellaring, smoking food preservation methods. Thank you for your video on canning. Thank you for your emphasis on following tested guidelines. "Rogue Canning" is popular in some circles. --Their kitchen, their choice. -- I can't take that risk for my family and friends when they eat the food I've preserved. It's my choice, if I personally take the risk. It's wrong if they aren't given the opportunity to make that choice for themselves.

I have the same canner, and to save yourself the headache, order the adjustable weight. The one that comes with it is 15psi, the adjustable one does 5, 10 and 15. What's nice is that it'll just rock and maintain your pressure at 10psi with very little babysitting compared to watching the dial and adjusting heat up or down. I wish I hadn't waited over a year to finally order.

Nice video! Your raw pack chicken will shred and can be used for sandwiches. If you parbroil it and can with chicken stock...will have soft chunks that can be used any way you like. Hamburger cooked, strained, a little diluted beef broth. Sirloin roast sliced, cooked slow in oven for about two hours bathed in broth...jarred...my favorite! Meatballs came out great also...only added powdered dehydrated mushrooms, onion “flakes”...no eggs or bread crumbs...bake and pack into jars with diluted beef broth...another winner. One of your subs stated she was canning beef stew...did that also...another winner! I find browning the meat...partially cooking adds flavor and is considered hot pack even if not fully cooked. For a large family like yours...having individually canned up meat and veggies good, but also a few meals whether soup, beef stew, chicken and veggie stew for something fast. Since you will be processing meat birds...consider cooking one or two up leaving bones to cook down with veggies for broth to can...so much better than broth you buy in the store. Use either apple cider vinegar or a little beer or soda while cooking bones to extract minerals from bones...don’t forget the feet...may sound gross, but the gelatinous substance is healthy for you. Just canned a few peaches...could not get cling-free, but got non-gassed ones...organic. With your garden coming in and people around you growing lots of goodies...best time to store food for freezer, dehydration, canning. Don’t know how you manage to do so much with a large family...80% of day must focus on preparing meals and cleaning, doing laundry...now to do videos, tend to a garden, shop, long-term food storage, settling into a new home. Yikes! I remember the commercial “Calgon, take me away”! So, if you wear a towel on your head...so be it! Lucky you had time to shower and wash your hair.

Yes please, farm chore vlog. I miss your garden and your animals

Great video! I've been canning veggies for a few years but never did meat. It looks like a great idea especially the chicken. I'd LOVE to see a farming video mainly to see how the garden has done. I'm anxious to see how the potatoes have done and all of those wonderful tomatoes!

Hello yes I was raised to store food short term and long term. My grand parents and parents went through The Great Depression and the lessons learned where taught to us growing up. I think I am the only one out of four kids that still prepare and prep for any thing and for any natural disaster. IT is so cool to come along and can with you and it helps you reading the directions lol even though I have the same caner. Yes we would love to see some farm chores and the chickens. Thank you for sharing, God bless stay safe and have a wonderful day

RED ROSE HOMESTEAD, HAS SO MANY IDEAS FOR CANNING AND STORING. SHE SEARCHES FOR SAFE MUCH OF INFORMATION. I ENJOY ALL YOUR VIDEOS. I LOVE TO SEE THE KIDS.

Jamerrill I just adore you! Thanks for all you show and teach us! God has blessed you with such stamina. Your neck issues maybe exasperated by the extra weight of your towel on your head for a long period of time. I know that my neck hurts when I wear a towel on my head so I stopped doing that. Best wishes!

I love watching the kneady homesteader.. I watched her show about her shelves and where she said she bought them and how she had them arranged.. And I immediately went to Sam's club And bought 3 of the big shelving units she said in her video they were like $100 but I got them for $69 that's their regular price.. Maybe they came down in price since she got them, But just to be sure I ask the store manager and they said that was a regular price.. I love them things being able to slide the jars on them and the easy clean up..amazing..

We can't find any deep freezers within 250 miles of where I live...every time i get an in stock notificastion by the time I get to the store their gone... OMG. I digress, I would love to can some food and be able to do freezer meals one day. Everyone in my family seems to think I m "crazy: for wanting my own land and a house so I can grow my own food and raise my own animals. Even before all of this craziness I have been yearning for the freedom to do so. But God willing one day I'll be doing my Jamerrill talking hands in my very own garden. LOL Thanks for all that you share with us

I canned chicken pot pie filling last weekend. I have been canning every weekend for the past 2 months. Peach spiced rum sauce, monkey butter, ham and bean soup, spicy beef vege soup, chicken vege soup and I did layered chicken soup in a jar. Here's 2 great books to get: The All New Ball Canning and Preserving Book The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning Both are great books

I have learn something new, I don't know where u get the energy to do so much god bless u always

Haven’t watched your channel in a long time but I’ve missed the maternal energy and how you are on top of everything, it makes me feel a bit more steady when things are crazy 😅 Love your videos

I've never pressure canned, but I'm doing freezer jam, BBQ Sauce, and other things from my garden.

I need to start canning! My mother always did! Love watching you and your family!

Thank you so much for the tip about bring up the pressure in the canned on a lower heat! Why haven’t I thought of that! I’m always doing the lower/higher dance to keep my pressure at the desired level. It’s fun learning to can with you! Thanks for sharing your adventures!

I just wanted to share something. I thought of you yesterday as I was bulk prepping over night oats in a massive bowl. I filled it way to full and it spilled out as I was mixing it. 🤣 We are only a family of 3 but I love bulk storing and preparing. It has been a life saver this year for us between an accident I had and now covid. Thanks for your content, I really enjoy it. Stay safe!

When I don’t have a full load I add jars of dry beans to fill the canner.

I definitely get the canning urge. It feels so productive.

Oh my goodness! I'm so glad to see you posted this! My husband just bought me a 23 quart canner and I'm planning on firing it up this weekend! PERFECT TIMING!🤗

When this whole thing started I began watching your videos and I love them. Just catching up with more recent ones. I told my husband not long ago that I kinda thought that the zombie apocalypse would happen a lot faster. 🤣

Jamerrill, my best friend and I have canned several batches of chicken in the past 2 months,and we try to can some every summer. We use chopped celery, carrots, and onion. The broth is so pretty! lol! It gives good flavor, too! We love to hear the jars pop! Happy canning!

Woo hop a Jamerill video! I look forward to these the most 💋. I only have one Hubby and two cats but your videos are my favourite!!! Much love to your family, especially little Benjamin who is the cutest thing ever 💙💙💙💙. Love from the UK 🇬🇧 xxx

I was wondering at first... How have I lived this long without knowing of this , "Chicken tips" she speaks of..😛 Whew.. I quickly came to my senses... Hahaaa AWWWE.... Tips for canning chicken!☺☺💥

SAVE YOUR BOXES FOR THE EMPTY JARS AND DISPLAY ALL YOUR BEAUTIFUL HARD WORK. ITS JUST SO SATISFYING! Oops sorry for the caps! With ground beef I think it's just a preference on how you like the texture of the meat. Also with cold packing your meat, start with cold water in your canners not boiling so your jars heat up with the water and don't crack or break.

"I don't know, I'm old, it seems fun to me" I love this. I'm also in the same boat with my insane canning and gardening this year. I love how real you are :)