the domestication of bekah walsh

...aka what a month of unemployment looks like:

First there were peaches...

Then there was pasta sauce...

And now I've moved on to applesauce! (cinnamon top, regular bottom)

Ten years ago, I don't think I even realized people still canned things this way. Three years ago, I would have laughed if you'd asked me to can applesauce. I mean, I can buy it at the store, right?

My, how things have changed. This is why I started re•solve. This is what it's all about. Learning and growing. Learning what lurks in food, knowing I need to change that. Learning how to change that, and actually doing it. Not to mention the satisfaction of doing it myself.

You know what stopped me before? My brain. Myself. The silly self-talk lies that say:

"it's too hard"

"it's too expensive"

"it will take too long"

No! None of that is true. I spent 3 and a half hours with two of my girlfriends today. We cut apples. We cooked apples. We put apples in jars. And in the meantime, we played Scattergories and ate pizza. Talk about quality girl time and true teamwork.

There will be much more canning in the future. There will be many more surprises in the future as a result of me re•solving to overcome more of these silly lies. It's time to stop being a victim of circumstances and to start making choices that bring happiness- even if they scare me.



PS - I realized during canning that my bananas were a bit too mushy to enjoy. Old Bekah would have gotten annoyed at herself and thrown them out. Today, I sucked it up and made banana bread!