After a few furtive attempts at restarting and some great coasting, we made it safely to an exit and a quiet side street. First we called our mechanic, then a tow truck, and finally Bossy. Thankfully, she was able to quickly arrange a long lunch so she could come and pick us up.
Not wanting our trip to be completely wasted, she ran us over to our favorite fuitstand. My sweetie bought a box of peaches and then Bossy negotiated 5 boxes of pears at $15 each. The price was fantastic, and we should have run straight home and put them in jars.
But we didn't.
We got started around 10:00 this morning, first with the two boxes from Drama Queen's tree and then we continued working through these others. Sadly, we had to discard quite a few, but look what we did!
With cleanup? I put the last dirty towels and dishrags in the washer just after 10:00 pm. Like I said, a very long day... but a good one.
Sorry to hear about your car. We have had that happen a couple of times. It's good you have a child to call and help out.
ReplyDeleteIt is so fun to see all those bottles of fruit nicely done. It's been a few years since I have done any of this, and I remember how good it felt when we were finished, and all cleaned up.
It does sound like you got a good deal on the pears.
Blessings and hugs!