What's going on?

Let's see...

1. I've decided to become a consultant for Tastefully Simple, you can read more about that here.  I'm really excited about this!
2. Perrin turned 9 this week, so we had a big family bash on Sunday.  He got a new bike!  Now just needs to master the whole bike riding thing.
3. My buddy Kelli came up from NJ last weekend so we spent Friday night crafting with the gals and spent all day Saturday at Absolutely Everything in Topsfield learning from the great Tim Holtz.
4. We've continued to enjoy geocaching.  Eric has now hid three pretty devious puzzle caches.  We've got a 5/5 cache on our radar that we're looking into as well; already found Waypoint 1 and scoped out the coordinates for WP 2.
5. I harvested the first thing from our garden this spring: rhubarb.  There's an article in the works for harvesting and freezing rhubarb.  I also made my annual Rhubarb Cream Pie, which is 28 kinds of awesome.

I'm sure there's more, but these are the highlights of the week!

Girl of Many Stripes on Examiner.com

Although I've posted links to some of my Examiner articles on this blog, I wanted to include a more detailed post on what I do at Examiner.  I have two titles there now, the Boston Scrapbooking Examiner and the Boston Canning and Preserving Examiner.  My goal is to provide great content with local connections to the Boston area.  So, I'll include recipes on the Canning and Preserving page, but I'll also include information on where to get equipment and ingredients locally.  You can subscribe to each of these titles to be notified when new content is available.

To subscribe to the Boston Scrapbooking feed, go to the Boston Scrapbooking Examiner page and click on the "Subscribe" button under my name.

To subscribe to the Boston Canning and Preserving feed, go to the Boston Canning and Preserving Examiner page and click on the "Subscribe" button under my name.

Maybe your interest in Examiner.com is piqued by reading about my articles.  You can write for Examiner.com too! There are tons of local titles available for many different topics.  It won't make you rich unless you've got a really popular title, but you can make some money and build an online profile that can give you other opportunities.  If you're interested, feel free to ask me questions, or go to the Examiner Application page.  If you use this link, apply, and are accepted, I do get a referral bonus, which of course is pretty awesome for me too.  If you don't see a relevant title, feel free to ask Examiner.com about it.  There was no Canning and Preserving Examiner positions until I asked to create it!

Review: Ball Home Canning Exploration Kit

I posted a new review of the Ball Home Canning Exploration Kit on my page at Examiner.com.  If you're interested in canning, but not sure where to start, or don't have any equipment, or interested in canning only in small batches, this is a great kit.  Check out the review through this link, and click on the image below to see the Amazon product description or to order the kit.

New Boston Canning and Preserving Examiner

I've recently taken the position of Boston Canning and Preserving Examiner for Examiner.com, after convincing them that such an Examiner position should exist! This will be a great place for me to put all of my knowledge and ideas on canning, preserves, freezing, and other wise putting up food for later.

My inaugural article is Canning and Preserving Rhubarb; a topic that is great for spring, as my rhubarb is growing strong in our garden. Can't wait to make my annual rhubarb cream pie!