My 12th summer I suffered from canner’s fatigue when my sister, brother, Mom, and I canned an astonishing 1,243 jars of fruits and vegetable. We weren’t far into the summer when we all thought mom’s great idea was getting a bit demanding. We searched the phone book hoping to find a local chapter of Canners Anonymous, but couldn’t find one. Problem two was where to store all these jars of food. Then Mom began asking people for watermelon rinds. Something was clearly up.
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Theresa
That is a lot o’ cans!
Glad to hear that you are not having bad dreams about cans!
Seriously. Those cans can be pretty vicious in dreams. Some run faster than me. LOL
Great story! My favorite phrase: “We had achieved what few sane people achieve.” This story is LOL funny.
My mathematical son heard how many jars we canned and he said, “Mom that was about 17 cans a day.” Now that is insane! It also made me tired.
This story is hilarious!!! As much as you hated it at the time though, I am sure you learned perseverance, generosity, and hard work skills that few kids would learn so repeatedly every day for a whole summer!
Good point Ashley. We also learned to work together and the fun it is to pull together and accomplish a goal.