Salsa!

Yesterday my grandmother came over to help me make and can salsa! It took all day and I was exhausted by the end, but it was fun!

Yummy tomatoes from my grandmother and my garden!!

Home-grown green peppers by Grammy and me!


I think these came from Redners... oh well...


Yeah, I didn't grow these either...



Jalapeno peppers... My uncle cut these for us!

Yummy goodness.



My grandmother only brought over 12 pint jars. We filled all 12, plus 2 containers to eat now!



Last but not least, a smile from my boy. What a great way to end a long day!

What is "normal"?

Ive been tossing around this question for about.... oh.... 5 minutes. Haha. But really it is a good question. What really is "normal"? Is having lots of money, 120 pounds, no health problems, no family drama, hundreds of friends, always sunshine and rainbows normal? No thats heaven. I think I have been striving for a perfect life here on earth too hard. Ok, so I dont have a lot of money, I weigh about 30 pounds more than I shouold, I have some health issues (anxiety, higher cholesterol, higher blood sugar), a really good bit of family drama (*rolls eyes), a few friends but no one super close, and who am I to tell the weather what to do?? The fact is this is a fallen world. But that doesnt mean that I cant keep striving to have these things I lack. It just means that nothing is really "normal". Nothing is perfect. Theres nothing wrong with being 120 pounds again and no health problems (that would be wonderful!) But to think that I am less of a person because I'm not there is wrong. To think that I wont be "normal" until I reach there is wrong. God doesnt only love me when I reach my "normal". He died for us while we were still sinners! If thats not gross, ugly, and totally not normal than I dont know what is.

So heres to learning to redefine "normal". It wont be perfect, but the love and acceptance that God has for me is.