Movin' to the country, Gonna eat a lot of peaches...

Anybody remember that song from a decade ago? I can't get it out of my little head this morning. Why? Here's why: I spent most of my Fourth of July picking blueberries, then peaches. Then I spent most of yesterday freezing peaches, and processing peaches to make jam. Now I only have about 20 pounds of peaches to go! What the hell was I thinking?!?!? (Really, I was thinking I was having a lot of freakin' fun picking those damn peaches, and I just couldn't stop...)

Anyway, I am really starting to have a new kind of respect for my mom & great-grandmother, both of whom canned jellies and pickles in season so we would have a taste of blackberries in the wintertime. Canning takes a lot of time and work; I totally understand that oft-quoted (but seldom heard in real life) phrase about slaving all day over a hot stove.

I also did something yesterday I rarely do; I cooked a homemade dinner. I really do enjoy cooking when I do it. But there's something very irritating about having the picky two complain about whatever it is they don't like about food that looks like something besides a chicken finger or a french fry. There's something irritating about my husband's schedule, which is totally unpredictable most days, so sometimes he'll get home at 4 pm and just now be getting to eat lunch, and so he is not hungry at dinnertime. There's something irritating about slaving over the hot stove only to have multiple setbacks and complaints. So most days, I simply say, "Screw it... we'll have fish sticks or cream of chicken soup with brown rice or peanut butter and jelly."  And you know what? We now have a boatload of jelly. Why? 'Cause there's...

"Millions of peaches...peaches for me,
Millions of peaches... peaches for free,
Millions of peaches... peaches for me,
Millions of peaches... peaches for free!"

Comments

[Elise]

"Peaches" by The Presidents of the United States of America...I love that song.

[paddy]

Great song. I had a friend who claimed the song was about oral sex, and if you listen in a perverted way, I think you will see that he may have had a point...