Friday, June 07, 2013

Turning lemons into...

Not lemonade! 

This week I had a much anticipated second interview for a job I really wanted.  As it was in training not in education, I was a bit conflicted.  It did not offer summers off and time to take my kids to dentist appointments, but it made up for that in salary and benefits.  So when I got the (really nice) rejection letter, I was quite disappointed.  So how to turn lemons into lemonade?  Literally? 

R and I whipped up a (my first ever) batch of wine (lemons and oranges).  I had been collecting dandelions, but missed the initial crop.  So I modified the recipe I found here.  Instead of a gallon of dandelions, I used my pathetic amount and added in dried rosehips and dried elderberries.  Should be interesting.  I have about $50 invested in wine making materials and less than $3 in this first batch.  And it should yield a gallon of wine... in 6 months. 



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