Christmas is over and the tree is put away. Now we can look forward to planning the garden of 2009. This is a photo of our efforts from 2008. We are enjoying corn, green beans, pickles pumpkin and tomatoes from last years efforts. Hopefully, we will expand our green thumb this year and have more home grown vegetables for the pantry.

In the fall I took a class on canning tomatoes and jams and jellies. I am looking forward to trying these tecniques this year. Previously, I have only frozen our bounty. I will have to let you know how it turns out.

This spring I am planning on taking a class on Microsoft Word and Excel spreadsheets. It is a 6 week course. Hopefully, I will be able to get something worthwhile from the course. We shall see.