New Fruits For Simple Syrups

Two days ago, we did our first of three grocery shopping trips, and I bought some more fruits to make more  simple syrups.  I also got light brown sugar.  For some reason unbeknownst to me, two different stores so far have not carried dark brown sugar.  I'm starting to wonder if we're experiencing a dark brown sugar shortage or what.

I bought canned pineapples and pears for the syrup, and I bought two of each to have one for making the syrup and one for 'preps.'  We live in Florida, so our (hurricane) preparedness serves as good cover for our preps. 

The fruits I'm going to use for the next round of syrups are mango, plum, pineapple and pear. I do need to take the kids shopping for shoes tomorrow, and eldest boy needs a white T-shirt for a field trip to the zoo this Wednesday.  While I am out, I am going to have to buy some supplies for storing my syrups.  Last week, Big Lots had a sale on a dozen canning jars for $7.25 but I didn't pick them up.  I should have, but I was on a mission to find a blender, which I actually wound up finding on Craigslist of all places and being sold by someone who literally lives 10 seconds from my house.  If I had walked, it would have taken under 3 minutes.

The first specific compost mix has been siting out in the sun for several days now, so tomorrow, I my start to prep a small area of the yard for a garden.  The kids love digging in the dirt and planting stuff with me.  We're still not fully unpacked either, so finding their gardening tools may be hard, and may even call for me to splurge and just buy them new ones.  I'm not brave enough to face the garage alone, and hubby is working tomorrow.

The Renaissance Festival is doing a 'renew your vows' expo tomorrow, and he does have to take someone there. I've given serious thought to going there tomorrow as well, but I doubt that's going to happen.  We are so far behind on getting this house together, and eldest boys school work is also lagging a bit.  As much as I would love to go to the Renaissance Festival, there are just so many things that need to be done around here.

I must say, I'm really looking forward to trying the "Pineapple Syrup Recipe" though.