I Did It!

I did it! I used a pressure cooker for the first time and didn't damage anything! So proud of myself! I was going to wait, Jason's grandma had suggested many times that I save them and bring them to her house and we could can them together. However, when I woke up this morning ~ after a full nights sleep! ~ I felt like I wanted to figure this all out and just do it! So that I did! I did have to call my friend, who loaned me the pressure cooker to ask one question and she had my answer. Jason was on his way out the door, when I asked him what it meant to "exhaust the air" he started explaining it to me, and then I said, how does that happen if I put the bands on the jars, at the same time, I seen in the instructions "put the bands on loosely". Thank God Jason was still here and I asked him that one question. I was able to open the cooker, Jason loosened the lids (I had them on pretty tight) and I got them all put back in there and no jars exploded! I am feeling very accomplished! Now I have this urge to go to my garden and clean it up and see if there are more beans to pick - this is so much fun! Do the kids really need lunch?