Speaking of jam, yesterday a friend offered me all the cherries we wanted off of her trees. We walked away with three 5-gallon buckets, loaded completely full. They're the tart pie cherries. So I just sat on the couch for 4 hours, pitting cherries one by one, while watching TV shows on Netflix that I would have seen before, if I actually had cable. These are the days that my husband wishes my friends would call me up, begging to learn how to can jams and stuff. On those days, he gets to go somewhere else instead of pitting cherries beside me. But I believe I have everything onhand for one batch of preserves, and about 8 quarts of pie filling. Oooh boy, do we have a lot more cherries than that! I'm wondering now what I was thinking when I saw this bounty of fruit before me and decided I could tackle it all. Oh yeah, and it all has to be done by Friday night, or the cherries will start to go bad. But I have a cash client tomorrow, and can buy more sugar and pectin, so I can do at least 5 gallons of preserves tomorrow.