Playroom Fort and Peach Salsa

My feet hurt.  A lot.  But we'll get to that later.  First, allow me to acquaint you with the "Rules":

I especially like #8

These are the rules for the fort Hannah and Sophie created yesterday afternoon in their playroom.  They played in it most of the morning this morning, while I was busy in the kitchen.

Outside the fort, where you must be inspected before you can enter.

Inside the fort (Yes, I passed inspection and was granted entry.)

They've asked to leave this fort intact for another day so that they can continue playing in it.

Hannah joined me for a (very) small portion of my workout this morning.  She likes to try to do some of the workout moves from time to time.

One-handed balance push-ups from P90X

But back to my feet.  I literally spent the entire day in the kitchen, but it was worth it for the 28 quarts of peaches that I canned and especially for the delicious peach salsa that I made and canned as well.

Simmering in the pot

8 pints canned. Aren't they beautiful?

I sampled some of this with my lunch since I finished it just before noon.  It is delicious!  I used this recipe and made a few modifications, as indicated below:

• I used mostly red onions to add color.
• I used only 3 jalapeno peppers since I didn't want it too spicy.
• I also reduced the cayenne pepper to about 1 tsp.
• I left out the cilantro since Charles doesn't like it. 
• I processed in water bath for 20 minutes.  The recipe said 10, but that just didn't seem long enough based on other salsa recipes I've seen, and I'd rather be safe than sorry.
• I used the upper range for both tomatoes and peaches and ended up with about 10 pints.  I put the last two pints into containers to go into the refrigerator for immediate consumption (one for mom and dad and one for us).

Charles ate some just a bit ago for his evening snack and also gave the recipe two thumbs up.  I think we'll keep it so we can make more next summer.