Reply #35: Yes, I also

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made some green tomato jellies and bottled them up real pretty and some roasted hot peppers, crushed and bottled.

You know when I was younger (and dumb) I used to give homemade gifts and feel badly that I couldn't do better. Now years later my friends and family have told me how they remember hoping they would get one of "Elaine's handmade" afghans or cotton crocheted shirts. It really makes me feel good. One guy who got one of my paintings told me that that was the only thing he wanted when he got divorced, so I guess these homemade gifts really are important and giving a part of ourselves.