On the 16th Day of January

4 gallon bags of frozen, crushed tomatoes and juice - thawed and cooked

8 1/4 quarts of spaghetti sauce - cooked and canned

5 quarts of concentrated tomato soup stock - canned

5 pints of tomato juice - canned

3 pints of tomato juice - frozen

12 cookies baked for snack-time - and eaten!

12 slices of ham for lunch tomorrow

5 pints of diced ham - diced and frozen

1 ham bone and 2 cups of chopped ham scraps - frozen

1 ice cube tray of ham drippings - frozen

1 chuck roast with new potatoes, gravy and green beans for dinner

2 pints of beef soup stock - frozen

1 pint leftover roast - shredded and frozen

1 chest freezer - sorted and organized

1 fridge/freezer - sorted and organized

3 dishwasher loads - washed and put away

2 loads of hand washing - drip drying

1 stove-top with burned-on tomato juice - cleaned

6 phone calls

1 visitor

1st grade schoolwork - done in the kitchen

Kindergarten schoolwork - done in the kitchen

1 cranky toddler - cuddled

1 lost tooth

1 exhausted mommy

Hm.  I count more than 12 hours spent in the kitchen today.  I think I'll wait until tomorrow to bake my bread.  :)