Thank you so much sockmonkey!
That’s exactly the type of advice I was hoping for.
Notice I said nothing about boiling water bath..and Johnny says it sounds about right
BTW, my senile Mom found a jar of home canned pickles in the back of her pantry..probably about 9 years old..She ate them, and she didn't die, but I bet they tasted awful.. They weren't cloudy or anything, though. Yuck..