Saving seeds back for next year

last year I saved some seeds and it worked great.
I saved mamoth sunflower seeds easily in a poly bag (they grew even bigger this year!)
tomato seeds were a bit trickier, I put the jelly goop on paper or paper towels on the porch to dry the picked the seeds off easily enough. I suspect I can leave them on a paper towel and just put it in the dirt paper and all next year.
you can also save your squash, cucumber, melon and even some herb seeds easily by gathering and drying & putting them in plastic containers or baggies.
it is a nice idea to trade with friends and relatives swapping seeds is easy and can save you money and be an adventure too. (I ended up with some mismarked seeds and got a wider variety than expected) .
It was not a great year for my  garden this year, tomatoes had issues and a fungus attacked my cucs and squash but i did end up with quite a bit of each dispite this issue... now as for corn... I will not try to grow corn again, it is too frustrating between the animals (mostly those little monster squirrels) and the room it takes in my somewhat smallish garden, I feel I wasted valuable time and energy and ended up not getting one single solitary ear of corn for my trouble! I was able to can corn  bought at the farmers market for alot less than it cost me in time, trouble, fencing, rubber snakes, fertilizer etc... and it was yummy too ;).
   I am going on a trip  back home to Easter Washington in a few weeks and was hoping to have a few canned things to take to my mom but my garden, has not produced as well as last year with weather and animal issues.  Time seems to slip away too, I have enough tomatoes to can some but have not been able to between working and mommying lately.
    If I can manage to set aside 2-3 hours I could do it, but I seem to be short for that much time lately.

    I did manage to can quite a few cans of corn and pickles ( not quite a few in a farmer's wife reference perhaps but in an " I got home from work at 11pm and was done by 3 am reference)
   I have peaches I wanted to make some jam with but have decided to just can them for later, if I don't eat them all first!  I think I may do apples later.
   Well I know I haven't posted much lately but it has been rather busy here, school starts soon and I hope to hear plenty back from others on canning, gardens, seeds, and home school or back to school...