Into a small saucepan place: 
•1 cup water
•2 cups vinegar - use good vinegar, not cleaning vinegar
•½ cup sugar
•½ teaspoon salt 
•½ teaspoon cracked pepper
•2 teaspoons of mixed spices - I mixed up a combo of celery seeds and mustard seeds and used two teaspoons of the mix. If you don't have these, leave them out