We welcomed our baby girl
into the world.
Welcome to double digits sweetie!
Tag : day in the life
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Just trying to claw my way back to the functional world again.
Isn’t it amazing how strong yet fragile we are as humans. Something microscopic can take us out of commission for days.
I’ve had a “flu-like” virus.
The kind that makes you feel like a wet noodle. The kind that makes the 10 step walk to the bathroom and back to bed seem like a 10 mile hike.
Mr. G stayed home from work to look after me when my fever was 103°F. He also made me Jell-O when I mentioned that it sounded good. That may not sound like a big deal to you but it certainly was to me. As the kids would say, “Dad is not a cooker“. Makes me smile.
After setting up my table at our local Curves on Friday evening, I felt a little sense of relief.
The picture looks a bit odd because of one of the exercise machines behind my space.
Anyway…in the morning I made a few adjustments.
No time for photos then.
There was a steady stream of customers throughout the day.
It was a fun day…lots of time spent with great women as well as a wonderful learning experience for me. And I’m not going to lie, having a lit bit of cash at the end of the day is pretty sweet.
I absolutely love the first snow falling for the season…whether it “sticks” or not.
It tells me that winter is on it’s way.
YEAH SNOW!
Spoken by a native Minnesotan
and 100% Norwegian-American.
I’ve been in non-stop arts and crafts mode in preparation for this Saturday’s craft sale.
Haven’t taken a moment to clean up
Yes, that is my clothes dryer…
Don’t judge me, the height is perfect for a workstation
I’m both nervous and excited.
So much so that I’m having those dreams….
you know the ones…
like the one when you’re on your way to take a final the determines if you graduate
and you can’t find the way…
or you forgot to study….
or you get there 5 minutes before the test is over.
Seriously…
I’m planning to do a test setup of my table display and make sure I have all my ducks in a row tomorrow.
On Saturday, a few families on the block got together to help harvest the apples from our neighbor’s trees.
It’s a big job but the fruits of our labor really pay off.
This year 63 grocery bags of apples were picked.
The apples were all big and beautiful with very few blemishes or worms.
Amazing!
We took home about 6 bags worth.
I set up shop in the garage so I could make a mess and not worry about it.
Concrete washes quite nicely.
After countless hours of cranking the peeler, I ended up with 23 gallon size freezer bags of peeled and sliced apples ready for the next stage of processing.
So far I’ve dehydrated 10 trays of apples, 4 pans of apple crisp-ready to be thawed then baked and cooked up about 2.5 gallons of applesauce.
And I still have a freezer full of bagged apples.
I am going to have to can the rest of the applesauce I make since my freezer can’t hold any more.
