Well, the apples never made it past the applesauce stage, which is fine because the kids scarfed it down.  They have been having applesauce with breakfast.

It sure did take a long time to cook that pumpkin.  I got enough cooked pumpkin for at least 6 pumpkin pies, or batches of pumpkin bread, muffins, etc.  I did get sick of the pumpkin smell.....my whole house smelled like cooking pumpkin (not pumpkin pie smell, cooking pumpkin smell) for a day or so.  Not an unpleasant smell, just one I got really tired of.

This week, I think we will be trying to can some hot sauce.  The boys eat it constantly, so I told them if they would help me, we could make some and can it this week.  I'm running out of storage space for the canned stuff.  Oh well, I'll find somewhere to stash it, I'm sure.

My daughter decided to do some gardening yesterday.  She was telling me what needed to be done to our empty flower beds on the back of the house.  I told her "by all means, do it yourself".  She researched shade loving plants that can tolerate 100+ temps and made a list.  We went to the nursery and bought a few plants.  When we got home, I showed her some plants that she could move into that area.  I explained that this is preferrable approach, as we know they will grow here and tolerate the heat.  She worked all evening planting and transplanting and putting down a brick border.  I was quite proud of her, as she has never been one for much gardening.

Hope you are all having a blessed Lord's Day.

Blessings to you,

Karmann