We skipped Summer - Welcome to Fall

I am amazed that the last entry was inviting spring - and the time has flown by during a very busy and fun summer.  Today I am going to talk about September - because I can remember that month - and later I will write a short blog about each month from May forward - so I can look back on a very busy and eventful time.

Eli started bringing me Apples from his orchards ealy in September - and I didn't want to waste a thing.  First there were great apple pies - eaten quickly.  Then the tiny sweet Crab Apples became sweet clear beautiful apple juice.  When more came there was apple sauce made the old fashioned way by cooking the cored apples with skins and running through an apple sauce seperator.  Nice but a little bitter tasking.  So then Ron helped me peel apples which became more sliced and canned applesauce.  More pies, and pie filling in the freezer.  Then it was time for peaches so we went on a Sunday drive to the farms in the area and came home with 80 pounds of beautiful tree ripened peaches which became 36 quarts of canned sugar free peaches and lots of fresh peaches and peach pies.  Whew - I was so busy I didn't document with pictures so you will just have to imagine how beautiful all this fruit looks in my fruit room.

Then it happened!  The 30+ year old freezer in the basement started to fall in rusty pieces on the floor.  We still have corn on the agenda and need to freeze that.  It became urgent to replace our huge freezer and we considered our growing old togher needs and decided to buy a side by side refrigerator/freezer and replace our upstairs fridge.  Knowing that freezer would be only about 13 cubic feet of storage we also decided to buy a new 13 cubic foot freezer for the basement too.  Our kitchen was last remodeled and stocked with new appliances 12 years ago and the dish washer is'nd exactly doing it's job - so we did a deal at Lowes and bought all three appliances and scheduled the delivery date for Sept 11, 2012. 

We had already invited the entire family to a joint September Birthday Celebration for Eli, Debbie and our new tenant Barbara scheduled for September 14th.  Now we had to remodel the kitchen to fit in the new appliances - I wanted to paint all the surfaces white to match our new appliances - and we had to be done and have a big party on the 14th.  Whew - no wonder time flies!

My hustand is so brilliant!  Yes he looks a little stressed?  We found skinny cupboards already white at the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store for $30.  Ron built the framework for the area around our big new fridge in 3 hard work days.  I scheduled pick up of donated old fridge and dish washer with the Re-store for the 11th - the same day Lowes were to deliver!!

See!  It all worked perfectly!  We Love our new fridge with water and cubed or crushed ice on the front of the freezer - and now we can see what we have to eat!  We still create too many leftovers!  Good as long as we use it in a timely fashion.  So that was done on the 12th.

Two days to Prime Rib/Steel Head/Baked Potatos/Salad/dinner for 12 or 13 people!

I made the September Birthday People wear hats - Bab's a cowboy hat - she makes beautiful native american Vases, Walking Sticks, and Stuff!  Eli had to wear Ron's Viking Hat - after all he is our son!  Debbie got to be the fairy princess with lights flashing on her St Patricks Day tiera!  It was fun and the food was anazing!  We had a great crowd - a great time with beautiful outdoor surroundings - the September flowers have been Beautiful!

The bottom picture is arranged in Ron's outdoor kitchen just over his sink.  We had Christmas lights on in the kitchen for our party - it was beautiful.
Here is a boquet for you!  Since that Party I have been resting and will continue to recover all winter.  More coming tomorrow or the next day.  Thank You for Visiting!

A Boquet for YOU!