what a whirlwind day...its gone pretty fast, actually, just been busy & not nearly over yet! my schedule at school has been a little upsidedown-o, because one grade is celebrating johnny appleseed's birthday & another is practicing for a grandparent's day play. the teachers here are so good about checking in with me & making sure its okay that the schedule changes a little...its appreciated & i'm just grateful that they try and include their special ed kids as much as possible! it did mean, however, that my planning time was cut down by about 1/2...i'm working on an iep now, but the sped website is being a pill so i'm waiting for it to load the page i need.
anyhow, after work, mike & i are zooming out at 3:20 (as early as we can leave w/out signing out) so i can run by the store & get milk & a disposable pan to take supper to an acquaintance who had a procedure done this week. the disposable pan thing isn't a must, b/c i'm not too anal about my pans, but i think it sure does make it easier on the person you are taking it to, plus this is a lady i don't see too often so at least i won't be minus a pan for months (i'm not anal, but i don't have a lot!).
anyhow, provided i get that done at a decent time, i want to run to lauren's football game & get some good pictures of her before the weather gets bad...
then, tonight or tomorrow i'm headed to the apple orchard to buy apples for applesauce making! i've never done it before but i'm excited to try...i just love the smell of applesauce cooking. the kids have been making it here at the school & i'm just craving warm, homemade applesauce. if i get good at that, i might try apple jelly or apple butter...we'll see!
also on the weekend agenda--finishing the house (no, honestly!), running down to the kids' soccer games in the morning & church activities (& laundry that i've neglected for too long!).
its busy, but full of things that i want to do so i'm looking forward to it...
i'm ready to be away from my desk for awhile...the week's gone pretty fast but seems like i've gotten little accomplished, when in reality i've been working like a dog!
okay...nothing too exciting in the post today...just a catcher-upper & wishing you all a wonderful, restful, productive weekend!
2 comments:
how did the applesauce making go??? I also made some this year for the first time! :) Pooped out on the apple jelly and apple butter, though. Excuse: couldn't find a good AND easy recipe for the apple butter! :) Let me know if you have a good one.
ERRRGGGGHHHH!!! What IS my password?! I can't remember!! Guess I'll use anonymous then!
Shonya :)
Shonya...not sure if you'll read this on here or not--i'll try & remember to holler at you soon, but Laurie Ulrich gave me the EASIEST recipe for apple butter.
Fill your large crockpot with peeled, cored & sliced apples (18-20 apples), throw in 1/3 cup vinegar, 3 Tablespoons cinnamon & 3 cups sugar. Cook on low overnight or on high for 6-7 hours. Then I just took mine out, threw them in the blender for a couple seconds to make them smooth & voila! Apple Butter! It was so easy!..sure beats any other recipe I found & it is yummy. Then I just put the butter hot into hot jars with hot lids & they sealed themselves. One afternoon/evening & I was done!
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