Fun Fall Things

This weekend was full but fun.
We had our first church Open House.....alot of effort was put in by a lot of people, and we had a great time (but not the turn out we hoped for). It was kind of like a mini-Winter Retreat. :)

Now today I am excitedly looking forward to a special guest, who will stay with us for a week. And I guess I'm also looking forward to a free cookie.....and grochery shopping....and a night at home. :)

I can't find my camera cord at the moment, but I hope to post pictures soon.

Have a lovely fall day!
Emily

Towel Fun

Check out this link for how to make a bath towel into an ELEPHANT!

Wouldn't that be a fun thing to make for your guests? :) I think so.

New experiments with bananas

When I had got those bananas for cheap, I decided to try making them into banana chips. It really was a great idea, but I used a bad recipe (made one up) and the bananas never dried, just got chewy :)

Ah well....I hope to try again some day.

Another thing I used the bananas for was for the chocolate chip muffins. THOSE turned out great. And I might have to make another batch. :)

New Apron

A couple week's ago I finally got around to sewing an apron that I've been wanting to do! I believe I like it....and now I have the bug to sew some more! I searched online for some pictures of aprons, and found quite a few I like. Now, to just find the time....

Fresh Deals

My newest excitement it stopping by our local grocery store and looking for "day old" produce bags at a great price. I mean it....I really get excited! Last week, I got the above bags for 99 cents each! The contents included

• 10 kiwi
• 4 yellow peppers
• 3 red peppers
• 3 orange peppers
• 2 green peppers
• 2 grapefruit
• 1 orange
• 1 potato
• 3 bags of shredded carrots
• 3 small zucchini

I used the potato in soup on Sunday, froze 2 bags of carrots for soups later, chopped and froze most of the peppers, sliced the zucchini and made fried zucchini for breakfast, along with grapefruit, and am hoping to make some coleslaw soon!

The week before I got a whole bag of bannans for 99 cents. :)

When I have found the good deals:

• Tuesday evening around 7pm.....the meat sales are just being put out and the veggies
• Friday morning at 9am

I hope to go again this week, since soon the fresh veggies will be out of season, so there won't be as many mark-downs. :)

P.S. Have any good ideas of what to use peppers in??

Pie Day

It was pie day again at work today.

I like pie day. :) This year I made a blueberry and a caramel-apple. The caramel apple looked nice on the outside but kind of gooey on the inside.....and the blueberry looked nice on the inside and a "little dark" on the outside. *sigh* Someday I WILL master the art of pie making (it's in my genes). (not in my jeans....though, I guess normally I am a pretty messy cooker!)

Today I thought my cold would be all gone. It's been progressively getting better every morning, but not this moring. I guess that made me a little grumpy. Plus the fact that I was being threatened by a very long and impossible to-do list. I don't like being grumpy in the morning.

But it's a beautiful, chilly day, and I had a chance to go for a walk in it on my lunch break, and I went to the library (though I didn't have time to stay), and I have some fun fall projects begging to be done....and I might have an evening soon to do them, horay....and my mom gave me a basket of potatoes, and sprinkles (not a basket), and cake, and it's almost October.....so there's lot's to be grateful for! :)

And here's a new favorite verse to share:

2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.

Have a lovely afternoon,

Emily

I like these...

Don't these look fun?! Check out FunkyLunch.com to see more pictures. :)