Fruits of my labor

48 large Roma apples will make 6 pints of apple sauce (plus 1 kept out to eat), 8 half-pints of apple butter (plus one kept out to eat) and 3 apple pies (already eaten)!

Ta-Da! Another finished project

This is the completed Quiltagami wallhanging.

Birthdays and Birds

Yesterday was Dear Son's birthday. For the last 4 years (at least), he's been asking for a bird. We finally let him get one! He was sooo excited! He named the beautiful bird "Dill Pickle" because he loves pickles and he loves his bird.

The World I Live In

This is an actual article taken directly from the local news stations website:

Buckhannon Creates "Pick a Pothole" Contest
Carrie Jones
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The Buckhannon Street Department is creating a fun way to help solve a big problem in the city.They've come up with a "Pick your favorite pothole" contest. For $10 residents can call in and vent and vote about the worst pothole in town.The potholes with the most votes will be the first to get fixed. Street Commissioner Pat Long says the number of road hazards fixed will depend on how many calls they get.Long says the main reason for the contest is to help bring in some extra funding for the department. Long says the contest is silly, but that bad roads are a big concern for the city.Long urges anyone with concerns to call the department. You can reach the streets department at 472-5755

HE IS ALIVE! CELEBRATE HIS RESURRECTION TODAY AND EVERYDAY!

Sewing Machine Woes

I have this great electronic sewing machine that looks just like the one in the picture. The only problem is some of the electronic connectors inside have come un-connected and unless you're a professional you can't get it open enough to re-connect them. This has happened before and the repairman in Florida gladly reconnected them and didn't charge me for it. It was simple. Well, apparently, it's not that simple for sewing machine repair shops here. I took it to shop #1 (30 miles away), left it with them for a week. They called and said they don't work on that type of machine. Took it to shop #2 (20 miles in another direction). This repairman told me he sold that brand of machine for 40 years. Yet, he couldn't get the machine open enough to reconnect the connectors. His suggestion was that I mail it back to the repairman in Florida that fixed it the first time. Duh! The machine weighs about 40 pounds! His second suggestion was to set up a repair with the manufacturer...again that would require mailing it. I called repair shop #3 (an hour away). He understood what I was talking about as far as the connectors and he assured me he could fix it. He had said the simple "repair" would cost about $20.00. Yeah!! But because we had already had the machine apart (and put it back together) the charge would be $75.00 to $90.00! Explain that one to me!!!! I'm so frustrated with it...not the machine...the repair people! So, do I drag it to shop #3 and give them the hundred bucks to fix it or scrap the whole thing and wish for a new machine for my birthday???

Heavy Heart

Illness, injury, death, divorce...that's stuff that some of the few people I know are dealing with....it grieves my heart and makes me sad. I can only imagine how God feels when he looks down on the earth and see's the pain of all His children. How heavy His heart must be.

Modern Advances

Have you seen this new machine??? It's an ice cream vending machine at a rest stop! It's sooo funny! Inside the machine is a small chest freezer. After you make your selection on the key pad. The freezer lid pops up and a mechanical arm goes over the freezer...at the end of the arm is a vacuum that grabs your choice and lifts it out of the freezer and drops it into the slot where you can pick it up. The arm goes back into place and the freezer lid slams shut!! I love it!! I had so much fun with it that everyone let me get their ice cream for them. It's better than a slot machine cause you're sure to win every time!