What do you get???

So....What do you get when you have lots of these....

...one of these....

...and one of these...???
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Applesauce and...

...fruit leather!!!!

A BIG thanks to all those who helped me get to this point in my life! I'd like to thank my Aunt LaDean for her willingness to give up so many of her apples for us and for letting us borrow her Victorian Strainer. We would have never accomplished this without her! I'd like to thank my brother, Ryan, and my Mom--my mom for giving Ryan the dehydrator to make jerky with, and Ryan for leaving it here at our house...it has helped us so much! (tear, :*-/). I'd also like to thank my co-worker, Teresa, who gave us the idea, after our third attempt, to use parchment paper to put the applesauce on before we dried it, instead of just slapping it on to the trays (who'd have thought!). And my husband, Kenny, for his support through this grueling process, and for being there to pick me up after three attempts of making leather that just stuck to the trays! Thank you all for all of your support! (Sniffle)

My Saturday at home...

I had a Saturday at home today, something I don't get very often. So what did I do?

1. Friday night Kenny and I stayed up late watching "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (yes, it's even more corny now than it was over fifteen years ago).

2. I slept in til 9am while Kenny got up early to go deer hunting with his friend Cade

3. I tried to study, but that wasn't working out

4. I made yummy Baked Potato Soup (Julie's recipe, I think) so that there was a good lunch for the guys when they got home from hunting

5. I also baked some Caramel and Cinnamon Rolls from a recipe my mom gave me:

These are the Cinnamon Rolls that I made festive by dyeing the frosting orange. :)

These are the Caramel Cinnamon Rolls

6. I cleaned the house, a much needed task to be done

7. I put up Halloween/Fall decorations! I haven't had time until now and it's been driving me crazy because fall is my favorite season (especially since I saw Aunt Shelley's decorations on her blog)!

My Fall village

Do any of the Baums recognize the pumpkin on the right? It is a cookie jar lid that Grma. Baum painted in 1987. Unfortunately I don't have a cookie jar, so it is just a shelf decoration. It was one of my mom's Halloween decorations that she gave me. Also, I painted the kitty on the upper shelf many years ago at Grma and Grpa Baum's and I remember getting upset because mine didn't look as good as everyone else's ceramics, so Julie helped me "spruce" it up. I've been happy with it ever since--I guess big sisters can be useful sometimes.... :-)

The "Pumkin Patch" was made by my mom, Julie, and me quite a few years back also. That year we made a whole bunch of Halloween decorations, but over the years they've gotten broken or lost or something because this is the only one I have left of the ones I kept.

And then you have my little ghost hanging from my fan.

8. Then I took a nice, long shower (sorry, there are no pictures for this one)

9. Now I am blogging, waiting for Kenny to come home from his evening deer hunt

It was a good day, even though I didn't study as much as I should have, but oh well, I needed a break. :-D

The Front Fell Off

My friend, Shelley, emailed me this video and I thought it was hilarious, so I thought I would share it: