With the job change at work and the stress involved with that, I have been spending a lot of time in the comfort of my home (mostly stress sleeping).
I have been busy making batches and batches of homemade applesauce and I would like to quote Katherine here, "Aunt Lindsey makes the best applesauce in the world." I can't really take the credit - it is Kate Gosselin's recipe... please commence the judging now. It is simple and very good so I'll take that judgement! I also made apple butter last week (that recipe thanks to Amy Butler - i love her books). It turned out really good as well - I love the fall and my house smelling like apples!
puzzle started...
... and finished, mostly while talking to my sister on the phone!
I just purchased another puzzle to work on while watching Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, just like in Kentucky.
I went to Changing Hands Bookstore to see Vicki Myron, the Iowa Librarian who had Dewey, the library cat. I loved her first book and she just came out with another. I think it is called something about the nine lives of Dewey. It is nine other cat stories and speaking of...
I am on a mission to get Gracie and I on the same page about living together. I found a wonderful vet's office called Scaredy Cat Hospital in Scottsdale and the staff have been wonderful. We did some expensive blood work and ruled out diseases that Gracie might have and did antibiotics. Now we are working on some supplements in her food and putting medication on her bottom and keeping her from getting to that area... which means a different version of an e-collar. She has been pretty good. Cross your fingers for me!
The public library book sale was this month and thankfully I did not lose control like I normally do. I went for the friend's only night on Friday and was sad that Sandra was not here to go with me. I came home with mostly books for Reese, surprise, surprise. Amy, Charlotte and I went on half-price Sunday and picked up some other treasures. Char was having a good time reading the AZ Gun Owners Guide... ugh!
Pumpkins! Amy's family was in town so I tagged along with their fun. She also had a Halloween Party on Saturday which was super cute with all the kids from the neighborhood. I had two pumpkins this year and loved their spooky faces. They didn't last very long because it is still in the upper 80s here... really November 6th with a forecast of 90 degrees.
Most of my time has been spent right here... school, school, and more school. I am feeling a lack of motivation this semester which I hope changes soon because I have some pretty large projects coming up in the next couple of weeks. Ugh, wish me luck. Only making it through this semester then three more classes and an internship and I will have my master's degree!
