I hope you feel better Maggie!!!! And soon!!! It's goldenrod season here which means I'm sneezing my fool head of for most of the morning and rubbing my eyes until I think they are going to pop out of my head. It eases in the afternoon and then starts to tickle again as the sun goes down.

For whatever reason, I'm finding that I really prefer to clean, sort and make my lists late at night when everyone is sleeping. It goes without saying that cleaning while the baby sleeps makes things go much quicker and I can get something done all at once. I guess I just prefer the quiet time to myself for a bit.

When I came home from Weight Watchers, Pete had done the dishes in the sink, swept the floor and picked up all the baby toys. This lasted for maybe 45 minutes..LOL. We definitely have a lived in house! I spent the later part of my evening doing up today's dishes, almost TOTALLY clearing off the counter (except for baby bottle dryer stand, coffee maker and bread machine) in anticipation of doing a great deal of canning and freezing (which means blanching time) tomorrow. We have 100 ears of corn, 2 baskets of green beans, 1 basket of yellow beans, a giant box of tomatoes with more needing to be picked in the morning and also a box of cucumbers waiting to be made into bread and butter pickles. We'll be freezing maybe half of the beans and making the rest into Dilly Green Beans, which are my favorite! On Monday, our favorite orchard will be open for picking pears. We plan to can at least 3 bushels. Also, for the first time ever, Pete planted carrots so I'm toying with the idea of canning some of those...not too sure about that yet as I love them just fresh out of the garden and won't have any difficulty using them up!

There was a wicked thunderstorm here this afternoon. I had Jeremiah out in the pool and the skies were blue...not a dark cloud in sight and no prediction for rain. I heard the thunder in the distance and got the baby in the house (oh was he mad at me!!!) and not long after this freak storm came upon our house. It rained really hard, there was hail, the thunder was shaking our house and the lightening was wicked. It hit a tree in our woods, then it hit the electric fence charger in the barn and blew it right out of the barn (that was SO loud) and then another strike in our field. Thankfully, the house, barn and animals are all ok.

I finished reading, The Help today and really enjoyed the book. I hear the movie is good too so I might have to make my way there sometime this week.

Anyway, the floors are swept, the kitchen is ready for our marathon canning and freezing sessions and I'm looking forward to that time with Pete. :)

Goodnight Everybody. I hope you feel better Maggie and that Dan has found his way back to where he belongs.

Sweet Dreams to All,

Michelle