Quiet day at home. Have the house to myself this afternoon. I am enjoying the peace and quiet.
Made 6 jars of apple butter this morning. Have enough apples for one more batch. The apples sure had a lot of bugs in them I had to cut around. They are very small this year due to the drought this spring. Didn’t taste the apple butter – trusting it will be good. Love hearing the jars seal – that is the best part of canning.
Have a bedroom and bathroom I need to get cleaned today sometime. I have the sheets in the washer now. Got the other bedroom cleaned last night. The wife of my long-term boarder will be coming in this evening and will be here until next Wednesday.
I had a request from someone who wanted to stay this weekend but they have two dogs with them. I had to tell them I had let a guest bring a dog before and my dogs weren’t happy with that so I couldn’t accept her request to stay with the dogs. Felt good to be able to turn that down. Not worth the stress it puts on my dogs.
The guy from Canton text me last night and we went back and forth for a bit. Not getting the feeling this is going to go anywhere but it is fun to text. Did some more window shopping this morning. It is getting easier for me to narrow the field down now as I am getting a more clear picture in my head as to what I am looking for. Mr. Right is out there – somewhere – I’m sure he will appear when the timing is best for both of us. Maybe not through Match but at least Match is helping me get clear as to what I am looking for.
A week from today Kathy will be on her way to KY. She will leave a big hole behind her when she leaves. I trust this adventure is exactly what she is looking for.
Got up during the night and opened the windows and turned off the A/C. I love the smell of rain. The wind blew hard off and on during the night. Had to mop up some water around a window during the night. Only had .3 inches in my rain gauge.
I have a long sleeve shirt on today and need to go put some socks on as my feet are cold. What a change from yesterday’s heat. Gotta love Kansas and our ever-changing weather.
I fell into the muck pond for a bit yesterday. I was totally drained after our ceremony – not sure why. I have been getting the message it is time to do something different around our ceremonies but not sure what that is yet. Maybe the drained feeling was related to that? I need to check with the others that were there and make sure they didn’t leave feeling drained too. I took a long walk last night and it helped clear the icky feeling out. The wind was blowing and it felt like it was reaching in and clearing out the dark stuff for me. Felt back to my regular self this morning although I am still a bit tired and a bit empty. It is a good day to have the house to myself this afternoon so I can refill.
Grateful the first batch of apple butter is in the jars and all jars sealed, grateful for the cooler fall temperatures, and grateful I was able to climb out of the muck pond easily.