I made pumpkin pie and applesauce Saturday and started some hot peppers in the dehydrator. The applesauce came out very tasty, if I do say so myself… and I do. Not bad for my first applesauce! I used a little less sugar than the recipe called for which turned out just right. Later this week there will be beef stew. Grocery shopping was quick and productive. And the house still smells marvelous from the cooking earlier. Of course, I’ll have to get more apples at the farm stand this week so that I can make more applesauce to freeze… we kinda hit the batch I made today hard. Oh shucks. Yum.

Sunday was less productive. The chill of autumn has set in so I had a fuzzy-slippered, wool-socked and sweatered day. I know that I need to eventually turn on the heat, but I really like the house this cold. (I’ll probably have to turn the heat on when the Fop gets back from his business trip this week.) Sure, it was very, very difficult to get out of bed this morning, but it being Monday had a lot to do with that as well. Something about this weather just makes me gleeful. Now if only I got the bright foliage colors to go along with it.

Of course, now that the weather has turned cold, a certain little gray cat is insisting on being in my pocket. This is fine when I’m on a conference call just following along with an on-screen presentation. It’s less convenient when I’m trying to work. He has been in and out of my lap a dozen times this morning. Currently he has blocked my trackball with himself and is pressing his forehead into my right forearm. Purring. But I know what he’s really trying to do is get me to lift my arm so he can get in closer to me and get more attention. It’s hard being Monster Cat’s thumb-monkey.

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