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What Have You Been Doing This Week?

11 years ago

As usual we are always busy around here. Today I baked two ten inch pies to take to a reunion tomorrow. One is peach and the other is black raspberry. I also have a lemon glazed cake in the oven now to take. I am looking forward to going. I have not been to this one before. It is on my husband's Mother's side. It is a nice day out but pretty warm and sunny. Rain may show up later and later on tomorrow too. I hope you all have had a great week and what have you all been doing?

Sue in Central Indiana

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socks
11 years ago
Sue, we're always happy to hear from you. Everyone will love your pies and cake, and I hope you enjoy the visit.

It was an ordinary week for me: volunteer at the library, haircut, meet a friend for lunch, yoga. Don't I lead a tough life???

Today, though, we are taking the grandkids to the circus. Apparently Ringling Bros. is phasing out the elephants (yay for the elephants), and this will be one of the last time to see them.
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sheilajoyce_gw
11 years ago
I have been doing laundry, cleaning up after DDs and grandsons visit preparing for a visit from younger son. Also got the carpet cleaned. Son took the train from NYC to San Francisco with stops in Chicago, Glacier National Park, Seattle, SF and will fly here on Tuesday. We will all see what we can do for older son and DIL who are moving into their first house this weekend. Talk about house poor!!!! But they are finally moving out of his one bedroom bachelor pad to a small 3 bedroom, 1 bath house. Ahhhhhh.
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nanny98
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What a good week for everyone so far! I've been picking and taking care of many many pounds of Apricots and Boysenberries. Just spent the last two hours getting most of the seeds out of 3 quarts of puree. All this hot weather has made the berries almost too seedy to eat, so into Jam they go. But the process is long and messy. Next week we will be lost under a huge crop of Satsuma plums. We have had some really normal pleasant summer days this week and the same for next week, I think.

Gosh, Marilyn Sue, I would just love to have a piece of your pies...well cake too. I never have been successful making piecrust and IF had a pie, I would be the only one to eat it, so just a piece would do.

I hope those Elephants find a home at PAWS in San Andreas, Ca. It is a remarkable facility and they just lost an elephant whose life as a performer was not healthy; that life is just not good for elephants.... or any animal. It is time we realize that.
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mama goose_gw zn6OH
11 years ago
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Happy to hear that you got the pies baked. Except for a few left in the fruit bowl, I'm finishing up the last of this week's peaches--today is sugar-free peach butter for my father, and then peach-oatmeal bars, using Pioneer woman's recipe for strawberry-oatmeal bars, but substituting peaches. Right now I'm waiting for the peach butter to 'cook down', and waiting for the water to boil to sterilize the jars. (Ha, I got distracted before I hit submit--peach butter is finished, and I just heard the first 'pop!')

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