Busy weekend

Well, at least Saturday was. We all got togehter (Hila, Christina, Mom and I) to can all sorts of things. Since they were running a little late, I started my blackberry jelly and finished that by the time they got there. Then we peeled a bunch of apples, cored them, and made apple butter and apple sauce. Smelled soooo good. Then we cleaned the grapes, and pressed them and made grape jelly! Then we made blueberry cobbler/pie filling. It took allll day but the smells were definetly worth it, not to mention the food storage we are now beginning to pile up. ;) I have to admit though, that I was overly exhausted Saturday and I didn't sleep at all Saturday night, so I went to half of sacrament and then asked Brad to bring me hom eand I took a nap with Ben. I still don't feel well, I really do not sleep well at all ever so it may take a few days to recover from.

SO much going on.. *sigh*

Really, I expect to be able to type a whole lot of stuff because I DID say that a lot of things were going on, but in all honesty, its nothing out of the ordinary or even worth blogging about. The weather has begun to get a little cooler which is bittersweet to me, mostly because we've only got electric heaters/space heaters to warm the house this year because we can not afford the heating oil. But we do have a ton of nice comfy blankets as well, and that certainly helps.
Hila, Mom and I canned peaches and peas on Saturday. It was a lot of fun, the kids only got in our way a few times, and generally they listened when we told them to go out of the kitchen. I love my kitchen, I just seriously wish there was a safety gate big enough to block the entry from the living room. I really enjoy doing those things, and with family makes it even better. I am no expert canner, but I'm getting there, hey I can read instructions.
We mowed some of our front yard yesterday, sadly the bees in the ground undug the dirt that Brad threw on there a few weeks ago in hopes that it would smother them and they'd die.. (so sad I know, but those things stung the mess out of me and I don't want them to do it to my kids as well). We could only get so far with the mower before the bees started swarming, and by that time we determined it was time to go inside. The last few blackberries were picked from the bushes, I gave Saria an absolutely HUGE one, was so proud of it honestly. I think I'm going to be canning some more jelly and maybe pie filling with that stuff, as soon as I figure out how to do the pie filling part..
Yesterday we also had to deflea the house yet again. I sent the boys upstairs while I put the carpet powder down and brushed it into the carpet. Brad sprayed the couch with some flea spray stuff, and so far today I haven't had a flea jump on me. Not that I honestly care if they eat me, it's Ben that I'm concerned about, the poor kid is absolutely covered in bites and it looks as though he has chicken pox which I know he doesn't..
SO yep, that about sums up my awesomeness for the past few days. I lead such an exciting life huh!

Ghost Busters-I need you

Ya, so it doesn't even matter what time I go to bed at night, or at which time I sleep in until.. I AM ALWAYS TIRED. I never get sleep when I lay down, in fact whenever I toss and turn in the middle of the night it's very very violent-so violent that I've punched/kicked my husband before. (I'm sure Hila's all like way to go Tarylyn at this point) I'm like the lightest sleeper ever (unless I'm really zonked) and I tend to wake up with the slightest of noises. Well last night I had a hallucination apparently, i still think I actually saw something. It was a man's figure (we were in bed Brad was asleep and I was trying to be apparently) I honestly thought it was Brad, just LEAPT over our bed and landed where Brad's sleeping. Leaping over a King size bed as gracefully as that thing did was impossible, but I freaked out and said SOMETHING to Brad, and I'm sure I sounded sorta freaking crazy...I believe I said something like "I just saw you jump over the bed" and apparently he doesn't remember this, because I just called him and he has absolutely no idea what I'm talking about, but he suggested in a jest that he was having an out of body experience, and I replied with "ya, you're smart because whatever you were doing, you KNEW the exact moment I'd open my eyes and returned to your body." So anyway, ya I'm a little freaked out because I feel like I'm going insane, and I know I'm absolutely healthy in the brain department so I'm convinced that what I saw was real and that's freaking me out more. Maybe next time he'll let me go with him.. haha

Saria's first day of school

So yesterday was Saria's first day of school, and while I did take pictures, I forgot to post them so I'm doing that now. She had a wonderful day, and she bought home a bunch of dot to dot and coloring pages that she did, and she did a wonderful job on them! I really think she just wasn't ready for 1st grade last year, and I think she'll do better this year.

I also made jelly yesterday, and Brad helped me with that. I don't think I will be using the powdered pectin anymore I really don't like it because for me it doesn't mix well. But the jelly did set this time, so I'm happy about that. :) I have two more full buckets of berries still so I am sure I will be making more sometime soon.