Catching up with Fall activities...

Kasey started 4K ( 4 year old  Kindergarten) this last week.  She rides the big bus to school in the morning. At noon the bus takes her to day care for the afternoon.  When fall field work is complete she will be spending her afternoons with Papa.

 We were blessed with rain early in the growing season even though we have been without adequate rainfall the last half of the summer. We will have ripe corn. Thankfully it is already drying down so we won't have to purchase as much gas to dry it.

I usually try to can enough applesauce for us and my two daughters-in-law.  It is difficult for them to can with the the kids.  I have a system that works well.  Especially with the use of my 38 year old Kitchen-Aid mixer and the attachments.  I only wash and quarter the apples before cooking.  When they are soft they are put into the funnel.  The applesauce goes through the strainer with the peelings, core, and seeds out the end.  So far I have 45 pints done. (And four pies)

In the middle of processing a batch this afternoon, DS-1 called asking if I could  bring Cole something to snack on and his blanket.  He is combining beans with his daddy while Kasey and her mom went shopping. 

 I packed a snack for DH, DS=1 and Cole.  Cole was happy to see Papa caring his John Deere blankie.  (I couldn't find his "Farming With Daddy" hat. There is a small passenger seat with a seat belt for Cole.

Cole was happy just to have his blankie!

The beans are dumped into the grain cart, then emptied into the truck that DH drives to the grain bins where the soybeans are stored until hauled by semi truck/trailer to the plant.

 My school year is as challenging as I expected it to be.  I am still working on my daily schedule.  If I don't need to stop to eat or use the bathroom I should be able to make it.  However, that also means there is no prep time in the day either.  They have sent a fourth aide into my room for  an hour a day.

 I  hung my motto above the bulletin board where I keep the daily schedules of the ten classrooms that my students leave to receive pullout instruction in my room. 

Also, put up a shelf with blocks to help me remember why I do what I do.

When I learned that September is National Sewing Month a blogging friend encourage me to find even 5 minutes a day to sew or quilt.  So some nights-no matter how tired I have taken time to clear my mind with sewing/quilting.

Here is the result, the flimsy is finished and needs to be sandwiched and quilted.  I need to finish it soon.  Cora Elizabeth is the granddaughter of a friend and is due in October!