Almost Fall

Looks like fall will soon be here. Well by the calendar anyway. It's still hot here but I'm hoping for a decently cold winter anyway.

I did get my fluorescent light fixed in the kitchen. I put the new ballast in and no more humming and no more flipping the switch several times to get it to come on. I did replace the light switch as well. I was very proud of myself! :)

I went to the market on Saturday and got 4 large bunches of mustard greens, sweet potatoes, fresh churned butter, fresh cream and ground beef, brisket and link sausage. These are all from local farmers. The butter smells delish! I think I might try making some bread this weekend to try it out on. I've been wanting to make Ciabatta bread and thinking about English muffins as well. I might just make regular sourdough. So many possibilities!  I cooked half of the greens Sunday and will cook the other half tonight since I wasn't feeling well on Monday. I still have some yellow squash in the fridge to cook too. That will probably be tomorrow night.

So I have mustard greens, beef roast, ribs, fresh cream corn and green beans all frozen in my freezer so I shouldn't have to do much cooking this weekend. I did get stuff to make sloppy Joes, hamburgers or spaghetti, whichever I desire. I've been trying to get things ready so I can play my video game that comes out this weekend. So much fun to be had!

My kombucha scoby is doing well. It is growing like crazy and I put organic cane sugar and some Oolong tea in with the black tea this time. I still have a bunch in the fridge so maybe I can drink some up this weekend. I did see a hint about if it gets too sour, add Stevia to it so I'll probably try that. It's a fun project for sure!

Otherwise, things are going well. I got my paint in from the Labor Day sale and will be ready to go when I get a chance to paint the kitchen. Got to put some tile down in the living room first so I can get my stuff moved in there. I'm hoping over the holidays I can get it done if my mom settles down. She seems to be adjusting ok to assisted living and the doc just increased her pain pill amount, so maybe she'll calm down for a bit. The living room should be nice and cozy when I get it all fixed up. Already got the curtains and liners for the windows. It is gonna look nice when I get through! Then I'll start on the kitchen. I'm really loving it since I got all of my kitchen stuff organized.

The kitties and I are doing well. I'm still walking 2 miles a day and other than feeling a little under the weather yesterday, I'm doing great! Things are really coming together. :)