It's Sunday evening. I just about have dinner ready. We're having an elk roast, potatoes and gravy, and veggies.

We had a good Sunday. Our church meetings were great! My visiting teachers came. They had a great lesson, but that's nothing new. They always do. We have all been canning and we exchanged stories about that. We all have gardens. We exchanged stories about that. We had a very good visit. It was fun to remember things from the past. I am lucky to have two such wonderful ladies come to my home to check on me.

I have a new dog. Her name is Lacy. She's a Sheitzo (I know that's not spelled right). She is a fun dog. She is well mannered and very polite. She's not neutered yet, but she will be. Now we have 3 dogs, 7 cats, and 3 birds. Oh, I can't forget 4 hamsters and 6 bunnies. Jeff never knows what I'll bring home next. I enjoy animals and plants (I have a lot of them too).

Every critter has a story. I won't go into that right now.

I cleaned, made jam, and made bread yesterday. I feel like I did the dishes about 10 times, but I think it was only three. I didn't get started on the apron. I might look at my fabric later and at least decide what I'm going to do. Jeff even took me out to dinner because I was too pooped to fix him anything. He spoils me sometimes.

Jeff goes up and cuts wood for an older couple in our ward that he home teaches. He has been working with an old chainsaw so he bought a new chain saw. He got a wood permit Friday so he'll probably start cutting wood tomorrow.

I hope life treats you well. Take care.

Well, I have to say it has been quite a while since I wrote. I'm going to do better. I'm trying to get the hang of this blogging stuff. Allison has a great blog. Cameron and Rebecca have a great blog. Nikki has a great blog. Grannie K is just trying to figure out what she's doing. I'm going to try to get a new picture and set up a slide show.

I have to confess something. I haven't been doing good at all on WW's lately. I weighed in tonight and it was enough to shake me up. I'm going to get back on the wagon. I let chocolate get the best of me. It just went downhill from there. I'm going to start exerciseing again tomorrow. I have been really lax in that area too. You guys check up on me now and then to see how I'm doing.

Things are good. I have a new dog. Her name is Zoe. She's a pompoo. Her dad is a pomeranian and her mom is a toy poodle. She's cute. She needs a hair cut though. She looks like a powder puff with legs. She loves to play with Milo (the cat). He just puts up with her. The other cats don't put up with her so she sticks with Milo. I'll have to take some pictures of her so everyone can see her.

I have two parakeets. They are trying to teach Powder (my cockatoo) to talk more softly. Any of you who have been around cockatoos know that they can be really loud. I haven't even named them yet. That's unusual for me.

I don't know if anyone is interested in WW's recipes. I could include some of my favorites if there is any interest. That will probably help me stay on track.

I have been doing some canning lately. Some friends and I canned chicken a few weeks ago and we canned barbeque last Tuesday. Preston has a county cannery that is open from August until the end of October. We are able to can just about anything there is a recipe for. It's great and very economical. The appointments are all filled for the rest of this year so we're planning what we want to can next year. We will be better prepared. We can still do dry packing and I might go down and dry pack some things before they close for the season. We went to Natalie's yesterday evening and bottled applesauce. The three of us did 41 quarts of applesauce. That kind of thing is so much more fun when you work with friends. We are going to do apple pie filling and then we are done for the year. I will probably do some freezer jam on my own, but the group effort will be over after the apple pie filling.

I am in a apron swap. I want to get started on that this weekend. The lady I'm making the apron for wants it made out of Christmas fabric. I have to check my stash and see what I have on hand.

Make sure you check out Cameron and Rebecca's blog, Allison's blog, and Nikki's blog. They'll keep you up on family news. I'll find out if anyone else has a blog and let you know.

Take care. See ya soon.