Vacation

We just got back from a 10 day vacation to South Carolina. They were repairing the deck on our unit so they put us in another unit. It was nice too. There are pictures of the outside of the unit and the two bedrooms. There were also two baths and a great room (living room, dining room and kitchen). The pictures of Keith & I are taken at a log cabin restaurant (built in 1776) in Wytheville, Virginia. It was a neat place. It rained the first four days, but we didn't really mind, we were there to relax and the condo was large enough that we didn't really feel shut in. We had two really nice days and of course we went to the Pikens Flea Market on Wednesday. We stopped on the way home and stayed all night at Kevin and Sarah's so that they could go out and celebrate their fifth anniversary and we stayed with Libby. Had a great vacation....but there is no place like home!

Not a Good Year for Whitman Pets

I know that I have mentioned my canaries before. Clyde is the one with the brown on his head and the first one that I got in June 2008. He sings beautifully and then Keith got the other one, Casey, for my birthday the same year. He is also a singer. When I got home from work today. Clyde was dead on the floor of the bird cage. He was fine when I covered the cage last night. I was in a hurry this morning and forgot to uncover the cage, so I don't know when he passed away. Casey is not singing now. He is just chirping once in a while and hopping all over the cage. Guess he is looking for Clyde. Clyde will be missed. I hope Casey starts singing again. It is so quiet in here! Every morning when I uncover them, I would say "Good morning men." Now I will have to just say, "Good Morning Casey!"

Happy Labor Day

I spent a part of my Labor Day on the phone trying to get Dell Support. I started before 11 a.m. and it was just a little after one before I got results. My new 19 inch flat screen monitor that I purchased from Dell in June was going haywire. Getting bright then dim and striped horizontally. Sometimes you could barely read it and the pictures were awful. I unhooked it and hooked in my old 15 inch flat screen and it is crystal clear. So....I knew it wasn't the video card but was the monitor. Today I had to talk to SEVEN different people before anyone could help me. I asked several of them where they were (because they were hard to understand) and they were in New Dehli, India. Anyway #7 (my lucky number) got results and they are mailing me a new monitor tomorrow and I should receive it by Wednesday! What a day. We went to Angola and did a little shopping at Menards. Just got home. I canned sweet potatoes Saturday and soup Sunday. I am on a roll. We spent some time with Kurt's family Saturday to celebrate Christy's birthday (which is today).

A Bushel of Tomatos Equals............

Five quarts and one pint of tomato juice, ten pints of salsa, five pints of pizza sauce and eighteen pints of tomatoes. Here are pictures of what I have accomplished in the last two days. I have another bushel of tomatos ordered for Thursday, so Thursday night and Friday I will be canning more salsa, tomato juice and tomatoes. So far I have also canned pickle relish, pickles, green beans and peaches. If I can, I would like to can more green beans, lima beans, pears and applesauce. I really enjoy doing it and Keith put a refrigerator, stove and sink in the garage so I can can out there. It really gives you a great feeling of accomplishment when you look at all those pretty jars on the shelf in the basement.