Woohoo! Chilly weather is around the corner! I'm so excited! Fall is probably my favorite time of year. I love being able to drink hot tea, wear comfy clothes and snuggle up with a blanket on the couch. Last night Chris and I looked at the 10 day forecast and decided we could take the window AC units out. Last year we had a few days in the 90's at the very end of September but we're hoping heat waves like that stay away this year. So far the stink bug quotient has been pretty mild compared to previous years but I imagine in the next week or two we'll start seeing more. I'm just glad we could get the window AC out before they started using them as a super highway into our bedroom like last year.
The garden just has a few things left in it...carrots, pumpkins, some tomatoes, and the hot peppers. I'm done all the canning I'm going to do so that's a good feeling! I want to freeze the pumpkin after I'm done using them for decorations and freeze some applesauce in October. By the time cold weather hits, I'll appreciate the break from yard/garden work and anything related to canning or freezing!
Chris and I have been working at the basement remodel as we've had time but it's been a wild and crazy summer. All this time I've been thinking that we can just wait until the weather starts to get colder and hopefully we'll have time to focus on the basement since we won't have as much outdoor work to do, etc. Last week I had a startling revelation. We will need to start burning the wood stove in less than 1.5 months. Chris plans to hang stone over the brick area (under and surrounding the wood stove) but in order to do that process the wood stove has to be moved. And in order to do the stone process, allllllllllll the walls have to be patched/sanded so that the drywall dust doesn't mess up the new stone! Oh boy do we have a lot of work to do in 1.5 months. I'm not sure what I've been thinking but apparently my brain has been out to lunch! I just finished painting the basement bathroom door this morning so hopefully we can get that put up tonight and seal off the bathroom from getting so much drywall dust in there. Since that door is finished, I only have 5 more to paint! lol......how depressing. :-P
Labor Day weekend we were blessed to make the annual trip to Fredericksburg, Ohio for Coblentz Camping! Most of Chris's Dad's family lives in the Ohio area and we look forward to the get together each year. It's always so hard to leave and come home as we don't get to see all of them very often. The Coblentz families are amazing and I'm thankful to have married into such a great heritage. I have been richly blessed with an awesome birth family and an awesome in-law family.
