A busy life.

Well here I sit after running out of things to do with canning and freezing and still feeling like I have energy to burn, so I think I'll just write to you.

What a week so far back in Lancaster county. Got here Sunday night and while on the drive home received a phone call from my Mom saying they were on their way to LGH that my Grandma was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Freaked me out, what was going on? And yet at the same time I was thankful that I was on my way! About 45 minutes from the hospital. Trent and I stopped to eat and before we ate I just prayed that Grandma was okay. I love my Grandma to death! I feel we have a great relationship and I know since we've moved she's really been struggling with us gone and not having that close relationship with Trent and I. From Harrisburg to Lancaster my Dad called saying they were leaving the hospital and that Grandma was ok. See my Grandma had a brain tumor and since she's had seizures but has been on medication to control them. Sunday she was light headed, had blurry vision and just felt like a seizure was approaching. A huge fear for her is another tumor and so she was scared and nervous and freaking herself out. Her blood pressure was through the roof. So after running some tests the doctors found that her medication was low and needed upped so she was sent home with a prescription. Thank you Jesus she was okay!!!

After getting here to my parents I made plans with my aunt to make a Costco run Monday. So Sunday night I stayed up to 12 researching price tags! I'm a freak for a deal!! I went through each item I wanted and compared prices to Walmart down to the penny!! Took about two hours. Anyways I was so excited for my savings!!! Normally while its usually cheaper to buy bulk I can't afford to spend the extra money week to week but I  knew I was working three days this week so hey why not?!! Yeah Monday night our job got cancelled.....anyways....isn't that just the way things go?! Not only did our job get cancelled but Monday Steve got word from his boss that he was going to be off till Friday due to scheduling issues. NICE!! Thanking God for the one day of over time Steve had last week, we deftly needed it now! So we went to Costco. After there lunch and got home with an hour to spare before heading right back into Lancaster for Rice Grand kid pictures. Now that was interesting!!! Two babies under 6 months, one 1 year old, a one in a half year old, three year old, two four year olds, a seven year old, nine year old and a sixteen year old...all makes for an interesting picture time! By the end there was three crying children! But what a good time!!

Tuesday was the start of the canning/freezing frenzy! 75 POUNDS of tomatoes! Peeled, cord and canned for paste, sauce, juice, whole tomatoes and soup. I love home made stuff! From food to cleaning products! Love saving money and doing everything myself! I am picky though! If it cost more to do it at home I won't do it! For example I priced out corn one year and its more expensive to freeze it at home then buy it at Walmart for .89 cents a bag. Yes it's WAY more yummy BUT I can't afford that! So anyways we started at 9:30am and I finished at 11pm.

Today my day started around 9 with finishing jarring 6 pints of tomato sauce. Then I mixed up three batches of muffins. Zucchini, zucchini berry, and banana apple. Baked them, froze them, then bagged them. Next we mixed up 6 batches of cookie dough. 2 chocolate chip, 2 chocolate peanut butter chip, and 2 drop sugar. Then we scooped dough on trays, froze it and then bagged it for using when needed. In between all that I started a roast for a yummy dinner of roast, mashed Taters, brown buttered noodles, gravy, and fresh corn from the cob. We then went on to game night!!! Best part of the day! Spending time with my Grandma and uncle!! Yummy snacks, dice and laughs!! What a good day!

Tomorrow I'm suppose to go home. However since I've been here its been go go go and I've yet to see my best friend. I miss our girl time and I just refused to go home without seeing her for another month. This week has just flown by and I feel like I'm just not ready to leave yet!!

As I sit here in bed getting irritated with what I feel is the biggest waste of money...our Ipad! And I don't even wanna go there with starting my rant about that! Okay I'll go there, it's been 5 days since I started working on this post and now I'm back at it on my laptop. Love my laptop and curse that Ipad! Couldn't scroll down! Pathetic!! Anyways....

So its Monday. Labor day and today was my first day in over a week I could just sit and relax, boy was I thankful for that. Finished off my week last week with the Mall, Petsmart, B&N, Dinner with my friend Tiffany, yardsaling and my drive home. Got home and then Saturday first thing in the a.m. prepared home made macncheese and stewed tomatoes and blackbottom cupcakes for a cook out later in the day and then we went canoeing. Sunday we did church and then a flea market, dinner at Tommy & Mae's and then bowling. WOW! I'm re-exhausted just thinking of all the busyness of last week! And yet so thankful for all the wonderful things in my life! God is good!!!