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Sick or not, go to Gingers. Then put on Leanne Morgan and tell them....NO WHINING.😉🤣

I just got in from mowing the weeds, I have never mowed the lawn in October...ever. I guess it's a first time for everything. Now I have to wait until May 2027 for the next mowing.🤔

I love watching Mrs. Browns Boys, it is a comedy. Kind of on the edge for younger viewers but I could pee my pants at times. Search it on YouTube or BBC.

Yes, I know who Leanna Morgan is..I get to see her stand up comedy on Facebook. Somehow I do not get to see her new show...but I have seen advertisements of it on the TV. I would love to watch it.

Sorry you have been sick, Bestofour. My DH had been sick and I had a mild version of whatever he had but for me all is left is I have to blow my nose once or twice a day.

so far as getting exhausted easily..it is no fun getting older
my main issue is talking myself into doing whatever needs to be done. IF I can make myself start I am ok...when I get tired. zI stop for awhile. no deadline I figure.

My yard person has been blowing leaves for weeks. I think the drought caused them to start falling early but it hasn't been cold a bit. We're supposed to have rain here today and tomorrow - sure hope so.

Do you guys know who Leanne Morgan is? I've been watching her series and my children think it's stupid but I think it's hilarous. The mother is my favorite.

I've been sick since this past Sunday - have hardly been out of the house - but I feel a little better today and hope to be able to redecorate my screened in porch today. I have to do things in segments because I get exhausted easily. I've got to be better by Tuesday cuz I'm going to Ginger's and they don't allow people to be sick - No Whiners Only Winners. It might kill me this time.

The wind is blowing and leaves are falling. It is a pretty sight but also sad...it means Winter is slowly on its way. 🙄

we often have this starting to bloom again thing. This new version of weather is a real mess.

and as I said. I do not turn down cake..I just prefer pie. So I usually make cake for the boy.

Really? Omg, I love cake...I could never say no to that.

More rain for today, it is so mild though. It's strange to be in October and have such warmth. The frost killed the blossoms and this wet warmth has everything starting to bloom again. 🤔

Aw, I love pie. It is cake that I can say no to..(but often do not)

I have a few of those pans.

I used to use little pans from DDs Easy-bake oven but she took them on me. 😄

I just made DH a coconut cream pie, yuck.

I want.muffins as well...make.a double batch so I can have some please. Any flavor will do....I began using crumb topping on my little fruit pies to avoid using a bottom crust. Saves money and calories.

My pans are:
The 7 inch Is metal...the 2--6 inch are glass that I got at antique stores..and 2 are 5 inch that I ordered from a magazine. I don't often use the little ones, but they have recipes in the bottom.

Good morning.

I have some darling little red ramekins I bought from a friend's child's school fundraiser which I have used to make what I call apple crumble, but I've never made the custard in them. Good idea Junie. I did not know that Rod is a bread maker. Good for you!!!

Junie, I have three different sizes of mini pie pans. They are the foil ones from the dollar store but I reuse them. Crumb topping on muffins is delicious. Now I want muffins.😉

ok ladies. About pies...Bestofour you need to buy 6 inch (from outside to outside of the pie plate) pie pans. I have several
I often make Rod and I fruit fillings, and then put crumb topping of each so that we each get 1 serving. I can give you a few recipes to start then you could adjust. I see no reason why you could not cut the custard & pumpkin pie recipes down yourself.
Also there is a site on Facebook called one dish kitchen and she has all kinds of dishes cut down to one serving for 1 person. She even has an actual hard copy recipe book for a person to buy.

Rod makes bread in the winter..I make muffins of all kinds too. Some from scratch and some from box mixes. I add crumb topping to them all.
now I am getting hungry...so I best go to sleep. G'night to you both.

I make a lot of muffins and loaves in Winter. You are right Bestofour, any warm muffin and hot coffee is a blessing in Winter. It is so strange because that's when I also crave strawberry jelly on toast.

Homemade and home grown are definitely better. Store bought carrots and radishes don't taste anything like a real carrot or radish and the sad thing is people don't realize it.

Pumpkin pie and egg custard pie are the only pies I love and I rarely make them because no one else will eat them and I don't want to eat them all myself. I suppose technically they are more custards than pies.

I'll bet a warm apple muffin is delicious on a cold morning.

Yay for gout. ( is that wrong to say ?). But perhaps just freeze a smaller amount up for some sweet breads or such ??

Yes, Sheri..I agree. Glad it is not just me. I will make blackberry jam though this next summer. To quote one of my granddaughters homemade tastes better.

Homemade definitely tastes better. I'd have to be dead not to make strawberry preserves.😄

I'll freeze a bit of apples because I like apple muffins but I do not like pie....of any kind. Yup, I'm strange.

Yay for gout. ( is that wrong to say ?). But perhaps just freeze a smaller amount up for some sweet breads or such ??

Yes, Sheri..I agree. Glad it is not just me. I will make blackberry jam though thus next summer. To quote one of my granddaughters homemade tastes better.

The bears have always been around but they seem to associate people with food now. People do not hunt them anymore so the population is exploding as well. More land is being cut down for housing...it is all adding up.

DH just told me to skip the apple picking, the apples trigger his gout. Less work for me.

Some of my family lives in Asheville, NC, and they have always seen bears once in a while but the more construction that happens the more the bears come out of the woods. Sunny, wonder what's causing your bears to come into populated areas.

Junie, that's what happened to my strawberry jam. Ginger moved to a place I only fly too, Shelley doesn't want to eat it because of the calories, my mother loved it but she died, so I stopped making it because for just me it's a lot of work and I don't need the calories either.

we had talked about getting apples but I guess that has been forgotten about. Which is just as well. He thought I should make him apple butter. For the amount he would have eaten to buy it is more cost effective.

DD is supposed to send me the link later. I guess it's time to just use my stationery bike again.

It is a cold, wet miserable day. I plan to do the baking and make some freezer meals. I also have tomatoes to process. The only thing left to preserve for Winter after the tomatoes is apples, that will wait until the weekend.

oh my goodness, I would definitely not walk again.
I guess you could walk the perimeter of your yard...not that I ever have...

I don't have Facebook but the news is out with photos of a man who lives 15 minutes from me, he went for a walk and was attacked by a bear. DD said the bear clawed his chest and tore open his scalp....yup, I'm done walking.

all I did was put out fresh hummingbird food and water everything.

It's dreary here. Oh well, I needed a day to clean.