you know what sucks, though? jury duty. i totally had jury duty today and it was the most awful thing ever. seriously, my butt hurts from sitting on the most uncomfortable benches and chairs ever from 9am-4pm. like, my legs went numb for a bit and everything.
enough about that though. i was wasting my paid time off this weekend and went apple picking!
we went to ontario orchards on saturday, in the rain. it wasn't actually raining too badly while we were out, but it also meant that there were like no people, and it was awesome. no screaming kids or anything. AND i got paid for the day. win win. up until the lake, but i'll get to that in a minute.
i am pretty sure we picked my weight in apples. at least half, anyway. we got some honeycrisp and some jonamacs, which we made pie and applesauce with on sunday!
i think this was the best looking pie crust i've made, except i guess it didnt get cooked long enough. pies are not my forte. i will admit that. cheesecake, yes. cakes, yes. cookies, yep yep yep. fruit pies? NOPE. custard pies i can handle. i have no idea why. it's like something goes wrong every time. someday i will figure it out. until then, i get to screw up some more pies to, uh, test.
aside from picking apples, we also picked rocks on lake ontario.
there is actually a purpose for collecting a crate full of rocks. ron wants to make a fancy tabletop with them, basically by making a "tray" from pallets, filling it with rocks, and then putting a piece of glass on top of it. so someday, when it gets done, i will post pictures, but in the mean time, we have a crate full of rocks.
oh, and a log.
i turned around and he had carried a log up the beach and was way too excited, because apparently the log is going to be an end table. something like that. in the mean time, we also have a log now.
oh yes, to continue what i was saying earlier about the water- i learned a valuable lesson. despite what i think, i am not faster than water.
i saw a rock i wanted, but it was in the edge of the water, and despite the waves, i thought i could grab it and get out, buuuut i was way wrong and got way soaked. i could wring out my shoes. we ended up going to walmart and i bought a pair of shoes for $6 with some replacement socks because my feet felt so gross. wet socks are pretty terrible. i think wet feet in wet shoes with no socks ties for the worst feeling ever, though. all luke warm and....moist. ugh. let's move on though. i had dry feet after and it was the best feeling ever.
sunday we spent the day home pretty much, while i got paid for that too. (thanks, paid time off!). we ate donuts and a giant cinnamon roll for breakfast, because i spent like $17 on apple cider and baked goods at the orchard's farmers market. we made the pie and sauce, and i also made another tomato pie, which is almost gone. i need muffins though. i know we have pie and such, but muffins are my thing. so expect those, probably wednesday since i have tomorrow off.
i should put more halfmoons in the works, too. we had giant ones as big as my face while we went apple picking and they were pretty much the best thing ever. have a good week, all. thanks for reading!
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