It's Fall Time!

We still have some nice weather for our walks, but trail in all kinds of twigs and leaves that cause Mrs. Anal no end of grief.  If that weren't bad enough, Phil has been sick and has now given his cold/headache/sore throat combo to Janet.

Despite feeling under the weather, Janet was forced to tackle a 20 pound box of tomatoes that Phil brought home for a gift.

She turned them into Salsa!

It gets even better!  He has also "surprised" her with a bunch of corn from Silver Rill Farm.  Who says Phil is a cheapskate that gives lame gifts?!?  Actually, I guess we do because Janet says it all the time!  Well...maybe not all the time - he did give her the New iPad for her birthday that made her cry.

Janet blanched the corn, cut off the niblets and then froze it all in a single layer prior to bagging it.

One of our very favourite things in the world is when our cookie jar empties and either Phil or Janet take it downstairs for a fill up.  We stand at the top of the stairs, drooling at the prospect of the  jar coming up.  Well, I stand at the top of the stairs and drool.  Noodles sometimes likes to go part way down the stairs.

We had a chance to talk to one of the girls this week.  The phone was pretty far away, so we weren't sure if it was Briana or Bronwyn.  We know for sure it wasn't Meg as we heard Janet and Phil talking about Meg and Derek's trip to Italy.  Apparently Meg got her ass butt thrown out of the Sistine Chapel for taking photos.  Meg said all kinds of people were also taking photographs, but they only threw her out.  She said she had to go to great pains to get back inside!

Woof!  We are fine, thanks for asking!

This is a bad time of the year for the people at our house.  The days are nice and warm, but the mornings are cold.  As a result, it is warmer outside our house than it is inside! 

Mrs. Go With The Flow Rigid broke down and made her first Winter Dish - Chicken Cacciatore in her pretty blue Staub pot.

Now that Janet has powered through the tomatoes, her next big issue:

There are three boxes this size, full to the brim with apples from the tree next door.  It's actually produce of Monteith Street, not New Zealand.

Noodles is trying to come up with some ideas for all those apples!