The Blahs

School (for me) starts Monday. My brilliant professors are slacking on top of things in the matter of posting Syllabuses and required text. I already have to return 3 out of 5 books I bought on Thursday. Oh well, more money in my pocket. I am very excited to get into my Philosophy class and my Cultural Geography class. I am almost done with my Educational Technology class (hooray for teachers who post assignments early!) and Math....well, it's math and how excited can I get over that? Blah

The boys are set for school and I cannot believe my Joe will be in school this year! Crazy...pure insanity.  Boo Hoo.

My allergies have been so bad this year. I am going into the doctor coming up because I have had a hard time breathing. I hope its not asthma. It feels like it though. Blah.

I made peach JELLY yesterday. I have made jams before but never jelly. It was fun and simple.. but boy there is a lot of sugar in jelly. Blah.

Today I am dehydrating apricots for snacks and to make low sugar jam. I love canning, and I have a lot more ahead of me. My tomatoes are going to ripen all at the same time, which is nice. I hope to get about 10+ quarts of  of spaghetti sauce put up this year and 5+ pints of salsa. We will see. Next up will be cucumbers so I can make pickles! Hooray! I love home canned pickles. They are awesome. I am on the hunt for apples and pears and maybe some plums. I have an abundance of apricots that I hope to trade with for the fruit I need. I really want to make my own applesauce this year. ---Not blah

OH! Trenton had dental surgery last Monday. That kid GRINDS his teeth SO bad that he had to get crowns put on his back molars and then have a few baby teeth pulled that weren't coming out on their own. IT was scary, but he did just fine and he feels great. So all Bateman's are perfect in the mouth department now. HOORAY. Excema is rearing its ugly head already though. Blah

I think that is about it for my BLAH post. I hope I can maintain the blog a little more this fall... but we will see.