So Saturday

Even though its Saturday and the alarm is not set, Smitty has his own personal alarm. At exactly two minutes past the hour, he was singing the song of his people, letting us know it was time to open the door.

Mousies are running. There's no time for snoozing. A cat's work is never done.
That's okay. I can never sleep very late in the morning anyway. It's a beautiful day here in the Northwest...a perfect day for going to the farmer's market with my kiddos. I'm excited to see them since it will be the first time I've seen them since we left on our trip. I'll be bearing gifts this morning. I can never resist loading them up with presents when we've been traveling. Because of that, I had to unwrap a few things to show you.
We visited a Christmas shop while we were in Bayfield, Wisconsin, and I found some cute Christmas ornaments. I was especially on the lookout for one for Valerie (Matthew's main squeeze). Valerie undertook a major project of gutting and renovating a 1940's style 750 square foot home, and she closed on the deal and moved in this past May. I thought she needed a Christmas ornament to celebrate her first home.

While I was there, I found this beaver ornament for Erik and Mae. It's not an Oregon State beaver, but I wanted them to know that Wisconsin is rooting for Oregon State too.

And you didn't think I was going to leave the store without this one for our own Christmas tree, did you?

So I just have a few minutes to spare before I need to get ready to leave. The vegetables await. For today's hunting and gathering expedition, I'm hoping to score another five pounds of tomatoes so that I can make some more tomato chutney. My recipe only made a few jars, and we've already either eaten or given away half of what I made.

At that rate, it's not going to last long. It's so delicious that I simply must make more or risk wasting away this winter from the coming chutney famine.
Sewing is probably going to be put on hold for a few days. There is quite a bit to do before I greet my out-of-town guests on Monday, Tom and Deb. They are old friends from high school, and I can't wait to see them. And that brings me to my other quest for today's hunting and gathering: apples. Apples are in season, and I want to make an apple crisp for when Tom and Deb are here. It makes my mouth water just thinking about it. Yum.
What's on your agenda for this weekend?
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