This weekend was way too short! We made a to-do list and knocked a
lot of fun stuff off of our list and that was great, but we sort of
lacked in the chores department. No cleaning on the weekend, makes for
some less fun week nights. As I am writing, I am sitting in a small
place between the mounds of clean clothes on the couch that need folded.
Hmmm, maybe I should be folding clothes instead of
blogging...decisions, decisions...
Friday
Friday night we went to the movies and saw the
Scorch Trials (it is the second movie in the
Maze Runner series).
It has been awhile since we went to see a movie, it was nice to go out. The movie was very
different from what I had pictured in my head while reading the books,
the cranks were a little too creepy for my liking. Andy thought the
movie was great! It reminded him of one of his favorite video games,
Left For Dead.
Saturday
We
woke up early Saturday morning and headed to my co-worker's house to
pick grapes. He said they weren't going to be making grape juice this
year and he didn't want them to go to waste. We can home with about 75
lbs of grapes that was maybe a 1/4 of the grapes that were there.
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| Grapes. |
Next,
we grabbed a bite to eat and then headed to one of my favorite thrift
stores to look for some stuff for our Halloween costumes. I totally
scored on something non Halloween.
One of the first
places I always peruse in the thrift store is the kitchen section. I always have my
eye out for high end kitchen stuff and vintage dishes. As I was walking
down one of the aisles, I looked up (it's always important to look up)
and spied something I have been looking for for quite sometime, a
pressure cooker. I see pressure cookers all the time when am thrift
shopping but they are usually really old, worn out, and missing pieces.
This pressure cooker was not like that at all, it was brand new.
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| My new toy. |
I
pulled the pressure cooker down and Andy goes, "You're getting it." I
saw the price tag of $24.99 and frowned. I thought that was lot of money
for a pressure cooker at a thrift store. I decided to call my sister
and have her look the pressure cooker up and see how much it costs in
stores. Drum roll... It retails for between $200 and $300 dollars.
Needless to say, I came home with the pressure cooker. I think that was a
stellar find. I'm so excited to use it!
Then we
headed over to the day old bakery (aka bakery outlet). I found some
awesome deals on Dave's Killer Bread and whole wheat pastry flour. I
have wanted to try both of these items but couldn't justify spending
full price on them.
We ended the day climbing Spencer
Butte. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed our hike. Andy is
definitely in better hiking shape than me right now.
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| Andy. |
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| The sunshine was shining right in our eyes. |
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| Me & Andy. |
Sunday
We
went to church and made grape juice. Juicing grapes is a lot more work
than I thought it would be, but Andy and I make a great team so it
didn't take too long for us to get through all 75 lbs. The juice tastes
so good! The best part is is that there aren't any preservatives or
added sugar.
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| They look like blueberries. |
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| De-stemming grapes. |
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| The mess. |
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| Andy pasteurizing the grape juice. |
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| Getting ready to seal the jars. |
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| The final product. |
