Another busy weekend is almost over. Saturday was spent making pumpkin butter from the pie pumpkins I bought last weekend in Wisconsin. I only used fourteen pumpkins, as opposed to the thirty-five I used two years ago that almost killed me. Thirty-six jars later and my house smelled like fall- pumpkin with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Speaking of fall, it is officially here and not only because it's October. My lawn is coated with leaves (which I will not be raking), it's windy every day and I put flannel sheets on the bed. Wal-Mart was selling bulbs for a steal and (very unlike me) I bought a bag of tulips (36 bulbs), daffodils (24 bulbs), hyacinths (6 bulbs) and crocus (12 bulbs). I planted them by the back steps so that I can guage when winter is finally over by checking the crocus and daffodils everyday. That is, if they even come up. I don't have much of a green thumb when it comes to flowers and one never knows what they are buying at Wal-Mart (which doesn't stop me) especially bulbs at 50% off.

I also brought my plants inside. It sounds like we might get a freeze sometime this week so I figured it was time. I seem to have fewer plants than last year, but I don't remember anything dying this summer so I'm not really sure what happened. I also closed all the windows today, not because it was cold but because farmers are combining corn and soybeans all around us and the dust is out of control. My allergies, which I thought I was done with a month ago, have flared up because of all the dust. I also just remembered that I still have some clothes on the line that are probably getting a nice coating of dust as I write this. I had better go take care of that!