Winter is Here

We have had the most beautifull weather this fall. It was nice being able to go out in the pontoon as late as mid November.

Finally, the canning is done. I still have a half dozen tomatoes ripening in the kitchen window. Our neighbor will have some winter cabbage soon. The mustard and tenderleaf greens died out due to a heavy frost last week. I did manage to put up 6 bags of greens in the freezer. My pantry is full of jars its so nice to go into my pantry and take out a jar of spagetti sauce or salsa. We are thinking of buying a small chest freezer and keeping on the porch and filling it up with more veggies next year. My little 9 cubic ft freezer is full as is my one in the side by side.

We had a nice Thanksgiving Chucks sister was here from Wed night till Sunday morning. Her son was going to Ohio for Thanksgiving so we met them in Ky and brought Diane home with us. Robert arrived here on Sat. night.

We think our daughter and 3 girls will come up either for Christmas or right after Christmas. They were here for three weeks in August and they all seemed to have a good time. They loved going out on the boat and swimming in the lake. In FL, you have to worry about aligators in the lakes and brackess water. Thats the first thing they asked us are there any aligators in the lake. The little 3 year old Lilly couldn't wait to go humming (swimming). She loves the water even did a little fishing with her Dora fishing pole, she loves Dora so we got her a Dora life vest as well.

Its time to start decorating for Christmas will start with the outside first. I hope to get some crafts done this weekend for gifts. And maybe start on crocheting an afgan for my sister. She and husband lost everything in a fire last Jan. and are finally back in their newly fixed home. Since she lost her afgan in the fire, I told her I would crochet her another one.

The weather has gotten considerably colder this week and its to be in the teens the next couple of nights. We did get snow flurries earlier in the week which left a dusting on the ground. Of course as soon as the sun came out it was gone. Everyone around here says we are in for a hard winter. Time to get the camp stove ready and buy candles, batteries for the flashlight and butane for the camp stove. We are ready if the power goes off and the heater in the dining room will be our only heat if the power goes off. We are thinking of getting a ventless gas fire place for the living room or bedroom. Need to do some research on them first.

Well not alot going on here we do manage to get quite a few books read during the winter months since we don't leave the house that much.

We still have to go down to the marina and winterize the pontoon.

This is all that been going on. More later.