i love my kitchenaid

and all the attachments. i did 2 bushels of apples yesterday and made applesauce. with the kitchen aid and it's attachments. i just put the grinder on with the fruit and vegetable strainer on there and put the apples in a pot of hot water until soft, brought them to the kitchenaid and ran them through the strainer and the seeds and skins go out one end and the pulp goes through another end. did i mention i love the kitchenaid? that's probably my favorite appliance besides the new stove. love that also. but the kitchenaid and it's little attachments sure make my life so much easier. love that for tomatoes for tomato sauce also. it's a breeze for apples and tomatoes, even pumpkins. so bruce is a happy camper now, we have applesauce in the freezer again. i am making apple butter next. i'll probably do that next week sometime. we're going to minnesota for three days next week and we'll be back tentatively next wednesday so it'll be after that. i took mom to the dr. this morning and she got 2 shots to her knees. she goes back next week for the 2nd series of them and then has one more round of shots the week after that. i was surprised she did it, but she did. i asked a friend for back up just in case we're not back by next thursday if the friend could take her to the dr.
penny and john are on their way to tennessee. i miss her already. i have some plants on the table for her for when she gets back.
i haven't been sleeping too well so the last couple of mornings i've been up at 6 a.m. and walk on the treadmill 2.5 miles and then start my day. i have movies and tv shows downloaded on my IPOD. i have a bunch of episodes of The Deadliest Catch. love that show. but i've been walking 12.5 miles a week on the treadmill.
we're doing a walk for ALS which is Lou Gehrig's disease October 10th in honor of Jeff Hardesty who is a co-worker of Bruce's that has been diagnosed with it and in memory of Elizabeth Coxe who is bruce's mom and she died from ALS when he was 12. it should be a good walk. we're also doing Race for a cure the susan g. komen breast cancer research, that's october 24th i think. we're not racing, we're walking. we walked for hope ministries and we raised $760.00 for them. the event raised $37,000 for them which is wonderful. they rely on no government funding, it's all private donations. it was an awesome experience.
hope everyone is doing ok and well. Take care, Treasa