Busy Week

This week is busy. I have 6 cases of peaches that all have to be canned when they get ripe, and they better get that way before Thursday. We canned 19 quarts today, but one didn't seal. I did the only thing you can when you have a jar not seal. I made biscutes and had fresh canned peaches, butter and biscutes! Memories! My mom always did that. It is the treat of canning getting to have fresh peach perserves that aren't even really perserves, just didn't can, or to much for the jar, but not enough for another jar.

We are leaving on Friday to go on a long weekend. First night is Sandhills State Park, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/monahans_sandhills/ . We are going to get there late, set up camp and crash. Then in the cool of the morning play a while. Check out time isn't until 2 pm. After collecting lots of sand we will shower and head out for Ft. Davis State Park, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/davis_mountains/ .

One of the fun things we want to do there is go to the McDonald's Observatory Star Party Sat. night. http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/visitors/programs/#starpartypass We did this years ago with the big boys. It was a LOT of fun. That time it was after Thanksgiving and SOOOOO cold doing it, but well worth it to look through the different telescopes they had set up. One was on Saturn, and you could COUNT the rings. One was on the moon.

We are staying 2 nights at Ft. Davis. I also want to do the fort. I think we can hike from the park to the fort, not sure. Not sure I am up to the hike either. I know dh would be more than happy to pick us up at the Fort though.

Back to this week. We have 3 more cases of peaches to can, packing to do, groceries to buy, and therapy on Thursday. I had thought about doing town today and Thursday, but peaches needed doing and then I did not want to go to town after lunch. I really have to do what I want before lunch or I turn into a pumpkin. Today I was pumpkin bread before I could leave for town. I just revised my list and decided I can pack groceries for camping Friday morning. I will get my clothes packed and the part of the list I can done before then. Put the slides in and over all be ready to go Friday when dh says he is ready. I think I will pull the camper to town and let him take over. SURELY I can do that! I seldom pull the camper so I don't like to. I need to learn.

It does help I have a camper list of stuff we need to put in for a trip. I just print it off. Each trip I tweak it a bit. It is more a pull the list, but it still has to be done. Each child is responsible for their on clothes. IF they leave stuff out oh well. It WAS on the list. That applies to me too.

I did get the automatic waterer fixed for the chicks this morning. Well dh got the bucket fixed I just plugged it in to the waterer. All DIL or son will need to do is feed them and maybe fill the bucket with water once. They can milk if they want. I know my son knows how. I try to make it as easy as possible for who ever does our zoo.

Guess I better get back to accomplishing stuff around here.