Busy Busy Busy

The fall is simply the best! So far one trip to the apple orchard and lots of apple crisp in and out of our house! I hope to get back up there before the season is over (I guess it wasn't a great season and a lot of the farmers have some trees with no fruit this year). Then with a surprise trip to a pumpkin patch we have cut up and roasted those little scrumptious pumpkins and so far have only made pumpkin bread. I just love the way the house smells when these wonderful things are in the oven!

As for the sewing adventures, I have decided to make military uniform bags and will be selling them along side my other bags at our annual bazaar. I am really excited to have people see my stuff in person instead of photos!

As for the down side, our stupid washing machine has started making this awful grinding sound. Apparently when  I bought it, not even two years ago, it was a fairly new model and not too many reviews existed. I bought this GE King size top loading washer because of its large 4.1 cubic foot capacity and after reading the recent reviews, I found out a lot of people are having problems. There is a bracket inside that habitually bends and warps because the machine is big enough but not strong enough to handle large loads. So we had to order a part, thankfully only $30, and get it fixed. After its fixed we will have to run it at half the capacity in order to prevent the brackets from bending again. SO frustrating! Hopefully it holds us over until we can get a new one. I will not be buying a large purchase again with out making sure it is a good product. Lesson learned.