...Over the Weekend...

...ok...it was a busy one...

...so...let's start with Saturday...it was rainy cold and windy...some of our red ribbons blew off so we had to secure those...

...I did the regular weekly shopping...and the only thing of note was that they had Halos...they were Cuties in North Dakota...still only available around Christmas-time though..

...I did a little bit more downsizing and packed up the Man's Bunn coffee maker...because he rarely drinks coffee anymore...I know...shocker!...

...then I made some rye bread...and the recipe said that it tends NOT to rise well...and does better making a tall loaf if it's 'confined'...

...so I set about making a 'confined space for it to rise in...with some parchment paper and washed out tin cans...

...and left it to rise in it's cradle...

...while we went over to the Church for some fun decorating...

...the Chrismon ornaments were brought out of storage...

...lights and garlands were strung...

...we laid the Chrismons out so they would be easily accessible when it came time to put them on the tree...they are so pretty...

...ladders and lights...

...then the ornaments...Many Hands really do Make Light Work...

...all the kids had made the bottom of the tree sort of ornament heavy...so there was some rearranging...

...when we got home I baked the rye bread...

...and then...because Scout commented that I only make corn pudding at Christmas...

...I made some Corn Pudding...

...it turned out perfectly...

...I guess technically this still counts as only making it at Christmas...

...Sunday was a little bit less busy...HA!...we had the annual Church Christmas Party/Dinner...

...and when we got home...we made some sauerkraut...when our half-gallon jar gets about half empty we make another batch..

...5 lbs of cabbage...and 5 tsp of kosher salt...

...packed into a half-gallon jar...with the special fermentation lid that only allows air to flow out of the jar...then we just leave it on the counter for a few weeks...

...and then finally we spent a hectic and frustrating and very tiring 5 hours putting this Air Force decal on the back of the truck...I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out though...and I'll get a better photo of it in the daytime...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!